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...
Grow with
AL Circle
Noranda signs long-term agreement with Concord Resources for smelter grade alumina
<p>Noranda has signed a long-term, exclusive offtake agreement with Concord Resources for smelter grade alumina produced at Noranda's Gramercy alumina refinery in Louisiana. Concord Resources has also agreed to a third party marketing arrangement for bauxite produced at its mining facility in St....
Vedanta undeterred by bauxite mining challenges
<p>Vedanta Aluminium, one of India’s three leading primary aluminium companies, is focused on getting its ambitious aluminium expansion plans executed successfully despite multiple bauxite mining challenges strewing its path. It is said to be banking heavily on its high smelting capacity and...
Rusal’s Q12017 bauxite production drops YoY; sequential production on the rise
<p>UC RUSAL, the leading global aluminium producer, announces its operating results for the First Quarter 2017.</p> <p>During first quarter 2017, Rusal’s bauxite output totalled 2,869 thousand tonnes registering a 1.0% growth quarter on quarter. Nepheline output also increased by 7.9% QoQ to...
China’s Bosai Minerals plans 10 bln yuan investment for Liaoning alumina plant
<p>China's noted mineral producer Chongqing Bosai Minerals Group has entered into a strategic agreement with the government of Gaizhou to build an alumina refinery project in Shagang, Gaizhou in Liaoning Province.</p> <p>The company intends to spend an initial amount of 10 billion yuan to...
Guyana bauxite export still a priority even as the economy shifts its focus on oil & gas
<p>Guyana bauxite export continues to remain a strategic priority area even at a time when the economy is considering to switch from its dependence on traditional foreign exchange earners such as aluminium ore to one dominated by oil and gas following the discovery of oil reserve by US oil giant,...
Jamaica’s bauxite and alumina sector development to create more jobs
<p>Jamaica’s former Minister of Transport and Works Mike Henry said yesterday during his contribution to the 2017/18 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives that more than 1,000 employment opportunities are likely to be created as a result of developments in the bauxite/alumina...
Guyana government reviewing domestic bauxite industry
<p>The Guyana government is reviewing the domestic bauxite industry that started operating last year marking the centennial of the bauxite industry in the country. The government is waiting for a report on bauxite industry so that they can decide whether to build another alumina plant in the...
Nalco readies INR 25,000-crore investment for expansion
<p>National Aluminium Company (Nalco), a central government-owned entity, is set to join the club of million-tonne producers in the segment by 2020. It has readied about INR 25,000 crore of investment to expand its aluminium, alumina and power capacities.</p> <p>In the...
JISCO to restart Jamaica’s 2-million tpa Alpart Alumina refinery
<p>China's Gansu Province-based steelmaker Jiuquan Iron & Steel Group (JISCO) Co. has announced the commencement of a 14-MegaWatt gas turbine on April 6. The gas turbine project is aimed at restarting Alpart Alumina plant in Jamaica.</p> <p>As per Shanghai Metals Market (SMM) report, JISCO will...
Ireland’s bauxite import totalled 4.6 MT in 2016, Guinea ranked as the top supplier
<p>Ireland, the main alumina refining hub in entire Europe, is a major bauxite importer. The country has been featuring as one of the world's top five bauxite importing countries since 2006. It ranks fourth in terms of bauxite import volume after China, USA, and Ukraine. Since 2015, annual bauxite...
Data shows alumina import by the Middle East surged in 2016
<p>Middle East is at an inflexion point and threshold of a massive economic transformation as aluminium catches the world's attention as the next biggest industry after oil. The region is now only next to China and the US in terms of market size and with recorded 5,229,115 tonnes production of...
Vedanta installs country’s first red mud powder plant
<p>Vedanta Refinery has installed a red mud powder plant at its Lanjigarh alumina refinery in Kalahandi, Odisha. The automatic red mud powder plant is the country’s first of its kind initiative by an alumina refinery. The industry has been facing problems with red mud disposal which is a...
Shandong Qixing Group to suspend alumina & aluminium operations on huge debt
<p>Shandong Qixing Group Co., Ltd, an aluminium producer in China has suspended operations of its 130,000tpy aluminium smelter and is planning to halt operations at its 500,000 tpy alumina refinery due to heavy debt burden, as reported by Aladdiny, a Chinese information provider.</p> <p><img...
Alcoa Pinjarra refinery's Sharron Freitas named WA’s resource woman of the year
<p>Alcoa’s Operations Centre Group Leader Sharron Freitas has taken out a major industry award for her contribution to the mining industry when she was named the 2017 Outstanding Operator/Technician/Trade Woman in the Chamber of Minerals and Energy’s Women in Resources Awards.</p>...
Ghana outlines plans for an integrated aluminium industry
<p>The Minister of Finance, Ghana, Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, has expressed the government’s desire to fast-track economic development of the country during the presentation of the 2017 budget statement on Thursday. Mr Ofori-Atta said the government has decided to develop an integrated aluminium...
Noranda Alumina LLC gets financial assistance to expand its business
<p>Noranda Alumina that operates an alumina refinery in Gramercy, US, gets financial support from the Siena Lending Group LLC, a finance company offering asset based loans. Siena Lending Group LLC has also provides $30 million asset-based revolving credit facility for New Day Aluminium LLC to repay...
Hindalco plans big investment on its Utkal alumina refinery
<p>Aditya Birla Group owned Hindalco Industries has planned big investment worth INR 500-700 crore on de-bottlenecking its Utkal alumina refinery project in Odisha's Rayagada district. The company has now applied for clearance up to 2.25 mtpa from 1.5 mtpa for its Utkal alumina...
Rusal’s alumina segment reports substantial production growth in Q4 2016
<p>UC RUSAL, the leading global aluminium producer, has announced its operating results for the fourth quarter 2016 and full year 2016. </p> <p><img style="vertical-align: middle; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"...
