Alumina/Bauxite latest news

• August 2012

  Rusal’s H1 net profit plummets by 95% to $37m for 2012

  30 August 2012

  Company to cut alumina production; seeks Chinese investors for Siberia alumina

• Refractory mineral supply and demand trends

  29 August 2012

  Magnesia, chromite, graphite, andalusite, and aluminas come under spotlight in Aachen

• BOSAI appeals for return to normality at Linden bauxite plant

  17 August 2012

  Company asks employees to return to work; calls for end to political point-scoring

• Baltic Dry Index falls to near half-year lows

  16 August 2012

  Limited Indonesia bauxite exports pressures shipping; end to strike could lift rates

• GengSheng posts lower profit as revenue from proppants drop

  16 August 2012

  Company selling more domestically; refractories sector sales down

• Outotec to provide technology for Orbite’s alumina plant

  13 August 2012

  Fluidised bed equipment to be supplied for decomposing and calcining HPA

• S&B’s industrial minerals profit despite Greek economic woes

  08 August 2012

  Outlook points to weak second half in cars, construction, and steel

• BOSAI’s Linden bauxite operations remain paralysed

  07 August 2012

  Two-week production halt in Guyana leaves company unable to fulfil orders

• Indonesia issues further bauxite permits

  03 August 2012

  Slump in June exports prompts government to relax curbs

• HIG creates ALTEO from Rio Tinto speciality aluminas

  01 August 2012

  Non-met aluminas business targets global expansion as independent company