Nimba Mining Company SA has appointed Patrice L'Huillier as Director General and Djiba Diakité as Chairman of the Board of Directors, with both appointments confirmed through separate presidential decrees. The announcement was made on Friday, October 23, 2026, during a national television news broadcast. L'Huillier, a civil engineer specialising in bridges and roads, will serve as Director General for an initial three-year term, which is renewable. According to his appointment decree, he will work under a performance contract with the Ministry of Mines and Geology. The contract will establish his objectives, the methods for assessing his performance and his obligations regarding the transfer of skills to national staff. In a separate decree, Diakité, Minister Director of the Cabinet of...
Rio Tinto’s planned USD 1.9 billion investment in the Kangwinan bauxite project is expected to support more than 1,300 construction jobs in Queensland, while helping secure the long-term future of its Weipa mining operations as existing sources of production approach the end of their lives. Located on Western Cape York Peninsula, Kangwinan will add 20 million tonnes of annual bauxite production capacity, with first output targeted for 2029 and full production expected by 2032. The project will raise Weipa Operations’ annual capacity to around 44 million tonnes from current production of approximately 38 million tonnes. Construction is scheduled to ramp up in 2027. Beyond the immediate employment boost, the investment is expected to help sustain Rio Tinto’s residentially based workforce of...
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<p>Indian government has raised excise duty on bauxite to 30 per cent in yesterday’s Union Budget 2017-2018. Prior to this, there was no duty on the aluminium ore produced for sale (inland). Now, aluminium producers have to pay a duty of 30 per cent for selling the mineral ore in the domestic market. <br /><br /><img style="vertical-align: middle; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="http://www.alcircle.com/uploads/images/BauxiteMines.JPG" alt="News" width="517" height="226" /><br />India’s bauxite consumption in FY2014-2015 stood at 15.2 million tonnes. Production of the ore was estimated at 20.2 MT, of which a significant percentage was used for domestic consumption while the rest was exported (6.8 MT). Bauxite imports amounting to 1.8 MT account for...
<p>Bulk commodity producers have been continuing to struggle during the last few years with low commodity prices and in efforts to cut costs. A number of facilities have closed down over last few years. However, with the LME prices showing signs of improvement and demand from China continuing to stay strong, there may be a number of distressed assets coming onto the market throughout 2017, many with the potential for closure and many with potential for re-investment. <br />Now Volkmar Guido Hable of Switzerland is planning to shake up the industry with an acquisition of the former BHP Billiton asset “Boffa” in West-Africa, whose total investment is valued in the multi-billion dollar range.</p> <p><img style="vertical-align: middle; display: block; margin-left: auto;...
<p>Australian Bauxite Limited (ABx) posted strong growth in fertilizer-grade and cement-grade bauxite sales in the fourth quarter of 2016. The metallurgical grade bauxite business showed little improvement. ABx, in its quarterly report and activity statement, said their bauxite features chemistry that is uniquely suited to the manufacture of cement due to its ability to increase concrete’s late strength.</p> <p>ABx registered five sales to two repeat customers and negotiations are underway with six more customers for long-term contracts. Possibilities are strong that these negotiations on being finalized would help the miner open a second bauxite mine.</p> <p>The bauxite deliveries though took time to complete until summer, picked momentum during the last quarter, and ABx was...
<p>During the release of 4<sup>th</sup>Quarter and Full Year results, Alcoa’s Chief Executive Officer Roy Harvey says the company wants to “dramatically” ramp up its WA bauxite exports after last month’s first shipment of ore from its Huntly Mine in WA.</p> <p><img style="vertical-align: middle; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="http://www.alcircle.com/uploads/images/huntly%20mine.jpg" alt="news" width="517" height="226" /></p> <p>Alcoa made its first commercialbauxite shipment from the Huntly mine to China in late December, after the signing a 400,000 tonne bauxite supply agreement with a Chinese refiner.</p> <p>Alcoa has been authorised to export up to 2.5 million tonnes of bauxite annually for five years, and the Alcoa CEO told...
<p>Uniprom Metali, a Montenegro based mining group in Europe, has devised a plan of US$3.2 million (3 million euro) investment in Rudnici Boksita bauxite mining complex to scale up production in the first half of 2017.</p> <p>The funding will be mobilized for upgrading the belt conveyors of the mine. Post upgrade, monthly bauxite production will increase to 45,000-50,000 tonnes per month, said Uniprom managing director Veselin Pejovic on Wednesday. The total production at Rudnici Boksita bauxite mine is expected to reach 200,000 tonnes, valued at US$55 million during the next six months of the current financial year.</p> <p><img style="vertical-align: middle; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="http://www.alcircle.com/uploads/images/Boksita1.jpg" alt="News"...
