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...
Grow with
AL Circle
Bauxite company to supply to alumina factory Birac
”Boksit” company from Milici will start the production and ore shipments to alumina factory ”Birac” in Zvornik, and the removal of overburden will start later, due to weather conditions. Despite the crisis, the expectations are great for this year, since ”Boksit” is organizationally,...
WA’s mining industry calls for a review of mining development at Kimberley
WA’s mining industry has called for a full review of resource development in the Kimberley after Colin Barnett appeared to rule out development of a massive bauxite resource in the region owned by Rio Tinto and Alcoa. Association of Mining and Exploration Companies chief executive Simon Bennison...
Cita Mineral Builds Smelter in West Kalimantan
Bauxite mining company PT Cita Mineral Investindo Tbk (CITA) established a joint venture company with companies from China and Hong Kong to develop an alumina smelter in West Kalimantan. Yusak Lumba Pardede, Corporate Secretary of Cita Mineral, said the smelter will have capacity of two tons per...
Western Australian Government launches case against Alcoa
The Western Australian Government has launched a prosecution case against an alumina refinery owned by Alcoa for allegedly breaching its operating licence. The Department of Environment and Conservation alleges in May 2011, dust from the company's plant in the South West town of Wagerup spread...
Manchester/St Elizabeth eager for resumption of bauxite mining
Just under four years since the closure of bauxite/alumina plants Alpart in south eastern St Elizabeth and Kirkvine in central Manchester, economic gloom hangs heavy with unemployment on the rise and savings of ex-bauxite workers already spent or fast running out. There was a spark of hope late...
Rusal To Develop Dian-Dian Bauxite Deposit
United Co. Rusal PLC said Monday it has signed an agreement with the government of the Republic of Guinea to develop the Dian-Dian bauxite deposit, the world's largest. The deal calls for developing the mine to be able to produce up to 3 million tons of bauxite by 2015. Rusal will also complete a...
Hindalco’s good days to return with the commencement of Mahan smelter and Utkal alumina refinery
With the commencement of Mahan smelter and Utkal alumina refinery in nearly three months' time, worse days for Hindalco seem to be over. The management of the company expects the Mahan smelter to start production by March, 2013. The commencement of production will help in generating cash inflows...
Vedanta Aluminium's trials with regulatory approvals continue
Earlier this month, Vedanta Group was forced to shut its one million tonnes per annum alumina refinery at Lanjigarh in Odisha’s Kalahandi district due to unavailability of bauxite, 15 years after state-owned Orissa Mining Corporation signed over its rights to mine bauxite in the Niyamgiri Hills to...
Alcoa Partner Maaden Obtains $2.4 Billion Loan to Fund Expansion
Saudi Arabian Mining Co., (MAADEN) that’s building an alumina refinery in a joint venture with Alcoa Inc., obtained $2.4 billion in loans to finance projects, raising more money than initially sought. The company, known as Maaden, raised 9 billion riyals from five-year Islamic loan after seeking 7...
Vedanta Plans Layoffs at Odisha Refinery
India's largest aluminium maker, is considering layoffs within two months at its alumina refinery in Odisha as hopes of an immediate revival of the plant fade, the president of the company said. VAL, a unit of London-listed Vedanta Resources, has about 550 employees. It closed down the...
Trouble brews for Utkal alumina project as locals raise new demands
Even after 20 years and investments of over Rs 5,000 crore, the 1.5-million-tonne alumina refinery project of Utkal Alumina International Ltd (UAIL), a subsidiary of the Kumar Mangalam Birla’s Hindalco, is yet to see the light of the day. As the company gears up to give a final push to complete the...
NALCO resumes operations at bauxite mine
State-run National Aluminium Co (NALCO) resumed operations at its bauxite mine in eastern India after getting a temporary one-year permit, nearly a month after it was shut, a senior company official said on Tuesday. The operation at Panchpatmali mine in the Koraput district of Odisha, which has a...
No retrenchment in Vedanta Lanjigarh refinery yet
The company’s bid to continue the refinery operation by sourcing bauxite from other states like Gujarat, Maharashtra, Chhatishgarh, Jharkhand and Andhra Pradesh was also thwarted by various logistic, regulatory and procedural issues. Even as Vedanta Aluminium Ltd (VAL) has shut down its Lanjigarh...
Gas deal flagged to keep Gove refinery working
Chief Minister Terry Mills says a deal that could ensure the future of the Gove Alumina Refinery in the Northern Territory's Gulf country is expected tomorrow. The Government hopes converting the struggling refinery from expensive diesel fuel to natural gas will allow it to remain operational. It...
Bombay High Court asks Vedanta to deposit Rs 187 crore security amount
The Bombay High Court has asked billionaire Anil Agarwal controlled Vedanta Aluminum to deposit a security amount of Rs 187 crore with the court, till the arbitration proceedings reach a definitive conclusion, based on a plea filed by Chinese power equipment manufacturer Shenzen Shandong Nuclear...
Sulphur impregnated activated carbons scrub mercury in alumina refining
Elemental mercury—emitted as vapour from some aluminium refineries operating the Bayer process—is recognised by many international governments as a health risk and research worldwide is focused on solutions for mercury adsorption and safe disposal. Research published in Chemical Engineering,...
Kimberley bauxite plan looks a stretch
Premier Colin Barnett has told Rio Tinto and Alcoa that "they're dreaming" about developing a massive bauxite deposit in the remote Kimberley, and flagged the possible return of the resource to taxpayers. The global giants want a two to three-year extension and an associated State Agreement over...
SC clears hurdle in reopening Nalco's bauxite mine
The National Aluminium Company ( Nalco) has heaved a sigh of relief with Supreme Court condoning the delay in submission of its forest diversion proposal for renewal of bauxite mine lease. With this, the hurdles in the path of the company in obtaining a temporary working permit (TWP) to operate its...
