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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Coal Ash an alternative for bauxite!
Necessity gives rise to invention and the scarcity of domestic bauxite reserve in China is making people from aluminium industry think about an alternative. Yin Zhonglin who is the director of Chalco Zhengzhou Research Institute Alumina Institute said at the World Aluminum Raw Materials Summit 2012...
DJ Ukraine ups Alumina Exports by 8.2% in January-March
Ukraine exported 405,910 metric tons of alumina in January-March, 8.2% more than in January-March 2011, the government reported Monday. The exported alumina was worth $154.83 million. Alumina exports in March totaled 134,350 tons, 0.4% more than in February this year and 5.8% more than in March...
Alumina: The Losing Streak Continues (AWC)
Alumina is going through a continuous losing streak. Alumina is traded at a new 52-week low today of $3.75. This new low was reached on above average trading volume as 1 million shares traded hands, while the average 30-day volume is approximately 361,000 shares. In the past 52 weeks, shares of...
First Quarter Copper Output of ENRC is up but Alumina Output Slips
U.K.-listed, Kazakhstan-focused miner Eurasian Natural Resources PLC (ENRC.LN) said Thursday that production across its key commodities was restored to full capacity in the first quarter, and reported a significant jump in copper production. The miner said total saleable copper production for the...
Sasol Limited to Expand Ultra-high Purity Alumina production Capacity
Sasol Limited's Olefins & Surfactants Division (headquarters in Hamburg, Germany) announced today it will expand in a first step its capacity to produce ultra-high purity aluminas (UHPA) by at least 3000 metric tons per year. Construction will begin immediately at Brunsbuettel, the company's...
Alumina still cautious on demand and pricing
Alumina says pricing and demand will remain subdued in 2012, as the high Australian dollar continues to put the company under pressure. Addressing shareholders at Alumina's annual general meeting in Melbourne, chief executive John Bevan spoke cautiously about the short-term outlook. "2012 has...
Nalco staff oppose alumina sale to Vedanta
Employees of Nalco here have threatened to launch protests against the reported move of the company to sell alumina to Vedanta Aluminium Limited (VAL). On Friday, a few employees under Nalco Sramik Congress Union organized a demonstration in front of the company's captive power plant. A day before,...
S&P affirms Alumina Ltd. Ratings off watch; outlook is negative
Current trading conditions in the aluminum industry are challenging, driven by soft aluminum prices, the strong Australian dollar, and increasing input costs. We affirmed the 'BBB' rating on Alumina and removed it from CreditWatch negative, as we expect that Alcoa World Alumina and Chemicals (AWAC)...
Rio Tinto hopes to sell alumina plants by September
Rio Tinto hopes to seal the sale of four alumina plants in France and Germany by the end of September, the chief executive of its aluminium arm said, advancing its push to reduce its footprint in the highly competitive sector. Rio Tinto Alcan said at the end of March it had received a binding offer...
Alumina exports up 3.2% in first quarter
Preliminary data from the Port Authority of Jamaica (PAJ) showed that exports of alumina leaving ports Rocky Point, which is operated by Jamalco, and Esquivel (Windalco) totalled 490,000 tonnes during the review period, compared to 475,000 tonnes during the first three months in 2011. Windalco...
Lanjigarh ban may spur Sterlite-Nalco alumina deal
Sterlite Industries is in talks with state-owned National Aluminium Company (Nalco) to source alumina for its Vedanta Aluminium plant. The flagship company of Vedanta Resources Plc is also looking at importing alumina in order to ramp up the capacity of its Lanjigarh plant in Orissa to 2 million...
Research and Markets: Bauxite and Alumina Market Review - Five Year Market Forecast
Dublin - Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Bauxite and Alumina Market Review" report to their offering. The Bauxite and Alumina Market Review is an absolutely essential resource for anyone interested in the detailed information on the reviewed market. Using a wide range of...
Global Demand Growth for Both Bauxite & Alumina Shows Stable Rates
Thanks to the wide-spread application of bauxite in the face makeup, dishwashers, cement, soda cans production, the demand for the mineral is rather healthy and is to retain the stable growth rates. Alumina in its turn is primarily utilized in the ceramic products and chemical processing, the...
CHALCO Zhongzhou Branch’s Alumina Output Exceeds 160,000 Mt in March
Aluminum Corporation of China Limited (CHALCO)’s Zhongzhou Branch produced more than 160,000 mt of alumina in March, including 145,000 mt of industrial grade alumina and 17,600 mt of chemical grade alumina. SMM sources report that the industrial grade alumina was produced by the Branch’s No. 2...
Zhongzhou Aluminum Factory Produces More Than 160 Thousand Tons of Alumina in March
Aluminum Corp. of China Zhongzhou Branch has produced more than 160 thousand tons of alumina in March, while 145.0 thousand tons of industrial alumina and 17.6 thousand tons of chemical alumina. It is learned that industrial alumina was produced by the 2nd alumina factory of the Branch, adopted...
Clay samples from the Grande-Vallee contain Rare Earth Elements ("REE") and Rare Metal Elements ("RM") with Alumina: Orbite confirms
Orbite Aluminae Inc. is pleased to announce that recently completed assays of clay samples from the Grande-Vallee Marin Sector support the correlation between and association of potentially high-value rare earth elements ("REE") and rare metal elements ("RM") with alumina. These samples were taken...
Nalco Registers Lower Aluminium Output Due to Coal Shortage
Riding on the back of Stuart’s aluminum production story last week, India‘s state-owned National Aluminium Co. (Nalco) announced that aluminum output dropped in 2011-12 to 413,000 metric tons against 444,000 metric tons in the previous financial year, according to a Business Line report. The...
Anand Rathi Securities has chosen NALCO as value pick
Anand Rathi Securities has chosen NALCO as value pick. It has recommended `Buy` on NALCO for target price of Rs 90 (Time horizon: 24 months). Prices to stabilize from Q4 2012 Aluminium prices have tumbled almost 30% in a year on worries about the strength of the global economy and thus potential...
