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 National Industrial Development Center (NIDC), which shoulders the responsibility of transforming Saudi Arabia’s industrial sector by creating new industries to diversify the economy and meet vision 2030 ambitions, has associated with the Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources. The...
The Chinese company engaged in alumina refinery project, PT Bintan Alumina Indonesia (BAI), will commence its operations in early 2021 in the Galang Batang Special Economic Zone (KEK), Bintan Regency, Riau Islands. Santoni, President Director of PT BAI stated that currently, BAI is the lone company...
Ghana is home to three out of the four stages in producing aluminium. Only the alumina refining stage does not take place in Ghana. The rest, namely bauxite mining, aluminium smelter producing ingots and the casting of aluminium ingots into sheets, coils and profiles, take place here. The Ghana...
Guinea with bauxite potential of about 40 billion tonnes is the largest aluminium ore exporter in the world today. During 2019, the country exported about 70 million tonnes of bauxite, which is likely to exceed 110 million tonnes by 2021. This may substantially change the present bauxite market and...
Vedanta Lanjigarh, India’s premier producer of metallurgical grade alumina, has begun the ‘Energy Conservation Project’ to promote clean lighting and clean cooking in the villages of Lanjigarh. Under the project, the company has already distributed solar lights to every household in Dengsargi...
Africa is a continent which is rich by raw materials, concurrently economically poor. The biggest reason for this situation of the African continent is the exports its precious raw materials that are processed somewhere else, thus failing to add value to the resources. This has been causing...
Vedanta announced that its Jharsuguda plant received APEX India Green Leaf 'Platinum' Award for sustainability in the Metals & Mining category. The company said Platinum is the highest category among sustainability awards. Mr. CN Singh, CEO - Vedanta Ltd., Jharsuguda, said, “Vedanta’s operations...
Alteo alumina refinery, the producer of world-class speciality alumina is still in the run, as two houses are standing deadlock towards presenting their plan at the Marseille Commercial Court on November 17 to take over the plant. The refinery based in Gardanne in the Bouches-du-Rhône has been in...
The alumina production in Iran has recorded with a 4% rise during the first seven months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20-October 21), compared to the same phase of time in the previous year. Iran Alumina Company in the north-eastern province of North Khosaran is the only alumina...
Hydro's Bauxite & Alumina business has won the TMS Light Metals Award 2020, promoted by The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society. This is first time a Brazilian project received the TMS Light Metals Award, one of the most important awards in the metals sector for innovation projects on a global...
Chalco’s Huasheng alumina refinery at Fangchenggang Port in Guangxi has begun operations on its second production line, which will add 1 million tonnes per annum of alumina capacity to an already oversupplied market, said sources to Fastmarkets on Monday, November 9. “I heard their second operation...
Many northern regions in China are about to enter the heating season. This year is the final year of China’s three-year “Blue Sky” action plan. So, the Shanghai Metals Market has presented an analysis of the heating season on the aluminium and alumina industries based on relevant policies and...
On 2 nd November’20, Vickram Bharrat, Minister of Natural Resources, Guyana, announced that he has already met with investors those are looking to develop the Tarakuli bauxite deposit located just over 10 miles away from Orealla (East Berbice/Corentyne). Natural Resources Minister, Bharrat along...
Rio Tinto, the world’s second-largest miner, is reportedly investing $51 million in upgrading facilities at its Vaudreuil alumina refinery in Quebec, Canada. According to the report, three new energy efficient buildings are under construction. Besides, existing facilities will be revamped with a...
Hydro reported underlying EBIT of NOK 1,407 million for the third quarter of 2020. That was up from NOK 1,366 million in the same quarter last year. “Our top priority is the health and safety of our people and the communities where we operate. Hydro’s organization is maneuvering the Covid-19...
The mining and metal Group Rio Tinto was highly inspired by the reduction of the environmental impact by the agricultural and food sector. Now by investing C$250 million in the commissioning of a bauxite residue filtration and optimization plant at its Vaudreuil alumina refinery in Saguenay –...
Mining company South32 reported alumina production of 1.315 million tonnes in Q1 FY21, compared to 1.358 million tonnes in Q4 FY20. That was down 3 per cent quarter-on-quarter. Alumina production was up 1 per cent year-on-year. Worsley Alumina saleable alumina production decreased by 5%...
The Ghana Integrated Aluminium Development Corporation (GIADEC) and Bauxite Minerals Group have entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for expanding bauxite mining operations in Awaso, Ghana. The MoU will expand bauxite operation from one million tonnes to approximately 5 million tonnes...
