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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Guangxi province sets alumina and aluminium capacity target for 2018
China’s Guangxi province has set capacity target for next year. Baise City in Guangxi Province sets a goal for local alumina, aluminium and aluminium processing capacity, according to Shanghai Metals Market. The city intends to boost alumina capacity to 10 million tonnes, aluminium capacity to over...
Shanxi Huaxing Aluminium starts high-temperature digestion line, aluminium and other raw material prices to stay bullish
Shanxi Huaxing Aluminum Co. has commissioned high-temperature Digestion line for Bayer alumina production. The line will have the capability of processing 1 million tonnes of diasporic bauxite per year, the largest in the world. Chinese companies are also investing in alumina projects around the...
Vietnam’s Nhan Co alumina refinery delivers lower than expected in 2016-17
Provincial authorities of Dak Nong in Vietnam said Wednesday, August 30, that the total tax to be collected from the Nhan Co alumina refinery in 2017 is estimated to come down form what was expected of it. The estimated amount stands at VND107.39 billion against an expected VND437.761 billion. The...
North Korea alumina import is estimated to drop noticeably in 2017
The imports of commodities by North Korea during the last five years have decreased and are estimated to continue in the coming years. The imports of alumina by the country also dropped during the last two years. North Korea‘s alumina import is estimated to fall considerably in 2017....
Turkey to reduce its alumina import by 45.5% YoY in 2017
Turkey, the transcontinental country in Eurasia, is aiming to reduce its alumina import in 2017, according to the estimates provided by global alumina trade data. The country’s only integrated aluminium producer Eti Alüminyum Inc. Co. having 230,000 tonnes per annum of calcined alumina production...
Alumina plant in Chongqing to boost output on the back of rising prices
According to a report by Shanghai Metals Market, one alumina producer in Chongqing has decided to expand production on optimism over stronger price gains. The alumina producer has two different production facilities for which they source bauxite from domestic producers and import from different...
Yunnan Aluminum sets production target for H2 2017
Yunnan Aluminium Co Ltd., one of China's major aluminium producing companies, has announced its production target for aluminium and other products for the second half of this year, according to Shanghai Metals Market. Yunnan Aluminum Co. sets a goal to produce 260,000 tonnes of carbon, 650,000...
Alcoa JV shines on Alumina’s H1 FY2017-18 profit
<p>Alumina Limited, the leading Australian resource company with focus on alumina refining, recently announced an impressive profit growth for the first half of 2017, thanks to higher commodity prices realized by its joint venture with Alcoa. </p> <p>Alcoa World Alumina and Chemicals (AWAC)...
India’s refractory-grade alumina import drops as China ups ante on its anti-pollution drive
<p>India’s refractory raw material imports have been hit badly ever since China declared war against its polluting industries. The slump in the imports of fused and calcined alumina have left domestic refractory manufacturers struggling to meet demand from the core user industries such as...
Alumina prices rebound slightly; Nalco projects slow increase in alumina prices in near term
<p>After a period of flat run, China’s domestic alumina price rebounded on August 17, driven by an outlook on tightened supply. The average spot alumina prices expected to range between RMB 2506 – 2506/t. The tightness in the market is expected because Alumina production in Shanxi...
Bauxite supply shortage affects alumina refinery operations in China’s Shanxi province
<p>Bauxite mines in China’s Shanxi have come under the environmental scanning, Shanghai Metals Market report confirmed. The mines lacking production licenses have been ordered to close operations by September 14. Bauxite supply shortage had already been looming large over alumina refineries...
Indonesia’s alumina import to drop as domestic industry readies to scale production
<p>Alumina import by Indonesia is set witness a drop in 2017 as domestic production of the mineral is increasing at a steady state. With the country’s state-owned aluminium producer PT Indonesia Asahan Aluminium (Inalum) readying to increase its metal output to 500,000 tonnes a year by 2020...
Hindalco produced 724 kilotonne of alumina in Q1 FY2018
<p>Hindalco Industries produced 724000 tonnes of alumina in the quarter ended 30th June 2017. The alumina production increased 2 per cent as compared to Q1 FY2017. Aditya, Mahan and Utkal alumina continue to operate at their designed capacities, according to the company.</p> <p><img...
Canada’s alumina import is estimated to rise further in 2017
<p>Canada is one of the leading aluminium producers in the Americas. It is the third-ranked producer of aluminium in the world supported by technologically sound aluminium smelters run on cheaper hydropower. Based on year-to-date average daily production of 8,820 metric tons, the annual projection...
China’s alumina production surges in July
<p>China’s production of alumina increased notably in July. The production rose less than expected due to maintenance conducted by producers. The alumina production is expected to grow further in August, according to recent statistics showed by Shanghai Metals Market.</p> <p...
TOR Minerals reports strong recovery in profitability in Q2 2017, alumina revenue up 18%
<p>TOR Minerals International, Inc. announced its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2017. The company reported sales increased 9 per cent to $10.7 million for the second quarter as compared to $9.9 million during the same period of 2016. The increase in revenue was mainly due...
Chalco plans to cancel its alumina project at Huangha Port
<p>Chalco has decided that they will no longer proceed with the alumina project at Huangha Port in Cangzhou city. The project with 2 million tonnes of annual capacity will be cancelled as a result of environmental protection consideration, Shanghai Metals Market reported.</p> <p><img...
Rio Tinto’s alumina business records a major turnaround performance in H12017
<p>Rio Tinto has announced production and financial results for the first half of 2017 and its alumina operations have recorded significant increase in net earnings as well as revenue.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img style="vertical-align: middle;"...
