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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Cosco Shipping to order 25 capesize vessels to move bauxite from Guinea to China
According to a Wall Street Journal report, Chinese Cosco Shipping Cop. is in discussion with shipyards in China to order about 25 large ships to ship bauxite from the West African country of Guinea to China for using in the alumina refineries. The development is an extension of a plan by state...
Odisha government approves 6 manufacturing facilities investment plans including alumina & aluminium
The High Level Clearance Authority (HLCA), headed by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, on Saturday, November 3, reportedly gave a nod to investment proposals for setting up six mega manufacturing facilities worth INR 25,845 crore. Out of six investment proposals, three are from Vedanta Ltd. and the...
LARL reports improved results for Aughinish in 2017, sanction worries continue to loom large
The directors of Limerick Alumina Refining Ltd (LARL) that operates the Aughinish Alumina refinery in Limerick, Ireland have stated that its status as a sanctioned entity constitutes a material uncertainty that may cast significant doubt on the refinery’s future. Limerick Alumina Refining Ltd...
Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) helps Japanese company sell stake in Australian mine
Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) advised ITOCHU Corporation on its $250m sale of its 5% stake in a bauxite mining and alumina refinery in Western Australia. The Japanese general trading company sold its interest in the Worsley Alumina project near Boddington to Press Metal Bintulu, which is 80% owned...
Chalco starts construction work of its Boffa bauxite mine in Guinea
Aluminium Corporation of China Limited, known as Chalco, officially announced on its website on Monday, October 29, that it started the construction work of its Boffa bauxite mine in Guinea. According to the Reuters report, the company held the groundbreaking ceremony on Sunday, October 28, at...
Hydro’s Alunorte bauxite deposit area receives suspension of embargo from IBAMA
Brazilian federal environment agency IBAMA has reportedly lifted the embargo on Hydro’s new Alunorte bauxite residue deposit area DRS2, but embargo from the federal court system still remains in place. IBAMA has lifted the embargo after reviewing information requested by Alunorte and SEMAS, the...
Hydro’s bauxite and alumina EBIT climbs 66% in Q3 2018 from same period last year, but production stood low
On releasing Norsk Hydro’s third quarter results, the company’s president and CEO Svein Richard Brandtzæg said, "The third quarter reflected our continued challenges at Alunorte and increased raw material costs, while higher aluminium and alumina prices, as well as strong Energy results,...
Indonesia’s alumina export to record a year-on-year rise in 2018
Indonesia’s alumina production is boosting with time. The sole smelter-grade alumina refinery in the country PT Well Harvest Winning (WHW) has reportedly hit the production of more than 2 million metric tonnes of smelter-grade alumina (SGA) since June 2016 or the month of SGA refinery’s maiden...
Xinfa Group cuts Shanxi Jiaokou alumina refinery capacity by 50% on limited bauxite supply and power issues
Acording to a report from Platts, China's Shandong Chiping Xinfa Group has cut operating capacity at its Shanxi Jiaokou alumina refinery in northern China to 50% due to limited bauxite supply and power plant issues. This was confirmed by a company source on Thursday. The source also added that...
Press Metal acquires 50pc stake in Australia-based Japan Alumina Associates for A$250m
Press Metal Aluminium Holdings Bhd, the largest aluminium smelter in Southeast Asia, is buying a 50 per cent stake in Japan Alumina Associates (Australia) Pty Ltd (JAA) for A$250 million (RM739 million). JAA holds a 10 per cent stake in Worsley Alumina unincorporated joint venture which owns and...
Vedanta alumina production up 30% YoY and 7% QoQ in Q2 FY 2019
Vedanta Resources has released the production results of alumina for the second quarter and half year ended 30th September 2018. The alumina production in the Lanjigarh refinery grew in both Q2 FY 2019 and H1 FY 2019. The Lanjigarh refinery produced 348,000 tonnes of alumina in Q2 FY2019, an...
Emirates Global Aluminium expects first bauxite export from its mine in Guinea in H2 2019
Emirates Global Aluminium, an aluminium conglomerate equally owned by Mubadala Development Company of Abu Dhabi and Investment Corporation of Dubai, has announced that it expects first export from its bauxite mine in Guinea to take place in the second half of 2019. The announcement came following...
Hydro Alunorte to resumes alumina production at 50% capacity in two weeks
Norsk Hydro has announced today that Alunorte alumina refinery in Brazil is expected to be able to ramp up to 50 percent capacity within two weeks. The refinery has on October 8 agreed with the environmental agency of the state of Pará, SEMAS, to restart production under SEMAS’ supervision. This...
France’s bauxite import grows 10.47% in Q1 2018
France’s bauxite import is found growing quarter-on-quarter this year for feeding its domestic alumina refineries. Alteo is one of the leading producers of non-metallurgical alumina in France. The company has three alumina refineries in France: the alumina refinery in Gardanne, a white fused...
LME aluminium prices fell on news that Alunorte refinery could restart; China market reopens after week-long holiday
LME aluminium lost all its previous gains and settled at US$2,105 per tonne last Friday night after Brazil’s environment ministry granted authorization to utilize press filter technology that could allow Hydro Alunorte refinery to restart the operation at 50 per cent of capacity. After reaching the...
LME aluminium climbed through the week to consolidate on Friday over alumina concerns; China remains close on National Day holiday
LME aluminium started the week and the month of October with a gain. Benchmark aluminium price on London Metal Exchange gained significantly to close at US$ 2047.50 per tonne on Monday October 1. LME aluminium prices climbed more than 4 per cent and to their highest in nearly five weeks on...
IBAMA authorises Alunorte to utilize bauxite residue press filter as first step to resume 50% operations
A press release from Norsk Hydro confirms that the federal environmental agency IBAMA authorised alumina refinery Alunorte on October, 5th, to utilize its state-of-the art press filter technology in the processing of bauxite residues. This will extend the life of its DRS1 bauxite residue disposal...
Century Aluminum signs alumina supply deal with Noranda's Louisiana refinery
Century Aluminum announced in a company statement that it has secured a supply deal for alumina from a refinery in Louisiana. The fear of shortage of this most valuable input material for aluminium following the shutdown of Alunorte alumina refinery in Brazil compelled the company to get into this...
