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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Jamaica sells stake in bauxite operation to Rusal
Jamaica is selling its 7 percent stake in a bauxite refinery operation, the island's energy minister announced Tuesday. Energy Minister Phillip Paulwell told Parliament that the government will sell its $11 million stake in the West Indies Alumina Company, referred to as Windalco. It is located in...
Vedanta hopeful of state resolving bauxite issue
Vedanta Group chairman Anil Agarwal met Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday and sought his intervention in resolving the issue of supply of bauxite to Lanjigarh alumina refinery in Kalahandi district. “The Chief Minister assured us that the State Government is giving top priority to bauxite...
Job cuts likely at BHP’s Worsley alumina plant in WA
BHP Billiton has flagged possible job cuts at its alumina operation in Western Australia following the completion of a major expansion last year. The organisational structure at the Worsley operation is under review, including the number of workers needed to support production, a spokeswoman said...
Vedanta puts Lanjigarh alumina refinery expansion on hold
Vedanta Resources has put on hold a five-fold expansion plan of its Lanjigarh refinery in Odisha even as it is mulling sourcing bauxite from other sources away from Niyamgiri Hills to feed existing and future operations. “With regard to the expansion project at Lanjigarh, the company’s fresh...
Bauxite experts not in favour of redevelopment plan at Reynolds mines
Bauxite industry experts have given thumbs down to the proposed redevelopment of Reynolds mines in St Ann for ore export and construction of a coal-fired refinery, saying it is likely to impact negatively on the tourism product, which now dominates the economy of Ocho Rios. Economist Dennis...
Outotec to deliver a filtration plant for Alunorte's alumina refinery in Brazil
Outotec has agreed with Alumina do Norte do Brasil S.A. (Alunorte) on the delivery of a complete filtration plant for Alunorte's new red mud dry storage process at their alumina refinery in Brazil. Approximately EUR 50 million will be booked into Outotec's 2014 second quarter order intake....
Odisha hopes to settle tax row with Nalco, SAIL soon
The Odisha government and two Central PSUs — National Aluminium Company (Nalco) and Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) today agreed to resolve the dispute over tax arrears thorough mutual discussions in two months. The two Central PSUs had gone to court, challenging the power dues slapped on them...
Nalco in talks for smelters abroad
National Aluminium Company (Nalco), a navratna PSU under the Union ministry of mines, is in talks with six countries for setting up smelter units through joint ventures. "Nalco has approached the ambassadors of six countries- Indonesia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Qatar, Oman and Iran for setting up...
Nalco awaits nod for Potangi Mines
The National Aluminium Company (Nalco), which plans to add fifth stream to its alumina refinery at Damanjodi in Koraput district, is awaiting Government approval for Potangi bauxite mines. “If we get Potangi deposits, we will be able to expand our refinery capacity by one million tonne at Damanjodi...
Vedanta shelves Odisha bauxite mining plans till it wins local approval
Billionaire NRI Anil Agarwal-led Vedanta Resources has made it clear that it will not look at mining bauxite from the Niyamgiri hills to feed its Rs. 5,000 crore Lanjigarh alumina refinery in Odisha until it gets approval from the local community. "In deference to the sentiments of the community,...
NALCO to source green technology for 10 TPA gallium plant
National Aluminium Company (NALCO) has invited expression of interest (EoI) for sourcing an environment-friendly technology for a gallium plant it is planning to set up in Odisha. The aluminium major has plans to set up a 10 tonnes per annum (TPA) gallium extraction plant at its Alumina Refinery in...
Indonesian ban on mineral export forces China to find other bauxite sources
China, the leader in aluminium industry is facing an increasing shortage of bauxite after the Indonesia’s mineral export ban came into effect, said Wood Mackenzie, the advisory firm. It was expected that China’s alumina refinery production would grow nearly 17 mn tons by the year 2018, followed by...
Antam’s sales fall 35%, but bauxite & alumina show a rise
Publicly listed diversified mining company Aneka Tambang (Antam) reported that its first-quarter sales dropped by nearly 35 percent year-on-year (y-o-y). However, Antam’s bauxite production rose by 186 percent y-o-y to 115,340 wmt, as the company has been aggressively boosting the commodity’s...
Sesa Sterlite produces 794000 tonnes of aluminium in FY 2014
Sesa Sterlite has come out with its production for the fourth quarter and financial year ending 2014. The company has reported that the total Aluminium production for FY 2014 was 794000 tonnes in financial year ending 2014, compared to 774000 tonnes in the year 2013. Alumina production was 524000...
Alumina Rondon secures preliminary environmental license
The State Environmental Council (COEMA), an agency linked to the State of Pará Department of the Environment (SEMA), northern Brazil, approved, on Wednesday, April 23, the granting of the Preliminary License (PL) to the Alumina Rondon project, a Votorantim Metais development to be built in the city...
Utkal Alumina expects one million tonne alumina output in FY15
Utkal Alumina International Limited (UAIL), a subsidiary of Aditya Birla Group owned Hindalco Industries, is looking at alumina production of one million tonne in 2014-15 from its refinery at Kashipur in south Odisha's Rayagada district. The refinery commenced operation six months back and it...
Alumina plant shutdown brings family back to Gladstone
ZOEY Ware and her young family have returned from the red dust of the Northern Territory. While Gladstone isn't a huge place, it is certainly a city in comparison to Gove in the north-eastern corner of Arnhem Land. With the announcement of the alumina refinery shutting down in the latter months of...
IBAAS conference to take place during November 27-29, 2014 in Visakhapatnam, India
“International Bauxite, Alumina & Aluminium Society (IBAAS) in association with CHALIECO, China and JNARRDC, India is organising an International mega event during November 27-29, 2014 in Visakhapatnam, India. The topic of this 3 days conference is “Technological Improvements & Market Developments...
