
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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Bauxite Resources considers refinery site
...Bauxite Resources Ltd says it will consider all of its landholdings in Western Australia, from Moora north of Perth to Pemberton in the south, in choosing a site for a planned alumina refinery...

Vedanta gives Rs 10 crore bank guarantee to state pollution board
...Keeping in line with the order of the Union Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF), Vedanta Aluminium Ltd (VAL) has provided Rs OSPCB10 crore bank guarantee to the Orissa State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) as a safeguard against implementation of environmental protection measures at its...

Jharkhand asked to check illegal bauxite mining
...Sify reported that after stalling the expansion plan of the alumina refinery and captive power plant of Vedanta Aluminium Limited, the union ministry of environment and forests has now trained its guns on 14 mines in Jharkhand supplying bauxite to feed the company's refinery plant...

MoEF asks Jharkhand govt to crack down on illegal bauxite mining
...After stalling the expansion plan of the alumina refinery and captive power plant of Vedanta Aluminium Limited (VAL), the Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) has now trained its guns on 14 mines in Jharkhand supplying bauxite to feed the company's refinery plant...

Orissa unlikely to take stringent action against Vedanta
...The Orissa government is unlikely to take stringent action against Vedanta Aluminium Ltd (VAL) which has proceeded ahead with expansion work on its alumina refinery plant at Lanjigarh without prior environmental clearance...

Vedanta Refinery Expansion Plan Rejected by India Citing Forestry <b>...</b>
... India rejected Vedanta Resources Plc's proposal to expand its alumina refinery complex in the country, according to a notice from the ...

India to halt Vedanta refinery expansion -reports
...India has decided to halt Vedanta Resources' (VED.L) plans to expand its alumina refinery in eastern India, newspapers reported on Wednesday, after the environment ministry found "serious violations" of green laws...

Vedanta decision this week
...The environment ministry will decide this week whether Vedanta Resources will be allowed to run its aluminum refinery in Lanjigarh, Orissa, or not, by end of this week. Environment minister Jairam Ramesh in August had cancelled environment clearance of Orissa Mining Corporation, which was...

Alcoa moves to alumina index price, Aviles ramps up
... Alcoa Inc (AA.N), the largest U.S. aluminum producer, expects both its Aviles smelter in Spain and its alumina refinery in Sao Luis, Brazil to be running at full capacity by the end of the year...

Alcoa moves to alumina index price, Aviles ramps up
... Alcoa Inc (AA.N), the largest U.S. aluminum producer, expects both its Aviles smelter in Spain and its alumina refinery in Sao Luis, Brazil to be running at full capacity by the end of the year...

Vedanta Aluminium presents supporting documents to MoEF
...Vedanta Aluminium presents supporting documents to MoEF BS Reporter / Kolkata/ Bhubaneswar October 1, 2010, 0:07 IST In a reiteration of its earlier stand, Vedanta Aluminium Limited (VAL) has stated before the Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) that it has not violated any...

Steel Guru : Alumar <em>alumina</em> refinery <em>project</em> hits problems <b>...</b>
... 165923 - 2010-09-18 - Reuters reported that Brazil's Alumar alumina refinery has been hit by power and commissioning problems but should be ...

Tax-wary Alcoa still bullish on aluminan future
...ALCOA says soaring Chinese demand for alumina could allow it to revisit a decision to shelve an expansion of the Wagerup refinery in WA...

Ghana’s Bauxite Industry receives major boost
...Ghana’s Bauxite Industry receives major boost Ghana’s Bauxite Industry has received a major boost with the visit of President Mills to China which has seen Ghana and Bosai Minerals Group of China signing an Agreement which will enable the Chinese mining firm to invest over 1.2billion dollars for...

Miner signs alumina refinery deal
...Mining company Bauxite Resources has signed a heads of agreement with Chinese partner Yankuang Corporation to pursue plans to build an alumina refinery in south-west Western Australia...

Bauxite Resources signs refinery deal
...Bauxite Resources says it has entered another deal with its Chinese partner Yankuang Corporation to complete a bankable feasibility study for a bauxite refinery in the South-West...

Bauxite Resources Limited (ASX:BAU) And Yankuang Corporation To Sign Agreement For Future Modern Alumina Refinery
...is pleased to announce that it will enter into a further Heads of Agreement with its long term Chinese partner, Yankuang Corporation ("Yankuang"), to complete a bankable feasibility study for ...

Bauxite up ahead of changes to Chinese deal
...Bauxite Resources has flagged changes to a heads of agreement with its Chinese joint venture partner over plans to explore for bauxite and build an alumina refinery in the State's South West...

