The acquisition gives Rio Tinto control of a major undeveloped Cape York resource as it expands its existing Weipa operations and advances new mining areas. Rio Tinto is expanding its Cape York bauxite portfolio by acquiring the Aurukun bauxite project from Glencore and Mitsubishi, adding a...
Metro Mining's Bauxite Hills operation delivered record quarterly production as lower unit costs and a broader customer base strengthen its growth profile. Metro Mining is building momentum at its Bauxite Hills bauxite mine in Queensland, with record quarterly output, lower unit costs and improving...
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The government of one of China’s Northern provinces declared in the early part of this week that it would likely to go for the barter choice cuts of its bauxite stores for companies that move aluminium smelting capacity to that area, as reported by Aluminium Insider. Shanxi’s provincial government...
According to the latest USGS release on Bauxite and Alumina in the Fourth Quarter 2017 , imports of crude and dried bauxite by the U.S. in Q4 2017 were 910,000 tonnes, slightly less than the revised total of 914,000 tonnes in the third quarter of 2017. However, on a YoY basis, import of bauxite...
Bauxite mining operations, which was delayed by up to one week due to arrival of Tropical Cyclone Nora, is now scheduled to commence the week of 9 April 2018. It is not expected that this delay will have any impact on the 2018 production target, Metro Mining updated. The company said that there...
Realising the fact that Guinea, being the world's largest bauxite reserves with an estimated 7.4 billion tonnes of high-grade bauxite, is a house of irresistible opportunities for aluminium smelters, National Alumininum Company (Nalco) is eyeing the possibility of gaining access to bauxite deposits...
SBDT (Société des Bauxites de Dabola–Tougué) company established and located in Republic of Guinea (Conakry) has put up an announcement in relation to operational requirements for their Leguetera bauxite mine in Dabola. Guinea’s Société des Bauxites de Dabola-Tougue (SBDT) is constructing a bauxite...
According to the report, Tasmanian miner, Australia Bauxite Ltd has pulled up its socks to inaugurate its bauxite refining project ALCORE, at Bald Hill near Campbell Town. The work is progressing in full swing and is expected to supersize the miner’s profits from bauxite once established. Chief...
Bauxite mining operations, which was due to commence during the week beginning 2nd April, has been delayed by up to one week due to arrival of Tropical Cyclone Nora. However, the 2018 production target for the project remains unchanged, Metro Mining reported today. "Tropical Cyclone Nora is...
Sierra Leone’s primary mineral resources are diamonds, rutile, bauxite and gold among others. The country’s exports of bauxite have been rising over the last three years.Total bauxite export volume is expected to decrease in 2018. Romania imports the largest chunk of bauxite from Sierra Leone....
A group calling itself the Concerned Citizens of Atewa Landscape has urged Ghana government to rescind plans to mine bauxite in the Atewa Forest Reserve. Three major river bodies, Ayensu, Densu and Birim, will be affected if bauxite mining activities are allowed in the region, citifmonline...
Bauxite shipments resumed on Wednesday from the Guinean mining towns of Boke and Kamsar after riots delayed deliveries the day before, company and government officials said. Train and barge traffic restarted after demonstrators lifted barricades and protests over disputed local elections subsided,...
Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC), a state run mining entity, is all set to conduct the first ever national e-auction for bauxite in April. The deadline for registration to participate at the national auctions for bauxite is March 23. At the national e-auction, OMC will directly deal with the...
Mineral Resources Minister of Fiji Faiyaz Koya says that payments of $1.7m revenue were paid to the landowners in Nawailevu, Bua and Naibiulu and $781,000 was paid to the government. Bauxite is mined from 408 hectares of prospective zones in the Nawailevu area in Bua and part of the Naibulu East...
Amidst the uncertainty over the restarting of mining operations in Pahang, Natural Resources and Environment Minister Datuk Seri Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar announced that the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for bauxite mining activities in Pahang is expected to be completed by June 2018. He added...
State-owned diversified miner PT Aneka Tambang (ANTAM) announced plans to significantly increase production and sales of bauxite in 2018.The company targets 126 per cent increase in production and 90 per cent increase in sales this year. The company aims both production and sales volume of bauxite...
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has announced an infrastructure development plan across the country to be financed with proceeds of the country’s bauxite as part of measures to move Ghana beyond aid. According to the President, the plan which would be executed in the coming months would...
All the mining equipment belonging to Exton Cubic Group Limited, which was seized on the instruction of the Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei Mensah, and the District Chief Executive of the Atwima Mponua District, has been released. Simon Osei Mensah has directed the regional police command to...
Ministry of Mines is set to auction around 10 bauxite blocks in the month of March and April, 2018 in a bid to enhance India’s aluminium production, a senior government official said. Mines Secretary Arun Kumar said: “We are well endowed with bauxite reserves and I am aware that some industries are...
President Akufo-Addo has invited investors in the United State of America to take advantage of the various opportunities that exist in Ghana to establish businesses. He said the country had a viable business climate ready to accommodate American investment, technology, and enterprises. Delivering a...
