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Bauxite Residue accident from Norwegian Hydro in Brazil

Half state owned Norwegian aluminum company Hydro is accused of serious environmental damage in Brazil. In addition to a leak of toxic mining debris that has contaminated several communities in Barcarena, the Norwegian giant Hydro is accused to have used a ...

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Rio Tinto investing $250 million to extend life of Vaudreuil alumina refinery

SAGUENAY, Que. — Rio Tinto says it’s investing $250 million in its Vaudreuil alumina refinery in Quebec to extend the life of the operation past 2022. The company says work on the refinery, located in the Saguenay region of the ...

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Website launched of the Recover project

RECOVER is a Research Project of a Consortium of Universities, Research Institutes and Industries, which work on the upscaling of processes for the development of construction materials from metallurgical by-products. During the Project, modular and mobile upscaling units, incorporating all ...

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Rio Tinto and GMR partner to explore potential use for bauxite residue

Rio Tinto is partnering with Global Mineral Recovery, Incorporated, (GMR) of Worcester, MA, an innovator in processing fine particle industrial residue using environmentally friendly technology, to explore the potential to extract minerals from the bauxite residue produced by its Vaudreuil ...

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Bauxite Residue Valorisation and Best Practices Conference (BR2018)

The 2nd Bauxite Residue Valorisation and Best Practices Conference (BR2018) will take place in Athens, Greece – Between 7/05/2018 and 10/05/2018. CALL FOR ABSTRACTS Dear Colleagues, The Organising and Scientific Committees of the 2nd Bauxite Residue Valorisation and Best Practices conference – BR2018 cordially invite ...

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RUSAL produces first output of scandium oxide

The new product output commenced at the Urals aluminium smelter (“UAZ”) after the installation and launch of the pilot unit for the processing of scandium concentrate into scandium oxide. Experts at RUSAL Engineering and Technology Centre earlier developed the unique ...

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Major tailings dam failure in China’s Henan Province

A pond dam collapsed on August 8, 2016, releasing 2 million cubic meters of red mud. So sad…again… Read more here http://thewatchers.adorraeli.com/2016/08/16/major-tailings-dam-failure-in-china-s-henan-province/

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How many alumina refineries are out there?

In case you asked yourself how many alumina refineries exist worldwide, here is a list that can be your starting point https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_alumina_refineries Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Qld_Alumina_Refinery_QAL_2008.jpg

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Red mud farming and more

Get introduced to red mud farming and Kylie, and also get updated about other relevant to redmud items. Video: From early childhood to working in red mud Source: THE OBSERVER [jwplayer mediaid=”681″] KYLIE Parkhill is “one of the best mud farmers” ...

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Yes we can!

See the video from the iron and mineral wool production and get informed about our upcoming proposal!   [jwplayer mediaid=”621″]  

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