
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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NALCO transfers R&D Process know how for Gujarat Plant
...Aluminium giant NALCO today signed an agreement with Earth Refining Company (P) Ltd for transfer of knowhow for preparation of alumina tri-hydrate from bauxite by calcining with sodium carbonate and limestone, an innovative process for extraction of alumina...

Alumina Limited (AWC) Posts Large Volume Increase, Hits $9.63
...Shares of Alumina Limited (AWC) saw unusually high trading volume on Monday. Approximately 310,515 shares changed hands during mid-day trading, an increase of 41.92% from the previous session. The stock last traded at $9.63...

NALCO issues 30,000T alumina export tender-source
...Indian state-run National Aluminium Co Ltd (NALCO) (NALU.BO: Quote) has issued a tender to export 30,000 tonnes of alumina for delivery this month, a company source said on Friday...

MAL to face fine of HUF 10 bln for red sludge disaster
...A record fine amounting to over HUF 10 billion will be imposed on alumina producer MAL Zrt for the red sludge disaster the company caused in October, 2010, state secretary of environmental protection Zoltán Illés told wire agency MTI...

Alumina industry says time right for carbon tax, but formula must keep industry here
...Australia's alumina and aluminium refining companies say the Federal Government has to get the carbon tax formula right or the industry here will shut down...

Nalco to miss alumina production target
...Bhubaneswar, Feb 23 (IANS) The state-owned National Aluminium Company Ltd (Nalco) will miss its target to produce 16.80 lakh tonnes of alumina in the current financial year ending March, a senior company official said Wednesday...

Orbite Produces First Ton of Alumina
...Exploration Orbite is pleased to announce that it has successfully produced its first ton of high purity alumina and has done so ahead of schedule and on budget. This first ton was produced at the company's pilot facility in Cap-Chat, QC, using the company's patented process that marks an...

Russian Rusal's 2010 aluminum output up 3%, alumina up 8%
... Russia's Rusal produced 4.083 million mt of aluminum in 2010, up 3% from 2009, the company said Monday. Alumina output totaled 7.84 million mt, up 8% from a year earlier, while bauxite production totaled 11.8 million mt, up 4% over the same period, the company said in a statement. ...

Russian Rusal's 2010 aluminum output up 3%, alumina up 8%
... Russia's Rusal produced 4.083 million mt of aluminum in 2010, up 3% from 2009, the company said Monday. Alumina output totaled 7.84 million mt, up 8% from a year earlier, while bauxite production totaled 11.8 million mt, up 4% over the same period, the company said in a statement. ...

Aluminum need bolsters Rusal
... the world's largest aluminum producer, plans to increase production of aluminum and alumina by 2 percent and 8 percent, respectively, this year. ...

Aluminum need bolsters Rusal
... the world's largest aluminum producer, plans to increase production of aluminum and alumina by 2 percent and 8 percent, respectively, this year. ...

Material Matters: Thermal Coal, Iron Ore, Palladium, And Alumina
... Goldman Sachs notes a recent recovery in primary aluminium production has driven an equally sharp improvement in demand for metallurgical grade alumina. The stockbroker estimates demand in 2010 was 87.6 million tonnes, forecasting this will increase to 111.2 million tonnes in 2015. ....

Material Matters: Thermal Coal, Iron Ore, Palladium, And Alumina
... Goldman Sachs notes a recent recovery in primary aluminium production has driven an equally sharp improvement in demand for metallurgical grade alumina. The stockbroker estimates demand in 2010 was 87.6 million tonnes, forecasting this will increase to 111.2 million tonnes in 2015. ....

Inner Mongolia starts new almina extraction project
...China Knowledge reported that the government of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region announced that a public and private partnership project started operation in Inner Mongolia to extract 200,000 tonnes of alumina per year from coal fly ash...

China Inner Mongolia Begins 200,000-Ton Alumina Extraction Project
... A public-private partnership has begun a project in Inner Mongolia to extract 200,000 metric tons of alumina a year from a residue created by burning coal, the regional government said in a statement Thursday...

China demand boosts Alumina outlook
...ALUMINA has returned to profitability on a $US57 million ($A56.6 million) turnaround and China's insatiable demand for the commodity is set to push prices higher. Alumina posted a $US34.6 million full-year profit compared to a $US23.7 million loss in 2009. Underlying earnings were $US37 million...

Hungary accused over red sludge leak
...GREENPEACE WANTS the EU to force Hungary to take action over toxic waste the environmental group says is still leaking from an alumina plant that caused a deadly disaster last October...

Alumina back in the black with $35m profit
...ASX-listed bauxite miner and aluminium producer Alumina on Thursday reported a return to profitability for the 2010 financial year, posting a net profit of $35-million...

