
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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Asbestos improvement notices issued
... the BHP-Billiton Worsley Alumina refinery with improvement notices after employees were potentially exposed to asbestos last year. ... A BHP-Billiton Worsley Alumina spokesperson confirmed the matter had been thoroughly investigated and ....

Orissa High Court to hear Vedanta Aluminum's plea over mining on Feb 2
... The Orissa High Court on Monday fixed February 2 for adjudicating the petition filed by Vedanta Aluminum Limited (VAL) challenging the decision of the Central Government rejecting the company's stage-II bauxite mining in the Niyamgiri hills for its refinery at Lanjigarh in Kalahandi district....

Court poser to Centre on Vedanta's Lanjigarh plan
... The Orissa High Court on Monday directed the Centre to submit its reply on the entire issue of disallowing Vedanta Alumina Limited (VAL)'s expansion project in Lanjigarh. .... Forests (MoEF) to halt the expansion of its alumina refinery and captive power plant in Orissa citing violation of...

Vedanta gives Gujarat aluminium plant offer a miss
...It is reported that Vedanta Resources does not seem interested in setting up an alumina refinery and an aluminium smelter in Gujarat. It has decided against an expression of interest as invited by the state-owned Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation...

Vedanta gives Gujarat aluminium plant offer a miss?
... It is reported that Vedanta Resources does not seem interested in setting up an alumina refinery and an aluminium smelter in Gujarat. .... GMDC had invited EoIs for a 1 million tonne per year alumina refinery and a half a million tonne aluminium smelter project in the Kutch region. The bauxite...

TAJIKISTAN'S TALCO INKS PACT WITH NOBLE RESOURCES, DET.AL
... Tajik Aluminum Company (TALCO) signed an agreement with Asia's largest trader Noble Resources Ltd (Hong Kong) and Det.AL Azeraluminum (Azerbaijan), the TALCO press service said. Under this document, the sides have considered it necessary to resume production of alumina at the Ganja Alumina...

TAJIKISTAN'S TALCO INKS PACT WITH NOBLE RESOURCES, DET.AL
... Tajik Aluminum Company (TALCO) signed an agreement with Asia's largest trader Noble Resources Ltd (Hong Kong) and Det.AL Azeraluminum (Azerbaijan), the TALCO press service said. Under this document, the sides have considered it necessary to resume production of alumina at the Ganja Alumina...

Bauxite miner up-beat about refinery plans
...Bauxite Resources says steadily increasing bauxite and alumina prices will help it progress plans for a refinery in south-west Western Australia in 2011...

S.Korea firm to import 600,000 T alumina from Vietnam
...Dongyang Gangchul (001780.KS) will import 600,000 tonnes of alumina, or 25 percent of South Korea's annual use, from Vietnam as it plans to build a $350 million aluminium refinery, the Korean government said on Tuesday...

Ma'aden Advised by Baker and McKenzie on on Bauxite Mine, Refinery
...Baker and McKenzie, which has operated in the Gulf region since the 1970s, has been advising Alcoa (NYSE:AA) and Ma'aden on their joint venture worth $7.5 billion in Saudi Arabia...

Workers to be paid but future remains uncertain
...Administrators for a sub-contractor at the Worsley Alumina refinery say they have received initial confirmation that funds are available to pay workers...

GMDC advances alumina plant tenders for the second time
...BS reported that Gujarat government owned Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation has extended the deadline to submit Expression of Interest for its 1 million tonne per year alumina refinery and 0.5 million tonne per year aluminium smelter by another week. The last date for the submission now...

Bauxite shareholders approve WA alumina refinery
...The shareholders of ASX-listed Bauxite Resources on Thursday gave the nod for the development of an alumina refinery in Western Australia, with joint-venture partner Yankuang...

Bauxite shareholders approve WA alumina refinery
...The shareholders of ASX-listed Bauxite Resources on Thursday gave the nod for the development of an alumina refinery in Western Australia, with joint-venture partner Yankuang...

GMDC advances alumina plant tenders for the second time
...Gujarat government owned Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation (GMDC) has extended the deadline to submit Expression of Interest (EoI) for its 1 million tonne per year (mtpy) alumina refinery and 0.5 mtpy aluminium smelter by another week. The last date for the submission now stands at...

Vedanta decides against aluminium plant in Gujarat
...Vedanta Resources does not seem interested in setting up an alumina refinery and an aluminium smelter in Gujarat. It has decided against an expression of interest as invited by the state owned Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation...

Rio Tinto Alcan To Expand Vaudreuil Works Alumina Refinery
...Rio Tinto Alcan says that it will invest $10 million in the expansion of the Vaudreuil Works alumina refinery in Jonquière, Quebec...

Rio Tinto Alcan announces a US$10 million investment at its Vaudreuil alumina facility in Quebec, Canada
...Rio Tinto Alcan will invest US$10 million in the expansion of the bauxite residue containment site at its Vaudreuil Works alumina refinery in Jonquière, Quebec, Canada...

