Impact Minerals plans staged 4,000-tpa HPA production in US
A NewPro study supports a staged 2,000-to-4,000-tonne-per-year high-purity alumina plant on the US Gulf Coast, with a post-tax NPV of about USD373 million and a 42.3 per cent IRR. Impact Minerals is advancing plans for a modular high-purity alumina (HPA) plant in the US after an independent scoping...
Alcoa files SEC registration for $5.6b South32 alumina, aluminium and bauxite asset deal
Alcoa has moved its proposed acquisition of South32's bauxite, alumina and aluminium interests forward with a US SEC filing, with the transaction carrying an implied enterprise value of up to USD 5.6 billion. Alcoa Corporation has filed a Form S-4 registration statement with the US Securities and...
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Rio Tinto to suspend production at Gove alumina refinery
Rio Tinto will move to suspend alumina production at Gove and focus on its bauxite operations after determining the refinery is no longer a viable business in the current market environment. Rio Tinto will now work on the scope and phased timing of suspension and prepare for all potential outcomes...
With L&T deal through, Vedanta’s bauxite woes in Orissa largely over
Vedanta Aluminium Ltd's (VAL) $1-billion alumina refinery project at Lanjigarh will now have access to bauxite with the Orissa government getting favourable legal opinion on VAL’s sale-purchase agreement with Larsen and Toubro (L&T). The refinery currently has a capacity of 1 million tonnes (mt)....
Last day of IBAAS-CHALIECO hosts a number of interesting papers on alumina and aluminium
On the last day of IBAAS-CHALIECO International Symposium on Bauxite, Alumina & Aluminium in China; interesting papers on alternate routes of aluminium production and alternate source of aluminium were presented. The presentations on “Low Temperature Aluminium Carbothermic Smelting Process” by...
Bauxite industry undergoing longest crisis - Jamalco
An executive of one of Jamaica’s major bauxite and alumina companies, Jamalco, says the industry is undergoing its longest crisis in recent memory with not much signs of an immediate reverse. Acting manager of Jamalco Leo Lambert says the crisis is now entering its sixth year. He says the situation...
Bosnia's Boksit signs bauxite delivery deal with local producer Alumina
Bosnian diversified company Boksit has signed a 31 million marka ($21.3 million/15.8 million euro) deal with local aluminum producer Alumina for the delivery of bauxite next year, local media said on Friday. Boksit will also intensify its activities to open new ore deposits as a basis to implement...
Ormet looks to sell alumina to Glencore
Ormet Corp has inked a pact to sell about 32,000 tonnes of alumina to Glencore Xstrata for $8.44 million. The bankrupt Hannibal, Ohio-based aluminium producer is seeking court approval to sell the calcined metallurgical-grade alumina, valued at $263.75 per tonne, from its Burnside refinery to...
SMM alumina data analysis for September 2013
China’s alumina output rose in September as new capacity came on stream, Shanghai Metals Market (SMM) has learned. China produced 3.95 million mt of alumina in September, an increase of 33.55% from a year ago and up 100,000 mt from August levels. YTD output through September totaled 33.17 million...
Highlights: Metal Bulletin’s 3rd alumina and bauxite conference
Metal Bulletin’s 3rd alumina and bauxite conference which has recently concluded in Singapore highlighted the following topics: 1. Challenges remain for Indonesia in implementing its proposed ban on exports of raw materials. Among them are dealing with the interests of local power centres who issue...
Coal shortage to hit Hindalco hard
Lack of adequate coal supply may hit Hindalco Industries’ expansion plans. In some locations, the company may have to pay $300 per tonne extra for acquiring coal from the open market resulting in erosion of its profits significantly. In some others, the company may have to re-evaluate its...
Metal Bulletin conference highlights challenges for sourcing bauxite for Indian alumina refineries
Two alumina refineries located in the Eastern Ghats mountains in India are not able to mine their nominated bauxite deposits as a result of forest and tribal issues, Dr Ashok Nandi, secretary of International Bauxite, Alumina and Aluminium Society said on Thursday October 31. Vedanta’s 1-million...
China looks at coal ash to serve as raw material for alumina
China’s bauxite imports are expected to remain stable but a future raw material for alumina could be coal ash, according to Sandy Kong, senior analyst at BGRIMM said. “Coal ash is forecast to be an important raw material in the future. Four tonnes of coal generates one tonne of coal ash,” she told...
WIKA Consortium builds alumina plant
Recently, WIKA Consortium with Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Jero Wacik and Minister of State Owned Enterprises Dahlan Iskan had inaugurated the largest Alumina Processing Plant in South East Asia located in Tayan Sub-district, Sanggau District, Monday (28/10). Capacity Production of...
Alumina refinery by AWAC & Ma’aden to start production in Q1 2014
Australia’s Alumina Ltd expects Saudi Arabia’s 1.8 million alumina refinery to start production in the fourth quarter of 2014, manager corporate strategy and development Andrew Wood told delegates at Metal Bulletin’s 3rd Asian bauxite and alumina conference. "Our joint venture with Ma’aden – 4...
Chemical Alumina Plant in Indonesia Commences Commissioning on Oct 28
Showa Denko K.K. and PT ANTAM of Indonesia, held a ceremony for the commencement of commissioning phase of a new chemical alumina plant in the Tayan District. West Kalimantan, Indonesia, on October 28 as a milestone of the construction project that started in April 2011. After going through the...
VALCO CEO urges govt to help them process bauxite into alumina
The acting Chief Executive of the Volta Aluminium Company (VALCO), Mr Dan Achampong, has challenged the government to make VALCO process the country’s bauxite into alumina, to reduce the cost of aluminium. He said this will help create over two million jobs and also make the aluminium industry a...
Inalum to buy alumina from local smelters
Aluminum producer PT Indonesian Asahan Aluminum (Inalum), which the government plans to take over from its Japanese shareholders, is expected to be the main buyer of alumina to be produced by local smelters, an official says. The director for minerals at the Directorate General for Minerals and...
Vedanta seeks an alternate bauxite mine from Odisha Govt
Vedanta Resources today said it has sought an alternate bauxite mine from Odisha government to run its Lanjigarh alumina refinery, which is staring at uncertain future due to local tribals rejecting the proposal to carry out mining in the Niyamgiri hills. “We want very strongly that the state...
Orbite provides update on status and development plan for HPA facility
Orbite Aluminae Inc. today reported on the present status, development plan and updated budget for completing its high-purity alumina (HPA) production plant in Cap-Chat, Quebec. Orbite's High Purity Alumina plant in Cap-Chat, Quebec, continued intermittent production at a capacity of less than 50...
