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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<p>The exports of bauxite in Brazil rose in June following 1.6 per cent year-on-year drop in the fourth quarter of the last financial year ending 31st March 2017. Bauxite export in June totalled 906,881 tonnes, up 9.3 per cent from the same period previous year<strong>.</strong></p> <p>Bauxite...
<p>A drop in global bauxite price has slowed down bauxite shipment of XINFA Aurum Exploration in Fiji. However, the company says it will continue with its mining operation in Bua despite the price drop in order to accumulate its stock. Ministry of Lands and Mineral Resources Permanent Secretary...
<p>Dr. Ashok Nandi, the Convener for IBAAS Conference, recently told Mining Weekly that Guinea hosts largest bauxite deposits, and the fastest-developing bauxite mining and export centres, and hence, it was selected as the venue for IBAAS this year. He said that the registration...
<p>Rio Tinto, one of the leading metals and mining conglomerate in the world, has almost reached the completion of its Amrun bauxite project which is located in north Queensland. The company’s $2.6 billion project is complete by one third and the first production is expected to start in...
<p>Scania CV India, a subsidiary of Scania Group, has launched the new U-BODY tipper truck for the country’s mining sector. The global manufacturer of heavy duty vehicles and engines aims to increase productivity across a wide section of mineral exploration including coal, bauxite, and iron...
<p>Leading bauxite producer Australian Bauxite Limited (ABx) recently updated its investors on the review of bauxite resources at Binjour saying that the project is soon to step into its next logical level. According to the company, Rawmin Mining and Industries Pvt. Ltd, the marketing partner of...
<p>Brazilian bauxite export volume rose in June following 1.6 per cent year-on-year drop in the fourth quarter of the last financial year ending 31<sup>st</sup> March 2017. As per foreign trade ministry of Brazil, MDIC data, bauxite export in June totalled 906,881 tonnes, up 9.3 per cent from the...
<p>The State Mineral Resources Department of Chhattisgarh in India would approach mineral testing laboratories accredited by the National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL) for their services in analysing different elements of the bauxite ore in Chhattisgarh, senior...
<p>According to a report published by Reuters, Malaysia’s bauxite export is growing in spite of bauxite mining ban in Pahang. Malaysia is exporting bauxite to China’s aluminium industry, the biggest customer of country’s bauxite.</p> <p>Industry figures and analysts project that...
<p>According to a mining ministry official, the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources Indonesia has recommended the names of two more companies to allow them to export bauxite and nickel ore. This was the second such development after the government relaxed a ban on unprocessed mineral...
<p>Ghana vice president Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia came forward to defend and clarify the receipt of US$19 billion funds from China; he said the funds receipt was actually for a bauxite joint venture with China and not a loan.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img style="vertical-align: middle;"...
<p>Ghana is mulling mortgaging the bauxite deposits in the Atiwa forest and Nyinahin to China for some US$15 billion. The country which stands a good chance to prosper leveraging its rich mineral resources has found in world environmentalists and other industry experts staunch critics of the...
<p>A senior mining official from Jamaica is urging the quick resolution of the Cockpit Country boundary markings to determine the areas where bauxite companies can mine for bauxite. He says it is stopping the completion of partnership agreements with New Day Aluminium Jamaica Limited, which an...
<p>Recently, a media update says The Republic of Fiji has earned revenue of $2.8 million from the first shipment of bauxite in 2017, totalling $52.2m revenue since mining started at Nawailevu in Bua in 2010. Fiji houses Vanua Levu mine, which is one of the largest bauxite mines in Oceana, with...
<p>The Malaysian government has extended the moratorium on bauxite mining in Pahang for six months more until December 31, which was supposed to expire today.</p> <p>A survey conducted by the Department of Survey and Mapping Malaysia in April found an increase in the bauxite stockpile in the...
<p>Ghana’s Senior Minister Yaw Osafo-Maafo yesterday said at a conference in London after coming from China, that it has inked a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with China for the development of country’s bauxite industry.</p> <p><img style="vertical-align: middle; display: block;...
<p>Ecotourism & Conservation Society of Malaysia (Ecomy) has urged for the assignment of an independent group in order to monitor the bauxite mining in Kuantan, Malaysia. Ecomy is in favour of harmonised bauxite mining in the city with proper considerations of public health and environmental...
<p style="text-align: left;">Guinea, the country with the highest bauxite reserves in the world amounting to 7.4 billion tonnes, is racing past many countries to become a key exporter of bauxite globally. It is ramping up its production fast to cater to the growing demand of bauxite in China. In...
