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>Hydro announced through a press release on 15 December 2016 that the company has completed the acquisition of Vale's remaining shares in Mineração Paragominas S.A. (MPSA). Hydro expects the acquisition will have a positive impact for Bauxite & Alumina segment of about USD 45 million on its result in the fourth quarter of 2016, of which USD 30 million will be excluded from underlying earnings.<br /><br /><img style="vertical-align: middle; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="http://www.alcircle.com/uploads/images/paragominas-1.jpg" alt="News" width="517" height="226" /><br />The transaction is the second and final step in the arrangements agreed in 20111 regarding the complete takeover of the majority of Vale's aluminium assets in Brazil. The...
<p>A nickel miner Marcventures Holdings Inc. in Philippines has signed a deal to acquire a bauxite mine located in Samar area in Surigao along with a new nickel mine in Surigao del Sur. The newly acquired mines are adjacent to its existing operations facilitating a merger among the operating companies.<br /><br />According to a press statement released by Marcventures on Friday, though this deal they would merge with Asia Pilot Mining Philippines and the holding company of Brightgreen Resources Corp.<br /><br /><img style="vertical-align: middle; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="http://www.alcircle.com/uploads/images/Bauxite16.png" alt="News" width="517" height="226" /><br />Asia Pilot owns two mineral production sharing agreements (MPSAs) and the Brightgreen...
<p>A new Research report by Orbis Research delivers detail insight into the bauxite mining market covering a global industry A new Research report by Orbis Research delivers detail insight into the bauxite mining market covering a global industry overview, trends, growth and size. The report also provides analysis & forecast for the industry up to 2020.<br /> <br />The report analyses the key factors affecting the industry and global demand for the commodity. The report also provides information about global bauxite reserves, historical and forecast data on bauxite production, import and export data on bauxite ores and concentrates, exploration and development of active bauxite projects and also about market competition and demand drivers.<br /><br /><img style="vertical-align:...
<p>Emirates Global Aluminium today announced that the first bauxite bulk sample shipment from its mine under development in the Republic of Guinea has left from the port of Kamsar, bound for bauxite customers in China.<br /><br />The shipment of 55,000 tonnes is an important milestone in EGA’s programme to unlock Chinese and other markets for Guinean bauxite. <br /><br />EGA is the largest industrial company in the United Arab Emirates outside the oil industry. Guinea Alumina Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of EGA, is currently building a major bauxite mine in Guinea in the largest greenfield investment in that country for four decades.</p> <p><img style="vertical-align: middle; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"...
<p>Developmental work at Rio Tinto's Amrun bauxite project is gathering pace. The global metals and mining giant has awarded a $160 million worth works contract for the $2.6 billion worth bauxite project in North Queensland's Weipa to Civmec. The construction firm will build a bauxite processing facility including bauxite beneficiation plant and associated water, electrical and lighting systems and shiploader at the site near Cape York Peninsula. <br /><br />The Amrun bauxite project will also see Civmec mobilising 11,800 tonnes of Australian steel and precast concrete from its manufacturing facilities in Newcastle, New South Wales and Henderson, Western Australia to the site. <br /><br />According to the company sources, construction of the facilities is scheduled to start immediately...
<p>This year marks 40 years since 42 striking bauxite workers were tear-gassed in a cell at the Linden Police Station. Only a handful of people about six are around in Linden; the rest are scattered or deceased. It was a most traumatic and ugly experience that left a bitter taste in the minds of the victims. <br /><br /><img style="vertical-align: middle; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="http://www.alcircle.com/uploads/images/Mine-Union.jpg" alt="News" width="517" height="226" /><br />It was an era of some turbulence and anxiety, with radical trade union activism and agitation. There were workers’ protests, demonstrations and strikes, and in many instances jobs were lost, although the fear of being victimized kept others in line. <br...
