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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Evaluation of Central Highland bauxite project necessary
The Central Highlands bauxite project includes Tan Rai alumina plant in Lam Dong Province and the incomplete Nhan Co alumina plant in Dak Nong Province. Tu was speaking at a seminar hosted by Vietnam Union of Science and Technology Associations (VUSTA) and the Ministry of Industry and Trade on the...
Utkal alumina refinery to commence trial production
The Utkal Alumina International Limited, a unit of Hindalco Industries, plans to start trial production at its 1.5 million tonnes per annum alumina refinery in Odisha by the end of May, an official said Monday. The green field project at Doragurha near the district headquarters town of Rayagada,...
Severely delayed alumina refinery starts trial production in India
An alumina refinery project, delayed by almost 20 years due to local and environmental protests, is finally ready to start trial production. The plant, at Doraguha, near Kasipur in Odisha's Rayagada district, is owned by Utkal Alumina International Ltd, a subsidiary of Hindalco Industries, which is...
Evaluation of Central Highland bauxite project necessary
Pham Quang Tu, director of the Office of Social Evaluation and Consultancy, on May 9 said that it is time to evaluate the bauxite project in the Central Highlands instead of waiting for Nhan Co alumina plant to do so. The Central Highlands bauxite project includes Tan Rai alumina plant in Lam Dong...
Gas pipeline reserved for big ticket projects
A mining company building a billion-dollar gas pipeline to the Gove alumina refinery says it will be not be economically viable for remote Arnhem Land communities to tap into the supply. Pacific Aluminium has released plans for the proposed route of its 600 kilometre pipeline from Katherine to...
Odisha's law department to submit its view on Indian Supreme Court order
The Odisha law department will submit its views on the Supreme Court order on Niyamgiri bauxite mining in 2-3 days, paving the way for the government to hold gram sabhas that will decide if mining activity can take place there. The opening of the Niyamgiri bauxite deposits is considered to be...
UAIL's corporate social responsibility breaks new ground in Odisha
The green field bauxite mining and refinery project of Utkal Alumina International Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hindalco Industries Limited and a part of the Aditya Birla Group, an Indian multinational conglomerate is ready for commissioning and will be operational by the end of this...
ALPART to resume operations in first quarter of 2016
Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, has announced that the bauxite and alumina company, Alpart, in Nain, St. Elizabeth, would resume operations in the first quarter of 2016, following completion of the refinery’s new energy infrastructure. The re-opening will...
Bauxite Resources Limited announces upgrade of Darling Range bauxite resource
Bauxite Resources Limited is pleased to announce a resource upgrade for the Felicitas bauxite deposit in the Darling Range Western Australia. The resource is situated on a small number of large private landholdings located approximately 60km north east of Perth, and 10km from the town of Wundowie....
Public hearing for RSB project disrupted
The public hearing on the environment impact assessment for the proposed $830 million alumina refinery project of RSB Metaltech Pvt Ltd in south Odisha’s Rayagada district was disrupted on Wednesday as several project opponents stormed the venue at Kiapadu, some 25 km from Rayagada town. The...
Locals want Vedanta’s alumina refinery in Lanjigarh reopened
On Tuesday, more than a thousand people gathered at the main gate of Vedanta’s Alumina Refinery and met the President and Chief Operating Officer, Mukesh Kumar, demanding re-opening of the plant, the company said. The plant has stopped work since December 5, owing to non-supply of bauxite. They...
Rusal to reopen Jamaican alumina plants with new energy source
The Jamaican government and Russian mining company Rusal have agreed to reopen two of the Caribbean island's alumina plants within three years, Jamaica's energy and mining minister, Phillip Paulwell, announced on Wednesday. Rusal, the world's largest aluminum producer, has been operating in Jamaica...
Metaltech's project not to cause any difficulties for families
No families would be displaced by the proposed ‘Integrated Aluminium Complex’ project of RSB Metaltech Private Limited in Rayagada district, claimed the authorities of the company. The company proposes to invest $1199 million in this project which would have 0.7 million ton per annum alumina...
Indian Supreme Court leaves Vedanta's fate in tribal deity's hands
The Supreme Court on Thursday linked survival of Vedanta's alumina refinery and bauxite mining project in Rayagada and Kalahandi districts of Odisha with protection of Dongria and Kutia Kondh tribes' culture and right to worship the 'Niyam Raja' deity, a hilltop just 10 km from the mining area. "If...
Vedanta Resources to restart alumina refinery
Vedanta Resources Plc, controlled by billionaire Anil Agarwal, may soon restart a mothballed alumina refinery after a change in mining rules helps resume supply of raw materials to the plant. Vedanta Aluminium Ltd. had to shut its factory in December at Lanjigarh in the eastern state of Odisha...
Vedanta still pleading for bauxite
Vedanta Aluminium bosses are pleading with the Odisha State Government to get the bauxite flowing so that it can re-open its Lanjigarh alumina refinery, after a delegation from the Kalahandi and Rayagada districts told the Kalahandi collector and district magistrate that the plant should resume...
Locals demand resumptions of operation of Vedanta plant
Demanding resumption of operations in Vedanta alumina refinery at Lanjigarh in Odisha’s Kalahandi district, a large number of locals today said livelihood of over 15,000 people was badly hit after the plant was shut down in December last year. A delegation of locals meet Kalahandi district...
L&T's Odisha alumina refinery project under suspension
Engineering & construction giant L&T on Tuesday said its integrated alumina refinery and smelter project in the state is under suspension. L&T through a joint venture partnership with Dubai Aluminium Ltd in 2005 had proposed to invest $5515 million on a three million tonne per annum (mtpa) alumina...
