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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UC RUSAL increases alumina production to 900 thousand tpy at Urals Aluminium Smelter
<p>UC RUSAL, a leading global aluminium producer, announces the launch of a new digestion train at the Urals Aluminium Smelter (UAZ). The total amount of investment in the project exceeded 1.1 billion rubles.</p> <p><img style="vertical-align: middle; display: block; margin-left: auto;...
Hydro reports higher EBIT for Bauxite & Alumina segment in Q1 2017
<p>Norsk Hydro reports first quarter 2017 results with an underlying EBITDA of to NOK 2,284 million in comparison to NOK 1,829 million in the fourth quarter 2016. The growth was primarily driven by higher realized all-in metal and alumina prices. </p> <p><img style="vertical-align: middle;...
China alumina price fall yet to ring alarm bells for domestic producers
<p>Alumina price in China major markets have been falling of late; yet the price fall is not that steep to pinch hard the 'big' producers at their bottomlines, Shanghai Metals Market thinks.</p> <p>China alumina prices are currently trending below the highest cost of production causing small and...
PFS indicates 19.4 MT of alumina resources at Potash Ridge’s Blawn Mountain project
<p>Potash Ridge Corporation, a leading producer of potassium sulphate in North America has announced an update to the independent NI 43-101 Prefeasibility Technical Report for its Blawn Mountain Project dated January 18, 2017. </p> <p><img style="vertical-align: middle; display: block;...
Nalco readies INR 25,000-crore investment for expansion
<p>National Aluminium Company (Nalco), a central government-owned entity, is set to join the club of million-tonne producers in the segment by 2020. It has readied about INR 25,000 crore of investment to expand its aluminium, alumina and power capacities.</p> <p>In the...
China refines 27% more alumina in March than the same period previous year
<p>Monthly alumina output in China rose significantly in March, revealed first-hand production data of the Chinese alumina refineries as surveyed by the Shanghai Metals Market. Alumina production volume last month totalled 5,831,000 tonnes, up 27 per cent from March 2016 and +12.45 per cent from...
WA’s mineral sales volume up in 2016, alumina remains flat
<p>Western Australia’s mineral and petroleum industry has reported sales of A$94.8-billion in 2016, which registers an increase of A$3.4-billion YOY. The largest chunk of sale has been contributed by iron ore, nickel and petroleum sector. </p> <p><img style="vertical-align: middle;...
Data shows alumina import by the Middle East surged in 2016
<p>Middle East is at an inflexion point and threshold of a massive economic transformation as aluminium catches the world's attention as the next biggest industry after oil. The region is now only next to China and the US in terms of market size and with recorded 5,229,115 tonnes production of...
Carborundum Universal opens two alumina fusion plants at its Kochi minerals complex
<p>Carborundum Universal (CUMI), a part of Murugappa Group and a leading manufacturer and developer of abrasives, ceramics, refractories, aluminium oxide grains etc in India, has opened two new alumina fusion facilities at its electro-mineral complex in Kochi. The company...
Supply disruptions in China may delay brown fused alumina deliveries in April, May
<p>Environmental protection authorities in China that recently got down to track non-conformance by the country's numerous aluminium smelters and alumina refineries seem to have impacted the global trade of alumina and bauxite in the short-term. Deliveries of some contracts of brown fused alumina...
Antaike forecasts 6.65 million tpy new alumina capacity in China in 2017
<p>According to the aluminium sector report from Antaike, state-run metals consultancy firm in Beijing, published on Thursday, China is expected to add 6.65 million tonnes per year of new alumina capacity in 2017, mostly in North China, Central China and Northwest China.</p>...
Alumina exports from Russia to be valued at $1.74 mln in 2017, up 25% YoY
<p>The Russian Federation plays a key role in the global aluminium industry value chain. Its major aluminium producer UC RUSAL is a vertically integrated company with bauxite processing and alumina refining operations in Russia's Kamensk-Uralsky, Sverdlovsk region and Leningrad region....
Tân Rai bauxite project will deliver, says VINACOMIN Dy. Director Nguyen Van Biên
<p>The Vietnam National Coal and Mineral Industry Group (VINACOMIN) operated Tân Rai bauxite mine has every quality that it takes a company to stage an emphatic comeback even after posting a mammoth loss, thinks VINACOMIN deputy director Nguyen Van Biên. While explaining the reason...
Week in Review: Major advances in alumina industry around the world
<p>The alumina industry has observed some of the major ups and downs in the past week across the globe. Let’s revisit the prominent news stories covering the week:</p> <p><img style="vertical-align: middle; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"...
Vietnam’s Lam Dong Aluminium-Bauxite Complex posts losses
<p>According to an anonymous media source from Vietnam, Lam Dong Aluminium-Bauxite Complex that has recently published its results has incurred a loss of nearly VND3.7trn ($62m) after three years of operation.</p> <p><img style="vertical-align: middle; display: block; margin-left: auto;...
Bosnia's alumina exports to surge 88% YoY in 2017 supported by Alumina's ambitious plans
<p>The mineral sector of Bosnia and Herzegovina is dominated by the mine output of bauxite, iron ore, and lead-zinc ore while the metallurgy sector produces aluminium and steel. As per USGS 2013 Bosnia Mineral Yearbook data, the gross domestic product (GDP) was $17.8 billion in 2013, while the...
Bosnia's Alumina to produce 290,000 tonnes of alumina in 2017
<p>Dr. Radislav Filipovic, Alumina’s director of business marketing and production in most of Zvornik collective, has announced in a statement on Tuesday February 14 that the company is planning to produce 290,000 tons of alumina in 2017.</p> <p><img style="vertical-align: middle; display:...
Brazil ranks second as a net exporter of alumina
<p>The global demand for alumina is growing like never before with phenomenal growth in aluminium production, especially in China. The world will continue to see strong demand growth for alumina particularly in China and the Middle East countries. It opens up new trading opportunities for the...
