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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United Company RUSAL : UC RUSAL Nikolaev alumina refinery reached record production level
These record levels were reached following a USD350 million CAPEX programme that has been undertaken at the refinery since 2000, resulting in significant upgrades to the refinery's facilities. In particular, the lime burning kiln has been reconstructed with its conversion to heating gas, fifth...
GMDC, Alumina Refinery in JV for value addition
Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation and Mumbai-based Alumina Refinery Limited will jointly take up project to manufacture speciality chemicals from Bauxite in Kutch. The state government had earlier decided to value-add the minerals instead of selling raw ores. The move is in line with the...
Outotec launches a new filter for the alumina industry - Outotec Larox® VPF
Outotec Larox VPF, Vertical Pressure Filter, was originally developed by Australian Process Technology Pty Ltd, a filters supplier for the alumina refining industry. VPF technology is used for pregnant liquor polishing in the alumina process. "Outotec is a major provider of alumina refinery plants...
BRIEF: Iran aluminum ingot output ups 12.7 percent
Iran produced 22.4 thousand tons of aluminum ingots in the first eight months of the current calendar year (ended on November 21), showing 12.7 percent rise compared with the same period last year. Some 154,000 tons of alumina powder has also been produced in the same period of time, the IRNA news...
China Shenhua to make alumina from coal ash-Xinhua
China Shenhua Group, the country's largest coal producer, has started building a $21.4 billion facility to produce alumina from coal ash, the state Xinhua news agency said on Sunday, citing a senior company executive. The company plans to invest 135.8 billion yuan ($21.4 billion) in the project,...
A Shandong Alumina Factory with Half Production
An alumina factory in Shandong started to reduce production from this month on, after reduction just 50% of the total production ability. According to the principal of the company that they turned raw oil production line into aluminium hydroxide production line to control enterprise profits owing...
United Company RUSAL Plc: Continuing Connected Transactions
Reference is made to the announcement of the Company dated 28 March 2011 in relation to certain continuing connected transactions regarding the purchase of alumina products and limestone by members of the Group from BCP, an associate of En+. The Company announces that during December 2011,...
Small Alumina Producers in Henan Switch to Aluminum Hydroxide Production
According to a recent SMM survey, alumina producers with capacity below 100,000 mt in Henan Province gradually switch to production of aluminum hydroxide, since falling alumina prices reduce their profit margins while aluminum hydroxide prices remain stable. According to SMM statistics, non-CHALCO...
Alumina volumes to surge in FY13E
NALCO commissioned a 0.52mtpa alumina refinery in Q2 FY12, raising its alumina capacity to 2.1mtpa. The company produced ~30,000-40,000 tons of alumina during Q2 FY12, which is expected to increase to 0.12million tons in H2 FY12. We expect alumina production to increase from 1.6 million tons in...
Alumina volumes to surge in FY13E
NALCO commissioned a 0.52mtpa alumina refinery in Q2 FY12, raising its alumina capacity to 2.1mtpa. The company produced ~30,000-40,000 tons of alumina during Q2 FY12, which is expected to increase to 0.12million tons in H2 FY12. We expect alumina production to increase from 1.6 million tons in...
Alumina volumes to surge in FY13E
NALCO commissioned a 0.52mtpa alumina refinery in Q2 FY12, raising its alumina capacity to 2.1mtpa. The company produced ~30,000-40,000 tons of alumina during Q2 FY12, which is expected to increase to 0.12million tons in H2 FY12. We expect alumina production to increase from 1.6 million tons in...
Alumina Import and Export Analysis in Qinghai Province 2011
In 2011 alumina import on a declining curve in Qinghai Province. First of all, with the improving alumina deliverability in domestic leads to less import demand. From January to July, China alumina output reached to 20,460 thousand tons increased 18.9%, at the same period production of electrolytic...
Deal clears way for red mud cleanup Alumina and a lawsuit The settlement
More than six years after the V.I. Department of Planning and Natural Resources filed suit against eight industrial companies operating on the southern shore, a portion of the toxic red mud resulting from decades of alumina production will be cleaned up, officials said. The cost of the clean-up is...
Vietnam to delay alumina production to Q1 2012
Reuters reported that the Vietnam National Coal and Mineral Industries Group will delay alumina production to the Q1 of 2012 from an earlier target for the end of this year because rain held up construction. In September, the group said it would start producing in November and sell an estimated...
Nalco yet to make headway on Orissa expansion
Nalco awaits allotment of land and water from the Orissa government. State-owned National Aluminium Company Limited (Nalco) is still awaiting allotment of land and water by the Orissa government for its proposed 0.5-million tonne aluminium smelter plant involving an estimated investment of Rs...
China’s Minmetals Resources Scrambles To Extend Life of Mines, Eyes Alumina
Scrambling to extend the life of its mines, four of which are set to conclude by 2020, China's Minmetals Resources Ltd. is on the prowl to acquire Australia based miners Mirabela Nickel Ltd.and Alumina Ltd., with a $7 billion to boot to capture the two companies' nickel, bauxite and alumina output....
Australia Gladstone port's Nov alumina throughput down 24% on year
Australia's Gladstone port in the state of Queensland handled 344,936 mt of outbound alumina shipments in November through eight vessels, statistics published Wednesday by the local port authority indicated. Of these, 143,523 mt were domestic shipments, while 76,970 mt were bound for Russia, 26,250...
Orbite awards alumina calcination contract to Outotec
Orbite Aluminae has awarded Outotec a contract to perform the basic engineering of its metallurgical grade alumina calcination process and its associated hydrochloric acid recovery. Basic engineering will ensure hydrochloric acid recovery to produce suitable alumina for aluminum smelters. The basic...
