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...
Ireland withholds Aughinish Alumina meeting notes amid Russia export review
Ireland’s Department of Enterprise has withheld the release records of discussions between its secretary general and Aughinish Alumina management, citing “highly confidential information” shared by the company. The decision comes as scrutiny intensifies over the Limerick refinery’s alumina exports...
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Yarwun refinery to began alumina production
In any other town the word "bauxite" doesn't mean much. In Gladstone, pretty much everyone knows that bauxite is the red stuff that feeds the region's alumina refineries. Another term that has become synonymous with the Gladstone Region is Yarwun 2, the $2.4 billion expansion of Rio Tinto Alcan's...
Hindalco to seek funding for its Odisha smelter
Hindalco Industries, part of the Aditya Birla Group, is in the process of seeking funding for its biggest greenfield aluminium project in the east coast state of Odisha in India. The company had planned to build a 0.36Mt aluminium smelter alongside a 1Mt alumina refinery, but is now planning a...
Mining permit delays Cameroon alumina project
More than three years on and a $4.3 billion project to build a bauxite mining and alumina refinery in Cameroon is still waiting for a mining permit, a company executive said on Friday. India's Hindalco, Dubai Aluminium Company (Dubal) and Hydromine Inc announced plans for their Cameroon Alumina Ltd...
Queensland Miners lobby to reform tenement auctions
Potential bidders for mining tenements in Queensland are lobbying the recently-elected Newman government to resolve environmental, native title and infrastructure issues before calling for tenders, according to a report by The Australian. Chinese aluminium giant Chalco is among the strongest voices...
Aluminium industry leader Bill Moss to take over as General Manager of Bauxite Alumina Joint Venture
Perth based bauxite explorer and developer Bauxite Resources Ltd is pleased to confirm the appointment of bauxite mining, alumina refining and aluminium smelting industry leader Mr Bill Moss who will take up the role of General Manager with Bauxite Alumina Joint Venture on 2 October 2012. Mr. Moss...
Chalco to bid again for the Aurukun bauxite deposits on the Cape York
CHINESE aluminium giant Chalco says it could bid again for the Aurukun bauxite deposits on the Cape York Peninsula after burning $100 million in an unsuccessful attempt to shore up a mine and alumina refinery before being stripped of the leases by the Queensland government last year. The Hong...
Cameroon to begin extraction of bauxite mineral in 2018
The extraction of bauxite mineral estimated to be 554 million tons in northern Cameroon could begin in 2018 for a period of 75 years and at a cost of 4.3 billion US dollars, a source from the Cameroon Alumina Limited (CAL) which is a consortium of foreign companies, told Xinhua on Monday. The...
RIO Tinto completes expansion of its Yarwun alumina refinery
RIO Tinto has completed construction on the $2.4 billion expansion of its Yarwun alumina refinery and has begun the process of ramping up to full production next year. "The Yarwun expansion project will more than double production at the refinery to 3.4 million tonnes of alumina per year, making...
Hindalco to raise funds for its Odisha Greenfield project
Hindalco Industries, AdityaBirla Group's flagship firm is on an aggressive drive to raise funds for its biggest Greenfield project in Odisha. The country's largest non-ferrous metals producer plans to tap about Rs 9,000 crore for the project, which is being re-configured mirroring the ambitions of...
Global Alumina Announces Annual General Meeting
Global Alumina Corporation announced today that its board of directors have determined the annual general meeting of the Company's shareholders will take place on September 6, 2012. The record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to receive notice of and vote at the annual general...
South African Oligarch proves to be a threat to Oleg Deripaska in Guinea
A group of South Africans, led by Tokyo Sexwale, has devised a scheme to take over mineral assets and mining concessions in the west African republic of Guinea, which the government plans to renationalize after revoking deals struck by previous Guinean governments. The Sexwale scheme is a growing...
Vedanta ties up with Larsen & Tourbo (L&T) to get rid of raw material crisis
Anil Agarwal of Vedanta has found an ally in Larsen & Tourbo (L&T) to bail himself out of the raw material crisis ailing his flagship Odisha aluminium project. The London-listed Vedanta, promoted by Agarwal, has entered into a tripartite agreement with L&T and its partner Dubai Aluminium Company...
Norsk Hydro faces 6,000 lawsuits over 2009 red mud spill in Brazil
Around 6,000 lawsuits have been filed against Norway-based aluminium firm Norsk Hydro in a Brazilian small-claims court in relation to a 2009 water spill at an alumina refinery, the firm said on Friday.A spill at Hydro's majority-owned Alunorte alumina refinery in Brazil in 2009 has resulted in a...
BHP may sell Guinea Alumina stake
BHP Billiton may sell its 33.3 per cent stake in Guinea Alumina, as its joint-venture partners seek ways to advance a multi-billion dollar project to mine and process bauxite in Guinea that has suffered repeated delays. It comes as BHP overhauls its international mining assets to focus on...
Aurukun bauxite mine is open for lease
The lease for the Aurukun bauxite mine will be put on the market again but this time around the successful bidder won't have to build a new refinery. The tender for the new bauxite mine and alumina refinery had been won by Chinese company Chalco in 2007, but the deal folded in July 2011 because...
Queensland Bauxite Mine won’t Require Refinery
The Queensland government is set to put its lucrative Aurukun bauxite leases up for sale, but it will not insist on the building of a refinery as part of the deal. The fate of the bauxite leases has been unclear since the former Bligh government broke off negotiations with Chinese aluminium giant...
Hindalco to raise Rs 7,000 cr in 2 months for Orissa plant
After investing Rs 6,000-7,000 crore for its Aditya Alumina and Aluminium project in Orissa, a greenfield integrated aluminium complex, Aditya Birla group flagship Hindalco Industries is planning to raise around Rs 7,000 crore for the same project within the next couple of months. “We plan to raise...
Mubadala considers an alumina refinery at its Emal smelter site
The owners of the world's largest aluminium smelter, which is being built in Abu Dhabi, are studying the addition of an alumina refinery to the site that could transform the emirate into a global hub for aluminium production. Mubadala Development, a strategic investment company owned by the Abu...
