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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After Jairam, Vedanta in a patch-up mode with MoEF
Withdraws petition from green tribunal, makes fresh plea for Lanjigarh project. Nearly a month after Jairam Ramesh took over as the rural development minister, the Vedanta Group is trying to patch up with the Ministry of Environment & Forests (MoEF) to get its projects fast-tracked. Vedanta...
Vedanta Aluminum to complete aluminum smelter and power plants
Vedanta Aluminum Limited will invest about INR 100 billion to complete its aluminum smelter and power plants at Jharsuguda. The company has so far invested around INR 40,000 crore in its Lanjigarh and Jharsuguda projects in Orissa. It has set up Greenfield alumina refinery with a capacity of 1...
Vietnam aims to start alumina production in September
Reuters reported that Vietnam will produce the first alumina from a bauxite complex in the Central Highlands in September after months of delays caused by adverse weather, power shortages and slow equipment delivery. Mr Tran Duong Le deputy director of the complex's management board said that the...
China to Add 1 Mln Tonnes of Alumina Capacity -NDRC
China will add 1 million tonnes a year of alumina capacity, the state planning agency said in a statement, adding to its status as world's largest producer. The National Development and Reform Commission has approved Shanxi Tongde Aluminium Company's plan to build a 1 million-tonne-per-year alumina...
Vietnam to produce bauxite in September
Vietnam will produce the first alumina from a bauxite complex in the Central Highlands in September after months of delays caused by adverse weather, power shortages and slow equipment delivery, the official Vietnam News Agency reported. The country's first alumina plant in Lam Dong province is now...
Vietnam aims to start alumina production in September-report
Vietnam will produce the first alumina from a bauxite complex in the Central Highlands in September after months of delays caused by adverse weather, power shortages and slow equipment delivery, the official Vietnam News Agency reported on Wednesday. The Tan Rai refinery is slated to produce...
Court rejects Vedanta plea for alumina refinery expansion
The Orissa High Court Tuesday dismissed a petition of Vedanta Aluminum Ltd which sought to quash the central government's notification stalling expansion of its refinery project in the state, a lawyer said.
ENRC completes Kazakhstan refinery expansion
U.K.-listed, Kazakhstan-focused Eurasian Natural Resources PLC (ENRC.LN) Monday said it has completed the expansion of its Kazakhstan alumina refinery on time and within its $305 million budget. The refinery has also successfully reached its target alumina production of 1.7 million metric tons a...
Alcoa’s Alumina Refinery in Spain Substitutes Fuel Oil with Natural Gas
Alcoa, a manufacturer of primary and fabricated aluminum, is enhancing the environmental performance and energy efficacy of its alumina refinery located in San Ciprian, Spain, by shifting to natural gas from fuel oil. The company has set up liquefied natural gas storage tanks at the alumina...
Alcoa’s Alumina Refinery in Spain Substitutes Fuel Oil with Natural Gas
Alcoa, a manufacturer of primary and fabricated aluminum, is enhancing the environmental performance and energy efficacy of its alumina refinery located in San Ciprian, Spain, by shifting to natural gas from fuel oil. The company has set up liquefied natural gas storage tanks at the alumina...
Alcoa’s Alumina Refinery in Spain Substitutes Fuel Oil with Natural Gas
Alcoa, a manufacturer of primary and fabricated aluminum, is enhancing the environmental performance and energy efficacy of its alumina refinery located in San Ciprian, Spain, by shifting to natural gas from fuel oil. The company has set up liquefied natural gas storage tanks at the alumina complex.
Ma’aden Q2 profit surges to SR62.5m
Saudi Arabian Mining Co. (Ma’aden) said Sunday its profit doubled in the second quarter. Ma’aden made a net profit of SR62.5 million ($16.7 million) in the three months to end-June, compared to SR31.2 million in the same period a year earlier. Analysts surveyed by Reuters expected the firm to post,...
Ma’aden Q2 profit surges to SR62.5m
Saudi Arabian Mining Co. (Ma’aden) said Sunday its profit doubled in the second quarter. Ma’aden made a net profit of SR62.5 million ($16.7 million) in the three months to end-June, compared to SR31.2 million in the same period a year earlier. Analysts surveyed by Reuters expected the firm to post,...
Environmental Performance Enhanced At Alcoa’s San Ciprian, Spain, Alumina Refinery
Alcoa’s (NYSE:AA) San Ciprian, Spain, facility is improving the energy efficiency and environmental performance of its alumina refinery by switching from fuel oil to natural gas. This week, Alcoa Europe Vice President José Ramón Camino and Regional Minister of Economics and Industry Javier Guerra...
Bauxite Resources Limited (ASX:BAU) Appoints Mr Zhan Qingwei as Alternate Director
Bauxite Resources Limited (ASX:BAU) wishes to advise the appointment of alternate director, Mr Zhan Qingwei (as alternate for Mr Yan Jitai). Mr Zhan Qingwei is the General Manager of Yankuang Resources Pty Ltd, the Perth based company which holds the interests in the Bauxite Resource and Alumina...
Bauxite Resources Limited (ASX:BAU) Appoints Mr Zhan Qingwei as Alternate Director
Bauxite Resources Limited (ASX:BAU) wishes to advise the appointment of alternate director, Mr Zhan Qingwei (as alternate for Mr Yan Jitai). Mr Zhan Qingwei is the General Manager of Yankuang Resources Pty Ltd, the Perth based company which holds the interests in the Bauxite Resource and Alumina...
Alumina refining in WA fares well under carbon tax
Alcoa Australia has won the highest level of assistance for its alumina refineries under the proposed carbon tax. The company will qualify for free permits for up to 94.5 per cent of its CO2 emissions. Under the legislation to be enacted, that level of assistance will remain until at least 70 per...
Global Alumina joint venture mine project receives $4 million additional funding
Global Alumina Corp. (TSX: GLA.U) says a joint venture board of directors has approved an additional $4 million in funding to develop an alumina refinery, mine and infrastructure in Republic of Guinea. The miner will pay one-third or $1.3 million as part of its stake in the project. The joint...
