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...
Alcoa has moved its proposed acquisition of South32's bauxite, alumina and aluminium interests forward with a US SEC filing, with the transaction carrying an implied enterprise value of up to USD 5.6 billion. Alcoa Corporation has filed a Form S-4 registration statement with the US Securities and...
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Shanghai Metals Market data showed China’s alumina production in October 2021 came in at 6.29 million tonnes, including 6.05 million tonnes of metallurgical grade alumina. On a month-on-month calculation, the output edged 1.45 per cent higher than 6.20 million tonnes, while on a year-on-year basis...
As a member nation of the European Union, Slovenia has a mixed economic system in which the country is considerably involved in centralized planning, but there is private sector freedom. Slovenia with an advanced high-income economy is considered a developed state and ranks very high in the Human...
According to the Shanghai Metals Market, China’s alumina production stood at 6.20 million tonnes in September 2021 (30 days), including 5.99 million tonnes of metallurgical grade alumina. On a month-on-month calculation, the production was down by 2.97 per cent from 6.39 million tonnes. But on a...
Slovakia ranks as the fastest-growing developed economy in the world. The country has a mixed economic system in which there is a variety of private freedom, integrated with centralized economic planning and government regulation and it is a member of the European Union (EU). Slovalco is the only...
According to the International Aluminium Institute (IAI) data, world alumina production continued to fall in August 2021 to stand at 11.565 million tonnes, including 10.845 million tonnes of metallurgical grade alumina. That was a decrease of 0.89 per cent compared to a drop of 0.66 per cent last...
Disruptions in primary aluminium raw materials supply due to the ongoing political unrest in Guinea, the largest supplier to the world’s leading aluminium producer China, has driven the latter’s imported alumina price to a 3-year high. According to the Shanghai Metals Market, the Australian alumina...
The global alumina industry saw a few updates this week that included China’s domestic alumina price surge and Europe’s one of the largest alumina refineries Eurallumina to resume operations in a while. The average alumina spot price in China rose throughout the week starting at RMB2,802 per tonne...
In the second quarter of 2021, the United States imported 383,000 tonnes of alumina, a decrease of 33,000 tonnes or 7.93 per cent from 416,000 tonnes in the first quarter, found the US Census Bureau. However, on a year-on-year calculation, the United States alumina imports in Q2 2021 stood 6.09 per...
According to China Customs data, China imported 526,900 tonnes of alumina in July 2021, which reflected an increase of 91.66 per cent from the previous month and 26.27 per cent from a year ago. From January to July, China’s alumina imports totalled 1.94 million tonnes, however, a decrease of 17.73...
According to China Customs data, imports of aluminium ores and concentrates shrank by 15.7 per cent year-on-year in July 2021 to stand at 9.25 million tonnes. That brought the total imports of aluminium ores and concentrates in the first seven months of 2021 to 64.41 million tonnes, down by 7.1 per...
In July 2021, China’s alumina production came in at 6.29 million tonnes after increasing by 2.78 per cent month-on-month from 6.12 million tonnes, found the Shanghai Metals Market. According to SMM data, the output in July included 6.08 million tonnes of metallurgical grade alumina compared to 5.91...
According to the Shanghai Metals Market data, China’s alumina production in June 2021 stood at 6.12 million tonnes, reflecting a downfall of 4.67 per cent from 6.42 million tonnes in the previous month. The output included 5.91 million tonnes of metallurgical grade alumina, which was 4.84 per cent...
According to the data released on Monday, July 5, by Brazil’s economy ministry, alumina exports from Brazil reflected a rise in June after registering a decline last month. In June, Brazil exported 816,785 tonnes of alumina, up by 20.13 per cent year-on-year from 679,916 tonnes. On a month-on-month...
The Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Ma’aden) alumina refinery production is fed into Ma'aden’s Smelter. The Smelter’s annual production capacity is 780,000 tonnes per year of primary aluminium. The technology used in Ma’aden’s Smelter is AP Technology. The alumina refinery feedstock comes from large...
FYI Resources Ltd., the innovative and vertically integrated high quality, high-purity alumina developer, recognises the significance of the ESG platform. The emerging high-purity alumina producer in Australia has revealed its adaptation of an Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) framework,...
Shanghai Metals Market (SMM) found that China’s alumina production rose for the third consecutive month in May 2021. According to the data, China produced 6.42 million tonnes of alumina in May, which reflected an increase of 5.07 per cent from 6.11 million tonnes in April. Of 6.42 million tonnes,...
According to data published on Friday June 4 by Brazil’s economy ministry, alumina exports from Brazil in May 2021 declined after registering a hike in April. Exports dropped by 7.81% from the same period last year. The decrease in exports was due to lower shipments from Norsk Hydro’s Alunorte...
The past week saw Hydro announcing BRL 2.2 million agreement with the University of São Paulo to explore uses for bauxite residue in civil construction. International Aluminium Institute reported world alumina production of 11.598 million tonnes in April Let’s catch up with the following top...
