
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...
National Aluminium Company Ltd (NALCO) has reported its highest-ever operational and financial performance for FY2025-26 as the state-run aluminium producer moves ahead with major expansion projects and a broader push into critical minerals and resource security. National Aluminium Company Ltd...
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<p>Global high purity alumina producer Altech Chemicals presented its operations report for the half-year ended December 31, 2016, on Thursday, March 16. During the period, the company made advancements in a number of key business areas. Commercialisation opportunity was explored for Altech's...

<p>Airlangga Hartarto, Minister of Industry, has announced that the government will develop a smelting facility in North Kalimantan in Indonesia. Presently, Indonesian government has not utilized the regions alumina and bauxite potentials in Kalimantan.</p> <p><img...

<p>Aditya Birla Group owned Hindalco Industries has planned big investment worth INR 500-700 crore on de-bottlenecking its Utkal alumina refinery project in Odisha's Rayagada district. The company has now applied for clearance up to 2.25 mtpa from 1.5 mtpa for its Utkal alumina...

<p>PT Aneka Tambang (ANTM), a mining company, announced on Wednesday that the company was finalizing its next downstream projects using bauxite reserves and nickel ores. For Bauxites, ANTAM is currently developing Smelter Grade Alumina Refinery (SGAR) plant with PT Inalum.</p> <p><img...

<p>One of the world's largest aluminium producers UC RUSAL is going to invest over RUB 5 billion in construction of an alumina transshipment terminal in Vanino Bay within the framework of Free Port of Vladivostok (FPV), Russia, reported sources aware of the development. Three more projects are also...

<p>The UAE Ras Al-Khaimah Investment Authority (RAKIA) has served an arbitration notice to the Indian government seeking a hefty compensation of US$44.71 million for a bauxite and alumina supply agreement that was signed for a planned project in south India. The notice served mentioned the option...

<p>China's Yunnan Aluminum Co. is all set to further strengthen its upstream business verticals. According to the industry sources, the company has set an ambitious target for itself- to become 100 per cent self-sufficient in alumina by 2020. <br /><br />At present, Yunnan Aluminum’s alumina...

Shandong Binzhou Beihai Company put its large alumina project into operations in Shandong recently, the China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association (CNIA) said in its website. The project has an annual capacity of 1 million tonnes, according to the website. In an earilier release, SMM predicted...

<p>United Company RUSAL Plc announced that on 22 June 2016 the company's Board of Directors has approved (i) Annex 12 to the Dian-Dian Concession Agreement dated 21 July 2001 in relation to the Dian-Dian project; and (ii) an agreement on restoration of the alumina refinery Friguia and its further...

Yunnan Aluminum Co.’s alumina project in Laos, which has been filed at China’s NDRC and passed censorship by authorities in Laos, is now waiting for approval by the Laos government, the company's executive told Yunnan Daily. The project, with total investment at $900 million, will produce 3 million...

A Chinese-invested alumina refinery was officially put into production on Saturday in Indonesia. The refinery invested by China Hongqiao Group Limited and Winning Investment (HK) Company Limited, is the first giant alumina project that Chinese companies have invested in overseas. The two Chinese...

China Hongqiao Group’s large-scale alumina project in Indonesia succeeded in yielding output recently, reported industry sources. The company will sell alumina from the project, whose annual capacity is 1 million tonnes, to China or Middle East within the next 1-2 months. Expected output for the...

Shandong Weiqiao Aluminum & Electricity Co.’s large-scale alumina project in Indonesia has recently been approved by Shandong Development & Reform Commission. It is learnt from industry sources that the project, located in West Kalimantan and with total investment at $ 1 billion, will have an...

UC RUSAL, a leading global aluminium producer, and the Republic of Guinea have signed an annex to the Dian-Dian concession agreement and also reached an agreement on resuming operations at the Friguia bauxite and alumina complex. The newly signed annex to the Dian-Dian concession agreement splits...

Shandong Nanshan Aluminum Co. is scheduled to break ground on the first phase of its large-scale alumina project in Indonesia in October this year. Nanshan Aluminum has the most complete aluminum industrial chain solely in Longkou throughout the world, covering the upstream and downstream links of...

Shandong Weiqiao Aluminum & Electricity Co. is scheduled to put online its large-scale alumina joint venture project in Indonesia on March 18, said a recent industry report. According to the report, the project, a JV between Weiqiao Aluminum and Indonesia’s Harita on a 60:40 basis, has an annual...

Orbite Technologies Inc. has provided an update on the company's progress towards high purity alumina plant completion and commissioning. Construction Highlights • As reported by the Company on February 11th, 2016, the installation of critical system components, withheld by a supplier in breach of...

State-owned aluminium maker Nalco will send a team of officials to Iran, Qatar and Oman as early as next month to explore opportunities for setting up a gas-based thermal power plant and an aluminium smelter. Previously, the over $2-billion project was slated to come up at one of the specially...