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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Indonesia’s mining giant plans to invest billions in expanding aluminium smelting
Indonesia is reportedly planning to spend billions of dollars in building aluminium and nickel smelters and reshaping its mining industry, in a bid to cut decades-long dependence on costly imports to meet domestic demand. Report says the Southeast Asian country is seeking to make building smelters...
South32’s alumina production up 9% QoQ in Q4; Worsley Alumina production climbs 12%
South32 reported alumina production of 5.05 million tonnes in FY19, as compared to 5.06 million tonnes in FY18. In Q4 FY19, alumina production increased 9% quarter-on-quarter to 1.3 million. Production at Worsley Alumina increased 1% year-on-year to 3.79 million tonnes in FY19. In Q4 FY2019,...
ERG launches electrofilter renewal project at its Pavlodar Alumina refinery in Kazakhstan
A project for replacement of gas cleaning equipment of a sintering shop has been launched at Aluminium of Kazakhstan JSC, an enterprise of The Eurasian Resources Group (ERG). The project with an investment of 200 million euro will be completed in phases, a company statement confirmed. Aluminium of...
Launched! New AlCircle Report on “Red Mud (Bauxite Residue) Management: Storage & Valorisation”
AlCircle has again come up with an informative report “Red Mud (Bauxite Residue) Management: Storage & Valorisation” to provide a comprehensive, in-depth study on red mud generation, processing, disposal/storage to various valorisation aspects including material extraction and usage in various...
South32 Worsley Alumina submits revised proposal to EPA for bauxite mine expansion
According to a recent report, South32 Worsley Alumina has submitted a revised proposal to the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) stating its wish to expand Worsley bauxite mine in the South West of Australia. In the revised proposal, the Australian mining company has also mentioned that the...
Bauxite mining ban in Andhra Pradesh further clouds the future of 1.5 million-tonne Anrak alumina refinery
The announcement of withdrawal of the mining order in the Eastern Ghats by Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on June 25 has put the future of the 1.5 million-tonne Anrak alumina refinery set up by Anrak Aluminium Limited (AAL) in Visakhapatnam in dark. Bauxite mining rights were...
SNC-Lavalin bags new engineering and project management services contract from EGA
SNC-Lavalin, Canadian engineering, procurement, and construction services provider, has reportedly bagged a three-year Master Services Agreement from Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) to provide engineering and project management services. The Canadian company will complement EGA’s existing resources...
Alcoa Corporation to divest 25.1% interest in rolling mill to Ma’aden
Alcoa Corporation announced the signing of amended joint venture agreement with the Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Ma’aden). Alcoa will transfer its 25.1 percent interest in the Ma’aden Rolling Company to Ma’aden. The agreement is expected to close by month end. The joint venture, created in 2009,...
Nalco to invest INR 17,000 crore for capacity ramp up; INR 5,540 crore assigned for new alumina refinery stream
National Aluminium Company will reportedly invest INR 17,000 crore to enhance its production capacity. Nearly half of the proposed investment will be made in association with joint venture partners. The state-run aluminium maker will invest around INR 6,000 crore on its own for establishing some...
RUSAL’s operations certified against ASI Performance Standard and Chain of Custody Standard
RUSAL has announced that three of its major production sites, including a mine, alumina refinery and aluminium smelter, have received Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) certification. The company’s headquarters and three production sites – JSC «Boksit Timana» (bauxite mining), RUSAL...
Alcoa hopes to recruit more than 20 apprentices through 2020 apprenticeship recruitment campaign
Alcoa Corporation, the world’s eighth largest aluminium producer, has reportedly launched its 2020 apprenticeship recruitment campaign. Through this campaign, which will run until July 15, Alcoa hopes to recruit more than 20 apprentices. Four-year apprenticeships are on offer in the trade...
Khalifa Port welcomes bauxite loaded Capesize vessel for EGA’s Al Taweelah alumina refinery
Emirates Global Aluminium, popularly known as EGA, announced today, on June 24, that the first Capesize vessel fully-loaded with bauxite has arrived to call at any GCC port at its quay at Khalifa Port in Abu Dhabi for EGA’s new Al Taweelah alumina refinery. Using Capesize vessels for importing...
ASI issues certification to Hydro’s Paragominas bauxite mine and Alunorte alumina refinery
Aluminium Stewardship Initiative announced that it issued certification to Hydro’s Paragominas bauxite mine and Alunorte alumina refinery against the Performance Standards and the Chain of Custody Standard. The certification covers both the production sites and the alumina from Alunorte originating...
France’s bauxite import to increase 10% in 2019 after remaining flat last year
The global bauxite mining market is estimated to have been valued at US$ 12,423.8 million in 2018 and is projected to grow at a value CAGR of 6.6% and reach a value of US$ 20,661.9 million by the end of 2026. Moreover, the global market is anticipated to create total incremental dollar opportunity...
Hydro’s underlying EBIT stands down in Q1 of FY2019-20 on lower production and higher raw materials costs
Norsk Hydro in the financial report of the first quarter of FY2019-20 reportedly posted that its underlying earnings before financial items and tax came in at NOK559 million, compared with NOK3147 million in the same quarter last year. This sharp decline in underlying earnings reflects lower...
Alumina production in China registers 1.39% YoY fall in May
According to Shanghai Metals Market, production of metallurgical-grade alumina in China came in at 5.97 million tonnes in May, a decrease of 1.39% year-on-year, as maintenance, technical upgrade, and environmental probes affected output. China’s production of alumina stood 4.19% higher in the first...
Press Metal signs MoU to acquire 25% stake in PT Bintan Alumina Indonesia
Press Metal Aluminium Holdings Berhad has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to acquire 25 per cent equity interest in PT Bintan Alumina Indonesia. PT Bintan Alumina Indonesia, involved in the production of non-ferrous metals, is building a 1 million-tonne alumina refinery plant together...
Bundaberg Port Authority to aide ABx to explore bauxite export opportunity in bulk tonnages
The Port Authority of Bundaberg will reportedly support Australian Bauxite Limited (ASX: ABx) in investigating the opportunity to export bauxite in bulk tonnages through the port itself. On May 29, the Port Authority and ABx signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) that gives an access to the...
