Like China, the U.S. also relies heavily on bauxite imports. Last year, import figures for crude and dried bauxite ore into the U.S. saw a slight drop, though it was higher in the fourth quarter.

Like China, the U.S. also relies heavily on bauxite imports. Last year, import figures for crude and dried bauxite ore into the U.S. saw a slight drop, though it was higher in the fourth quarter.

Roughly 0.3 - 1.0 tons of red mud waste are generated per ton of aluminum produced. Brazil has discarded about 10.6 million tons/year of caustic red mud in recent years and the worldwide generation of ...

Special report: MTM Critical Metals is looking to apply its proprietary Flash Joule Heating technology in an upcoming partnership with aluminium producer Vedanta for Red Mud recycling.

Red mud is the main waste generated in the production of aluminium and alumina by the Bayer process from bauxite ore. The world's production of bauxite in 2009 was 205 million tons, and the main ...

The Atalco plant processes red bauxite ore shipped from a mine in Jamaica to its site in St. James and St. John the Baptist parishes next to the Veterans Memorial Bridge.

Aluminium is a vital, versatile metal. But while it’s easily recyclable, we need to produce more to meet global demand. To make aluminium, bauxite is refined into alumina and then processed into ...

Before aluminum becomes foil or a car part, it has to be extracted from bauxite, a kind of ore that contains aluminum in its mineral form. Strip-mining for bauxite requires extensive land-clearing ...

Scientists from the Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology, Bhubaneswar, have estimated the quantity of rare earth elements that can be recovered from red mud, a toxic byproduct of ...

In the middle of the island of Jamaica is an area surrounded by mountains, distinguishable only by the fact that it is flat. In all other aspects, such as its vegetation and animal life, it looks just ...