<p>As per data released by the Indian Bureau of Mines in the latest edition of India Minerals Yearbook 2015 (published in January 2017), the total value of exports (including re-exports) of ores and minerals at INR1,78,077 crore accounted for 9.4 per cent of the total value of all merchandises exported from India. The value was down by 8.58 per cent from the corresponding period previous year. The value of total bauxite exports from the country, estimated at INR 14.05 billion, more than doubled in the period under review. <br /><br />In 2015 alone, India exported 8.11 million tonnes of bauxite worth US$488.4 million. In 2016, the export volume almost halved to stand at 4.12 million tonnes and was valued at US$149.8 million. The bauxite export industry in India experienced the...
<p>Lester ‘Mike’ Henry, Transport and Mining Minister of Jamaica said on Sunday at Lydford in St Ann, that he expects a jump in the country’s bauxite and minerals sector. The growth, according to him, was due to the policy shift towards profit sharing in downstream operations and maximizing the use of the “world’s finest quality limestone”. Henry was speaking at a weekend retreat with the technocrats in his ministry.<br /><br /><img style="vertical-align: middle; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="http://www.alcircle.com/uploads/images/BauxiteJan25.jpg" alt="News" width="517" height="226" /><br />Henry stated that if production of the resources could rise to over 340,000 tonnes annually then Jamaica could expect a higher inflow...
<p>Gunsynd PLC on Monday has recently announced its agreement on investing GBP40,000 to acquire 10% stake in Sunshine Minerals Ltd. The invested company is planning to acquire nickel and bauxite deposits in the Solomon Islands.<br /><br />"Whilst this investment is not in line with our recent onshore oil and gas focus it does provide the potential for a very large reward at a small cost. We will be working closely with Sunshine in order to help them to both obtain the Jejevo licence and then if successful to obtain a maiden JORC resource and bring the company to market," said Executive Chairman Hamish Harris.<br /><br /><img style="vertical-align: middle; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="http://www.alcircle.com/uploads/images/solomonbauxite.jpg" alt="News"...
<p>Rio Tinto has awarded a $70 million bulk earthworks contract for infrastructure development to QBrit, a civil engineering firm, at its Amrun bauxite project in northern Queensland.<br /><br />As per company, the contract will create 150 employment opportunities in addition to supporting 1400 continued workforce based in Weipa’s bauxite mine. The Amrun bauxite project will also support 2000 employees at the Yarwun and Queensland Aluminium refineries in Gladstone that are fed with the bauxite.<br /><br /><img style="vertical-align: middle; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="http://www.alcircle.com/uploads/images/BauxiteJan20.jpg" alt="News" width="517" height="226" /><br />Stephen McIntosh, Rio Tinto’s growth and innovation group...
<p>The global metals and minerals giant Rio Tinto released its 2016 bauxite production report on Tuesday, January 17. The company produced 47.7 million tonnes of bauxite in 2016, higher than expected target set in last October with an increase by 9 per cent from 2015.<br /><br /><img style="vertical-align: middle; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="http://www.alcircle.com/uploads/images/BauxiteJan18.jpg" alt="News" width="517" height="226" /><br />After improvements of the system, Rio Tinto’s Australian bauxite mines of Weipa in Queensland and Gove in the Northern Territory exceeded its annual production record by 6 per cent and 21 per cent respectively. <br /><br />China’s rising demand for the aluminium ore and Rio Tinto’s strong production...
<p>New Day Aluminum Limited of Jamaica has appointed Delroy Dell as the new vice President and General Manager for its bauxite operations in St. Ann. Dell, a former Operations Director with Noranda Bauxite, will manage the mining and shipping operations of New Day (Jamaica) Aluminum. He will also be overseeing the administrative division of the mineral development company. <br /><br />According to a release from New Day, Dell has been in charge of Noranda Bauxite's operations since 2009. Prior to that, he managed the integrated bauxite and alumina operations for Alcan Ewarton from 1989 till 2009.<br /><br /><img style="vertical-align: middle; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="http://www.alcircle.com/uploads/images/NewDay.jpg" alt="News" width="517" height="226"...
