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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China’s aluminium production rises 8.8% YoY in H1 2017, NDRC says
<p>According to the National Development & Reform Commission (NDRC), China produced 27.60 million tonnes of ten nonferrous metals in the first half of 2017, up 7.2% year-on-year. The growth increased 7.1% from the same period of last year.</p> <p><img style="vertical-align: middle; display:...
Rusal’s second quarter alumina production up 2.1% sequentially
<p>Rusal reported 2.1% sequential increase in alumina production in Q2 2017 at 1,928 thousand tonnes. Russian alumina refineries accounted for 36% of total output. All the refineries reported optimum production volumes according to the plans. Windalco, Auginish and Bogoslovsk faced minor drop in...
Vedanta aluminium production up 44% YoY in Q1 FY2018, full year target set at 1.6 million tonnes
<p>Vedanta Resources releases production report across all its business for the First Quarter ended 30 June 2017. Aluminium production remains flat quarter on quarter due to previously announced power outage at Jharsuguda-I. The company reports an exit production run-rate of 1.4mtpa....
Alumina producer to increase its product prices
<p>Alteo, a leading producer of high-value specialty alumina with production capacity of over 600, 000 tonnes in France, is going to increase the prices on its whole product portfolio at the end of quarter three this year.</p> <p><img style="vertical-align: middle; display: block; margin-left:...
Lower alumina prices hit Hydro’s underlying EBIT for Bauxite & Alumina despite higher production
<p>Hydro reports positive results for the second quarter of 2017, driven by better metal prices. However, underlying EBIT for Bauxite & Alumina decreased from the first quarter mostly attributed to lower realized alumina prices, driven by a weaker alumina index. </p> <p style="text-align:...
Alcoa’s Bauxite & Alumina EBITDA falls in Q2 2017 on lower API and production
<p>Alumina Limited, the AWAC joint venture, has announced its second quarter results for Alcoa Bauxite and Alumina Segment. The 2017 EBITDA for Bauxite and Alumina fell to total $325 million. </p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img style="vertical-align: middle;"...
South32 reports record aluminium production in FY17 at Mozal Aluminium
<p> South32, a globally diversified mining and metals company, yesterday reported an increase in production in all segments for the three months to June as compared to previous quarter. However, the company’s full year performance that ended in June was lower for several commodities.</p>...
Iceland imports about 1.65 million tonnes of alumina to feed its smelters, Australia tops the exporter list
<p>Iceland, this tiny island country which was once known only for its huge fish production and export is the new hub for aluminium and on the way to produce more aluminium in 2017 than the United States in the same way like two other countries with hydropower- Canada and Norway. Major Aluminium...
Rio Tinto’s Q4 2017 alumina & aluminium production down YoY
<p>Rio Tinto has released the production results of alumina and aluminium for the second quarter of 2017. The company’s alumina and aluminium production for the second quarter of 2017 was lower than the corresponding quarter of 2016.</p> <p><strong>Rio Tinto produced 888,000 tonnes of...
Australia to witness major drop in alumina export in H1 FY2017-18
<p>The global demand of alumina, the key electrolyte for aluminium production through Hall Heroult method, though rising significantly is lending little support to Australia’s exports. The largest exporter of alumina in 2016 is nearing a drop in the mineral commodity export, if quarterly...
Will low alumina price have an impact on Alcoa’a second quarter results?
<p>Alumina and electricity are the two key inputs that go into aluminium production which also play a very significant role in determining the price of aluminium.</p> <p>Integrated aluminium producers like Alcoa, Norsk Hydro and Rio Tinto (RIO) have both alumina refining as well as aluminium...
Queen’s University researcher develops alumina catalyst from aluminium foil waste
<p>Ahmed Osman, a researcher at Queen’s University Belfast, has successfully recycled aluminium foil waste into an alumina based biofuel catalyst. The chemical is found to be more reactive yet cheaper than commercial alumina refined from bauxite. The out-of-the-box approach if adopted in...
The U.S. import of alumina is on the rise in the first three month of 2017, exports drop on refinery shutdown
<p>The U.S. primary aluminium industry is slowly picking up the pieces on the back of positive expectations generated by the Trump’s ministry. Along with the fall of the primary industry a number of alumina refineries in the U.S. have closed down in 2016, including the shutdowns of the...
Spot Alumina prices in China markets register a drop; no major price drop expected in near term
<p>Spot Alumina prices in major China markets have registered a further fall after the last registered drop in July 7. According to a report from Shanghai Metals Market yesterday, the production of alumina is expected to increase to 5.9 million tonnes in July, and the daily average production to...
China’s alumina production set to rise in July, SMM anticipates
<p>According to recent statistics showed by Shanghai Metals Market, China’s production of alumina increased year-on-year in June, and the daily average production climbed month-on-month. The production of alumina is expected to increase in July. </p> <p><img style="vertical-align:...
Suriname faces budget deficit after closure of alumina refinery; to get $40m support from IDB
<p>A media report says Suriname is to receive a $40m investment loan from Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) which will help increase tax revenue and improve its public spending.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img style="vertical-align: middle;"...
Value of Ukraine’s alumina export registers a sharp rise in 2016; trend expected to continue in 2017
<p>Ukraine is a sovereign state in Eastern Europe, bordered by Russia to the east, northeast, and south. Ukraine has a very large heavy-industry base and is one of the largest refiners of mineral and metallurgical products in Eastern Europe. Rusal has two refineries in Ukraine producing about...
China alumina import in May drops due to weak domestic demand; export up by 22% YoY
<p>Alumina import in China dropped significantly in May this year as demand slowed down among domestic smelters post environmental protection checks conducted by the regional governments over the last two months. Total alumina import in May stood at 139,571 tonnes, down 20.4 per cent from the...
