Alumina

As a global producer of materials across the aluminium value chain, Alcoa Corporation is well positioned to operate South Africa’s Hillside Aluminium business into the future, South32 COO Africa... 

US-based, vertically integrated producer of advanced materials and critical mineral solutions Ionic Mineral Technologies (Ionic MT) has announced the results of an independent preliminary economic... 

Africa Finance Corporation and the Nigerian government, through the Solid Minerals Development Fund plan to build an alumina refinery with a one-million-tonne-a-year capacity. 

With the acquisition of South32’s aluminium assets, Alcoa will surpass Rio Tinto to become the world's largest bauxite mining company on an equity-attributable production basis, with global share... 

This asset adds scale to our smelting portfolio in a way that is expected to be cash flow accretive immediately, Alcoa Corporation President and CEO William (Bill) F Oplinger said of South Africa’s... 

US-based alumina and other industrial materials company Brimstone has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the largest American primary aluminium producer, Century Aluminium, to... 

US-based bauxite, alumina, and aluminum producer Alcoa Corporation expects shipments from its Pinjarra alumina refinery in Australia to fall by around 120 000t in the second quarter compared to the... 

Aim-listed Empire Metals has completed an integrated metallurgical processing flowsheet for the Pitfield titanium project, in Western Australia, capable of producing a premium 99% titanium dioxide... 

TSX-V-listed AnorTech, which is pioneering the next generation of sustainable materials from anorthosite, has announced it will collaborate with the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) to... 

Research university Colorado School of Mines and mid-stream minerals processing company ElementUSA have been awarded $67-million in funding from the US Department of Energy (DoE) to build a plant... 

Aluminum Corp of China, the country’s largest State-owned producer of the lightweight metal, has agreed to invest $1-billion in an alumina plant in Guinea to tap local bauxite resources. Chalco, as... 

Rio Tinto is advancing a research and development project to extract primary gallium from its alumina refining process. 

ASX-listed Brazilian Rare Earths (BRE) has announced plans to demerge its 100%-owned Amargosa bauxite/gallium project in Brazil, into a newly formed ASX-listed company called Alurion Resources.... 

Canyon Resources has further strengthened the logistics platform. 

ASX-listed Canyon Resources’ in-country subsidiary Camalco Cameroon has increased its equity holding in Camrail from 9.1% to 26.9% through a cash consideration of about A$23.8-million, representing... 

Diversified miner South32 lowered its full‑year forecast on April 22 for its Australia Manganese unit after wet-season rainfall and Tropical Cyclone Narelle disrupted operations. The company also... 

Peter Secker has tendered his resignation as CEO of ASX-listed Canyon Resources CEO, citing personal reasons. He will, however, remain in his role over the coming months to lead Canyon through the... 

The surface miner has been mobilised to site and mining operations are scheduled to start before the end of March.  

Rio Tinto, the Queensland government and the Australian federal government have announced a A$2-billion partnership to secure the long-term future of the Boyne aluminium smelter in Gladstone, while...