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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Dollar Swaps Offering Savings as Alumina Eyes Debut Sale: Australia Credit
... Alumina Ltd. (AWC), Alcoa Inc.’s partner in Melbourne, may consider selling its first bonds in Australian dollars and take advantage of the currency swaps market where savings are almost double the 10-year average. The five-year Australian dollar basis swap has risen 0.3 basis point this month...
Commissioning of Nalco’s Alumina Refinery begins
... National Aluminium Company has crossed another milestone in implementation of its ambitious second phase expansion. The company has started commissioning various expanded capacities of its alumina refinery, at Damanjodi, including cogeneration power plant, evaporation plant, stacker and bauxite...
Hindalco 3QFY2011 performance highlights and results update
...Hindalco’s standalone net revenue grew by 12.0% yoy and 2.0% qoq to Rs.5,918cr due to higher realisation despite lower sales volumes. During the quarter, a) production at Hirakud continued to be lower by 4.4% yoy (up 10.1 qoq) to 136kt, b) alumina production fell by 5.8% yoy and 7.7% qoq to...
India's NALCO to miss FY11 alumina production target-exec
...National Aluminium Co Ltd (NALCO) finance director said, due to delays in refinery expansion, the production will fall about 100,000 tonnes short of its production target of 1.68 million tonnes of alumina in the fiscal year to March?..
Bauxilum alumina sales down by 7pct in March
...Worldal reported that Venezuela's CVG Bauxilum alumina sales rose 6.8% to 104,277 tonnes in March down from 111,831 tonnes in March 2010. Bauxilum said that March alumina sales were up 4.7% however from sales of 99,607 tonnes in February 2011. Of March alumina sales, 58,024 tonnes were domestic...
Rio Tinto Q1 alumina production dawn by 4pct YoY
...Reportedly, Rio Tinto the Australian mining giant alumina output in Q1 decreased by 4% YoY. Rio Tinto said that the harsh weather in the Q1 reduced its production and the company was resuming its production. In addition, Rio Tinto’s aluminum production increased slightly by 1% YoY in the Q1....
Chinalco: Monthly production of alumina surpasses million tons
...Through deep structural adjustment and management system reform, Chinalco has actively taken measures to reverse the trend of alumina production slipping caused by financial crisis. In March 2011, total alumina products of Chinalco exceeded 1,001,100 tons, and the actual alumina surpassed...
SDK Starts Construction at Chemical Alumina Plant Site in Indonesia
...The plant will produce 300,000 t/y of chemical alumina, using bauxite ores in West Kalimantan. The term "chemical alumina" refers collectively to aluminum hydroxide and alumina for applications other than aluminum smelting. Aluminum hydroxide, an intermediate product in alumina production..
China's aluminium development faces serious challenges in 2011
...(China Aluminium Network) China’s alumina output grew obviously on large imports of bauxite imports in 2010.Primary alumiinum output created record high on strong demand. Physical consumption of China’s primary aluminium reached 16 million tons or so...
China's aluminium development faces serious challenges in 2011
...(China Aluminium Network) China’s alumina output grew obviously on large imports of bauxite imports in 2010.Primary alumiinum output created record high on strong demand. Physical consumption of China’s primary aluminium reached 16 million tons or so...
Production unaffected at RUSAL Friguia alumina in Guinea
.....Reuters reported that a group of contracted workers downed tools at RUSAL's 640,000 tonne per year Friguia alumina refinery in Guinea but the production was unaffected.
Alumina factory throws up dust storm
...Unable to put up with severe dust pollution caused by an under-construction alumina factory, over 3,000 people of Gajjiraju Venkatapuram and Subhadrayyapalem villages in Makavarapalem mandal have urged the government to relocate them immediately.
ALUMINUM OXIDE
... Synonyms: AluminAR?? CC-10; Aluminum oxide; Alumina ; activated Alumina ; ... alpha alumina , 15 mg/m3 total dust, 5 mg/m3 respirable fraction ...
Nordic Mining gains support for <em>alumina project</em> | Industrial Minerals
... Norwegian miner develops technology to produce alumina from anorthosite.
Orbite Upgrades Its Resources to the NI 43-101 Compliant "Indicated Mineral Resources" Category
...The Marin sector represents one of three significant sectors of clay minerals with high alumina content that has been delineated on the site so far. It currently extends over four kilometres in length with a width varying from 500 to 1,000 meters, and contains an average grade of 23.13% of Al2O3...
Chalco increases 137 million yuan to alumina and electrolytic aluminum business of Chalco
...luminium Corporation of China (02600) announced that the company succeeded in bidding 9.5% international trade equity of Chalco with the bid price of 115 million yuan (about 137 million yuan). After the deal, Shareholding of Chalco will rise to 100%...
NALCO signs MoU for 2011-12 for achieving excellent rating
...National Aluminium Company Ltd. (NALCO), India's largest producer and exporter of alumina and aluminium, on Tuesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the union ministry of mines, for the financial year 2011-12 with a projected higher production of 63 lakh tons of bauxite and 21...
NALCO’s production capacity to go up to 2.1 MTPA by month-end
...State-run NALCO’s alumina refinery capacity will be augmented to 2.1 million tonnes per annum by this month-end and the project is on time, Parliament was informed on Monday...
