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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Queensland Alumina sets for a bright future with an improved efficiency
GLADSTONE'S Queensland Alumina Ltd is set for a healthy future that is capable of producing alumina for the next 40 years at least as the business continues to improve efficiency, Despite an organisational restructure in 2012 which saw 130 positions cut from QAL, the plant's biggest setback was...
BHP Billiton to cut down aluminum capacity at Alumar smelter in Brazil
As the challenges in aluminium industry persist, BHP Billiton, the global resource giant, have decided to cut down the capacity at Alumar smelter in Brazil starting in June quarter. The new curtailment by BHP follows suspension of Alumar’s 45,000t capacity in September 2013 quarter, said the...
Nalco’s Damanjodi refinery gets ISO 50001: 2011 certification
National Aluminium Company’s [NALCO] alumina Refinery located at Damanjodi in Koraput district of Odisha has got ISO 50001:2011 ‘Energy Management System certification’ by M/s. DNV-GL of Netherland. The refinery has been accorded this certification based on its highly energy efficient measures...
UC RUSAL plans to switch to gas as main energy source at Aughinish alumina refinery
UC RUSAL is set to complete a project to switch the Aughinish alumina refinery, Europe’s largest alumina producer, from heavy fuel oil to gas as its main energy source. The two steam generators designed to generate a total of 300 tonnes per hour of reliable, high-pressure superheated steam will...
Nalco achieves highest ever turn-over, forex earning
Navratna' PSU Nalco has reported excellent results in terms of production performances and foreign exchange earnings for 2013-14. During the year, the company achieved record foreign exchange earnings of INR 3719 crore (provisional). As per the Public Enterprise Survey of Department of Public...
Loading of alumina at Alunorte suspended, production continues
The Pará State Environmental Secreteriate (SEMA) has suspended Alunorte's environmental operational license for loading of alumina at its port, Vila do Conde, with effect as of 1 April 2014. This results in the suspension of all loading of alumina with immediate effect. The production of alumina at...
Gove returns to normal operations
Operations at Rio Tinto’s Gove bauxite and alumina site have returned to normal, the miner told Metal Bulletin on Friday March 21. Rio Tinto had suspended all operations at its Gove site in Australia following the death of a worker on Tuesday February 25. "Gove operations have returned to normal....
Alberto Fabrini appointed head of Bauxite & Alumina business in Norsk Hydro
Alberto Fabrini has been appointed executive vice president and head of the Bauxite & Alumina business area in Norsk Hydro ASA. The appointment of Fabrini, currently head of Operations in Bauxite & Alumina, will be effective June 1, 2014. "As a Brazilian native with international experience and an...
UC RUSAL’S plans to switch to gas as main energy source at aughinish alumina refinery progressing on target
UC RUSAL a leading, global aluminium producer, is set to complete a project to switch the Aughinish alumina refinery, Europe’s largest alumina producer, from heavy fuel oil to gas as its main energy source. The two steam generators designed to generate a total of 300 tonnes per hour of reliable,...
Pollution Control Board finds nothing objectionable in functioning of the Vedanta's Lanjigarh alumina refinery
The Odisha Pollution Control Board (OPCB) has found nothing objectionable in the functioning of the Vedanta Aluminium Limited in Lanjigarh of Kalahandi district. An on- the- spot enquiry of the unit by Assistant Environment Engineer D Sethi observed nothing objectionable from the environmental...
Bauxite Resources publishes Interim Financial Report for the half-year ended 31 December 2013
During the half year ending 31 December 2013 Bauxite Resources continued to focus primarily on the exploration and evaluation of bauxite prospectivity in the Company's extensive tenement holding in WA's Darling Range, the largest bauxite and alumina producing region in the world. At the reporting...
Rusal plans an alumina refinery in Indonesia to comply with country's new mineral laws
United Co.Rusal PLC, the aluminium producer, accepted the controversial move of Indonesia to restrict mineral ore export and said it will build an alumina refinery complying with the new laws of the country. The laws have already raised many a concerns among the global mineral competitors. But Oleg...
Rio Tinto suspends work at Australia bauxite mine after accident
Rio Tinto said it has suspended bauxite mining at its Gove operations in Australia on Tuesday following the death of a worker. The employee was fatally injured while performing maintenance work, Rio Tinto said in a statement e-mailed to Reuters. "We will be pausing all operations at the mine," the...
Hydro's underlying EBIT for 2013 rose to 2,737 million from 1,297 million in 2012
Hydro's underlying earnings before financial items and tax (EBIT) fell to NOK 483 million in the fourth quarter 2013 from NOK 659 million in the third quarter, mainly due to seasonal effects and lower hydropower production. For the full year, underlying EBIT rose to 2,737 million from 1,297 million...
Hydro's Alunorte production rising, offset by ICMS tax charges
Hydro has reported its fourth quarter 2013 and full year earnings. For the full year, underlying EBIT rose to 2,737 million from 1,297 million in 2012 despite the fall in EBIT in the fourth quarter. Fourth-quarter underlying EBIT for the Bauxite & Alumina business area was, however, lifted by...
Worsley's major expansion reaches capacity
THE major expansion of operations at BHP Billiton Worsley Alumina is now officially complete with the refinery reaching its nameplate capacity of 4.6 million tonnes per annum. The major milestone has been reached in Worsley’s 30th year of operations in the South West, with celebrations planned to...
Federal Court dismisses legal challenge to Rio Tinto mining lease
The Federal Court has rejected a legal challenge to a mining lease agreement between Northern Territory based Aboriginal traditional land owners and the mining giant Rio Tinto. In 2011, a 42-year lease agreement was approved by the Federal Government over land used for East Arnhem Land based Gove...
Rio starts the process of refinery shutdown
Rio Tinto, the mining giant, will shut down its alumina refinery on Gove peninsula in Arnhem Land. This is a part of their five-month operation that will finally result in closure of the plant by August. Last week the plant had distributed almost 90 redundancy notices. It has been scheduled that...
