Presently China produces 50% of the World’s alumina and aluminium. Since the 1950-ies, about 35 alumina refineries and 60 aluminium smelters were built in China using domestic and imported raw materials. Consequently, there are multiple refinery technologies in China, e.g., high temperature and low temperature Bayer process, sintering process, flotation-Bayer process and sweetening process. Absence […]
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During the past few decades, application areas for aluminium have steadily expanded. The metal’s properties like recyclability, non-corrosiveness, low density and high strength benefit the industrial, construction and manufacturing sector in a number of ways. Aluminium production is rapidly developing all over the world and the growth of the industry in a specific country is […]
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There seems to be a common belief in the World that the Industrial and Mining activities are Environmentally harmful. In 1960s, the Club of Rome in its book Limits to Growth indicated that the Dooms Day for the mankind was within sight as the mineral resources on the Earth were getting exhausted fast limiting the […]
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An interesting press release landed on my desk the other day. According to the press release, China’s Chalieco, the engineering division of Chinalco, has signed an agreement with an Australian company for the supply of graphite from a mine in Mozambique. The press release was issued by the miner, a company called Syrah Resources, […]
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Those forced to pay the new record highs in the aluminium premiums in the USA may not feel like breaking into song, but they will certainly be asking “What’s going on?” Midwest premiums shot up at the start of the year, and are now north of US$400 per tonne. (Midwest premiums are quoted in US […]
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Coke is a very important raw material used in the production of aluminum. A typical smelter uses on a net basis around 350 kg of calcined coke for each tonne of aluminum produced. The world market for calcined coke, including the small volumes used by other industries, is around 25 million tonnes per year. To […]
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GIA announces the release of a comprehensive global report on the Aluminum markets. The global market for Aluminum is expected to exceed 52 million tons by 2015 driven by enhanced consumption in non-traditional markets such as China and India, and increasing use in automotive and packaging industries. The economic recession severely impacted the world aluminum […]
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