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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The Australian exploration and mining company Metro Mining (MMI) has signed two binding spot cargo agreements with Shanxi Liulin Senze Aluminium Company of China. The two cargo agreements are for around 60,000 wet metric tonnes (WMT) from Metro’s flagship project, the Bauxite Hills Mine, located in...
Indonesia’s first and largest smelter grade alumina producer, PT Well Harvest Winning Alumina Refinery management took seriously the issue of a strike that will be carried out by the PK-SBSI labour union and PT Well Harvest Winning Alumina Refinery’s FSBSPK regarding the issue of the structure of...
The metal aluminium does not exist in a pure state in nature and it begins with bauxite ore exploration then processing to alumina, which further transforms to aluminium. Canada is ranked among the top global primary aluminium producers. There are 10 primary aluminium smelters in Canada, one is...
The Anglo-Australian multinational and the world's second-largest metals and mining corporation Rio Tinto is examining the technical implications of using hydrogen as a form of renewable energy in place of natural gas to reduce emissions from refining alumina. The feasibility study amounting to...
The global frontrunner in sustainable minerals processing technologies, end-to-end solutions, and services, Metso Outotec has secured a contract for the engineering and delivery of bauxite grinding package to National Aluminium Company’s (NALCO) Damanjodi Alumina Refinery as part of NALCO’s fifth...
Aluminium Stewardship Initiative announced last week that it welcomed Dadco Alumina and Chemicals Limited as a new Production and Transformation member. That brought the total number of ASI members to 175. Dadco is an international group active in the aluminium industry. It is a leading supplier of...
Hydro’s alumina refinery in Barcarena, Brazil which processes bauxite from its mine in Paragominas, also in Pará state has secured the license to operate the deposit called DRS2, after the installation phase and all commissioning tests are approved by environmental agencies. The DRS2 deposit area...
The global aluminium industry’s alumina segment remained heavily eventful this week. National Aluminium Company Limited, Government of India owned integrated and diversified mining, metal and power organisation has been obstructed by residents of a village in Odisha, when government staffs went for...
Alcoa Corporation has laid out a detailed plan of leveraging renewable energy to refine alumina in an attempt to cut 70 per cent of carbon emissions. Among Australia’s emissions-intensive exports, alumina and aluminium are the highest at risk for carbon border tariffs that the European Union is set...
Rio Tinto has teamed up with the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to study using hydrogen in alumina refineries to cut carbon emissions. The project involves a feasibility study into using clean hydrogen to replace natural gas in the calcination process of refining at the Yarwun alumina...
The construction of the alumina refinery with a production capacity of 1 million tonnes per year in the Galang Batang Special Economic Zone has been accomplished, as confirmed by President Director of PT Bintan Alumina Indonesia (BAI), Santoni. The bauxite to alumina processing plant with 98%...
Shanghai Metals Market (SMM) found that China’s alumina production rose for the third consecutive month in May 2021. According to the data, China produced 6.42 million tonnes of alumina in May, which reflected an increase of 5.07 per cent from 6.11 million tonnes in April. Of 6.42 million tonnes,...
The Covid-19 third wave has slow down the economic recovery of Germany at the beginning of 2021. The economy shrank 1.7% in the first quarter compared to the previous three months, according to official data. On the other way, the bauxite importation of the country has revealed better growth from...
According to data published on Friday June 4 by Brazil’s economy ministry, alumina exports from Brazil in May 2021 declined after registering a hike in April. Exports dropped by 7.81% from the same period last year. The decrease in exports was due to lower shipments from Norsk Hydro’s Alunorte...
On Friday, June 4, ISGEC Heavy Engineering Limited announced that it successfully acquired the Operations and Maintenance of a 3X30 MW cogeneration plant for one of the leading alumina refineries in Odisha, with effect from June 1, 2021. ISGEC also said that amid the pandemic it mobilised a team of...
Russian aluminium producer Rusal 0486.HK has targeted the first quarter of 2022 as its timeline to complete the demerger of higher-carbon assets into a separate company. This news came after the company’s head of strategy Oleg Mukhamedshin officially told Reuters. "At this stage, management is...
The publicly listed company on the Australian Securities Exchange, Alumina Limited’s forecast toward demand for alumina soon to surplus supply is creating possibilities to bring back the agenda of the expansion of two alumina refineries in Western Australia. The growth signals came when the company...
Emirates Global Aluminium, the world’s largest producer of ‘premium aluminium’, with smelters in Abu Dhabi and Dubai, has unveiled its new corporate purpose: Together, innovating aluminium to make modern life possible. The company also aims to achieve its new mission—to generate value from mining...
