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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Chief executive Sam Walsh applauded by investors for Gove decision
Rio Tinto (RIO) was the FTSE 100's top performer for the second morning running on Friday after the mining major announced the suspension of production at its Gove alumina refinery. Chief executive Sam Walsh was applauded by investors for the decision, which he made because the refinery was deemed...
IBAAS-CHALIECO symposium inaugurated by CHALIECO President on 28th Nov in Nanning, China
IBAAS-CHALIECO symposium on ’Present Status and Future Prospects of Bauxite- Alumina-Aluminium Industry of the World, with Special Reference to China’ is inaugurated by Mr. He Zhihni, President CHALIECO on 28th November in Nanning. He talked about the spectacular growth of aluminium industry in...
With L&T deal through, Vedanta’s bauxite woes in Orissa largely over
Vedanta Aluminium Ltd's (VAL) $1-billion alumina refinery project at Lanjigarh will now have access to bauxite with the Orissa government getting favourable legal opinion on VAL’s sale-purchase agreement with Larsen and Toubro (L&T). The refinery currently has a capacity of 1 million tonnes (mt)....
Vedanta urges Odisha govt for bauxite mining lease to L&T
Vedanta Resources Plc Chairman, Anil Agarwal, accompanied with L&T chief A M Naik, today met Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to press for early disposal of L&T’s application for grant of mining lease for Sijumali and Kutrumali bauxite mines as both the companies have entered into a pact to operate...
Mubadala, Guinea agree on alumina refinery
Guinea signed an accord with a unit of Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala Development Co. to build an alumina refinery expected to attract an estimated $5 billion in foreign investment into the West African nation over eight years. Guinea, the world’s largest exporter of bauxite which makes aluminum, signed an...
Rio Tinto looks ready to close aging Gove refinery
Global metals giant Rio Tinto looks likely to close its aging alumina refinery at Gove, in Australia's Northern Territory, three months after cutting a deal to keep its Tiwai Point smelter in New Zealand open until at least 2017. Australian media reports say the company has told NT and federal...
Glencore, Rusal to build alumina refinery in Indonesia
Two of the world’s leading commodities players plan to set up ore refineries in Indonesia to take advantage of the country’s policy banning unprocessed ore exports, beginning next year. Senior executives of the two companies, the world’s fourth-biggest diversified miner, Glencore Xstrata, and the...
Vedanta commissions red mud powder plant in Odisha
Vedanta Aluminium Ltd has commissioned a red mud powder producing unit at Lanjigarh refinery in Odisha, describing it as first of its kind in alumina industry tackling major environmental hazards. “The unique project of producing red mud powder has been commissioned in a fully mechanised and...
Vedanta may operate Odisha refinery at full capacity from December
Vedanta Aluminium Ltd, part of the London-based Vedanta group, is likely to operate its refinery in Lanjigarh, Odisha, at full capacity from December, after a year marked by low utilisation and a shutdown. S.K. Roongta, Vice-Chairman and head of Vedanta group’s aluminium and power businesses, told...
Rio Tinto yet to decide on Gove Alumina Refinery
The future of Rio Tinto Limited's (Melbourne, Australia) Gove alumina refinery is still far from certain, as all concerned parties continue negotiations to secure a supply of natural gas for the facility. The refinery and bauxite mine on the Gove Peninsula, 650 kilometres (400 miles) east of...
AMCOL awarded lining supply contract for Saudi alumina refinery by Ma'aden
AMCOL International Corporation ACO announced today that it is furnishing more than 1.5 million square meters (16 million square feet) of its Resistex (R) geosynthetic clay liner (GCL) product to a new aluminum processing facility in Saudi Arabia. The 25.3 million contract includes supply of the...
Century Aluminium decided against acquiring Burnside alumina refinery
Century Aluminium kicked the tires at Ormet Corp’s alumina refinery in Burnside but decided against acquiring the facility. “We take a look at everything ... and we took a look at this one,” Michael A Bless, Century president and ceo, said during a conference call with analysts, noting that the...
Bauxite Resources sees China importing more bauxite from Australia
Australia’s Bauxite Resources expects China will source a greater proportion of its bauxite requirement from Australia and West Africa over the next decade, ceo Peter Canterbury said. The company is gearing up to support growth for an obvious supply gap in the market as a result of the uncertainty...
Metal Bulletin conference highlights challenges for sourcing bauxite for Indian alumina refineries
Two alumina refineries located in the Eastern Ghats mountains in India are not able to mine their nominated bauxite deposits as a result of forest and tribal issues, Dr Ashok Nandi, secretary of International Bauxite, Alumina and Aluminium Society said on Thursday October 31. Vedanta’s 1-million...
Alumina refinery by AWAC & Ma’aden to start production in Q1 2014
Australia’s Alumina Ltd expects Saudi Arabia’s 1.8 million alumina refinery to start production in the fourth quarter of 2014, manager corporate strategy and development Andrew Wood told delegates at Metal Bulletin’s 3rd Asian bauxite and alumina conference. "Our joint venture with Ma’aden – 4...
WA project could support a 1.2 mt alumina refinery for about 50 years: Bauxite Resources
Bauxite Resources said its Felicitas project in Western Australia could support a 1.2 million tonne per annum alumina refinery for nearly half a century after it improved the site resource by 47.9%. Total unbeneficiated resources at the 48sq.km site stand at 218.7Mt at 30.1% available aluminium...
Ormet in 'advanced discussions' to sell alumina refinery
Bankrupt US aluminum producer Ormet is in "advanced discussions" about selling its 540,000 mt/year alumina refinery in Burnside, Louisiana, which is currently idled, and a deal is expected soon, CEO Michael Tanchuk told Platts Thursday. Citing a confidentiality agreement, Tanchuk said in an...
Vedanta seeks an alternate bauxite mine from Odisha Govt
Vedanta Resources today said it has sought an alternate bauxite mine from Odisha government to run its Lanjigarh alumina refinery, which is staring at uncertain future due to local tribals rejecting the proposal to carry out mining in the Niyamgiri hills. “We want very strongly that the state...
