Industrial Minerals


Rusal signs non-binding MOU with Orbite to set up joint venture

28 March 2012

by Siobhan Lismore

Potential $25m investment to extract alumina and rare earths from Canada deposit

Keywords: Rusal, alumina, Orbite, rare earths, Canada

Russia’s UC Rusal today signed a non-binding agreement with Canada-based Orbite Aluminae which could see the two companies creating a joint venture to extract metallurgical alumina and rare earth elements from aluminous clay.

The agreement, which could total a C$25m investment (the Canadian dollar is flat to the...