Bauxite and Alumina Industry

The bauxite and alumina industry – are we close to a new normal after industry reshape? Bauxite and alumina suppliers are gearing up for a better second quarter after a poor start to 2016, delegates heard at Metal Bulletin’s Bauxite & Alumina conference in Miami, USA, at the start of March. The conference started somewhat somberly following the recent news of two US alumina producers entering Chapter 11 restructuring – Sherwin Alumina in January and Noranda Aluminium in February 2016. These announcements had followed the earlier news that Alcoa would curtail the remaining 810,000tpy of alumina refining capacity at its Point Comfort facility – bringing its global mothballed capacity to…