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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Washington Mills develops a process to recycle spent fused alumina and put it back to manufacturing chain
Washington Mills has developed a process to collect spent fused alumina and recycle it back into the manufacturing process. Washington Mills is the sole manufacturer of fused alumina in the U.S., which is widely used as a raw material in refractories. Over 150,000 tonnes of fused alumina is...
Alumina production at JISCO-Alpart refinery to be temporarily suspended for expansion programme
On September 3, the Ministry of Transport and Mining reportedly confirmed that the alumina production at JISCO-Alpart refinery in St. Elizabeth would be temporarily suspended, as the second phase of modernisation and expansion programme would be starting with the next 30 to 60 days. The temporary...
Alumina Limited reports 26% drop in H1 2019 profits on lower alumina price; interim dividend cut to half
Alumina Limited updated on the company’s Q2 and H1 financial results during Q2 2019 Earnings Conference Call on August 22. Alumina's H1 2019 profit has fallen by 26 per cent on lower alumina prices. The company has cut its interim dividend to half after the results. The company cut its interim...
China’s bauxite imports up 33% YoY in July 2019; Guinea remains the top supplier
According to the latest data from China Customs, China’s imports of bauxite increased 3.8 per cent month-on-month to 9.66 million tonnes in July 2019. China had imported 9.3 million tonnes of bauxite in June. Imports rose 32.7 per cent from 7.28 million tonnes in July 2018. {newsStudioGallery}...
Chalco’s aluminium production fell 14% YoY in H1 2019; Alumina output rose 3.2%
Chalco, formally known as Aluminium Corporation of China Limited, said its primary aluminium production in the first half of 2019 came in at 1.89 million tonnes, down 8 per cent from 2.06 million tonnes in the same period last year, according to Reuters report. Decline in aluminium prices and rise...
PIOJ denies production slowdown in Alpart alumina refinery despite the news of shutdown doing rounds
The Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) said yesterday that it was not expecting a decline in alumina production in the near term despite proposed cut backs in the sector due to lower price of alumina. James Stewart, Senior Director at the PIOJ said that while the Institute is in discussion with...
The ups and downs of alumina prices in China in the first six months of 2019
China’s alumina price has been on the decline since the middle of December 2018. Alumina prices fluctuated in the first six months of 2019. The first quarter witnessed a decline, while the second quarter saw some corrections. From January to mid-April, the domestic prices remained on downward...
Part II : Top ten alumina producers in the world in 2019
Continued from Part I 6. Rusal In 2018, Rusal’s total alumina production stood at 7.7 million tonnes. Aughinish Alumina in Ireland and Ukraine’s Nikolaev Alumina Refinery are two of its largest refineries. Russian production that comprise Bogoslovsk, Achinsk and Urals refinery, contributed 2.8...
Part I : Top ten alumina producers in the world in 2019
Alumina or aluminium oxide (Al2O3) is the key raw material for producing aluminium. Due to the exponential growth of the aluminium industry in last two decades and the significance of alumina in the upstream value chain, aluminium producers are building their own refineries and expanding the...
Australia’s alumina export to South Africa likely to decrease by 25% in 2019
Australia is the world's largest producer of bauxite and alumina, and the world's largest exporter of alumina. In 2014-15, alumina production in the country totalled at 19.9 million tonnes, out of which almost 86 per cent was exported directly, while the rest used in domestic aluminium production....
Alumina production in China stands at 5.93 million tonnes in July
Alumina production in China stood at 5.93 million tonnes in July, showed an SMM survey on Friday August 9. Production of metallurgical-grade alumina came in at 5.7 million tonnes last month. The average daily output registered 183,700 tonnes, weighed by lower output at Xing’an Chemicals, Henan...
LME aluminium regained losses yesterday after a plunge; SHFE bullish on alumina capacity cut and expected consumption rebound
The US dollar edged higher on Thursday, as a lull in US-China trade turbulence, and better-than-expected data boosted risk appetite. On Thursday, China reported trade data that was better than expected despite mounting economic pressure from elevated US tariffs. LME base metals finished the trading...
LME aluminium fell overnight after the news of operation resumption at Achinsk alumina; SHFE likely to pick up in the short term
The US dollar rebounded from earlier lows on Tuesday, after China's central bank said that it would not use currency as a tool to deal with trade disputes. China on Monday let its currency weaken past 7 to the dollar, its lowest level since the 2008 financial crisis, which led the US to label...
Rusal suspends operation at Achinsk alumina refinery after a fire incident at a nearby military base
According to a company statement, Russian alumina and aluminium producer Rusal suspended operations at its Achinsk alumina refinery on Monday and evacuated all but essential staff after a fire broke out a nearby Russian military base. The RIA news agency reported about the fire and the evacuation....
China’s bauxite imports recorded 39.26% growth in H1 2019
The latest Customs data showed that China’s bauxite imports in the first six months of 2019 came in at 56.63 million tonnes, after expanding by 39.26 per cent from the same period last year. Greater domestic production of alumina and tighter supply of the ore could be the two reasons for this...
Rio Tinto reports strong bauxite and alumina performance in H1 2019; underlying EBITDA and bauxite volume up
Rio Tinto has released H1 2019 results. Though aluminium business suffered due to lower aluminium prices, it was stable from an operational perspective. Bauxite and alumina section performed better in comparison to primary metal. Bauxite volumes rose following the completion of Amrun with third...
Iceland’s total alumina import and import from Australia to grow in 2019 after declining last year
The presence of abundant electrical power in Iceland due to geothermal and hydroelectric energy sources has been buoying the aluminium production in Iceland. Aluminium producers like Alcoa and Century Aluminium which have closed smelters in the U.S. are still running facilities in Iceland, mostly...
Vedanta Limited announces about 12% drop in net profit in Q1 FY20; alumina production cost falls by 17%
Vedanta Limited announced its unaudited consolidated results for the First quarter (Q1) ended 30 June 2019 on Friday, July 26. Revenue for Q1 FY 2020 stood at INR 21,167 crore, lower 4% y-o-y, primarily due to lower commodity prices partially offset by higher aluminium sales, volume addition from...
