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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EGA opens its new head office at Al Taweelah
<p>Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA), one of the world’s biggest aluminium producers, today announced that the company opened its new head office.</p> <p>The new office is located next to its Al Taweelah aluminium smelter and alumina refinery in Khalifa Industrial Zone Abu Dhabi, KIZAD, which...
China’s project line-up features alumina expansion plan in Henan
<p>Aluminium industry in China has a line-up of projects ready in place to steam up production in the coming quarters. Among a number of new smelter projects and old capacity restart plans is the alumina capacity expansion plan in Henan.</p> <p>East Hope (Sanmenxia) Aluminum announced that it will...
Nalco puts all overseas projects on hold for expanding domestic capacity
<p>According to Tapan Kumar Chand, Chairman of National Aluminium Company Ltd (Nalco), the company has put all overseas projects on hold, including one in Iran, as it aims to focus on increasing domestic capacity.</p> <p>Tapan Kumar Chand told Reuters, “Iran’s proposal is...
Alumina production in Guizhou province may be hit due to raw material scarcity
<p>As seen by Shanghai Metals Market analysts, alumina production in Guizhou province, one of China’s major alumina producing regions, will be severely affected by raw material shortages in June. This might bring down the output and put pressure on alumina price in china’s domestic...
Ireland’s alumina export increases YoY; France tops the importer list
<p>Ireland is the 27th largest export economy in the world. The country witnessed an increase in alumina export over the last three years. RUSAL’s Aughinish refinery located in Ireland, is the largest alumina refinery in Europe. The refinery is one of the most technologically...
Vedanta hopeful of nod for 50% ramp up in capacity at Lanjigarh refinery
<p>Vedanta is looking at the possibility of expanding its alumina refinery capacity at Lanjigarh beyond the existing limit of four million tonne per annum (mtpa). The refinery's rated capacity is six mtpa and Vedanta expects to get all clearances to operate it at that level...
UPDATE: Nalco commences processing of its new bauxite deposit in Odisha
<p>National Aluminium Company Limited (Nalco) commenced the process of opening a new bauxite deposit in the south block of Panchpatmali in Odisha.</p> <p>According to a senior government official, the new deposit will allow the company to maintain its bauxite production at 6.825-million tons that...
Hindalco reports record alumina production in FY2017, Utkal reaches nameplate capacity
<p>Hindalco reports record standalone/consolidated performance for the fourth quarter and the year ended 31 March 2017. For the FY2017, Hindalco achieved record production in alumina. The total alumina production (including Utkal Alumina) stood at 2,886 thousand tonne registering an increase...
Jamaica optimistic about reopening of Alpart refinery on June 20, JISCO has bigger plans for the plant
<p>With Alpart refinery in Jamaica set to resume alumina refining operations from June 20, after an eight-year shutdown, the owners as well as local people are expecting the plant to gradually return to its annual production capacity of 1.65 million tonnes in early 2018 boosting job...
Alpart to resume alumina production June 20
<p>Jamaica's largest alumina refinery Alpart, now owned by Chinese metals giant JISCO, is to resume processing of bauxite to alumina on June 20, eight years after closing down operations in 2009, company officials said today.Patrick James, Alparts assistant managing director, told a visiting...
Declining alumina cost helps Vedanta set eyes upon higher aluminium output
<p>Global mining and metals behemoth Vedanta is eyeing 1.6 million tonnes (mt) of aluminium output for the financial year 2017-18, encouraged by the falling alumina prices and a resilient LME aluminium. The company ended the last financial year with a record production of 1.2 MT primary metal.</p>...
Rusal’s Guinea Friguia alumina refinery to resume production in April 2018
<p>Rusal operated Friguia alumina refinery in Guinea is readying to come online in first half of 2018. The reconstruction work at the site is progressing as planned, informed Rusal’s Guinea branch general manager Pavel Vassiliev.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img style="vertical-align:...
Noranda plans $35 mln investment for St. James Parish alumina refinery face-lift
<p>New Day Aluminium subsidiary Noranda Bauxite & Alumina is planning to invest US$35 million for expansion and upgradation of an alumina refinery in St. James Parish, CEO David D’Addario announced on Friday, May 19. The company having bauxite mining operations in Jamaica also plans to...
UC RUSAL increases corundum production at the Boksitogorsk alumina refinery
<p>UC RUSAL, world’s second largest aluminium producer, announces that it has completed the modernization programme at the Boksitogorsk Alumina Refinery. The total amount of investment in the project amounted to USD1.65 mln.</p> <p><img style="vertical-align: middle;"...
China’s Guizhou Galuminium puts 800,000 tpy alumina capacity on maintenance
<p>Guizhou Galuminium, one of the biggest alumina producers of China, has put all production lines at its alumina refineries under maintenance on account of the Big Data Expo scheduled for opening on May 25, Shanghai Metals Market reported.</p> <p>The alumina producer put up the "on maintenance"...
Jamaica may not collect $1.9b for exempting bauxite levy
<p>The Jamaican government is likely to lose nearly $1.9 billion annually for its decision to exempt on the bauxite levy. The government exempted bauxite levy as part of a tax regime overhaul for extractive industries, as reported.</p> <p><img style="vertical-align: middle; display: block;...
Brazil registers higher revenue despite low alumina export in Q4 2016-17
<p>Brazil currently ranks second position as a net exporter of alumina worldwide. The country exported estimated 8.78 million tonnes of alumina in 2016, up from 8.47 million tonnes in 2015. A substantial portion of country’s alumina is shipped to Canada. Albras, the second-largest aluminium...
Alpart to open second alumina refinery & aluminium foil plant
<p>Alumina Partners of Jamaica (Alpart) is setting up a new facility in Jamaica. Jamaican Finance Minister Audley Shaw made the disclosure at a town hall that the company is expected to build second alumina refinery soon.</p> <p>The new alumina plant is expected to produce 2,000 tonnes of alumina...
