The country does not have sufficient alumina production to meet the new plant’s demands, so again the Chinese are further involved in talks to build a new 2-million-ton per annum alumina refinery in Asaluyeh...
Recently, alumina prices have risen and the alumina-to-aluminum ratio reached its all-time high. While higher alumina prices are positive for companies like Rio Tinto (RIO) and Alcoa (AA) because they have captive alumina operations...
Two Chinese refiners agreed, adding that market expectation now was that alumina prices would likely test lower until the planned winter cuts kick in mid-November...
Alumina, the raw material used to make aluminum, has seen its price soar even more than aluminum itself — it’s surged 56 percent since August due to China halting some production in an effort to reduce emissions during the winter heating season...
Researchers from North Carolina State University are rolling out a new manufacturing process and chip design for silicon carbide (SiC) power devices, which can be used to more efficiently regulate power in technologies that use electronics. The process...
Raw materials for coated abrasives, energy sources, labor force and environmental governance costs increased, which brought industry enterprises great pressure. Coated Abrasives Sub-Association of CMTBA convened 13 domestic manufacturing enterprises...
Indonesian bauxite exports to China totaled 288,593 mt in September, which reflected a surge of 196% when compared with the 97,658 mt exported in the previous month, figures from the General Administration of Customs of China showed Wednesday.
In conventional polishing methods, protrusions of a sample are preferentially removed, yielding a smooth surface in the process in which a polishing pad rubs the surface in machining fluid containing abrasive grains and chemical agents.
China has ordered 28 northern Chinese cities to take stringent steps to curb industrial output this winter. This includes a requirement for refineries of alumina - the raw material to make aluminium - to reduce production by at least 30 percent.
Rio Tinto is in talks with British billionaire Sanjeev Gupta, who this year purchased Arrium and its Whyalla steelworks from administrators, to buy Rio’s Australian and New Zealand aluminium assets...
The new process mimics in many respects an invention from 1886, the Hall-Héroult process, that revolutionized the transformation of aluminum oxide into elemental aluminum. Hall-Héroult changed aluminum from a precious metal into one widely used in...
Chinese exports to India have crossed $50 billion for the year, up by 16.5 per cent, driven by Indian demand for machinery and electrical equipment. India, by contrast, mainly exports raw materials to China...
In terms of material, the market can be segmented into ceramics, carbide, diamond, cubic boron nitride, and others. In terms of application, the market can be segmented into grinding, cutting, polishing, milling, drilling, and others...
Researchers have used individual nanoscale nuggets of aluminum, copper, gold, silver and similar metals—with the ability to tap energy of light and use it for various applications—and have found an innovative technique for developing...
The results from our analysis show that bauxite exports and RER have a weak positive correlation; approximately 0.2, while there appears to be no correlating relationship between alumina exports and the real exchange rate...
Advanced ceramics, such as alumina nitride, silicon carbide, and titania, are more economical and high-performing in comparison with plastics, metals, and glass, thereby rendering them a good alternative to traditional materials...
For raw materials like iron ore, “the market has not fully priced the negative impact” of China’s environmental restrictions,” Goldman Sachs Group Inc. said in a note from Monday. The steel-making raw material sank into a bear market last week...
Smelters and alumina refineries are mandated to take cuts of at least 30 percent, implying a collective metal production hit in excess of a million tonnes. At least a couple of aluminum operators have started powering down early in Jiaozuo city...
Shanghai aluminium prices closed near a six-year high on Wednesday on reports that an aluminium smelter and alumina refinery had started to reduce production to meet winter output restrictions, almost two months before the limits take effect.
Rising investment from major industry participants to enhance their services and quality will pave an opportunistic way for the automotive collision repair market. Increasing demand for hybrid and electric vehicle owing to surging fuel prices...