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IBAMA removes embargo on Alunorte but full capacity timeline still uncertain

Monday, 29 October 2018

One hurdle to the restart of operations at the Hydro’s bauxite residue deposit area has been cleared but a federal embargo remains in place
Hydro Q3 earnings up year on year despite negative effect of Alunorte curtailment

Wednesday, 24 October 2018

Norsk Hydro’s third-quarter earnings were up from a year ago due to higher all-in aluminium and alumina prices, but a continued production curtailment at the company’s Alunorte alumina refinery in Brazil continues to have a negative impact.
AACHEN 2018: Raw materials, price evolution in the spotlight

Monday, 22 October 2018

Attendees discuss how market participants will secure supply for the coming year, and how prices are expected to perform going forward.
Aachen 2018: What we learned

Monday, 22 October 2018

Key takeaways from the 61st International Colloquium on Refractories, held September 25-26 in Aachen, Germany

Bauxite, fused alumina market in supply limbo in Q4

Thursday, 18 October 2018

Spreads among some bauxite grades are widening while BFA, WFA prices remain stable on limited demand, although participants are concerned over supply flows from China in 2019.
Price Briefing: September 21-27

Friday, 28 September 2018

China’s domestic magnesia prices edge up on regulatory restrictions, export prices unchanged; China’s unshaped refractory materials output up 10% in August; Aachen 2018: Prices of refractory minerals expected to remain firm
Bauxite, brown fused alumina prices rise in China

Friday, 21 September 2018

Current closures at bauxite and alumina plants in China may be in place for months once the recently announced winter shutdown regulations come into force, forcing prices upward.
Fused alumina prices rise on Q4 supply concerns

Friday, 14 September 2018

Brown fused and white fused alumina prices have increased, offsetting yuan-related depreciation, while the price of refractory grade bauxite 88% ticked up on continued production issues in Shanxi.

Out of the melting pot: A year of change in refractories

Thursday, 06 September 2018

After a year of reorganization and changing narratives in the refractories industry – from significant M&A activity to raw material price spikes, and from booming end-market demand to uncertainties in global trade – Industrial Minerals correspondent Myles McCormick takes stock of a changed landscape for companies operating in the sector.
AI faces slow grind in mineral processing

Thursday, 28 June 2018

Artificial intelligence and machine learning are at the forefront of digital solutions that could dramatically improve efficiency in the mineral processing sector. But mining companies have been reluctant to invest in the technology needed to revolutionize their operations.
Feeling the rub: Asian abrasives continue to challenge Western suppliers

Thursday, 22 February 2018

Cheap Chinese alumina has been undercutting abrasives prices and output in North America and elsewhere for several years, but recent supply restrictions in China could reverse this trend, as Industrial Minerals correspondent Rose Pengelly discovers.
Feeling the heat: Bauxite and alumina under pressure

Friday, 26 January 2018

China’s high-profile disruptions to industrial operations have wreaked havoc in the bauxite and alumina supply chains serving refractories end markets, taking prices to new highs.