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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L&T on verge of bagging bauxite deposits in Odisha
Diversified conglomerate Larsen & Toubro (L&T) is on its way to secure the Kutrumali and Sijimali bauxite deposits in Odisha, with combined reserves of over 300 million tonne. L&T holds the prospecting license (PL) over the twin deposits and is entitled to bag the mining lease (ML) under the new...
CBIX eases, Malaysia exports from existing bauxite stockpiles
Bauxite prices eased 1.6 per cent (US$0.7/dmt), closing Friday at US$44.2/dmt for the week. Several lower ViU-priced cargos from Malaysia contributed to the marginal decline over the week. Although Malaysian bauxite exports have resumed, mining activities have not - current exports (via Kemaman...
Queensland Alumina eager to explore possibilities of red mud dam project
Red mud, a byproduct of alumina refining from bauxite (the principal ore of aluminium) could be the key to creating a new industry in Gladstone that would lead to thousands of new jobs. Extracting iron ore from the waste product of aluminium to make steel is the latest idea from the group behind...
Gladstone's alumina refineries could get exemption: Labor
Australian Labor Party candidate Zac Beers voiced a strong opposition against senator Matt Canavan's comments yesterday that a Labor government would send Gladstone's aluminium industry offshore by saying Labor's policy was about creating and nurturing industries not wrecking them. Liberal senator...
Gladstone alumina industry may go offshore with government’s 50% renewable energy target: opposition
According to Senator Matt Canavan, Labor & Green government's 50 percent renewable energy target by 2030 would close the alumina refinery and smelter and send the industry off shore. The Liberal National Party senator said the only way Labor could achieve those targets would be to get the major...
UC RUSAL invests $2 mln in Boksitogorsk alumina refinery modernization
UC RUSAL , a leading global aluminium producer, has commenced the modernization of the Boksitogorsk Alumina Refinery. The goal of the modernization programme is to increase the production of corundum, which is used in the manufacturing of abrasive and fire-resistant products. The project investment...
Supreme Court of India quashes Odisha's plea on Niyamgiri bauxite mining
The Supreme Court on Friday scrapped a petition filed by state owned mining company Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC) to consider afresh the possibility of holding gram sabhas to decide bauxite mining on top of Niyamgiri hills. A bench of the apex court headed by Justice Ranjan Gogoi, refused to...
UC RUSAL, Guinea agree on partnership development terms for Friguia bauxite complex
UC RUSAL, a leading global aluminium producer, and the Republic of Guinea have signed an annex to the Dian-Dian concession agreement and also reached an agreement on resuming operations at the Friguia bauxite and alumina complex. The newly signed annex to the Dian-Dian concession agreement splits...
ARENA backs plan to use solar energy for alumina refining
A project that could lead to the use of solar thermal technology by Australia’s large industrial sector – and cut its reliance on fossil fuels in half – has been selected by the Australian Renewable Energy Agency in its latest round of funding. Led by the University of Adelaide, the project will...
Noranda gets go-ahead for ending its bauxite supply contract with Sherwin Alumina
An American bankruptcy court judge has given the go-ahead for Noranda Bauxite Limited (NBL) to pull out of its lossmaking, long-term contract to supply Jamaican-mined ore to Sherwin Alumina Company for its refinery at Gramercy on the US Gulf Coast, saying that maintaining the deal would make it...
Vedanta's FY16 alumina production drops marginally
Vedanta Limited announced yesterday production results of fourth quarter and full year ended 31 March 2016. In Q4 FY2016, Lanjigarh alumina refinery operated at a single stream and produced 211,400 tonnes. Vedanta Ltd has received approvals for expansion of the Lanjigarh refinery to 4 mtpa, which...
Andhra Pradesh govt cancels bauxite supply deal with Anrak Aluminium
In a major blow to India's Anrak Aluminium Limited, the Andhra Pradesh government has issued orders for cancellation of bauxite supply agreement made between APMDC (AP Mining Development Corporation) Limited and Anrak Aluminium Limited (AAL). The decision has now raised a question mark on...
JSW wins South32 contract at Boddington bauxite mine
Hughes Drilling’s WA division JSW has won contracts with Ramelius Resources and South 32. The South32 contract is at the Boddington bauxite mine for 18 months. Under the contract, JSW will continue to provide blast hole drilling services, utilising four blast hole drills to complete the project....
Odisha bauxite mines allocation to L&T gets delayed
Engineering conglomerate L&T's bid to bag the prized Kutrumali and Sijimali bauxite deposits has hit the wall of delay. Although the Odisha government had recommended the twin bauxite deposits in favour of L&T, the central mines ministry has questioned the delay in grant of mineral concession to...
AP Govt cancels land allotment to AnRAK for sourcing bauxite
In a significant development, the State Government of Andhra Pradesh is understood to have cancelled the allotment of land to AnRAK Aluminium Limited in the Visakhapatnam Agency. The land was peviously alloted to AnRAK Aluminium for sourcing bauxite for its proposed alumina refinery. The then...
Technavio announces top bauxite vendors in the Brazilian mining industry
Technavio has announced the top five leading vendors in their recent Brazilian mining industry outlook 2015-2019. Out of the top five vendors, three hail from the aluminium value chain, that is, they either have operations in bauxite mining or run integrated facilities including alumina refinery....
ANTAM teams up for Mempawah alumina refinery
PT ANTAM together with PT Indonesia Asahan Alumunium has formed a cooperation with PT PELINDO II in the port development in Sungai Kunyit, Mempawah, West Kalimantan. The port development is linked to Smelter Grade Alumina Refinery project in Mempawah. ANTAM president Tedy Badrujaman said: "The...
Alcoa still positive about Wagerup alumina refinery expansion plans
Alcoa is keeping alive the dream of a billion-dollar expansion of its Wagerup alumina refinery in the South West after asking the State Government for more time to hold on to the all-important environmental approval. Alcoa of Australia managing director Michael Parker said the process to seek a...
