Industrial Minerals


Almatis eyes Chinese calcined alumina line for 2012

10 March 2011

by Jessica Roberts

B&A '11: Alumina group starts work on Qingdao calcined line after two-year delay

Keywords: Almatis, alumina, calcined alumina, refractories, ceramics

Global speciality alumina producer Almatis GmbH is charging ahead with the construction of a calcined alumina facility in Qingdao, China, following a two-year delay to the project.The expansion into production of calcined grades at Qingdao – initially opened in 2006 for tabular alumina production – will aid Almatis’ efforts to service the Chinese ceramic and refractory...