Alcoa Corporation will permanently close its Point Comfort alumina refinery in Texas, which has been idled since 2016.
News ID: 7989 Publish Date : 2019/12/17
The Lanjigarh alumina refinery of Vedanta Limited received the Greentech Safety Awards 2019 at the 18th Annual Greentech Occupational Health, Safety and Disaster Management Conference for exceptional performance in the field of safety at the workplace.
News ID: 7939 Publish Date : 2019/12/13
The average spot alumina price in China has dropped by RMB 19 per tonne or 0.77 per cent to stand at RMB 2439 per tonne on Wednesday, 11 December 2019. Alumina price fell by RMB 9 per tonne yesterday. The drop in alumina prices has continued in all other major markets in China.
News ID: 7913 Publish Date : 2019/12/11
Hindalco Industries Limited has handed over India’s first all-aluminium freight trailer in Rajasthan to Kamal Exim Pvt. Ltd., a leading Jaipur-based transporter of UltraTech Cement Limited. The 34-foot long aluminium freight trailer can ferry a wide range of materials such as cement, alumina, fly ash, grains, flour, steel coils and cylinders.
News ID: 7774 Publish Date : 2019/12/05
The Australian listed resources company FYI Resources has reportedly received an industrial site in the Kwinana industrial area for its high purity alumina refining facility. The facility, as per the report, will refine kaolin feedstock arrived from FYI’s Cadoux Project.
News ID: 7758 Publish Date : 2019/12/04
The Navratna CPSE under the Ministry of Mines, National Aluminium Company, is aiming to extend the longevity of its alumina refining and aluminium smelting operations, and therefore, trying to bank on long-term raw material security.
News ID: 7619 Publish Date : 2019/11/30
Now high purity alumina (HPA) is being used in the manufacture of epoxy moulding compounds (EMC’s) that are used in the semi-conductor industry to improve heat dissipation, said Altech Chemicals Limited, leading Malaysia-based HPA producer. Altech also recently started an investigation of the EMC for semi-conductor market for targeting some of its future HPA products into this market segment.
News ID: 7557 Publish Date : 2019/11/26
The metals and mining conglomerate Vedanta Limited’s Lanjigarh alumina refinery was reportedly granted with Kalinga Safety Excellence Award at Bhubaneswar. Under the 10th edition of Odisha State Safety Conclave 2019, organised by the Institute of Quality & Environment Management Services (IQEMS), the Lanjigarh unit received bronze award under alumina sector category.
News ID: 7540 Publish Date : 2019/11/25
Building on the success of its first two e-magazines “Aluminium LeaderSpeak 2019”and “Aluminium Industry 4.0: Drivers & Change Makers”, AlCircle has launched its region focused e-magazine on the topic “Aluminium Middle East: Focus 2020”.
News ID: 7523 Publish Date : 2019/11/21
Indonesia, with the sixth-largest bauxite reserves in the world, reportedly believes that its bauxite downstream can reach US$13 billion next year from the current US$9 billion.
News ID: 7521 Publish Date : 2019/11/18
Emirates Global Aluminium, on Thursday, November 10, reportedly announced that the first Capsize vessel sailed from its bauxite mining subsidiary Guinea Alumina Corporation in the Republic of Guinea.
News ID: 7359 Publish Date : 2019/11/11
According to a recent report, CVG Bauxilum, Venezuela state-owned bauxite and alumina producer, has suspended its bauxite and alumina production due to a lack of imported materials, stable power supply, and mismanagement.
News ID: 7034 Publish Date : 2019/10/30
Venezuelan state-owned Bauxilum has suspended bauxite and alumina production, the latest casualty of unstable power supply, mismanagement and a lack of imported materials.
News ID: 7032 Publish Date : 2019/10/29
A proposed strike by engineering workers at Aughinish Alumina refinery, which was due to take place this week, has been temporarily stopped, as the dispute is referred to the Labour Court.
News ID: 6963 Publish Date : 2019/10/24
IBAAS has announced the 9th IBAAS International Conference & Exhibition (IBAAS-JNARDDC 2020) to be held in Raipur, India during November 4 - 6, 2020 to be co-organized with Jawaharlal Nehru Aluminium Research Development & Design Centre (JNARDDC), India. The theme for the IBAAS-JNARDDC 2020 conference is “Sustainability Challenges of Bauxite, Alumina & Aluminium Industry”.
News ID: 6962 Publish Date : 2019/10/25
RUSAL has demonstrated its commitment towards sustainability by processing and selling over 50% of the waste generated by its smelters in the last 10 years. Rusal processed about 10% of red and nepheline mud at the alumina refineries proving it to be leader in alumina mud processing among the global aluminium companies.
News ID: 6833 Publish Date : 2019/10/22
According to a report on Monday, October 21, The People’s National Party (PNP) is backing legal action against West Indies Alumina Company (WINDALCO) for releasing effluent into the Rio Cobre and contaminating the river, which is a major water source for many residents living on its banks.
News ID: 6802 Publish Date : 2019/10/21
The International Committee for Study of Bauxite, Alumina & Aluminium (ICSOBA) organized the 37th International Conference and Exhibition in Krasnoyarsk, Russia from 16 to 20 September 2019 in cooperation with 25th “Aluminium of Siberia” Conference within XI International Congress & Exhibition “Non-Ferrous Metals and Minerals” (NFM). The host sponsor of the event was RUSAL. Other ICSOBA sponsors that contributed to the realization of the event are: Hatch (gold), Nalco Water, Outotec, Solvay (all silver) and GEA (bronze).
News ID: 6611 Publish Date : 2019/10/10
FYI Resources Limited, an Australian Listed resources company, reportedly announced this week that it completed the trial production of high-purity alumina (HPA) at its pilot plant in Welshpool, Western Australia. This marks significant progress in FYI’s high-purity alumina development strategy.
News ID: 6609 Publish Date : 2019/10/10
PELLEX increased to INR 6,150/WMT (DAP Raipur) amid active trade volumes. Two deals were reported in Raipur market in this publication window (with total traded quantity of 35,000 MT).
News ID: 6465 Publish Date : 2019/09/13