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's alumina production up 8%
Rio Tinto's coal and aluminium projects in Queensland are bouncing back, even as the Olympic sponsor keeps a close eye on three uncertain frontiers. In its quarterly report released on Tuesday afternoon and covering April, May and June, Rio Tinto Alcan found its alumina production up 8% compared to...
Growing market for smelter grade alumina
The market for smelter grade alumina is primarily controlled by integrated aluminium companies. In 2008, worldwide alumina refining capacity totalled approximately 90 million metric tons per year including non-metallurgical aluminiums. It is estimated that approximately 80% of alumina production...
Rio Tinto to increase production of iron ore, copper, bauxite and alumina
Diversified giant Rio Tinto has reported production increases for its iron-ore, copper, bauxite and alumina and coking coal operations during the second quarter ended June. He noted that the quarter under review was influenced by the global economic conditions, and market sentiment, which dropped...
Paulwell's mining lease plans behind RUSAL's Jamaican Bauxite plant decision
UC RUSAL 's announcement that it has not taken a decision to close its bauxite plant in Ewarton appears to have been influenced by the Government's intention to revoke the special mining lease the Russian firm now holds on two alumina plants — Alpart and Kirkvine — that have remained idle for three...
Citigroup Lowers Alumina Limited to "Sell" rating
Alumina Limited was downgraded by research analysts at Citigroup from a “neutral” rating to a “sell” rating in a report released on Monday. Shares of Alumina Limited opened at 2.78 on Monday. Alumina Limited has a 52 week low of $2.72 and a 52 week high of $9.87. The company has a market cap of...
RUSAL's Oleg Deripaska owns Ireland's biggest Alumina plant
Billionaire Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, who is at the centre of a bitter lawsuit with a former business partner in London, has sizeable interests in Ireland. Deripaska is worth almost €14bn, according to Forbes magazine. The Aluminium mogul is locked in a bitter dispute with fellow oligarch...
China to import 2.5 million tonnes of alumina in 2012
Reuters reported that China is likely to import at least 2.5 million tonnes of alumina in the second half of 2012 matching record high purchases so far this year, as domestic prices for the Aluminium raw material remain above import costs. Industry sources said that China is the world's top...
Rusal denies plans to shut down its Jamaican alumina plant
Russia's Rusal, the world's largest aluminum producer, denied on Friday it plans to close its last working enterprise in Jamaica and lay off 600 workers, Izvestia daily newspaper reported. The Jamaica Observer reported this week that Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining Phillip...
BMO Capital undergrades Alumina Limited to "Underperform"
Alumina Limited was downgraded by analysts at BMO Capital Markets from a “market perform” rating to an “underperform” rating in a research report issued to clients and investors on Wednesday. AWC has been the subject of a number of other recent research reports. Analysts at JPMorgan Chase...
Alumina shares down 6.7% to $2.92
Alumina (NYSE:AWC) is one of today's worst performing low-priced stocks, down 6.7% to $2.92 on 1.2x average daily volume. Thus far today, Alumina has traded 412,000 shares, vs. average volume of 337,000 shares per day. The stock has underperformed the Dow (-6.7% to the Dow's -0.2%) and...
Yarwun refinery to began alumina production
In any other town the word "bauxite" doesn't mean much. In Gladstone, pretty much everyone knows that bauxite is the red stuff that feeds the region's alumina refineries. Another term that has become synonymous with the Gladstone Region is Yarwun 2, the $2.4 billion expansion of Rio Tinto Alcan's...
RUSAL produces nepheline powder for "Zero-Waste Alumina Production"
UC RUSAL the world's largest aluminium producer, announces the development and realization of the technology of nepheline powder production from nepheline mud, which is expected to boost the consumption of recycled waste by several multiples of the current level. The expected annual economic...
RIO Tinto completes expansion of its Yarwun alumina refinery
RIO Tinto has completed construction on the $2.4 billion expansion of its Yarwun alumina refinery and has begun the process of ramping up to full production next year. "The Yarwun expansion project will more than double production at the refinery to 3.4 million tonnes of alumina per year, making...
Orbite produces its first commercial grade High-Purity Alumina samples
Orbite Aluminae Inc. is proud to announce it produced its first commercial samples of high-purity alumina (HPA) at purity levels of 99.999% (5N). This achievement follows the production of 99.99% (4N) purity HPA that that the Company previously achieved in 2011 while the market is transitioning to...
Chinalco decides to cut Alumina capacity
Owing to oversupply of alumina, Chinalco has decided to reduce alumina capacity of 1700 thousand tons, together with the key alumina enterprises of NanShan Group, Shandong Chiping Xinfa Group, Binzhou High and New Aluminum Power Co., Ltd and Bosai Group to appeal alumina enterprises conducted 10%...
Orbite Aluminae eyes the high purity and smelter grade alumina industries.
Orbite Aluminae's president and CEO describe plans to conquer part of the high purity and smelter grade alumina industries. Orbite has started construction on an expanded facility where it expects to start producing 1,000 tonnes a year of high purity alumina (HPA), along with rare earths, starting...
Bree’s Resources exports to hit record levels by 2013
Bree’s Resources and Energy June Quarterly forecasts significant growth in export values for iron ore, gold, thermal coal, liquefied natural gas, copper and alumina. With the exception of aluminium, export volumes for all major minerals and energy commodities are predicted to increase. Alumina is...
Market Research Report on Global and China Activated Alumina Industry
This report has firstly introduced Activated Alumina definition classification industry chain etc relation information. Then introduced Activated Alumina technology and manufacturing process. And then Summary statistics of Global and China major Activated Alumina 2009-2016 Activated Alumina...
