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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Preliminary data from the Port Authority of Jamaica (PAJ) showed that exports of alumina leaving ports Rocky Point, which is operated by Jamalco, and Esquivel (Windalco) totalled 490,000 tonnes during the review period, compared to 475,000 tonnes during the first three months in 2011. Windalco...
Sterlite Industries is in talks with state-owned National Aluminium Company (Nalco) to source alumina for its Vedanta Aluminium plant. The flagship company of Vedanta Resources Plc is also looking at importing alumina in order to ramp up the capacity of its Lanjigarh plant in Orissa to 2 million...
Dublin - Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Bauxite and Alumina Market Review" report to their offering. The Bauxite and Alumina Market Review is an absolutely essential resource for anyone interested in the detailed information on the reviewed market. Using a wide range of...
Indian state-run National Aluminium Co Ltd has sold 30,000 tonnes of alumina at about $325 a tonne free-on-board via a tender, a senior company official said on Friday. The alumina, which will be shipped next month, was bought by a European trader, Commercial Director Ansuman Das said. NALCO, whose...
A British court adjourned a case involving metals magnate Victor Dahdaleh and former Aluminium Bahrain (Alba) chief executive Bruce Hall, who appeared on Monday to face corruption charges linked to the supply of alumina to Bahrain. Jordan-born Dahdaleh, a former donor to Britain's Labour party and...
According to China Custom that the import volume of unwrought aluminum and aluminum products in March was 120,494 tons which was lower than the former month. From January to March imported 175,157 tons of unwrought aluminum that increased 10.6% when compared with the same period of last year. In...
According to China Customs, China imported 440,000 mt of alumina in March, up 230.83% YoY. Total imports from January to March were 1.16 million mt, up 65.8% YoY. There are two reasons behind growing alumina imports in 1Q 2012. First, Western Australian alumina prices remained weak, and FOB prices...
Reuters reported that China's spot alumina prices rose 2% in March due to expectations that domestic production will fall in the H2 of the year prompting aluminium smelters to look for imports. Traders and sources at smelters said that China is the world's top producer of aluminium and alumina....
Global Alumina Corporation CA:GLA.U +7.89% (the "Company" or "Global Alumina"), a corporation participating in a joint venture to develop an alumina refinery, mine and associated infrastructure in the bauxite-rich region of the Republic of Guinea (the "Project"), announced its financial and...
S&P has placed Alumina's BBB credit rating on a negative watch, after the average aluminium price dropped by almost 20 per cent in the first three months of 2012. "The credit watch placement reflects our concerns that current challenging trading conditions could weaken Alumina's financial metrics...
The Jamaica government says it is still interested in divesting its shares in Clarendon Alumina Partners (CAP). Science, Technology, Energy and Mining Minister Phillip Paulwell said all options will be considered for the sale of the government’s 45 per cent stake in Jamalco, which it owns through...
Vietnam's state coal and mineral group Vinacomin may start selling alumina product next month during its test-run of the country's first alumina plant, a senior executive said on Thursday. "We will strive to keep the test-run period as short as possible and bring the plant to full capacity,"...
India's state-run National Aluminium Co Ltd (NALCO) sold 30,000 tonnes of alumina at close to $323 a tonne free-on-board via a tender, a senior company official told Reuters. The alumina, which will be shipped this month, was purchased by a European trader, Nalco's commercial director Ansuman Das...
Vietnam will auction its first alumina output from a plant that is scheduled to start commercial production from the second quarter, local media said Saturday, citing a government official. Many buyers from Japan, China and the Middle East are interested in buying alumina from the Tan Rai plant,...
Bagra was speaking after a senior official from Vedanta Aluminium told Metal Bulletin that Nalco always rejected its bids, even when it believed it was offering the highest price. Vedanta Aluminium, which operates a 500,000-tpy aluminium smelter at Jharsuguda in Orissa, has not been able to source...
Indian state-run National Aluminium Co Ltd has issued a tender for export of 30,000 tonnes of alumina for delivery next month on free-on-board (FOB) basis, a senior company official said on Tuesday. The last date for submission of bids is March 5, said Ansuman Das, director, commercial. NALCO,...
Shandong Province imported 119 thousand tons of alumina in January decreased 15.2% yoy while increased 41.2% on a monthly base, this data was the highest record since 12 months. It valued 38,290 thousand dollars dropped 26.6%, average import price was 321.5 dollars per ton that dropped 13.5% yoy...
Alumina import volume reached to 450 thousand tons in Jan. China, increased 37% yoy. According to the survey of SMM, owing to alumina price dropped abroad and RMB exchange rate rose that the price of imported alumina still more competitive compared with domestic alumina price. On 13th February,...
