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 alumina imports Up 8.96% YoY in May
China imported 340,500 mt of alumina in May, up from 315,900 mt in April and up 8.96% YoY, customs data showed. YTD imports through May amounted to 1.59 million mt, down 33.55% from a year ago. Aluminum smelters preferred domestic alumina, whose prices fell due to high production during the first...
An alumina coating process fit for service in space
A nanoceramic alumina coating process for aluminium printed circuit board (PCB) components was presented by Cambridge Nanotherm Ltd at the recent Electronic Materials and Processes for Space (EMPS) workshop which took place in April 2015 at the German Space Operations Centre near Munich, Germany....
China alumina output hits new high in May
China’s metallurgical-grade alumina output hit 4.76 million tonnes in May, up 12.9% from a year ago, SMM statistics showed. As of mid-June, new aluminum capacity in China had exceeded 2 million-tpy, while new alumina capacity was less than 3 million-tpy, boosting demand for alumina, according to...
Nalco expects its alumina output to rise by 1 million tonne in next 4.5 years
Nalco expects its alumina output to rise by 1 million tonne in next 4.5 years, of which 21.8 lakh tonne can be obtained in FY16, NR Mohanty, CMD, Nalco told CNBC-TV18. Nalco made a record profit of Rs 1322 crore last year but now the market is crashing due to Chinese dump entering the aluminum...
AMIRA calls for broader alumina collaboration
The nature of collaboration in the global alumina sector must be broadened to take the industry to the next level, according to a paper released by AMIRA International. The paper was authored by AMIRA program manager Gray Bailey and managing director Joe Cuzzuca and presented to the recent Alumina...
China alumina prices drop on growing supply as production costs fall
Prices of alumina in China have fallen more than 10 percent since January and are unlikely to recover this year as lower production costs encourage refineries to boost output, industry sources in the country said. Refiners usually sell alumina to aluminium smelters as it is the key ingredient in...
Chinese aluminum smelting costs fall in May on lower alumina, power costs
The average cost at Chinese aluminum smelters slid 1.0% from a month ago in May, driven by lower alumina and power costs, SMM survey showed. The average weighted alumina price in China's four major regions slipped 2.2% or 57 yuan per tonne month-on-month, and the Bohai-Rim Steam-Coal Price Index...
NALCO plans 3.5 lakh tonne aluminium output this fiscal
State run aluminium major, the National Aluminium Company Ltd (NALCO) has set a target to produce 3.5 lakh tonne of aluminium in the current financial year as per the MoU signed with the Ministry of Mines. The navaratna firm also aims to produce 21.50 lakh of alumina during the reporting period....
"By lowering our own emissions, increasing recycling and helping our customers develop products that enable CO2 savings; we aim to make carbon neutrality a reality." Mr. Alberto Fabrini, Executive Vice President - Head of Bauxite and Alumina, Hydro, Brazil
Brazil is Hydro's main source for bauxite and it employs more than 6,000 people in the country for their business in the aluminium value chain. Hydro extracts bauxite in Paragominas and Trombetas and refines bauxite to alumina at the world's largest alumina refinery, Alunorte. AlCircle had an...
China alumina imports plunged 46.98% in April
China’s alumina imports plunged 46.98% from a year ago to 315,900 tonnes in April, customs data showed. SMM attributes the slump to to growing domestic supply and loss of appeal of imported alumina. Prices for domestic alumina kept falling as a result of growing output. Prices in Henan and Shanxi...
Jamaican economy suffers; growing bauxite industry provides a little relief
The continued lagged impact of the drought which prevailed last summer has been blamed for the poor performance of the Jamaican economy during fiscal year 2014-15, with the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) estimating expansion of a mere 0.1 per cent. The performance was largely driven by a...
Sasol expands alumina spheres production capacity in Germany
On May 20, 2015 Sasol announced that it has expanded the production capacity of its alumina spheres plant in Brunsbüttel to 4,000 tonnes per annum. Through the company’s Performance Chemicals Inorganics & Catalyst division, a leading global producer of inorganic specialities, it produces high...
Jindal company announce $135M expansion in Louisiana
W.R. Grace & Co. and Chevron Products Co. will build a $135 million residue hydro-processing catalyst production plant and additional alumina capacity at the existing Grace manufacturing facility near Lake Charles. The announcement was made Monday in a news release from Gov. Bobby Jindal and W.R....
China alumina output grew 14.2% in April on expansions, production resumptions
China’s output of metallurgical-grade alumina grew 14.2% from a year ago to 4.64 million tonnes in April, SMM’s survey found. The growth was contributed mainly by commissioning of new capacity and restart of idled capacity in Shandong and Chongqing, SMM learned. One alumina refinery in Shanxi...
Alum Tulcea allocates 30% of 2014 profit for retooling
Approximately 30% of the 2014 net profit recorded by alumina producer Alum Tulcea will be allocated for retooling and the rest will be distributed to cover losses from previous years, the operational manager of the company Nicolae Anghelovici told Agerpres after Alum’s debut on AeRO market. In...
Alumina sees a jump in earnings for Q1 2015
Alumina says average earnings per tonne jumped at its AWAC joint venture during the first quarter of the year amid "healthy demand" and lower costs, while the longer-term outlook is likely to benefit from a global supply squeeze. Chief executive Peter Wasow said average alumina earnings before...
Orbite granted red mud monetization patents in Canada and US
Orbite Aluminae Inc. is pleased to announce that further to its press releases of January 8 and March 13, 2015, the Company has now been granted patents in Canada and the Unites States pertaining to its Red Mud Monetization technology. The two patents are Canadian patent 2,857,574 and U.S. patent...
Extended maintenance at Paragominas completed
The ball mill at Hydro’s bauxite mining operations in Paragominas in Para, Brazil, that was taken out for planned maintenance in the beginning of March is now back in operation. Paragominas has fully resumed its production. Paragominas normally operates with two ball mills, and with one ball mill...
