An aerial view shows the former Columbia Falls Aluminum Co plant in Columbia Falls. (Photo by Roux Associates) Columbia Falls Aluminum Co. officials released more data in a meeting Wednesday night that further pinpoints old landfills north of the plant as being the primary culprits for pollution at the Superfund site. Tests taken last spring […]
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DEQ: Cleanup of CFAC potroom a ‘milestone’
This file photo shows a potline at the former CFAC site in Columbia Falls. (Daily Inter Lake file) One small piece of what promises to be a prolonged and extensive cleanup of contamination at the Columbia Falls Aluminum Company site has been resolved, according to the Montana Department of Environmental Quality. DEQ described the completion […]
Hindalco fined for pollution
SAMBALPUR: A principal bench of National Green Tribunal, New Delhi on Thursday imposed a penalty of `50 lakh on Hindalco Industries Limited (HIL), Hirakud as environmental compensation for emission of toxic fluoride gas, causing damage to the environment. The penalty needs to be deposited with the District Legal Service Authority (DLSA) which will spend it […]
ABx Subsidiary’s Aluminum Fluoride Technology To Be Licensed Globally
Australian Bauxite Limited (ABx) announced to the market yesterday that its wholly-owned subsidiary ALCORE Limited will have the rights to employ ALCORE technology throughout the world. In a press release issued yesterday, ABx said that the technology, which is used in producing aluminium fluoride (AlF3), will be available to ALCORE for utilization as it builds […]
Alcore gets license to refine
AUSTRALIAN Bauxite-subsidiary Alcore will be free to produce aluminium fluoride anywhere in the world after securing global licence rights for bauxite refining using the Alcore technology. The technology refines raw bauxite to produce aluminium fluoride and other valuable co-products such as silica fume and corethane. The global licence will pave the way for Alcore to […]
Australian Bauxite Ltd (ASX:ABX) Chairman’s Review of 2017 and Recent Developments
Australian Bauxite Ltd (ASX:ABX) provides the Chairman’s Address to AGM 2018. Welcome to the 9th Annual General Meeting of shareholders of Australian Bauxite Limited (“ABx”). ABx has supplied to date 78 thousand tonnes of cement-grade bauxite and six thousand tonnes of fertiliser grade bauxite to our repeat customers. ABx remains ready to sell metallurgical grade […]
NALCO to use Emrion technology to establish Defluoridation plants
After commissioning of the world’s first-of-its kind defluoridation plant using Nano based Emrion technology, aluminium major National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) is set for using this technology in commercial scale, an official statement said. The company today signed an MoU with Hyderabad based Eesavyasa Technology Pvt Ltd so that it would get royalty for setting […]
Norway’s Hydro bids to acquire Rio Tinto’s ISAL aluminum smelter
Norsk Hydro has made a binding offer to acquire Rio Tinto’s 100% share of the Icelandic aluminum plant ISAL, the company said Monday. The $345 million offer also includes Rio Tinto’s 53% share of the Dutch anode facility Aluchemie and the 50% share in Swedish aluminum fluoride plant Alufluor. ISAL produces 210,000 mt/year of liquid […]
Afghanistan’s sole, largest fluorspar deposit to triple capacity in six months
The Bakhud deposit in Afghanistan is being developed to supply the hydrofluoric acid and aluminium industries with an additional 122,500 tonnes per year of fluorspar once fully operational. Afghanistan’s only fuorspar operation is set to bring up to 122,500 tpy of acidspar online within the next six months, bringing fresh supply to a tight market. […]
Indian aluminium industry reeling under increased production costs despite LME upswing
Trapped in a pincer of rising coal prices and flooding of cheap imports, domestic aluminium industry needs government policy support to come out of this crisis. During the last four years Indian aluminium producers have made investments of Rs 1.2 lakh crore to enhance total domestic capacity from 2 MTPA to 4.1 MTPA, with a […]