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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A00 aluminium ingot price sees no further change, while alumina registers a hike
After the stupendous surge in average A00 aluminium ingot price from RMB 14450 per tonne to RMB 14720 per tonne on April 17, 2018 on the occasion of aluminium production rise to 8.12 million tonnes in China in the first quarter of 2018, it again remained unchanged on April 18, 2018, Shanghai Metal...
Lanjigarh alumina production up 22% QoQ and 12% YoY in fourth quarter FY 2018.
Vedanta Resources releases production results for the Fourth Quarter and Full Year ended 31 March 2018. The company reports record production performance in the Lanjigarh refinery that was lagging behind due to issues related to raw material sourcing. Alumina production for the fourth quarter 2018...
NALCO recently sets a global benchmark in bauxite mining
Bhubaneswar based premier and integrated company in the aluminium value chain, National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) sets a new world record by excavating total 8 million tonnes of bauxite in FY2017-18. The company seems to be enjoying to have graced top news with its successive achievement,...
Australia alumina gains over March after Alunorte production cut; China prices remain unaffected
While Hydro’s Alunorte alumina refinery operates at 50% of its capacity, the prices seem to be rising over the course of March. According to Metal Bulletin, spot alumina prices gained 27.8% over the course of March, with buyers forced to pay up for units in a tighter market. Metal Bulletin’s...
Hydro to initiate a shutdown at Alunorte refinery by mid-April
After being forced to reduce alumina production substantially under a judicial order last month, the Alunorte refinery in North Brazil, owned by Norway’s Norsk Hydro, has to now start closing down half of its alumina capacity in the next two weeks to preserve equipment, said two people familiar...
US imports of alumina jump 17% YoY in 2017; exports drop 64% on the back of refinery closure
According to the latest USGS release on Bauxite and Alumina in the Fourth Quarter 2017 ; imports of alumina by the U.S. in the fourth quarter of 2017 stood at 355,000 tonnes. The volume was 3% less than the amount of 364,000 tonnes imported in the third quarter of 2017 and 34% more than that in the...
China’s Yunnan Aluminium targets 65% growth in 2018, while alumina output to 1.3 mil mt
China, being one of the most aspiring aluminium producers, targets new highs every year; while this year is no exception either. As reported by Platts, China’s Yunnan Aluminium has declared on Monday that it is aiming at producing 1.4 million tonnes of aluminium in the year 2018, up by 65.1 per...
Bauxite shortage in China is impeding alumina restart in the country
About 30 percent production of alumina refineries and aluminium smelters was cut in many parts of China, including Henan, during November 2017 to March 2018 for bringing the air pollution in check. March 15 was the date they were looking forward to for restarting the alumina production after...
JISCO to upgrade Alpart alumina refinery in order to facilitate monthly export of alumina
Ever since the successful restart of Alpart alumina refinery in Jamaica; its Chinese owner Jiuquan Iron and Steel Company (JISCO) has been constantly brainstorming ideas to make the refinery most profitable by expanding production within a short span of time. The company now aims to upgrade the...
Court rejects plea to resume operations at Hydro Alunorte alumina refinery
Brazilian court has rejected Norsk Hydro’s request to resume operations at its Alunorte alumina refinery. The company had appealed to a higher court after a regional court ordered it to cut production by 50 per cent at its alumina refinery. On Friday, Hydro issued force majeure notice following...
Hydro issues force majeure notice at its Alunorte alumina refinery
Hydro announced Alunorte has issued a force majeure notice following orders from federal, state and local authorities to cut alumina production by 50 per cent. Alunorte has also declared force majeure due to lack of clarity into what measures it would take to return Alunorte to normal operations....
Hydro ordered to cut production by 50% at Alunorte alumina refinery
Hydro has been told by the Secretariat of Environment and Sustainability in the Brazilian state of Pará (SEMAS) to cut production by 50 per cent at its Alunorte alumina refinery due to non-compliance relating to bauxite residue deposit. SEMAS also said it would introduce daily fines of around BRL 1...
Hydro confirms no leakage from Alunorte alumina refinery
Norwegian aluminium company Norsk Hydro has confirmed that there has been no leakage or rupture of the bauxite residue deposits from its alumina refinery following reports of leakage and water contamination affecting communities in Barcarena. The plant, the world’s largest alumina refinery, is...
Alumina Limited reports profits for FY2017; expects to be benefited by import restrictions in 2018
Alumina Limited released its full year 2017 results on Thursday, 22 February 2018. The company reported a statutory net profit after tax of US$339.8 million for the full-year 2017 in comparison to a net loss of US$30.2 million in 2016. Excluding special items net profit after tax would be US$363.1...
Altech receives manufacturing licence approval for alumina plant
Altech Chemicals Limited has announced the approval of a manufacturing license from the Malaysian Investment Development Authority (MIDA) for its 4,500 tonnes high purity alumina (HPA) plant at Johor, Malaysia. The approval represents another important milestone for the development of alumina...
Hydro reports record bauxite and alumina production for full year 2017
Norsk Hydro reports record alumina and bauxite production along with improved financial results for both the segments, mostly driven by higher realized alumina price. The bauxite mine in Paragominas reached record yearly production of 11.4 million tonnes. Bauxite production for Q4 2017 stood at...
Brazil alumina export volume inches up in January
Brazil’s exports of commodities increased 13.8 per cent year-on-year to USD 16.968 billion last month. The country’s exports of alumina grew in January from a year earlier. According to Brazil’s Ministry of Industry, Foreign Trade and Services (MDIC), Brazil shipped 861,336 tonnes of alumina in...
Sasol expands alumina production capacity at its refinery in Germany
Chemicals and energy company Sasol Chemicals has completed expansion of alumina production capacity at its Brunsbüttel site to meet the growing global demand for alumina. The expansion has increased alumina hydrate production capacity by approximately 15,000 tons per annum. Sasol Inorganics and...
