BHUBANESWAR: Three projects of the National Aluminium Company Limited (Nalco), a central public sector enterprise, were dedicated to the nation on Friday on the occasion of its 38th foundation day. The projects were- south block bauxite mines at Panchpatmali in Koraput district, 18.5 MW turbo generator inside the alumina refinery at Damanjodi in the district […]
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ALCORE Project Update – Refining AlF3 from Bauxite
Sydney – (ABN Newswire) – Bauxite producer, Australian Bauxite Limited (ABx) is reporting progress on the ALCORE project in accordance with the schedule announced to the ASX on 13th November 2017. Highlights – Engineering firm appointed to design and cost the Engineering Validation Plant (“EV Plant”) – Trade financing proposals suggests the 50,000tpa production plant […]
Singrauli: NGT seeks comments on pollution by industries
New Delhi (PTI) – The National Green Tribunal has sought comments from various stakeholders on the pollution caused by industrial and mining activity in Singrauli and Sonebhadra districts of Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar directed various parties in the case to file a written note, not […]
Australian Bauxite to produce aluminium fluoride
PERTH – ASX-listed junior Australian Bauxite has inked a heads of agreement (HoA) with technology provider Refined Ore Industries (ROIL) to produce aluminium fluoride from bauxite. Under the terms of the HoA, Australian Bauxite will have exclusive global rights to produce aluminium fluoride from the ALCORE project, which will apply ROIL’s patented ores-to-elements (CORE) process, […]
ABx Announces Plans to Begin Large-Scale Production of Aluminium Fluoride by 2019
Australian Bauxite Limited (ABx) released results for the just-ended quarter yesterday, as well as announcing plans to develop technology aimed at large-scale production of aluminium fluoride by the end of 2019. ABx reports cash on hand at the quarter’s end of A$242 million, with A$173 million remaining after payment of port costs and product transportation. […]
Ecosoderberg Pilot at the Irkutsk Aluminium Smelter
Background on the: Irkutsk Aluminium Smelter The Irkutsk alumimium smelter is one of the largest in Russia and is the oldest in Eastern Siberia. Between 2008-2010 the smelter was expanded through the introduction of the 5th potline with an annual capacity of 170,000 tonnes of aluminium. Annual production capacity is 410,000 tonnes. Reference. Rusal has […]
Attorney for the ‘common man’ dies at age 90
McGARVEY Longtime Kalispell attorney Dale McGarvey, who spent much of his legal career advocating for the “common man” in legal battles against big corporations, insurance companies and the government, died Saturday. He was 90. One of his most memorable legal cases involved taking on the owner of the Columbia Falls aluminum processing plant to protect […]
Aluminium: Fluoride Emissions: Global Data for 2016
Prebake Technology Aluminium Production 55,811 kt Al Fluoride Emissions 36 t F Mean Fluoride Emissions Intensity 0.65 kg F/t Al Søderberg Technology Aluminium Production 3,079 kt Al Fluoride Emissions 6 t F Mean Fluoride Emissions Intensity 1.88 kg F/t Al Prebake + Søderberg Aluminium Production 58,890 kt Al Fluoride Emissions 42 t F Mean Fluoride […]
Initial test results from CFAC Superfund site released
The company tasked with investigating the extent of environmental contamination at the Columbia Falls Aluminum Co. Superfund site on Thursday released its first round of test results for soil and water samples collected from the property. The Environmental Protection Agency assumed oversight of cleanup operations when it officially added the 960-acre site to the National […]
Fluoride gas of Hindalco plant destroys vast patches of paddy crop
Sambalpur: The farmers of the villages nearby Hindalco Industries Ltd near Hirakud are hopeless as hundreds of acres of paddy crops have been destroyed by the fluoride gas emanating from the plant. Talking to the media today, the desperate farmers of Gujatala, Nua Jamuda, Mohammadpur and Chamarapada villages said such incidents have taken place in […]