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 $5.6b South32 alumina, aluminium and bauxite asset deal
Alcoa has moved its proposed acquisition of South32's bauxite, alumina and aluminium interests forward with a US SEC filing, with the transaction carrying an implied enterprise value of up to USD 5.6 billion. Alcoa Corporation has filed a Form S-4 registration statement with the US Securities and...
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Nagpur institute JNARDDC invents method to make special alumina
The city-based Jawaharlal Nehru Aluminium Research Design and Development Centre (JNARDDC) has developed an indigenous process of preparing 'special alumina', which is usually imported. Special alumina, which is the precursor for manufacturing aluminium from bauxite ore, has multiple uses as fire...
Hydro reports record Q1 2015 result on higher sales & positive currency movement
Hydro's underlying earnings before financial items and tax increased to NOK 3,208 million in the first quarter, up from NOK 2,886 million in the fourth quarter of 2014. The results reflect higher sales across the value chain and a stronger US dollar. • Record-high quarterly underlying EBIT of NOK 3...
Antam may receive financing from Chinese lenders
Antam may soon receive financial aid from China Development Bank (CDB) and Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) worth US$ 50 billion according to reports. The company is struggling with its finances and production maybe stalled in the absence of adequate funding sine the House has...
China’s strong domestic alumina demand boosts production and reduces imports
China is enjoying a robust demand for alumina in the domestic market that has pushed up the country’s output by 8.7% to a record high of 4.71 million tons this March reducing its reliance on alumina imports which fell 42.1% from last year to 218,000 tons. The domestic alumina is more attractive due...
Rio Tinto reports higher coal production for the first quarter of 2015
Rio Tinto reported higher coal production for the first quarter driven primarily by the improved performance of the Kestrel South mine in Queensland after a longwall ramp-up. Semisoft production also increased at Mount Thorley and Warkworth in NSW while at the Hail Creek facility in Queensland...
UC RUSAL announces operating results for the first quarter 2015
UC Rusal, a leading global aluminium producer, announces its operating results for the first quarter 2015 (“1Q15”). Key highlights • 1Q2015 total aluminium output amounted to 900 thousand tons (-2% QoQ and +2% YoY). The company maintains production discipline in accordance with the previously...
Datang International produces 110,000 tonnes of alumina annually using coal ash
Inner Mongolia Datang International Renewable Resource Development Co. produces 110,000 tonnes of alumina each year using coal ash, a waste generated during thermal power generation, local media reported yesterday. The company’s subsidiary, Datang Tuoke Power Plant, generates over 4 million tonnes...
Alumina in a better space than iron ore
Credit Suisse upgrades Alumina AWC to "outperform" from "neutral" and says "it is our preferred ASX100 mining exposure". "Alumina fundamentals are much better than iron ore and AWC is moving into a strong dividend paying position with a yield of 8 per cent in CY15 rising to 13 per cent in CY17. "We...
Alumina Limited shares jump 2% following the release of Alcoa quarterly earnings report
Alumina Limited, the 40% owner of Alcoa World Alumina & Chemicals (AWAC) – part of the world’s third largest aluminium producer, Alcoa Inc – has seen its shares jump 2% following the release of a quarterly earnings report. AWAC, which pays dividends to Alumina as part of its major shareholding,...
UC RUSAL to modernize alumina production at UAZ
UC RUSAL, a leading global aluminium producer, announces the launch of a programme to increase alumina production at the Urals Aluminium Smelter (UAZ) to 900 thousand tonnes. Investment in the project is expected to be over USD23 million. The programme is aimed at boosting annual alumina output at...
Vinacomin states that Vietnam’s alumina output is expected to jump 20%
Vinacomin, state run mining group, said on Tuesday that Vietnam’s alumina output is expected to jump 20 percent with the help of country’s first alumina plant which has reached its design capacity of 650,000 metric tons. Although there are reports of possible losses for the Tan Rai complex for the...
Hudson reports robust Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA) for specialty alumina production from the White Mountain anorthosite deposit
HUDSON RESOURCES INC. is pleased to announce the results of the Preliminary Economic Assessment ("PEA" or "Study") for the primary production of specialty grade alumina using White Mountain anorthosite as feedstock. The study was managed by John Goode, P.Eng. and incorporated the work of Arithmetek...
Graphene reduces wear of alumina ceramic
Alumina has for a long time been used in biomedical applications such as load-bearing hip prostheses and dental implants, due to its high resistance to corrosion, low friction, high wear resistance and strength. As material science progresses and advanced materials penetrate into society, ceramics...
Norsk Hydro: Extended maintenance at Paragominas, production at Alunorte unaffected
One of two ball mills at Hydro’s bauxite mining operations, Paragominas in Para, Brazil, was taken out for planned maintenance in the beginning of March, with planned return to production towards the second half of March. As work progressed, an inspection revealed items which require an extended...
Yarwun diversifying to alumina hydrate; Gove added as a source of bauxite
A part of the bauxite required for the Rio Tinto Alcan’s Yarwun site will come from Gove said the acting general manager Greg Bacon. The plant requires seven million tonnes of bauxite at present and six million of it comes from the Weipa site owned by Rio, only one million is being sourced from...
Alcoa continues reshaping upstream business, 443,000 metric tons of Suralco’s refining capacity to be curtailed
Lightweight metals leader Alcoa today announced that it plans to curtail 443,000 metric tons per year (mtpy) of alumina refining capacity at Suralco in Suriname. In addition, the Company and the Government of Suriname have agreed to pursue a transaction for a Government-owned entity to acquire the...
Orbite receives notice of allowance for red mud monetization patent in the USA
Orbite Aluminae Inc. is pleased to announce that the United States Patent and Trademark Office ("USPTO") has issued a notice of allowance for patent application No. 14/371,364, pertaining to Processes for Treating Red Mud. Orbite had previously received a notice of allowance by the Canadian...
Vietnam has big plans for aluminum industry
The Prime Minister’s recent working visit to the Central Highlands bauxite complex confirmed the great potential of bauxite exploitation there and aluminum industry development. Analysts once looked at Tan Rai and Nhan Co alumina projects with dubious eyes. However, it is obvious that domestic...
