Alumina/Bauxite latest news

• December 2011

  Year in Review 2011: Bauxite & Alumina

  29 December 2011

  Project investment and expansions underway; S&B marks end of a bauxite era

• New Indian joint venture to produce speciality aluminas

  21 December 2011

  Press report says alumina trihydrate to be processed from bauxite in Kutch, Gujarat

• Quiet period for Chinese magnesia exports until March 2012

  19 December 2011

  Little change to mineral exports quotas, but H2 2012 magnesia quota under spotlight

• INTERVIEW: First Bauxite strengthens management team

  15 December 2011

  IM talks to recently appointed chief operating officer, George Bennett

• Outotec acquires Australian refractory demolition business

  14 December 2011

  Finnish processor aims to triple unit’s sales in Australia, SE Asia in three years

• Price Briefing: Week 48 – acidspar, rare earths, graphite

  01 December 2011

  Prices for acidspar, rare earths, falling; refractory minerals feel pinch

• November 2011

  Unused bauxite licences spur Chinese non-met. price drop

  30 November 2011

  Government reduces 2012 export quota as prices and licence uptakes fall

• Andalusite prices expected to rise in January

  30 November 2011

  Market cites increased demand as players edge away from bauxite

• Guyana refractory bauxite costs placed at $211/tonne – study

  24 November 2011

  First Bauxite to produce 100,000 tpa sintered bauxite, five-year payback period

• AMMG to acquire kaolin to alumina processing licence

  24 November 2011

  Australian group signs option agreement with Chinese technology owner

• Imerys plans to build white fused alumina plant in Bahrain

  21 November 2011

  French group to build WFA plant through joint venture with Al Zayani Investments

• Refractories industry “cautious about the prospects for 2012”

  17 November 2011

  Business fears impact of sovereign debt crisis in some countries says PRE president

• Concern over Greek bauxite shortage for non-met. markets

  16 November 2011

  Mytilineos buys off S&B assets, questions non-met. future of Greek bauxite source

• S&B divests bauxite arm to aluminium producer Mytilineos

  08 November 2011

  Greek aluminium group secures raw material source, deal complete in 30 months

• S&B profits up 2.1% on bauxite business recovery

  03 November 2011

  Diverse Greek minerals company posts first pre-tax bauxite profit since Q4 2009

• China’s refractory minerals industry in challenging times

  02 November 2011

  UNITECR: Stricter controls over output and new resource tax to shape future

• Shinagawa aligns itself for refractories market future

  02 November 2011

  UNITECR: Targets 'aggressive development' overseas and stability in sourcing