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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Orbite produced its first tonne of high-purity alumina (HPA) at its Quebec plant
On 22nd Jan, Orbite Alumina announced that it successfully produced its first tonne of high-purity alumina (HPA) during the last week of December 2012 and early January 2013 as part of the initial commissioning and testing activities at its commercial-scale HPA production plant in Cap-Chat, Quebec....
Orbite Aluminae rises on news of production breakthrough
Orbite Aluminae Inc. shares rose more than six per cent in heavy trading Tuesday on news that the Quebec company has produced its first tonne of high-purity alumina. The stock reached $2.82 in midday trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange, up from the previous close of $2.65, with more than 2...
Chongqing Bosai Group to import bauxite from West Africa
Chongqing Nanchuan Area will import bauxite from West Africa. It is learned that since this year Ghana will produce 2,500 thousand tons of bauxite, all supply to Nanchuan Xianfeng Alumina Company which was owned by Bosai Group. This was the first time for Africa bauxite to delivery to China, also...
India's NALCO finalises 270,000 T alumina export contract
India's state-run National Aluminium Co Ltd (NALCO) has finalised a long-term export contract for 270,000 tonnes of alumina for deliveries in 2013 at 16.53 percent of the LME aluminium price on a free-on-board (FOB) basis, company sources said on Monday. The Switzerland-based buyer, whose name was...
Bauxite company to supply to alumina factory Birac
”Boksit” company from Milici will start the production and ore shipments to alumina factory ”Birac” in Zvornik, and the removal of overburden will start later, due to weather conditions. Despite the crisis, the expectations are great for this year, since ”Boksit” is organizationally,...
Vinacomin suffers deficit for slow progress of Tan Rai bauxite plant
After much delay, the Tan Rai bauxite plant finally shipped the first batch of alumina products, slow third quarter compared to the first plan. Vinacomin expected, this year could yield about 300 tons, equivalent to U.S. $ 460 million. According to the Vietnam Coal and Mineral Group (Vinacomin),...
Manchester/St Elizabeth eager for resumption of bauxite mining
Just under four years since the closure of bauxite/alumina plants Alpart in south eastern St Elizabeth and Kirkvine in central Manchester, economic gloom hangs heavy with unemployment on the rise and savings of ex-bauxite workers already spent or fast running out. There was a spark of hope late...
More protest expected at Anrak alumina plant
Police authorities are beefing up their presence at Anrak alumina plant area to withstand protests scheduled to be held by Congress party activists at the site. Despite prohibitory orders being clamped in the plant area by police, Narsipatnam Congress MLA Bolem Muthyala Papa has decided to take out...
300 thousand tons of alumina to be shipped by Vinacomin in 2013
Vinacomin is officially organizing the business plan in 2013 between internal units. Expected general economic situation for 2013 is still difficult. So TKV offer flexible plan. Accordingly, for the commodities of coal, TKV has given 2 options. Consumption in 2013 is 43 million tons, or 41.5...
Orbite Completes $5 Million Private Placement
Orbite Aluminae Inc. has completed the previously announced brokered private placement of units for an aggregate amount of $5,000,000 and that the private placement was again oversubscribed. Each unit was priced at $5,000 and was comprised of 1,156 class "A" shares issued on a flow-through basis at...
NALCO issues 270,000 tonnes alumina export tender
Indian state-run National Aluminium Co (NALCO) has issued an LME-linked one-year tender for export of 270,000 tonnes of alumina for delivery in 2013, company sources said on Thursday. The last date for submission of bids is Jan 4. The deliveries would be made in batches between January and December...
Orbite commissions High Purity Alumina (HPA) plant
Orbite Aluminae of Montreal has begun commissioning its first high purity alumina (HPA) plant, located in Cap-Chat. Construction is mostly complete, plant pre-operating tests are progressing and many sections of the plant are being commissioned. Commercial production should be attained at the...
Orbite hopes to replace Bayer Process in alumina production
If the aim of the latest alumina symposium in India organized by the International Bauxite, Alumina and Aluminum Society was to provide a platform for the industry to highlight technological developments, new products and their market potential, it was not far off the mark. Company representatives...
Tan Rai bauxite plant to release first product in mid-December
At a meeting on December 3, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade, Le Duong Quang, said that this is the first time Vietnam has such a large bauxite project. Because of lacking experience and unfavorable weather, the project has been implemented slowly. He also said that it is unavoidable to have...
Orbite Aluminae presents their new alumina processing technology in IBAAS
Aluminium industry in the world is set to undergo a revolution. The industry can now hope for much cheaper and environment friendly technology. Orbite Aluminae Incorporated (OLI), a private company in Canada, has developed a new process of alumina production. Instead of using bauxite, the...
Vedanta to stick to December 5 deadline for closure of refinery
Vednata Aluminium Ltd (VAL), which had given a three-month advance notice to the Odisha government for closure of its Lanjigarh alumina refinery from December 5 citing unavailability of bauxite, may not relent on its decision as there is still no solution to the raw material problems. Though the...
Paulwell says Alpart alumina plant will reopen soon
Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Phillip Paulwell, says he is confident that the Alpart bauxite and alumina plant at Nain, St Elizabeth, will re-open soon, as discussions with U C Rusal, the majority share-holders and operators of the plant, are going well. Addressing a Rural...
Jakarta keen to put Inalum fully in Indonesian hands
The government of Indonesia plans to restructure the country's only aluminum smelting company PT Indonesia Asahan Aluminium, or Inalum, by putting ownership wholly in Indonesian hands, a company source said Thursday, confirming local media reports. Jakarta has a 41.12% share in Inalum, with the...
