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...
Alcoa has moved its proposed acquisition of South32's bauxite, alumina and aluminium interests forward with a US SEC filing, with the transaction carrying an implied enterprise value of up to USD 5.6 billion. Alcoa Corporation has filed a Form S-4 registration statement with the US Securities and...
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As it has already been announced, the ICSOBA 2022 conference will take place in Athens, Greece under the host sponsorship of Mytilineos from 11 to 13 October. The Radisson Blu Park Hotel located right in the center of Athens was booked for the event. The hybrid format of the conference will allow...
On Monday, July 25, South32 has reported strong operating results for FY2022 and the June quater, with Worsley Alumina operation, one of the world’s largest refineries, booking a record annual production. As per the report, Worsley has posted a 1 per cent growth in annual production to 3.99 million...
The Romanian aluminium giant Alro stated that the nation's sole alumina refinery, Alum, located in Tulcea, plans for a temporary production halt by putting the cause of 'prohibitive' energy prices. During its July 20 filing to the Bucharest Stock Exchange, the management proposed for approval by...
The leading drill and blast contractor serving the mining industry, SRG Global has fastened a noteworthy new contract from its existing Tier 1 client valued at around $80 million. The existing SRG’s agreement with South32 gets an extension for another two years for works at the Worsley Alumina’s...
The Lower House of the Jamaica Parliament, also known as the House of Representatives has sanctioned the amount of J$268.48 million to be withdrawn from the Capital Development Fund (CDF), to contribute budgetary support to the Jamaica Bauxite Institute (JBI) for FY 2022-23. On 5 th July 2022, Dr...
Indian aluminium giants like Hindalco and Vedanta have shown interest in joining hands with Coal India Limited as equity partners for the proposed integrated greenfield aluminium project in Odisha. The news comes on Wednesday, July 6, after two officials aware of the matter reported, stating that...
June 2022 witnessed the commissioning of 8.45 million tonnes of new alumina capacities in China, including Jingxi Tiangui’s Phase II project with 850,000 tonnes of capacity, Bosai Wanzhou with 4.8 million tonnes, Hebei Wenfeng with 2.4 million tonnes, and Aokaida Chemial with 400,000 tonnes....
An association and nine victims together representing around 11,000 indigenous families from the north-eastern Brazilian river port of Barcarena sued Hydro, its seven subsidiaries and shareholders out of which six are based in the Netherlands over alleged spillage from the Alunorte plant for at...
The global aluminium industry experienced several electrifying events in June 2022. Century Aluminium’s Hawesville smelter, the largest aluminium producer in North America producing military-grade aluminium, employing over 600 staff has decided to idle its smelter due to soaring energy prices. The...
The electricity and natural gas price surge has led the sole Romanian alumina producer to temporarily suspend operations. According to a report on Thursday, June 30, Alum Tulcea, an alumina refinery controlled indirectly by Vimetco through the aluminium producer Alro Slatina will halt production...
Vedanta Limited’s Lanjigarh unit, India’s premier producer of metallurgical grade alumina, has received a prestigious recognition from the Kalinga Environment Excellence Award 2021 for being consistent to its commitment and contribution towards environmental sustainability. The award acknowledges...
Metro Mining Limited (Metro) has been registered as the latest member of the Australian Aluminium Council, representing Australia’s bauxite mining, alumina refining, aluminium smelting and downstream processing industries. Globally acknowledged Western Cape York bauxite region in Queensland houses...
On 24 th June 2022, the Norwegian aluminium company Norsk Hydro was accused in a Dutch court, imputing the world’s biggest alumina refinery polluting a Brazilian river for years, engendering critical health issues for inhabitants. An association and nine victims together representing around 11,000...
The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has been urged to reject South32's plans to expand its Worsley bauxite and alumina project in Western Australia’s (WA) South West which would clear more than 4000 hectares of native vegetation. The updated plan, which the EPA made available for public...
According to the data revealed by the General Administration of Customs on Wednesday, June 22, China’s bauxite imports recorded a historical high, totalling 11.97 million tonnes in May 2022. That was an increase of 7.6 per cent month-on-month and a hike of 31.4 per cent over a year. Australia stood...
Bauxite with an Al/Si ratio of 5 and alumina content of 58 per cent was sold between RMB 425 per tonne to RMB 450 per tonne (including VAT, except resource tax, delivery to factory) in north Shanxi as of June 17. On the same day in Xiaoyi, Shanxi, it was traded between RMB 435 per tonne to RMB 475...
On 13 th June 2022, Guinea’s second sizeable bauxite mining company, Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinée (CBG) stated that alumina refineries will be built in Guinea in the coming years; however, these projects demand substantial investments and are complex by nature. The above statement of CBG has...
Ghana, popularly known for abundant bauxite reserves, is now reportedly aiming at creating an integrated aluminium industry in the country, said Ghana Lands and Natural Resources minister Samuel Jinapor on Monday, June 13. With that aim, Ghana is running campaigns and trying its best to find a...
