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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Vietnam to test run 1st alumina plant in Sept -paper
Vietnam will test-run its first alumina refinery, being built by a Chinese firm, next month and production is set to start in late 2011, well behind schedule, a state-run newspaper reported on Friday. The $460 million Tan Rai alumina plant, invested in by Vinacomin, Vietnam's top coal mining group,...
BHP Billiton -Projects
BHP Billiton Projects set to come on stream in 2012 include its 1.1Mt/y Worsley alumina refinery expansion in Australia which will raise capacity to 4.6Mt/y. The ramp up of the Alumar refinery, Brazil contributed to a 7% increase in total alumina production for the 2011 financial year.
Vedanta's Alumina Refinery at Lanjigarh in Orissa gets ISO 50001:2011 Certification
Vedanta Aluminium Limited, (VAL), an Associate Company of the globally diversified, metals and mining group Vedanta Resources PLC. became the first Mining & Metal Industry in the country to get accreditation for its Energy Management System for ISO 50001:2011 from the British Standards Institution,...
Rusal’s Kirkvine refinery restart delayed as alumina tags fall
The restart of United Co. Rusal’s idled Kirkvine alumina refinery has been postponed, with several market participants speculating that a restart is unlikely to happen this year due to an oversupply of alumina and falling prices.
Hindalco likely to delay fund raising for aluminium refinery
Hindalco Industries, the metal products manufacturing arm of the Aditya Birla Group, has decided to delay the financial closure of the Rs 7,800 crore Aditya Alumunium refinery project due to uncertain market conditions. D Bhattacharya, managing director, said the markets were not favourable to...
Ormet Reports Second Quarter and First Half 2011 Earnings
Ormet announces a $94.9 million and $100.5 million net profit for the second quarter of 2011 and first half of 2011, respectively. Net income per common share outstanding was $5.10 for the quarter and $5.41 the first half of 2011. These results were significantly influenced by: --Gain on sale of...
China Power Investment Aims to Spend $6 Billion on Guinea Bauxite Refinery
China Power Investment Corp. will spend $6 billion to develop alumina refineries at Boffa in Guinea, according to a statement from the president's office. The Beijing-based energy company will also build a port to remove ore from the area, President Alpha Conde's office said in the statement,...
Nalco plans to invest on Alumina capacity expansion by 2020
Nalco has plans to construct a new alumina refinery of 1.4 MT in Andhra Pradesh and 1,000-MW power project as independent power producer. Both the projects would require an investment of Rs 10,600 crore, the report said, adding that rest of the amount would be spent on existing projects. Company...
Nalco to export incremental output
National Aluminium Co Ltd (Nalco), after posting good numbers in the first quarter, is training its guns on the export market to maximise profits. The public sector aluminium producer, which started phase-wise commissioning of the expanded alumina refinery in Orissa in the last quarter, will see an...
Global Alumina Releases Second Quarter 2011 Results
Global Alumina Corporation (TSX: GLA.U) (the "Company" or "Global Alumina"), a corporation participating in a joint venture to develop an alumina refinery, mine and associated infrastructure in the bauxite-rich region of the Republic of Guinea (the "Project"), announced today its financial and...
Alcoa Starts Construction of Refinery at Saudi Venture
Alcoa Inc., the largest U.S. aluminum producer, said it started construction on the site of an alumina refinery in Saudi Arabia. Ceremonies were held today to mark the official groundbreaking at the refinery and the pouring of the first concrete at the aluminum rolling mill, Alcoa said in a...
Alcoa Starts Construction of Refinery at Saudi Venture
Alcoa Inc., the largest U.S. aluminum producer, said it started construction on the site of an alumina refinery in Saudi Arabia. Ceremonies were held today to mark the official groundbreaking at the refinery and the pouring of the first concrete at the aluminum rolling mill, Alcoa said in a...
Alcoa Starts Construction of Refinery at Saudi Venture
Alcoa Inc., the largest U.S. aluminum producer, said it started construction on the site of an alumina refinery in Saudi Arabia. Ceremonies were held today to mark the official groundbreaking at the refinery and the pouring of the first concrete at the aluminum rolling mill, Alcoa said in a...
Golding administration to decide on its stake in Jamalco
Minister of Finance Audley Shaw last night revealed that by the end of August, the Government will make a decision on the sale of its stake in the Jamalco alumina refinery. The Government has been incurring billions of dollars in losses each year because of a forward sales agreement between the...
Rio Tinto updates aluminum production on H1 2011
The expansion of the Yarwun alumina refinery in Queensland from 1.4 million tonnes to 3.4 million tonnes per annum is proceeding on schedule with first bauxite to be processed through the expanded plant in mid 2012. The expansion will improve cost efficiency for the entire refinery and is expected...
Ord River Resources reports MoU for Laos alumina off-take sale agreement signed
Ord River Resources (ASX: ORD) has reported that Sino Australian Resources (SARCO) and China Non-Ferrous Metal Industry’s Foreign Engineering & Construction (NFC) have signed a second Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for sale of alumina from the Laos Aluminium JV Project. SARCO and NFC will enter...
Ord River Resources reports MoU for Laos alumina off-take sale agreement signed
Ord River Resources (ASX: ORD) has reported that Sino Australian Resources (SARCO) and China Non-Ferrous Metal Industry’s Foreign Engineering & Construction (NFC) have signed a second Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for sale of alumina from the Laos Aluminium JV Project. SARCO and NFC will enter...
Ord River Resources reports MoU for Laos alumina off-take sale agreement signed
Ord River Resources (ASX: ORD) has reported that Sino Australian Resources (SARCO) and China Non-Ferrous Metal Industry’s Foreign Engineering & Construction (NFC) have signed a second Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for sale of alumina from the Laos Aluminium JV Project. SARCO and NFC will enter...
