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 second quarter alumina production slightly down QoQ; bauxite output up 10.7%
RUSAL reported a 0.7 per cent quarter-on-quarter decline in alumina production in the second quarter of 2019. Alumina production dropped from 1.93 million tonnes to 1.91 million tonnes. Russian operations accounted for 36 per cent of the total output. Total alumina production stood at 3.85 million...
Lower aluminium production at key smelters in and outside China affects global output in H12019
The survey data of the International Aluminium Institute (IAI) showed that global aluminium production dropped 0.5 per cent in the first half of 2019, as Lower Western output had been largely down due to temporary outages at two important smelters – Albras in Brazil and Becancour in Canada. The...
China’s alumina import in H1 2019 lowers 9.5% YoY; Import in June up 4.6% over the year
According to Shanghai Metals Market, China in June imported 50,000 tonnes of seaborne alumina, down 16.7 per cent from May but up 4.6 per cent from June 2018. With this, China’s import of alumina came in at 320,000 tonnes in the first half of 2019, down 9.5 per cent from the same period last year....
Alumina Limited reports drop in production and EBITDA for Alcoa's bauxite and alumina segment in Q2 2019
Alumina Limited has reported the result highlights for Alcoa Corp’s 2Q 2019 bauxite and alumina segment. Alcoa’s bauxite and alumina segment is represented by Alcoa Worldwide Alumina and Chemicals (AWAC), a joint venture which is owned 40% by Alumina Limited and Alcoa owns the remaining 60% and is...
South32’s alumina production up 9% QoQ in Q4; Worsley Alumina production climbs 12%
South32 reported alumina production of 5.05 million tonnes in FY19, as compared to 5.06 million tonnes in FY18. In Q4 FY19, alumina production increased 9% quarter-on-quarter to 1.3 million. Production at Worsley Alumina increased 1% year-on-year to 3.79 million tonnes in FY19. In Q4 FY2019,...
China’s alumina production of 6.40 million tonnes in June records highest since May 2017: NBS
According to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Thursday, July 11, China’s alumina production in June recorded a rise by 5.4 per cent year on year to come in at 6.41 million tonnes. It is the highest monthly figure since May 2017, as per the data published on bureau’s...
Rio Tinto’s aluminium production remains unchanged in Q2 2019; alumina production down 6%
Rio Tinto’s aluminium production was 0.8 million tonnes in the second quarter of 2019. Production was in line with the corresponding period of 2018. But production was up one per cent quarter-on-quarter. Aluminium production stood at 1.59 million tonnes in the first half of 2019, unchanged from the...
Launched! New AlCircle Report on “Red Mud (Bauxite Residue) Management: Storage & Valorisation”
AlCircle has again come up with an informative report “Red Mud (Bauxite Residue) Management: Storage & Valorisation” to provide a comprehensive, in-depth study on red mud generation, processing, disposal/storage to various valorisation aspects including material extraction and usage in various...
Global alumina prices drop below pre-Alunorte closure levels; oversupplied market and slow demand to keep prices low
The global alumina market is mostly driven by Australia, Brazil and China alumina market. Australia and Brazil are the two main alumina suppliers in the world after China. China drives the alumina market both as a producer as well as a consumer. Alumina prices have been on a steady downward trend...
Alumina production in China records 3.4% YoY fall in June
According to Shanghai Metals Market, China’s production of metallurgical-grade alumina came in at 5.76 million tonnes in June, from revised production of 5.86 million tonnes in May. Alumina production registered a drop of 3.42 per cent year-on-year. Production of alumina stood at 34.8 million...
China’s bauxite import inches down 4.59% M-o-M in May 2019
After recording a month-on-month rise in April 2019, China’s bauxite import in May declined 4.59 per cent from April to come in at 9.71 million tonnes, according to China Customs data. In April 2019, China’s bauxite import was at 9.77 million tonnes after rising 24.5 per cent from a month ago. On a...
Scania delivers eight new high-end trucks to K&S Freighters for transporting alumina
Swedish manufacturer of commercial vehicles, Scania, has reportedly delivered eight new G 500 prime movers to K&S Freighters in Newcastle for transporting alumina or coke from the port to Tomago Aluminium smelter. The trucks will run around-the-clock for six days in a week, across two12-hour...
Reopening of aluminium capacity lifted US alumina import by 128% QoQ in Q1 2019
As shown by the latest US Geological Survey latest release on Bauxite and Alumina in the First Quarter 2019, imports of alumina by the U.S. in the first quarter of 2019 more than doubled to 623,000 tonnes from 273,000 tonnes in fourth quarter of 2018. The volume was 35% more than those in the first...
Iran’s aluminium production drops 32% in two-month period
The Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation Organization (IMIDRO) reported that Iran's total production of aluminium declined by 32 per cent in the first two months of the current fiscal (March 21- May 21) compared with last year's corresponding period. Aluminium production...
Nalco CMD receives ‘Global Indian Business Leader’ award
For outstanding financial and production achievements over the past four years, the CMD of National Aluminium Company Limited, Dr. Tapan Kumar Chand, has been honoured with the ‘Global Indian Business Leader’ award on June 17, 2019. On behalf of Dr. Chand, Nalco DGM (Corporate Communication)...
Chinese aluminium prices likely to be firm in the long run while stocks to ease by 2019; analyst says
Senior aluminium analyst at SMM, Wang Rui, said that aluminium prices in the short term are likely to moderate on weaker demands in a slack season but slower-than-expected in supply and shrinking inventories sustain on optimistic outlook on prices in the long run. At the Nonferrous and Ferrous...
China's domestic alumina prices on downtrend despite production halt by Xinfa’s Jiaokou refinery
According to Fastmarkets reports, the China’s alumina supply has not been affected by the full production cut at Xinfa Group’s Jiaokou alumina refinery. The market has not showed any sign of tightness till now. As shown by Shanghai Metals Market’s data, China’s alumina price has been continuing its...
Alumina production in China registers 1.39% YoY fall in May
According to Shanghai Metals Market, production of metallurgical-grade alumina in China came in at 5.97 million tonnes in May, a decrease of 1.39% year-on-year, as maintenance, technical upgrade, and environmental probes affected output. China’s production of alumina stood 4.19% higher in the first...