<p>Metro Mining Ltd has more than doubled its Direct Shipping Ore Reserve to 96.5 million tonnes by combining the Bauxite Hills Project north of Weipa with the neighboring Skardon River Project.<br /><br />Metro took control of Gulf Alumina Ltd and the Skardon River Project late last year. The combined projects have been renamed the “Bauxite Hills Mine.”<br /><br />Metro Mining Managing Director Simon Finnis says mine construction is due to commence in the second half of this year with basic infrastructure including airstrip, haul roads and port location already in place.<br /><br /><br /><br />“The Bauxite Hills Mine will become one of the largest independent operations within the internationally acclaimed Weipa Bauxite Region,” Mr Finnis said<br...
<p>According to CRU, global alumina capacity is forecast to grow by 29.6% over the next ten years, reaching 179.6M tonnes by 2024. Metallurgical grade alumina capacity expansion, primarily in China will drive the growth in demand for bauxite. China's growing need for raw materials to feed its alumina refineries is expected to drive a 15-year boom for the top bauxite exporters like Australia and Guinea.</p> <p><img style="vertical-align: middle; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="http://www.alcircle.com/uploads/images/bauxite(5).jpg" alt="News" width="517" height="226" /><br /><strong>Which country will take away the top supply share?</strong><br /><br />The emergence of Malaysia as a strong bauxite supplier to China after Indonesia’s ore export ban faced...
<p>Government of India will form an Inter-Ministerial Group to respond to Ras-Al-Khaimah Investment Authority's arbitration notice seeking compensation on a total investment of US$44.71 million that is being made by it or ensure immediate supply of bauxite to the alumina refinery set up in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh, reported sources aware of the development.<br /><br />The Ministry of Mines has been appointed as the nodal ministerial body and entrusted with the duty of contesting the arbitration notice, by the Ministry of External Affair vide letter No AC/202/459/2016, dated December 30, 2016. The Secretary of the concerned administrative ministry will be heading the IMG, sources said. <br /><br /><img style="vertical-align: middle; display: block; margin-left: auto;...
<p>Jawaharlal Nehru Aluminium Research Development and Design Centre (JNARDDC) from Nagpur, India is developing an app in collaboration with the Maharashtra Remote Sensing Application Centre (MRSAC) which will provide a digital database on bauxite and laterite deposits in Maharashtra.<br /><br />The two institutes are supported by the Geological Survey of India (GSI). The institutes will design the app based on their own database on the size, quality and accessibility of the deposits. The remote sensing satellite data will be superimposed to generate data for R&D sector and the industry.<br /><br />The app will be incorporated in the JNARDDC and the MoM website and will give information on the total resource, content, thickness, quality, mineralogy and lease boundary of the deposits....
<p>Indonesia government has operated 32 mineral processing and refining corporations from 2012 to 2016 with the total sum of investment of USD20 billion in smelting industries.</p> <p>Deputy Chairman of Processing and Smelting Companies Association (AP3I), Jonathan Handoyo commented: “From 2012 to 2017, as many as 32 new smelters were built. The investment value was 20 billion US dollars.”</p> <p><img style="vertical-align: middle; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="http://www.alcircle.com/uploads/images/smelting.jpg" alt="News" width="517" height="226" /><br />He further stated that the Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) has allowed most of the investors Chinese firms’ holders of industrial permits. The 32 smelting companies are involved in...
<p>As an update on the ore export ban imposed in Indonesia, two years back, Indonesia amended the policies on Thursday allowing exports of nickel ore and bauxite and concentrates of other minerals under specific conditions.<br /><br />The ban on unprocessed ore exports was imposed in 2014 to encourage value added domestic smelting industry. As a result, the government of Southeast Asia's biggest economy has faced a huge budget deficit missing its 2016 revenue target by $17.6 billion.</p> <p><img style="vertical-align: middle; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="http://www.alcircle.com/uploads/images/Bauxite-Conveyor.jpg" alt="News" width="517" height="226" /><br />A new draft may have been prepared to resume shipments to cure the big gap. The new regulations will...
<p>The UAE Ras Al-Khaimah Investment Authority (RAKIA) has served an arbitration notice to the Indian government seeking a hefty compensation of US$44.71 million for a bauxite and alumina supply agreement that was signed for a planned project in south India. The notice served mentioned the option for the Indian government to fulfil the supply agreement on an immediate basis. The arbitration sought by the UAE government through RAKIA falls under the existing Bilateral Investment Protection Agreement between India and UAE, stated a release by the India Mines Ministry. <br /><br />The dispute between Indian government and RAKIA stemmed from the memorandum of understanding (MoU) that was inked between India's state government of Andhra Pradesh and the government of Ras Al-Khaimah, part of...
