Bright future for bauxite industry in Guinea
The bauxite mining industry is booming in Guinea on the back of demand of Chinese, Russian, Gulf and Indian alumina
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Alumina
Prospects of greenfield alumina plants in Africa
Guinea’s Fria alumina refinery was started in 1960 by Aluminium Pechiney, France followed by Reynolds Company and then Rusal since
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BAUXITE: High alumina and low reactive silica may survive competition
With the given bauxite export forecast of Guinea, there may be fierce competition and countries exporting high silica and boehmitic
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Decade’s high aluminium amid political unrest in Guinea
Aluminium climbed to the highest in more than a decade as political unrest in Guinea fuelled concerns over supply of
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Eurallumina to restart its alumina refinery in ninety days
Eurallumina, Europe’s largest alumina refinery located in the industrial area of Portovesme, on the island of Sardinia, Italy with access
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REFRACTORIES: Fused alumina and bauxite prices rise in June and July
Roskill says prices for Chinese refractory bauxite increased by 1.5% between May and July to reach US$425-455/t (FOB Xingang, 85-88%
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South32 reports record production at Worsley and Brazil Alumina
South32 has reported record annual production at Worsley Alumina and Brazil Alumina with both refineries benefitting from high plant availability.
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Rio Tinto partners with ARENA to reduce emissions in alumina refineries
Rio Tinto has partnered with the Australian Renewable Energy Agency to study whether hydrogen can replace natural gas in alumina
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Renewable energy to be tested for alumina refining
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency is awarding Alcoa of Australia AUD 11.3 million toward testing the potential use of renewable
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Settler Washer Train technology for new alumina refinery in Indonesia
China International Aluminium Engineering Corporation has signed a contract with Metso Outotec for the delivery of sustainable technology and equipment
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South32 set a year to date production record at Brazil Alumina
South32 in its Quarterly Report March 2021, reports that net cash increased by US$242M to US$517M in the quarter as
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Alumina and bauxite for non-metallurgical applications
The marketplaces for both alumina and bauxite have experienced disruption of supply chains in recent years. Calcined bauxite was primarily
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Borneo Alumina begins construction of Alumina Refinery
PT Borneo Alumina Indonesia (PT BAI), a subsidiary of State Owned Enterprise (SoE) PT Indonesia Asahan Aluminium – also known
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Hydro resumes bauxite pipeline operation in Brazil
Hydro has resumed operation of the pipeline transporting bauxite from Hydro Paragominas bauxite mine to the alumina refinery Alunorte in
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Aluminium industry’s first low-carbon smelter-grade alumina
Alcoa has announced the expansion of its Sustana™ line of products with the introduction of EcoSource™, the industry’s first low-carbon,
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Hillside Aluminium test its maximum technical capacity
Hillside Aluminium saleable production increased by 3kt to a record 718kt in FY20 as the smelter continued to test its
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Is Apple really buying carbon-free aluminium?
Few months ago, Elysis has successfully produced the first commercial batch of aluminium without any direct carbon dioxide emissions, using
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Rio Tinto kept afloat by strong iron ore and bauxite
According to Rio Tinto, the global mining house delivered a strong performance, particularly in iron ore and bauxite, demonstrating the
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