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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In 2017, Aughinish Alumina filed a controversial proposal to blast and extract rock near the bauxite residue disposal area, or the red mud ponds, to make a pit for use in the plant operations. Limerick council gave green light for rock 'blasting' at Aughinish plant. However, the proposal was...
National Aluminium Company Limited (Nalco), a Navratna CPSE under Ministry of Mines, is looking out to tap the waste-to-wealth model using Chinese tech for processing mineral wastes and commercialising them, which in turn would help the company boost its bottom line. The company believes that by...
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...
Many experiments with red mud have been performed till date all around the globe for its reuse in a more efficient and sustainable way. Red mud is a toxic by-product generated in the industrial production of alumina. It is rich in iron and considered as a treasure trove of elements. With an annual...
In another update from Pará, Brazil, after the instruction of Secretariat of Environment and Sustainability in the Brazilian state of Pará (SEMAS) to Hydro to cut 50% production at its Alunorte alumina refinery, a regional court issued a ruling on Wednesday, February 28, demanding Hydro to cut...
UC RUSAL, a leading global aluminium producer, is pleased to announce that it intends to complete the development of a feasibility study in 2018 for the construction of a scandium oxide production unit at one of its Russian operations. Such a development adds to the Company completing another...
Emirates Global Aluminium has signed an agreement with The University of Queensland, Australia, to conduct a three-year research programme into turning a by-product of the alumina industry into soil.The ground-breaking research project with The University of Queensland’s School of Agriculture and...
The leading integrated aluminium producer of India, National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO), has announced plans to diversify into areas like merchant mining, green power, and caustic soda to withstand downturns in the global metal market and sustain profitability in the long run. The New...
<p>Earth Sustaining Sciences (ESS) that creates and delivers eco-societally sustainable solutions has developed a solution for neutralizing and managing red mud. ESS founder Wayne Sampey said ESS delivered financially and environmentally viable and sustainable red mud waste management process.</p>...
<p>Jawaharlal Nehru Aluminium Research Development and Design Centre (JNARDDC), Nagpur is working to develop cheaper methods to extract rare earth elements (REE) from the waste generated from aluminium industry. The Department of Science and Technology, Government of India and JNARDDC have started...
<p>Vedanta Refinery has installed a red mud powder plant at its Lanjigarh alumina refinery in Kalahandi, Odisha. The automatic red mud powder plant is the country’s first of its kind initiative by an alumina refinery. The industry has been facing problems with red mud disposal which is a...
<p>Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) announced yesterday that a team of materials science researchers is developing the first commercially viable process for recovering valuable metals from red mud, a hazardous byproduct of aluminium production that is currently stored in holding ponds...
<p>The Indian Institute of Technology, Bhubaneswar (IITBBS) in one of its research verticals- Waste to Construction Material, has developed a novel technology by which red mud, the hazardous waste of alumina refining from bauxite, is converted to concrete. Henceforth, environment of the areas...
<p>Chinese spot alumina prices firmed further Tuesday as market sentiment remained strong and offer levels continued to rise, sources said.<br /><br />The Platts ex-works Shanxi alumina price stood at Yuan 1,840/mt ($276/mt) full cash terms, up Yuan 40/mt from Monday, and up Yuan 90/mt week on week...
<p>Russian aluminium major UC Rusal announced the first time production of scandium oxide in its smelter in the Ural Mountains known as UAZ at a concentration rate that exceeds 99%.<br /><br />Initially, Rusal commissioned a pilot unit that for processing scandium concentrate into scandium oxide....
<p>North Queensland is home to some of the world's largest bauxite deposits, but their potential remains largely hidden under the earth as no mining company has yet come forward to exploit it in a sustainable manner. Recently, a University of Queensland scholar has collaborated with the global...
<p>Henan Xiangjiang Wanji Aluminum Co. owned alumina refinery in China's Wanji has been shut down on account of a potential red mud landslide. According to CRU, no probable timeline has been announced yet for reopening the facility.<br /><br />However, CRU consultant Jackie Wang opines that the 1.4...
Issues related to industrial ecology and sustainability are of paramount importance today. With rampant industrial onslaughts on the environment reaching its edge, global aluminium industry has woken up to the situation. Indian aluminium industry, which is poised to play a crucial role in...
