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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Rusal’s bauxite production dips 1.6% Q-o-Q to 3.829MT in Q3 2020, while alumina output grows 0.4% to 2.018 MT
Rusal released its operating results for the third quarter of 2020 on October 27, 2020, revealing that its bauxite production decreased by 1.6 per cent quarter-on-quarter to amount to 3.829 million tonnes. In Q2, the company’s bauxite output was 3.89 million tonnes, increasing by 8.8 per cent...
Alumina production in West Europe declines 1.7% QoQ to 1.397MT in Q320, while output in East & Central Europe grows 3% QoQ
According to the latest data released by the International Aluminium Institute, alumina production in West Europe declined by 11.09 per cent month-on-month in September 2020 to amount to 433,000 tonnes. In August, production in West Europe was 487,000 tonnes, increasing by 10,000 tonnes or 2.1 per...
Chalco’s net profits quadrupled in Q3; Aluminium production declined 5.3%
Aluminum Corporation of China Limited, known as Chalco, reported 5.3% year-on-year drop in third-quarter production to 900,000 tonnes. The primary aluminium output declined by 2.8% year-on-year to 2.76 million tonnes in the first nine months of 2020, Reuters reported. The company said in a Hong...
World alumina production gains 1.37% Q-o-Q to 32.935 MT in Q3 2020, output in September stands down by 3%
The world alumina production in the third quarter of 2020 improved by 1.37 per cent quarter-on-quarter from 32.935 million tonnes to 33.386 million tonnes, according to the latest data released by the International Aluminium Institute. On a year-on-year basis, the output in Q3 found almost flat...
Rio Tinto’s 2020 shipment outlook for Alumina to improve by 0.2 million tonnes
Rio Tinto expects its 2020 shipment outlook for Alumina to improve by 0.2 million tonnes to between 13.8 to 13.9 million tonnes on improved production levels. In the fourth quarter of 2020, the company expects lower sequential quarterly results primarily from higher energy costs and a change in the...
South32’s alumina production drops QoQ to 1.315 million tonnes in Q1 FY21
Mining company South32 reported alumina production of 1.315 million tonnes in Q1 FY21, compared to 1.358 million tonnes in Q4 FY20. That was down 3 per cent quarter-on-quarter. Alumina production was up 1 per cent year-on-year. Worsley Alumina saleable alumina production decreased by 5%...
Rio Tinto’s alumina production stood 4% higher in January-September 2020
Rio Tinto’s alumina production in the third quarter of 2020 was 7% higher than the same period of 2019. This was due to higher production at both Pacific refineries, considering a planned major shutdown at Yarwun during the quarter. Alumina production stood at 1.954 million tonnes in Q3. On a...
China’s metallurgical-grade alumina output slips by 1% M-o-M to 5.7 MT in September 2020
According to the latest data revealed by the Shanghai Metals Market, China’s alumina production in September 2020 stood at 5.91 million tonnes, including 5.7 million tonnes of metallurgical-grade alumina. This marked a downfall of 1.04 per cent from 5.76 million tonnes of metallurgical-grade...
Altech Chemicals: €7.38 million of grant support from Saxony State Government in Germany for construction of HPA plant
Altech Chemicals Limited aiming to become the world’s leading supplier of HPA has announced that it has received a commitment letter from State Ministry for Economic, Labour and Transport, Saxony, Germany for a grant of €7,380,000. The grant would be available to Altech towards the support of total...
Ghana’s import of Alumina during 2019-20 reveals a positive trend for Aluminium production
Ghana is the first country in Sub-Saharan Africa to achieve the Millenium Development Goal 1, which is the target of halving extreme poverty. Ghana has recently become a middle-income country. Ghana's economic freedom score is 59.4, making its economy the 104th freest in the 2020 Index. Ghana is...
Vedanta’s Cost of Production declines in June quarter in tandem with lower output, alumina CoP drops by $54/t Q-o-Q
The downfall in Vedanta's production in the first quarter of fiscal 2021 has resulted in a lower production cost (CoP) from $1,764 per tonne during the same period last year to $1,268 per tonne. According to the latest report, Vedanta's alumina production cost dropped by $54 per tonne from the...
Austria’s export of Alumina exhibits steady growth during 2017-19; Projected with 21.02% downfall in 2020
Austria is a well-developed market economy with a skilled labour force and a high standard of living. Its economy features a large service sector, a sound industrial sector, and a small, but highly developed agricultural sector. FocusEconomics panellists forecasted GDP will contract 6.6% in 2020,...
Alumina production in North America grows by 3% M-o-M in August, while in South America shrinks by 2%
Alumina production in North America continued to grow in August 2020, according to the latest data revealed by the International Aluminium Institute. From 231,000 tonnes in July, alumina output in North America increased by 7,000 tonnes or 3.03 per cent to stand at 238,000 tonnes in August. The...
West Europe’s August alumina production climbs to 487,000 tonnes; Output in East & Central Europe up 8% YoY
West Europe’s alumina production stood 2.74 per cent higher year-on-year to 487,000 tonnes in August 2020. The output increased by 2.1 per cent from July’s production of 477,000 tonnes and 1.88 per cent from June’s production of 478,000 tonnes. In the first eight months of 2020, alumina output...
World alumina production grows 2.6% year-on-year to 11.366 million tonnes in August 2020: IAI
According to the latest data released by the International Aluminium Institute, world alumina production in August 2020 stood flat at 11.366 million tonnes, following a hike of 3.1 per cent from 11.029 million tonnes in June to 11.367 tonnes in July 2020. On a year-on-year basis, the output in...
Launched! AlCircle’s new report ‘‘Global Bauxite Industry Insights’’
AlCircle has strengthened its Sector Focus Report portfolio with the launch of new report- ‘ ‘Global Bauxite Industry Insights’’. The report promises to provide a deep insight into bauxite mining process, types and characteristics of bauxite, key players in bauxite mining, bauxite markets, upcoming...
Rio Tinto nearing the completion of its two alumina refineries maintenance work in Gladstone
Rio Tinto has considerably progressed with its $75 million planned maintenance shutdown work at two of its alumina refineries in Gladstone, Queensland this year. Despite the COVID-19 restrictions, the mining giant conducted maintenance work at Queensland Alumina Limited and Yarwun refinery by using...
Alcoa diversifies its Sustana™ product line by including EcoSource™, the industry’s first low-carbon smelter-grade alumina brand
Alcoa, the global leader in bauxite, alumina, and aluminium products on 23 rd September’20, announced the diversification of its Sustana™ product line with the inclusion of EcoSource™, the industry’s first low-carbon smelter-grade alumina brand. EcoSource is produced with no more than 0.6 tonnes of...
