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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Brazil alumina export volume inches up in January
Brazil’s exports of commodities increased 13.8 per cent year-on-year to USD 16.968 billion last month. The country’s exports of alumina grew in January from a year earlier. According to Brazil’s Ministry of Industry, Foreign Trade and Services (MDIC), Brazil shipped 861,336 tonnes of alumina in...
Sasol expands alumina production capacity at its refinery in Germany
Chemicals and energy company Sasol Chemicals has completed expansion of alumina production capacity at its Brunsbüttel site to meet the growing global demand for alumina. The expansion has increased alumina hydrate production capacity by approximately 15,000 tons per annum. Sasol Inorganics and...
Rio Tinto announces $250 million investment in its Vaudreuil alumina refinery
Metals and mining company Rio Tinto has announced that it will invest $250 million in its Vaudreuil alumina refinery, in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada. The investment will extend operations at the alumina refinery beyond 2020. Rio Tinto Aluminium chief executive Alf Barrios...
KIZAD signs agreement with Shaheen Chem for AED 4 billion chemical complex
Khalifa Industrial Zone of Abu Dhabi (KIZAD) signed a land lease agreement with Shaheen Chem Investment LLC for the development of a two-phase chemical complex in the industrial zone with an expected investment of AED 4 billion. The first phase of the plant will produce 130,000 tonnes per year of...
Jamaica hopes to realize full potential of bauxite reserves through a proposed industrial park
The Jamaican government has signed an agreement with China's Gansu Provincial government to develop a $6 billion industrial park and Special Economic Zone around the JISCO/ALPART alumina refinery in Nain, St Elizabeth so that they can generate optimum revenue from their bauxite reserves. A press...
JISCO’s first shipment from Alpart alumina refinery arrives in China
As per Reuters’ reporting, Chinese Jiuquan Iron and Steel Group Co (Jisco) has confirmed the arrival of its first alumina cargo, from Alpart alumina refinery, at Lianyungang Port, China. The shipment from the recently reopened St. Elizabeth plant left Port Kaiser in Jamaica on December 29 last year...
Middle East alumina import estimated to rise 1.4% annually in 2018
An optimistic forecast of import based on global trade data suggests that Middle East will import 1.4 per cent more alumina in 2018 than last year. The key Middle East countries which have been taken into consideration are- the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar, Egypt and...
Alumina export volumes by Jamaica expected to remain stagnant in 2018
Alumina sector makes an important contribution to GDP in Jamaica. Jamaica’s alumina exports accounts for 38.3% of the total exports of the country. It is estimated that country’s exports of alumina will remain unchanged to last year. China, one of the leading importers of Jamaican alumina, imported...
Hindalco’s Utkal alumina EBITDA surges 73 per cent in Q3 FY2018
Hindalco Industries’ alumina production reached 734 thousand tonnes in quarter ended December 31, 2017. Alumina production stood at 2, 170 thousand tonnes in 9M-FY2018. Utkal Alumina International Limited (UAIL) produced 376 thousand tonnes of alumina in Q3 FY2018.The company said its UAIL...
UC RUSAL alumina production increases 3.3% YoY for the full year 2017 driven by capacity ramp up
UC RUSAL, a leading global aluminium producer, announces operating results for the fourth quarter of 2017 and for the 12 months ended 31 December 2017 with improved performance in all segments of the value chain. In Q4 2017, total alumina production increased by 1.3% QoQ, totalling 1,990 thousand...
EGA signs deal with VITO to assess use of bauxite residue
Emirates Global Aluminium announced a partnership with VITO, the European research and technology organisation, to assess use of bauxite residue, a by-product of alumina refining, in construction materials. Abdalla Alzarooni, EGA’s Vice President of Technology Development & Transfer said: “Using...
Vedanta wins two bauxite mines totalling 15 mtpa reserves in Odisha
Putting an end to Vedanta’s years-long bauxite hunt, the Government of Odisha has awarded two bauxite mines in the state. The two mines totalling 15 mtpa bauxite reserves will be able to take care of 75 per cent of Vedanta’s 20 mtpa bauxite requirement. Vedanta has been involved in developing a...
Utkal Alumina seeks environment clearance for its expansion programme
Utkal Alumina International Limited, a subsidiary of Aditya Birla Group owned Hindalco Industries, has applied for environment clearance for its expansion of the alumina refinery in Odisha. The estimated cost of the proposed expansion project is INR 4000-5000 crore. With the proposed expansion, the...
RUSAL invests RUB 250 million to produce an innovative material at Achinsk Alumina Refinery
RUSAL, a leading global aluminium producer is mastering a new product at its Achinsk Alumina Refinery – fine precipitated aluminium hydroxide (FPAH). Company's proprietary technology allows keeping the production cost of the FPAH below the world’s average price for this product. The total amount of...
Rio Tinto’s 2017 alumina production down on maintenance work at Queensland refinery
Rio Tinto’s alumina production for the fourth quarter of 2017 was one per cent lower than the fourth quarter of 2016. The total alumina production stood at 2 million tonnes in Q4 2017. For 2017, Rio Tinto’s alumina production reduced to 8.1 million tonnes. “Alumina production for 2017 was in line...
Nalco to inaugurate three projects on its foundation day
Nalco CMD TK Chand said that the company will dedicate three major projects to the nation on its foundation day celebration on 5th January. The three projects include South Block Bauxite Mines, Panchpatmali, Odisha, 18.5 MW Turbo Generator at Alumina Refinery, Damanjodi and Nano Technology based...
RBI directs lead lender State Bank of India to move NCLT seeking insolvency for Anrak Aluminium
As reported by Economic Times, after the rejection of the insolvency petition filed by Anrak Aluminium by National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) in the 'interest of the nation', the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has directed the lead lender State Bank of India to move the tribunal seeking insolvency....
Guinea gives go-ahead to $2.8 bln Chinese bauxite, aluminium investments
Guinea's government has approved a more than $2.8 billion investment by Chinese company TBEA Co Ltd in a new bauxite mine, an aluminium refinery and an aluminium smelter, the mines ministry said on Friday. Guinea has about a third of the world's bauxite reserves but output has lagged, largely due...
