The Secondary Aluminum Coalition for America (SACA) is pushing secondary aluminium to the centre of US supply-chain strategy, arguing that recycling-based production can expand domestic aluminium capacity faster and more efficiently than new primary smelters. In this AL Circle interview, SACA...
Iron ore remains Rio Tinto's financial anchor, but growing exposure to aluminium, copper and lithium is changing how investors assess the diversified miner. Rio Tinto is attracting renewed attention among UK-listed metals and mining stocks as its expanding commodity mix creates a valuation picture...
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Situated in New South Wales, Australia, Alpha HPA (A4N) has received a grant of $15.5 million from the Commonwealth Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources. The grant falls under the jurisdiction of the Critical Minerals Accelerator Initiative (CMAI) and will be utilised to expand and...
Mostly known for their vanadium and gold, an Australian mining company King River Resources is attempting to divert avenues towards high purity alumina or ‘HPA’ space, exploring their addition to the Department of Science, Energy and Resources’ Critical Minerals list. The ASX registered high purity...
Geomega Resources, located in Montreal, has won funds to construct a C$4 million alumina waste processing plant in Quebec. Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC), a federal agency that funds small and medium-sized enterprises will provide C$1.5 million. Rio Tinto, a Geomega partner, will...
Following the 100% acquisition of privateer Dalkeith Capital Limited, Frontier Resources now owns a healthy tract of land that is regarded as a potential for rare earth and high-quality alumina. Frontier's already increasing armoury of battery minerals in the northwest, which is vital to the...
King River Resources Limited, an exploration mining company, has appointed a new CEO for its newly formed High Purity Metals Division as the company looks to lay the groundwork for building a processing plant for high purity alumina in Kwinana. Doug Flanagan, the newly appointed CEO, comes with an...
On 29th September 2021, the Athens-listed leading global industrial and energy company, Mytilineos declared its engagement as a coordinator in the European Union’s SCALE project with an experimental plant for the extraction of scandium from bauxite residue. A silvery-white metallic d-block element,...
Rio Tinto has commenced operations at scandium oxide demonstration plant at its Rio Tinto Fer et Titane (RTFT) metallurgical complex in Sorel-Tracy, Quebec. The plant is ramping up to production capacity of three tonnes of scandium oxide per year. The $6 million project will use an innovative...
The JV between DADA Holdings and Enervoxa, ElementUS Minerals LLC has appointed Joseph Carrabba as its Chief Executive Officer. ElementUS is developing a processing plant in Gramercy, Louisiana that will extract highly strategic rare earth elements and other crucial minerals from residual bauxite....
Rio Tinto has announced the construction of new scandium oxide plant at its Rio Tinto Fer et Titane (RTFT) metallurgical complex in Sorel-Tracy, Quebec. The company is set to the first producer of high-quality scandium oxide in North America. The commercial supply is likely to start in the second...
DADA Holdings LLC, the principal owner of New Day Aluminum, and Enervoxa, a Canadian based green technologies company, together announce a ground-breaking joint venture, ElementUS, to extract valuable rare earth elements and minerals from bauxite residue at New Day’s alumina refinery in Gramercy,...
The European Commission has reportedly included bauxite in the list of Critical Raw Materials for 2020 and shared an action plan and a foresight study on it for strategic technologies and sectors from the 2030 and 2050 perspectives. The inclusion of bauxite in the European Commission’s Critical Raw...
A team of researchers from the Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology (IMMT), India affirms to have developed a technique for transforming fly ash waste into wealth. As per the research team’s claim, they have extracted commercially-useful minerals like alumina among others containing rare...
Equatorial Guinea’s Ministry of Mines and Hydrocarbons (MMH) has reportedly signed five mining contracts for the first time in its history. This followed the heels of the conclusion of the country’s inaugural mining bidding round last year. The contracts have been signed with three different...
On 19 th March’20, the Aluminum Association published a framework for policymakers developing economic stimulus and other programs in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The document – “American Aluminum Jobs: Essential to the Nation” – emphasized the paramount nature of U.S. aluminium production,...
The Jawaharlal Nehru Aluminium Research Development and Design Centre (JNARDDC) announced the development of a technology for the recovery of strategic rare earths from the waste generated from aluminium industry. The new process will recover rare earth metals (REMs) from red mud which can be...
India’s three Central Public sector undertakings under the administrative control of Ministry of Mines – National Aluminium Company Ltd (Nalco), Hindustan Copper Ltd (HCL) and Mineral Exploration Corporation Ltd (MECL) –signed an MoU on September 18, 2017, to make the country self-reliant in the...
<p>Wisconsin's Eck Industries has got an exclusive license for commercial application of a cerium-aluminum (Ce-Al) alloy co-developed by the Department of Energy's Critical Materials Institute (CMI) and Oak Ridge National Laboratory.The alloy is custom made for use in lightweight, strong components...
<p>Scientists from the University of Birmingham have found an innovative way to recycle the very important metals used in almost every type of modern gadgets, mostly aluminium and rare earth metals.<br /><br />It is an innovation that could have huge implications for the tech industry and also from...
