alumina
noun
alu·mi·na
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Definition of alumina
: the oxide of aluminum Al2O3 occurring native as corundum and in hydrated forms (as in bauxite)
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Last year, there was as deficit of alumina, according to the company. — Micah Maidenberg, WSJ, "Alcoa’s Fourth-Quarter Revenue In Line With Expectations," 16 Jan. 2019 As Century paid a lot more for alumina, its profit margins were crushed even as aluminum prices surged. — Peter Eavis, New York Times, "These Companies Wanted Tariffs. How Are They Faring Now?," 10 July 2019 Authorities in Brazil ordered a huge alumina producer to operate at half capacity after a spill. — Peter Eavis, New York Times, "These Companies Wanted Tariffs. How Are They Faring Now?," 10 July 2019 Guinea is a hotbed of mining activity in recent months as aluminum firms from the U.S., China and Russia, try to carve out a piece of its massive bauxite-ore deposits used to produce alumina and aluminum. — Costas Paris, WSJ, "China’s Cosco Plans to Buy 25 Ships to Move Bauxite from Africa," 2 Nov. 2018 Raw materials including coke, which helps to fuel iron-ore smelters, and caustic soda, used to extract alumina from bauxite, are also rocketing higher in price. — Rhiannon Hoyle, WSJ, "What Goes Around Comes Around: Energy Prices Dig Into Miners’ Profits," 12 Mar. 2018 Below that sits an alumina-zircon-silica nozzle, which can programmed to make the same intricate moves in X-, Y-, and Z-space familiar to anyone who has seen a 3D printer in action. — Jake Swearingen, Popular Mechanics, "MIT Creates a 3D Printer for Glass," 21 Aug. 2015 Bloomberg News reported that Rusal officials met Chinese companies and traders this week to discuss the possibility of buying alumina and selling aluminum in the Asian country. — David Hodari, WSJ, "Wanted: New Home for a Lot of Russian Aluminum," 20 Apr. 2018 Rusal had provided 7 percent of the world’s alumina, the raw material for aluminum production. — Eric Levitz, Daily Intelligencer, "Trump Administration Eases Sanctions on Russian Metal Giant," 23 Apr. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'alumina.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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