Inola aluminium smelter timeline stretches to April 2027 after new moratorium, US capacity push continues
The proposed USD 4 billion aluminium smelter in Inola, Oklahoma, has entered another review phase as the US continues efforts to strengthen domestic aluminium production. Inola town trustees have unanimously extended the moratorium on the project through April 7, 2027, giving the proposed...
RUSAL nears final approval for new bauxite-to-alumina project in Kalimantan, Indonesia
Russian aluminium producer RUSAL is nearing the final stage of the permitting process for a planned bauxite-to-alumina processing project in Kalimantan, Indonesia, according to Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Bahlil Lahadalia. The project will process bauxite into alumina as part of...
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Sapa assists DAF Trucks in transport breakthrough
DAF Trucks has created a prototype distribution truck with significantly reduced weight, resulting in lower fuel consumption and carbon dioxide emissions. Sapa played an integral role in this development toward improved transport efficiency. Alongside lead partner Leyland Trucks, and C.S.A Group,...
Iran and Guinea resurrects 25-year bauxite plan
Iran and Guinea have resurrected a deal to extract bauxite in the African country after a delay of 25 years and ship it to the Middle East for aluminum production. The project, worth $505 million, includes production for three years over 5,684 square kilometers with combined reserves of 600 million...
Germantown aluminum supplier to open manufacturing plant in Arizona
Germantown-based Basic Metals Inc. plans to open a 26,000-square-foot manufacturing and distribution center in Goodyear, Arizona. Basic Metals is an independently-owned aluminum service center and supplier. Basic Metals, which will employ eight to 10 workers in Arizona, plans to open the new...
Xinfa Aurum Exploration installs beneficiation plant at Bua's Votua bauxite mining site
Xinfa Aurum Explorations (Fiji) Limited is constructing a beneficiation plant at its Votua bauxite mining site in Lekutu, Bua. Beneficiation of bauxite involves screening of the ore followed by a wash to remove fine particles. The screened ore is then placed on stockpiles before being loaded onto...
Finding the right partner in Sapa key to Central do Alumínio's growth
Central do Alumínio began its metal-building business in some of the boldest and most modern building projects in Rio de Janeiro. Now its work can be seen all over Brazil. Sapa is contributing. Central do Alumínio is one of the premier metal builders in Brazil, specializing in aluminium frames for...
Altech Chemicals Ltd raises $1.13M for detailed design phase of HPA Project
Altech Chemicals Limited is pleased to advise that it will raise a total of $1.130 million via share placement, for the commencement of detailed design work for the company’s high purity alumina (HPA) project and for corporate and general working capital purposes. The company will issue a total of...
PT WHW targeting alumina production in 2016
PT Well Harvest Winning Alumina Refinery (WHW) development project continued speeding the processing of bauxite into alumina. Li Yu Yong, Project Leader alumina smelter PT WHW, said that the company had already begun construction. This phase has been underway since 2013 and is scheduled for...
Jaguar to build lightweight aluminium Land Rovers in its new Slovakia plant
Jaguar Land Rover has announced the location of its new production facility in central Europe. It is to come up near Nitra in western Slovakia. There were speculations regarding the location of the company’s latest plant, with Poland being considered as the preferred site in eastern Europe....
Trulite Glass and Aluminum plans $119,500 worth expansion in Grenada
Officials from Trulite Glass and Aluminum Solutions recently announced the company is expanding operations at its facility in Grenada. The project represents a corporate investment of $119,500 and will create 15 jobs, bringing employment at the facility to 133. "I appreciate the team at Trulite...
Altech Chemicals focuses on low-cost High Purity Alumina production
Altech Chemicals is positioned to transition into a leading producer of 99.99% (4N) High Purity Alumina (HPA) at a low cost. The company's focus is to produce HPA directly from kaolin clay which will be sourced from the company’s 100% owned kaolin deposit at Meckering, Western Australia. Around 70%...
Rio Tinto to decide on $1.45bn Weipa mine by 2015 end
A decision on the $1.45 billion South of Embley bauxite project at Weipa is to be made by the end of the year 2015, confirmed officials at Rio Tinto. Despite Rio Tinto reporting a first half year net profit slumping 43 per cent to $3.98 billion as falling iron ore, coal, copper and aluminium prices...
NALCO puts diversification and expansion plans on fast track
The National Aluminium Co Ltd (NALCO) expressed interest to diversify into nuclear power production. The company is also looking to strengthen its raw material supply chain. It expects Odisha to give it green signal for a new bauxite mine in the next few months that will help it to start work on...
Metro Mining signs non- binding off-take agreement with China Xinfa Group
Brisbane based Metro Mining Ltd and China’s Xinfa Group have signed an Off-Take Memorandum of Understanding aimed at pre-committing half of Metro’s Bauxite Hills Project production for the first five years. Xinfa Group Ltd is a long standing major shareholder of Metro Mining. Whilst the initial...
Test run underway at Vietnam’s Nhan Co refinery plant
The Nhan Co refinery plant in the Central Highlands province of Dak Nong, Vietnam is running test productions through the end of September, said Head of the project’s management board Nguyen Thanh Liem on July 30. Constructed within a 65-hectare mine, the plant is designed to process more than 1.8...
Altech Chemicals MD brings high purity alumina to Proactive's Luncheons
Altech Chemicals managing director Iggy Tan outlined the company's focus of becoming a world leading producer of high purity alumina (HPA) at Proactive's Sydney / Melbourne Luncheons this week. Currently 70% of HPA demand is in the Asia Pacific region, providing the opportunity for Altech. Altech’s...
Aluminum processing industry booming in inner Mongolia
Aluminum processing industry is developing in full swing in Huolingol Industrial Park, Inner Mongolia. Inner Mongolia Jinlian Aluminum Co. has partially finished construction of its 3 million-tpy aluminum plate, strip & folil project, whose investment totals 100 billion yuan ($16 billion). Main...
First Bauxite receives NI 43-101 Compliant Technical Report for its Feasibility Study on Bonasika bauxite project
On behalf of the Board of Directors of First Bauxite Corporation, Alan Roughead, President and CEO announced that First Bauxite Corporation has received the NI 43-101 Compliant Technical Report with respect to its Feasibility Study to produce ceramic proppants from its Bonasika bauxite project. On...
Rusal to complete Mykolaiv alumina plant expansion in 2018
Rusal, the largest aluminium producer in Russia, intends to complete the construction of facilities to expand the production capacity of Mykolaiv alumina plant from 1.6 million tons to 1.7 million tons in 2018. "We will complete building facilities to expand the production capacity to 1.7 million...
