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’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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India's state-run National Aluminium Co Ltd (NALCO) has finalised a long-term export contract for 270,000 tonnes of alumina for deliveries in 2013 at 16.53 percent of the LME aluminium price on a free-on-board (FOB) basis, company sources said on Monday. The Switzerland-based buyer, whose name was...
Indian state-run National Aluminium Co (NALCO) has issued an LME-linked one-year tender for export of 270,000 tonnes of alumina for delivery in 2013, company sources said on Thursday. The last date for submission of bids is Jan 4. The deliveries would be made in batches between January and December...
Aluminium smelters in China, the world's top producer and consumer of the metal, have agreed on higher ratios of metal prices next year to value purchases of the raw material alumina, spurred by worries of tighter supply at home. Deals for 2013 alumina imports were set at about 16.1 to 16.3 percent...
India's state-run National Aluminium Co Ltd (NALCO) has finalised a long-term export contract for 300,000 tonnes of alumina for deliveries in 2013 at 16.56 percent of the LME aluminium price on a free on board (FOB) basis, company sources said on Saturday. The Hong Kong- based buyer, whose name was...
In May of this year the Indonesian Government imposed a ban on the export of unprocessed raw materials but this week the Supreme Court of Indonesia set aside the ban, meaning the government is no longer permitted to interfere with the mineral exports industry. This conflict between the Supreme...
China’s imports of alumina climbed in September to the highest in almost three years, to meet the country’s expanding aluminium smelting capacity. Inbound shipments of alumina stood at 480,000 tonnes last month, the highest monthly volume since January 2010, according to preliminary customs data...
Reuters reported that China's aluminium smelters are expected to step up imports of spot alumina next year to skirt more expensive term deals. Industry sources said in a move that could boost spot prices of the raw material in Asia. Chinese smelters have received term alumina offers for 2013 at...
Alumina received no dividends from its joint venture partner Alcoa in the three months to September after the US company posted a third quarter loss of $US143 million ($A140.96 million). Melbourne-based Alumina's only earning asset is its 40 per cent stake in Alcoa World Alumina and Chemicals...
Interfax-China reported that higher alumina prices overseas weighed on China’s imports of the aluminum ingredient in August and prices continue to rise on the back production cuts among major global players. Alumina imports August dropped 31.61% MoM to 35,035 tonnes show customs data released...
India's state-run National Aluminium Co Ltd (NALCO) has finalised a long-term contract to export 330,000 tonnes of alumina for shipment in 2013 at 16.07 percent of the LME aluminium price on an FOB basis, the company sources said on Tuesday. The Singapore-based buyer will receive the alumina in...
According to China Customs, China imported 320,000 mt of alumina in August, up 811% YoY, but down 30% from July’s 460,000 mt. YTD imports from January through August were 3.24 million mt, up 192% YoY. SMM attributes monthly decline of alumina imports to falling domestic alumina prices and the fact...
The global demand for high-quality aluminium trioxide or high-quality alumina (HPA) is expected to soar by a yearly compounded growth rate of 52% over three years to 2015, a report said on Thursday. HPA project developer Orbite Aluminae had commissioned consulting firm Secor to undertake a study to...
The steel and mines department and Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC) have expressed their inability to provide Vedanta Aluminium Ltd (VAL) alternative source of bauxite for its Lanjigarh alumina refinery because of constraints of law even as the company has sent an advance notice for shut down of the...
Indian state-run National Aluminium Co (NALCO) has issued a tender for export of 330,000 tonnes of alumina for delivery in 2013, Commercial Director Ansuman Das said on Wednesday. The last date for submission of bids is Sept. 18. The deliveries would be made in batches between January and December...
Alumina Limited chief executive John Bevan has said that the miner could be interested in buying BHP Billiton Ltd's alumina assets, following reports that BHP is considering selling its bauxite, alumina and aluminum assets in Brazil, according to The Australian Financial Review. “Alumar [in Brazil]...
Alumina Ltd expects the short-term outlook to remain volatile, but flagged an end to China's control over aluminium prices after swinging to a big loss in the first half of the year. For the six months to June 30, Alumina posted a net loss of $14.6 million, compared to a $67.7 million net profit in...
According to the data of China Custom that China imported 460 thousand tons of alumina in July 2012, from January to July imported 2,930 thousand tons totally increased 172.0% yoy. The import volume of unwrought aluminum and aluminum products was 97,651 tons, from January to July imported 711,363...
China's alumina imports in July jumped nearly seven times year on year to 460,000 mt, preliminary data released Friday by the country's General Administration of Customs showed. The July figure was 48.4% higher than the June imports. Alumina imports over January-July totaled 2.9 million mt, up 172%...
