
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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Alumina back in the black as growth returns
...THE world's largest seller of alumina roared back to profit in 2010, with Alumina Ltd turning 2009's $US26 million loss into a $US35m net profit as the commodity started to loosen its tether to the price of aluminium...

Vietnam first alumina facility starts production
... Capitalized almost USD 700 million, Tan Rai complex located in the Central Highland's Lam Dong province is expected to supply 600,000 tonnes of alumina per year and post 2015 the total output will rise to 1.2 million tonnes to 1.8 million tonnes per year. ....

"MINERAL PROCESSING: Orbite's alumina pilot plant online
... The alumina pilot production plant in Cap-Chat is operational, marking a critical step toward commercialization for owner Exploration Orbite of Montreal ... Grande-Vallée is a large homogenous and strategically located clay deposit with an average grade of 23% to 26% alumina. Orbite has...

Exploration Orbite's Quebec plant finished 'on time and on budget'
... Exploration Orbite Inc. said Thursday it has completed its $7.4-million pilot alumina plant at Cap Chat in Quebec's Gaspé region ... Alumina is the intermediate material for smelting primary aluminum metal worldwide. ....

India Nalco to complete 525000 mt/year alumina expansion late Feb?
... India's National Aluminium Company is expecting to complete a 525,000 mt/year expansion of its alumina plant at Koraput in Orissa by late February, with test runs slated for March and output from April, a company source said Tuesday. ...

Chinas CMP starts construction of high alumina aggregate plant
... China Mineral Processings SDI plant in Shanxi to produce Aluxite for refractories. ... produce a high alumina refractory aggregate branded Aluxite using a bauxite feedstock. ....

Orbite set to tap alumina riches?
... Orbite is set to announce on Wednesday its $7.4-million pilot plant at Cap Chat on the St. Lawrence River's south shore will start producing alumina on a ...

Eurasian Natural Reports Higher Q4 Production Volumes In Ferroalloys Division
... In the Alumina and Aluminium Division, aluminium volumes were higher as the smelter operated at its full Phase 2 production ... In the Alumina and Aluminium Division, Bauxite extraction increased 6.1% and alumina production grew 0.7%, compared to last year. The Division produced 62 kt of...

Eurasian Natural Reports Higher Q4 Production Volumes In Ferroalloys Division
... In the Alumina and Aluminium Division, aluminium volumes were higher as the smelter operated at its full Phase 2 production ... In the Alumina and Aluminium Division, Bauxite extraction increased 6.1% and alumina production grew 0.7%, compared to last year. The Division produced 62 kt of...

Eurasian Natural Reports Higher Q4 Production Volumes In Ferroalloys Division
... In the Alumina and Aluminium Division, aluminium volumes were higher as the smelter operated at its full Phase 2 production ... In the Alumina and Aluminium Division, Bauxite extraction increased 6.1% and alumina production grew 0.7%, compared to last year. The Division produced 62 kt of...

Alumina export volumes drop 18% to lowest in decades
...ALUMINA export volumes declined by 17.8 per cent from year-earlier levels in 2010 and at 1.57 million tonnes was the lowest level in decades. What's more, even though aluminium prices — which alumina prices trend after -- tracked higher in 2010 than in 2009, earnings may have still been slightly...

Bauxite Resources Limited (ASX:BAU) Signed Detailed Joint Venture Agreements With Yankuang Corporation
...Bauxite Resources Ltd (ASX:BAU) ("BRL" or "the Company") is pleased to announce that it has executed a number of Detailed Agreements with Yankuang Corporation ("Yankuang"), for the design and construction of a modern refinery in the South West of Western Australia to refine Darling Range bauxite...

BHP aluminium production update
...Alumina - Production was higher than all comparable periods due to the ongoing ramp up of the Alumar refinery. Production in the December 2009 half year was impacted by an unplanned calciner outage at Worsley (Australia)...

Rio Tinto aluminium production update
... Fourth quarter alumina production was stable compared with prior quarters. Annual production increased three per cent on 2009 when production cutbacks were made, primarily at the Vaudreuil refinery. ....

Buyers Accumulating Shares of Alumina on 1.9x Above-Average Volume (AWC)
... Shares of Alumina (NYSE: AWC) are trading up 2.7% to $10.05 today on above average volume. Approximately 703,000 shares have traded hands today vs. average 30-day volume of 361,000 shares. ....

Research and Markets: China Alumina Industry Report, 2010
... Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "China Alumina Industry Report, 2010" report to their offering.Alumina, extracted from bauxite, gets chiefly used in the production of aluminum (electrolytic aluminum). China abounds in bauxite resources spreading in Guangxi (26.9%), ...

Bosnia Alumina Plant, Bauxite Mine Agree on Supplies
... Bosnia's sole alumina plant Birac and its main bauxite supplier Boksit on Tuesday clinched a deal to secure steady supplies of bauxite following a December row over prices that had endangered Birac's production. ...

Bosnia Alumina Plant, Bauxite Mine Agree on Supplies
... Bosnia's sole alumina plant Birac and its main bauxite supplier Boksit on Tuesday clinched a deal to secure steady supplies of bauxite following a December row over prices that had endangered Birac's production. ...

