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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CIMIC Group subsidiary UGL has reportedly bagged contracts worth A$180 million to provide services for maintenance, shutdowns, and sustaining capital projects to its mining clients in Western Australia. The services to be provided by UGL will include mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, other...
According to a recent report, Indonesian state-owned construction firm Pembangunan Perumahan (PP) and China Aluminium International Engineering Corporation Limited (CHALIECO) have signed a contract worth US$ 695 million to build an alumina refinery. As per the report, the refinery is to be...
AlCircle’s “Aluminium Industry Recap 2019” brings to you an opportunity to look back at the key developments in the year gone by. Although the year 2019 was an aftermath of trade wars, restrictive tariffs, sanctions, capacity cuts and price volatility that impacted the entire aluminium value chain,...
According to Shanghai Metals Market survey, China in December 2019 produced 5.87 million tonnes of alumina, with metallurgical-grade materials accounting for 5.62 million tonnes. With this, the country’s total alumina production in 2019 came in at 70.42 million tonnes, down 2.47 per cent from the...
Rahul Sharma, CEO of Vedanta’s Alumina Business, has received an award for ‘Business Icon of the Year’ from one of the leading newspapers in Odisha called Samaya. The award is in recognition of Mr Sharma’s enormous contribution towards India’s metals and mining industry and for his crucial role in...
The apex body to clear investment projects in Odisha, The High-Level Clearance Authority (HLCA), has approved a new Greenfield alumina refinery unit, proposed by Aditya Birla Group-owned Hindalco Industries. The estimated cost of the project is INR 8,000 crore and is proposed to come up at...
The giant in metals and mining, Vedanta Ltd has planned a capital expenditure of $250-300 million in the next fiscal on the ramp-up of its Lanjigarh alumina refinery in Odisha. Vedanta, in an astonishing manner, has proposed to expand the capacity of the refinery to 6 mtpa. The refinery's present...
The Aluminium Corporation of China Ltd., CHALCO, shipped the first cargo of bauxite from its Boffa mine in Guinea, as per a company spokesman confirmed on 7 th January’20. Alumina is produced from a rock known as bauxite, which is then refined to make aluminium metal. As on 7 th January’20, it has...
Hindalco Industries Ltd. announced during a filing to the BSE on 23 rd December’19 that it has resumed production at Muri alumina plant in Jharkhand. "This is to inform you that Muri refinery in Jharkhand has re-started production of alumina. Operations of the alumina plant of the company situated...
According to a recent report, Vedanta’s Lanjigarh alumina refinery has won a prestigious Gold award under the Metals Sector at Frost & Sullivan’s India Manufacturing Excellence Awards 2019. Mr. Rakesh Mohan, Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Vedanta’s Lanjigarh unit, received the award on behalf of...
The supply of power to Hydro’s Paragominas bauxite mine has been recommenced, which is allowing production to start again. Production at Hydro’s Alunorte alumina refinery has also been boosted. A transmission tower overturned on 18 th December’19, suspending power supply to Paragominas, which...
The Indian state-owned aluminium giant Nalco is planning to re-evaluate its expansions plans, as per the words of Chairman and MD Sridhar Patra which came on 27 th December’19. He upfront refused to provide details as the planning has to be placed before the board for further approval. On the...
According to a recent report, a full-scale safety mock drill was held at the alumina refinery of Utkal Alumina International Limited (UAIL) on Monday, December 23, complying with the decision of the District Crisis Group (DCG). Drill happens at a regular interval at UAIL for preparing employees for...
Emirates Global Aluminium announced that its Al Taweelah alumina refinery in Abu Dhabi produced one million tonnes of alumina since operations started in April. The refinery is now expected to reach sustained production at its nameplate capacity during the first half of 2020. Once fully-ramped up,...
The benchmark alumina price according to Fastmarkets MB alumina index fob Australia will remain steady around US$280 per tonne at the end of the week despite Hydro’s announcement on Thursday December 19 about 50-70% production cut at its Alunorte alumina refinery for a temporary period. Australian...
Liaocheng in the west of Shandong province, China, has reportedly begun to implement level I response to heavy smog from today onwards, December 20, except for those graded as A-level on environmental status, to strengthen production cuts. This was implemented after the city issued a red alert, the...
FYI Resources Limited has reportedly received R&D tax incentive rebate payment of $250,000, which is meant for the expenditure on the development of innovative process design to refine high purity alumina (HPA) from aluminous clay known as kaolin. Kaolin for the proposed high purity alumina (HPA)...
According to Indian media report, the district administration of Koraput in Odisha, India would conduct an important public hearing on the proposed bauxite mining by Nalco in Pottangi block today. The public hearing on bauxite mining will allow villagers of the area around Pottangi block to put up...