<p>CBIX remained flat over the week, closing at US$50.7/dmt with higher Value-in-Use (ViU)-priced material from Australia and Brazil balanced by some lower ViU-priced ore from Malaysia and India making a re-appearance. Malaysian material trickled into China at US$27.5/dmt FOB un-washed and US$39.5/dmt FOB for washed material.<br /><br />Chinese domestic alumina prices have continued their stellar run, with the north index up 4.3% (RMB123/t or US$17.8/t) to RMB2,976/t (US$430/t) and the south up 4.8% (RMB135/t or US$19.5/t) to RMB2,975/t (US$430/t). Tight supply, strong demand and some transportation bottlenecks continue to create tailwinds for alumina prices, as does the need to build higher levels of stocks heading into the depths of the northern winter period.</p> <p><img...
<p>Bharat Aluminium Company Limited (Balco) is planning to step up its bauxite mining operations in India in order to address the raw material crises it has been facing at its alumina refining facility. Presently, the Vedanta controlled aluminium company is producing 2 million tonnes of bauxite in a year from two of its mines in Sarguja and Kawardah districts of Chhattisgarh.<br /><br />Balco had boosted its aluminium output capacity to 5,70,000 tonnes per annum at its Korba unit. Even as the company keeps reeling under raw material crunch, it has feeding the unit with aluminium powder shipped from Australia; but it has been adding significantly to the cost of production. To cope with the situation and curtail cost, Balco now plans to enhance production at its two mines.<br /><br...
<p>Fiji's leading mineral development company Xinfa Aurum Exploration is making steady progress towards expanding its bauxite mining operations further north in Vanua Levu. The company has already secured additional Special Prospecting License in Nawailevu, Bua and Naibulu East Mine, in Dreketi, reported industry sources. <br /><br />Mine Manager of Xinfa Aurum Exploration, Isireli Dagaga says, only little work is left at Nawailevu now before they start mining bauxite at the location. <br /><br />“A couple of thousand tonnes there that are still to be taken for washing otherwise there is nothing left at Nawailevu. Nawailevu is in two parts we have a bit at Nawailevu North and we are going to wash those materials there once the Dreketi washing plant is in full operations then we will...
<p>The Kuantan Port Consortium Sdn Bhd (KPC) says the port facilities have been upgraded to handle bauxite shipments if the government decides to lift the moratorium on mining in the state on December 31.<br /><br />“KPC has spent a lot of money on improving facilities to ensure the situation does not go back to what it was,” said chief executive officer Datuk Khasbullah A. Kadir after flagging off KPC’s Give Day Out event on Saturday, November 3.</p> <p>“We have four washing bays compared to one previously. We have adhered to government guidelines on bauxite stockpiling sites and transport at the port. We cleared our stockpiles in the first three months after the moratorium was imposed. Anyone who comes to the port can see the difference compared with early this...
<p>Metro Mining Limited has won additional 57.3% of Gulf Alumina shares after increasing its offer. Following the final settlement Metro Mining will hold 96% shares of Gulf.<br /><br />Metro used to hold 39.3% shares of Gulf being the largest single shareholder of the company. Metro increased its offer to:</p> <p>• Cash of $0.62 for each Gulf share, or<br />• A cash and shares alternative of $0.52 cash plus 1 share in Metro for each Gulf share<br /> <br />Sydney based Gulf Alumina owns the Skardon River Project adjoining Metro’s Bauxite Hills Project, 85 kilometres north of Weipa on Western Cape York. After the deal, Metro becomes one of the largest independent miners within the Weipa bauxite mining region. The joint venture projects double Metro’s reserve of...
<p>The 2016 presidential election of Ghana is round the corner and candidate of the New Patriotic Party, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has promised Ghanaians that if his party comes into power in the December 7 elections, he would make industrialization his prime agenda for Ghana.<br /><br />According to the candidate, his party would undertake mining of the vast untapped bauxite deposits in Kyebi, Atiwa plains and Nyinahin. He not only intends to mine and export bauxite, but plans to put it into value added applications by building an integrated aluminium industry.<br /><br /><img style="vertical-align: middle; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="http://www.alcircle.com/uploads/images/Nana%20Addo.jpg" alt="News" width="517" height="226" /><br />He explained that...
