FAST Metals, the mining technology company recovering base and rare materials from red mud (bauxite tailings) and other iron-rich waste, has raised USD 4.3 million in pre-seed funding and announced its first commercial customer, Metalox Mineral Corporation. Under a strategic partnership, FAST...
Canadian climate technology company Enervoxa is planning to establish a commercial-scale rare earth processing plant in India that would recover critical minerals from red mud, the aluminium waste residue generated during alumina refining. The company is exploring partnerships with Vedanta...
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Orbite Aluminae Inc. announced today it has been awarded the Chemical Institute of Canada’s Green Chemistry and Engineering Network Award. The award is presented to companies that have made significant contributions to the field of green chemistry and engineering, including the technical, economic,...
Vietnamese authorities say they are carrying out inspections at a controversial bauxite-mining plant where a break in a waste containment reservoir caused a spillage of sludge last week, raising public alarm about its environmental impact, according to reports. Local news organizations that...
Chalco's Henan Branch delayed the production resumption at its 1,000,000-tonne alumina capacity, Shanghai Metals Market learns. The delay is mainly because the repairing of its red mud pond has not been completed, sources reported. The company closed a total of 1,600,000 tonnes of alumina...
The International Centre for Environmental and Nuclear Sciences(ICENS), an agency of the Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining (MSTEM), has developed a new low-cost mix to repair potholes using a blend made from red mud, the waste material produced from bauxite processing. It is a...
If the city-based Jawaharlal Nehru Aluminium Research Design and Development Centre (JNARDDC) has its way, 'red mud', a waste generated in huge quantity (one to two times of alumina produced) from the aluminium industry, can now act as a good source of building material. In fact, Modi government's...
A leading player in the field of aluminium production, UC RUSAL has launched a pilot project at there aluminium smelter (UAZ) to extract primary scandium concentrate from red mud. Nearly 2.5 tonnes of primary scandium oxide concentrate can be produced in the new unit. In the course of 2014, a total...
Dull demand and prices in the rare earths market have led Nippon Light Metal to take the decision to stop developing its red mud beneficiation-based project in Jamaica. The Japanese company will continue refining the process while waiting for more profitable market conditions. Japan-based Nippon...
Orbite Aluminae Inc. today announced it has appointed Diane Néron as its new Director of Engineering. The Company also provides a progress report on the status of delivery of its calcination system. Ms. Néron, who will initially be supporting the Company's efforts to complete its 3 tonnes per day...
Outotec has agreed with Alumina do Norte do Brasil S.A. (Alunorte) on the delivery of a complete filtration plant for Alunorte's new red mud dry storage process at their alumina refinery in Brazil. Approximately EUR 50 million will be booked into Outotec's 2014 second quarter order intake....
The research found that adding a combination of green waste compost and fertiliser to the bauxite residue sand improves its rehabilitation potential and its capacity to support plants Researchers from The University of Western Australia, working with Alcoa of Australia, are breaking new ground on...
UC RUSAL, a leading global aluminium producer, announces the trial production of red mud-based flux additives at the Urals aluminium smelter (UAZ). In 2014, the company plans to produce its first scandium concentrate. Both new products will be produced at a large output rate. In 2013 RUSAL’s R&D...
Orbite Aluminae Inc. will sign a turnkey contract for key equipment for its Gaspé high purity alumina (HPA) project in a few days, pushing for commissioning at year-end and commercial operation early in 2015, CEO Glenn Kelly said Monday. Outotel OYJ, a Finnish-based global leader in the design and...
Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam Hoang Trung Hai visited the Tan Rai Bauxite Complex in the Central Highlands Province of Lam Dong yesterday, where he applauded the quality of the plant's first products. The plant opened last October and has since produced 260,000 tonnes of high-quality aluminum....
Montreal's Orbite Aluminae Inc. is stepping into the international scene via an exclusive partnership with European-based waste management giant Veolia Environmental Services to build plants to treat and recycle the toxic red mud generated by the Bayer alumina production process. They plan to get...
The owner of Politropus Alternative - Ukrainian businessman Roman Denkovich , said the company could restart in the autumn the aluminium processing plant it bought earlier this month for EUR 1.9mn in the assets sale of Montenegrin bankrupt aluminium processing firm Prerada, radio station AntenaM...
The Sherwin Alumina plant in Ingleside insists the red dust floating across town in the high winds this weekend do not pose a risk to public health. Several homeowners contacted KRIS 6 News after they were worried the red dust that covered their homes and cars. A company spokesperson says workers...
Orbite Aluminae Inc. announces that it has completed its previously disclosed public offering of units in the maximum contemplated amount of $16M. The Offering is supplemented by the previously announced binding subscription commitment for $40 million in additional units from Crede Capital Group,...
Rio Tinto say a photo of alumina dust escaping from its Yarwun wharf this week was nothing to worry about, stating the plume posed no threat to health or the environment. Rio Tinto say a photo of alumina dust escaping from its Yarwun wharf this week was nothing to worry about, claiming the plume...
