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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From Clay to Alumina: Orbite is Invited to Speak at the 2011 Industrial Minerals Conference
Orbite Aluminae Inc. is pleased to announce that Mr. Richard Boudreault, CEO of Orbite, was invited to make a presentation at the 2011 Industrial Minerals conference on October 18 in Toronto.This conference brings together leaders from across North America that will discuss new developments in the...
Azerbaijan to restart aluminium, alumina output
Azerbaijan has launched a new aluminium plant with an annual capacity of 50,000 tonnes and plans to restart production of alumina later this year at another plant, an official from the company, which manages both plants, said on Monday. An old Soviet-era aluminium plant in the town of Sumgait was...
Update-Jamalco alumina refinery stake sold
The Cabinet, we have been told, has signed off on the sale of the Government's 45 per cent stake in the Jamalco alumina refinery, which will remove one of the sticking points in Jamaica's negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for the rehabilitation of its stalled standby agreement...
Rio Tinto Q3 Global Production Facts
Rio Tinto (RIO: News ,RIO.L: News ) reported third quarter global iron ore production of 64 million tonnes, or 50 million tonnes attributable, up five percent on the third quarter of 2010. Bauxite production was up seven percent and Aluminium was two percent higher whilst alumina was five percent...
Chinese alumina imports rise for the first time this year
China's alumina imports more than doubled in September compared to August's multi-year low, as higher domestic prices narrowed the gap with London Metal Exchange prices. Alumina imports rebounded to 80,000 tonnes in September from 35,144 tonnes in August, reversing an eight-month slide.
Dongyue Energy Feimei Aluminum: Alumina Construction Completion and Starting
Alumina engineering of Shandong Dongyue Energy,Feimei Aluminum has been put into production on October 8th,and annual production can reach 2400 thousand tons. This project investment was by Shandong Xinfa Group, costing 7 billion Yuan for reconstruction and expansion.This project started on March...
Galuminum Group Invest 20 Billion Yuan to Build Aluminum Production Base
Galuminum Group Invest 20 billion Yuan to build large comprehensive aluminum processing & production base.It is learned that first-stage project of this base will invest 5 billion Yuan, and will be finished and put into production in next year. Galuminum Group possesses world's most complete...
Orbite Ramps up Alumina Production
In another milestone for its Cap-Chat plant achieved again on schedule, Exploration Orbite CA:ORT.A +20.90% is pleased to announce that the production mode of alumina has shifted from a batch process to semi-continuous process. This clear and significant acceleration in production will allow the...
Government fixing IMF hitch
Prime Minister Bruce Golding is reporting that the Jamaica Government is now closer to divesting its shares in Clarendon Alumina Production.(CAP) The divestment is a key commitment the Jamaica Government made in the Stand-by agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Aluminium Giant UC...
Ukraine Jan-Aug Alumina Exports Up 8.9% On Year At 1.024 Million Tons
Ukraine exported 1.024 million metric tons of alumina in January to August, 8.9% more than in the corresponding period in 2010, the government reported Thursday. The exported alumina was worth $331.49 million. Alumina exports in August totaled 132,000 tons, 2.2% less than in July this year and...
Bauxilum aiming to produce 1.65Mt of alumina in 2012
Venezuelan state alumina and bauxite company Bauxilum aims to close 2012 with production of 1.65Mt of alumina, director of labor relations Wilfrido Flores told BNamericas. "It's a completely achievable goal, but it depends on two factors. The first is the injection of resources and the second is...
Update-Protest ends at RUSAL rail line in Guinea
A railway line used to ship alumina from RUSAL's giant Friguia refinery in Guinea has reopened after the end of a three-day protest by former workers over back pay, a RUSAL source told Reuters on Thursday. "They have been given assurances that the money transfer was already initiated by RUSAL into...
ALUMINA SCENARIO
NALCO CMD Shri B.L. Bagra,mentioned the following points about Alumina at the 30th Annual General Meeting, held at Corporate Office on 29th September 2011. The global aluminium industry in 2010 was affected by diverse multifaceted economic, political, structural and fundamental factors that had a...
Ormet Alumina Facility Reaches 250 New Jobs
Ormet Corp. CEO Michael Tanchuk announced the company's milestone of reaching full employment of 250 jobs just four months after announcing plans to reopen a dormant alumina refinery on the Mississippi River in Ascension Parish. At roughly 330,000 square feet, the Ormet facility had remained silent...
Shares of Alumina Under Pressure, Down 3.3%
One of today's notable stocks in decline is Alumina (NYSE:AWC), down 3.3% to $5.32. The S&P is trading lower by 0.3% to 1,133 and the Dow is trading 0.2% higher to 10,795. Alumina (NYSE:AWC) has potential upside of 66.9% based on a current price of $5.39 and analysts' consensus price target of...
UPDATE - Ex-workers Block RUSAL Alumina Exports in Guinea
Former workers at RUSAL's alumina refinery in Guinea have blocked a railway line from the plant in a protest over back payments, a company source and a spokesman for the former workers told Reuters on Monday. It was the second time this month that the former workers blocked the railway line from...
Guinea Alumina Output Rises
Alumina production in Guinea,also the world’s top supplier of aluminum ore bauxite,rose 31.7 percent to 384,000 tonnes,the government said in a report released on Thursday. Guinea’s economy relies heavily on its mining sector, and its rich resources have drawn billions of dollars in investments...
Aluminum Oxide Output of Huayin Aluminum Reaches 5.18 Million Tons
Since the first production line went into operation in December, 2007, Guangxi Huayin Aluminum Co., Ltd has realized aluminum oxide output of 5.18million tons and sales of 5.13million tons till August, 2011. Meanwhile the company also achieved total industrial output value of 11.9billion RMB and...