<p>Canada is one of the lowest cost aluminium producers in the world. The three major aluminium producers here are Alcoa, Aluminerie Alouette, and Rio Tinto. However, bauxite is not mined in this North American country; it is only refined here. The aluminium-bearing ore is shipped from across the world to Canadian alumina refineries in Quebec and Kitimat, where low cost hydro power is available in abundance to facilitate bauxite processing. The refined mineral is then exported globally. <br /><br />In 2014, Canada imported 3.87 million tonnes of bauxite for processing which shrunk 4.6% to total at 3.69 million tonnes in 2015. In 2016, total bauxite import in Canada is estimated to decline further to reach 3.48 million tonnes, down 5.69% from 2015. <br /><br /><img...
<p>Malaysia is one of the world’s top bauxite producers and a leading supplier of bauxite to China’s aluminium industry after Indonesia banned ore export in 2014. Over the last two years the amount of bauxite shipped from Malaysia to China increased almost one hundred fold making Malaysia the largest exporter of bauxite to China. But, the random pace at which bauxite mining was growing without any proper environmental rules and regulation created a sense of discontent among the locals and there was serious complaint of the destruction of environment in and around the mining areas. In January 2016 Malaysian government imposed a ban on the mining and export of bauxite putting a close on all mining activities in order to correct the situation on immediate basis.</p>...
<p>Metro Mining Ltd has provided an update on the Moly Mines Ltd offer to Gulf Alumina. Metro said today that it wishes to advise that yesterday Moly Mines Ltd announced that it had received notice from the Australian Securities Exchange advising that it will exercise its discretion under listing rule 1.19 to refuse Moly’s application for re-admission to the ASX Official List, should Moly proceed with the proposed Gulf Alumina Limited (Gulf) transaction.<br /><br />Metro notes that Moly’s offer to acquire Gulf was conditional upon the ASX reinstating the quotation of Moly shares on the ASX. The Gulf board has unanimously recommended that Gulf shareholders, in the absence of any superior offer, accept Metro’s offer dated 28 October 2016.<br /><br />Metro currently...
<p>Unregulated bauxite mining seems to have affected the environment of Pahang too deeply than it was initially thought to be. A recent audit report by the Department of Environment (DOE) revealed that high concentration of heavy metal was detected in the river water in Kuantan's bauxite mining area. <br /><br />The water quality sampling of the river was carried out at nine locations on the basis of three parameters as outlined by the Auditor-General’s Report 2015 Series 2: heavy iron metal, mercury and aluminium contamination. The result- all three parameters were found to have exceeded the National Water Quality Standard For Malaysia. <br /><br /><img style="vertical-align: middle; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"...
<p>The energy minister for Saudi Arabia, Khalid al-Falih told reporters at a conference in Jeddah that the kingdom plans to increase the contribution of its mining industry to national wealth three times by 2030 as measured by gross domestic product.<br /><br />Saudi Arabia is working on finalising a mining strategy that aims to raise annual mining revenues from 64-billion riyals ($17-billion) to 240-billion riyals by 2030.<br /><br />"The ministry will develop this vital sector... double the number of work opportunities in the sector and boost exploration activities," Falih said.<br /><br />Saudi Arabia has been making an effort to diversify its economy from oil to other resources. State subsidies are shifting towards mining untapped reserves of bauxite to be used in making aluminium,...
<p>A recent study done by Geo-scientists and researchers of Andhra University, titled 'Bauxite mining in Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh, Possible Environmental Implications and Measures for Environmentally Friendly Mining,' has highlighted the environmental implications of open cast bauxite mining in the Agency area and offered suggestions for eco-friendly mining.</p> <p>Andhra Pradesh has the second highest reserves of bauxite in the country. About 750-1000 million tonnes of metal grade bauxite reserves exist in the forest and tribal tracts of Visakhapatnam, East Godavari and Vizianagaram districts in the Eastern Ghats ranges. Andhra Pradesh contributes about 20% of India’s bauxite reserves.</p> <p><img style="vertical-align: middle; display: block; margin-left: auto;...
