China's domestic ore prices held steady last week. In Shanxi, a limited volume of relatively lower-grade domestic ore was concluded under long-term contracts at approximately RMB 530 per tonne. In Henan, the expected increase in domestic ore output has yet to materialise, leaving the supply-demand...
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...
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Alberto Fabrini, Executive Vice President Bauxite & Alumina, says Hydro’s ambition is to return the forest impacted by bauxite mining to the same or better state than before mining activity. At a climate and biodiversity seminar in Belem, Brazil, on Wednesday this week, Fabrini stressed Hydro’s...
Rio Tinto is poised to approve its long-stalled $1 billion (£661 million pounds) South of Embley bauxite expansion project as early as this week, said a review report published today. The Anglo-Australian miner expects the return on the project in Weipa in Australia's Queensland state to be...
In what appears to be a renewed attempt to revive the controversial bauxite-mining in the Agency area of Visakhapatnam district, chief minister Chandrababu Naidu on Tuesday said the mineral should be utilised to better the lives of lakhs of underprivileged people and propel growth of the residuary...
Faced with acute raw material shortage for its refinery at Lanjigarh in Kalahandi district, the Vedanta Group on Tuesday requested the Odisha Government to honour the MoU which assures supply of 150 million tonnes of bauxite for its processing facility in the State. Chief Operating Officer (COO) of...
China's total bauxite import grew 74 per cent year-on-year in October and 42.36 per cent during January-October period of 2015. Bauxite import during the first nine months of 2015 stood at 43,363,610 million tonnes (mt), showed data released by the General Administration of Customs. Malaysia ranked...
Bauxite mining issue in the dense hilly terrains of Visakhapatnam has witnessed several twists and turns ever since the powers-that-be allowed a Dubai-based company to make an aerial survey of bauxite blocks in the region in 2001. Each time the move had triggered a ruckus those in power have...
Five mining leases have been approved by the Fiji government. Director of Mineral Resources Malakai Finau says out of the five, only two are currently operating at the moment and that is the Bua bauxite mine and the Vatukoula Gold mine. More than 1 million tonnes of bauxite have been exported so...
The Fourth International Symposium on “The Development and Future of Aluminium Industry in China -Reality and Dream," organized by the International Bauxite, Alumina & Aluminium Society (IBAAS), in cooperation with China Aluminium International Engineering Corporation Limited (CHALIECO) and Suzhou...
Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Chandrababu Naidu on Thursday assured a Left party delegation here that tribal people would be consulted before a final decision was taken on bauxite mining in the Agency areas of Visakhapatnam. He told the political leaders that the decision would depend on the...
The federal government in Malaysia has agreed to a suggestion to temporarily suspend the export of bauxite from Pahang until proper regulations are in place to keep the industry in check. Natural Resources and Environment Minister Datuk Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar said he is agreeable to the...
A cargo ship from Guinea unloaded 170,000 tons of bauxite from Guinea at Yantai port on Monday, establishing China's first bauxite transportation line connecting Guinea mines with Chinese consumers. Kassory Fofana, minister of State at the President's office was at at the unloading ceremony at...
Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) expects to complete a feasibility study for its bauxite mine and alumina refinery project in Guinea by the first quarter of next year, its chief executive said on Sunday, November 15. "We are already in, we just need (to know) how much we are going to budget, how...
Bauxite mining in Andhra Pradesh Vishakha Agency area remains a jinxed issue as tribals continue with their protests against State government’s initiative to unlock the state’s mineral development potential. However, N Chandrababu Naidu’s government seems to be doubly determined on this issue and...
Despite a Government Order having been issued for resumption of bauxite mining in forest land in Visakhapatnam district, a final decision on it will be taken at an Andhra Pradesh Cabinet meeting next week, state Minister Ganta Srinivasa Rao today said. "Though GO 97 (for resumption of bauxite...
Metro Mining's Bauxite Hills Project is located 5km south-east of the port at Skardon River and 95km north of Weipa in Western Cape Rock, North Queensland, Australia. The project is proposed to be developed with an estimated investment of A$33.9m (approximately $24m). The pre-feasibility study...
Australian Bauxite Ltd (ABx) has finalised an offtake agreement with Rawmin Mining and Industries Pvt Ltd of Mumbai, India. The agreement, which covers all bauxite produced by ABx out of Tasmania and runs five years, provides for Rawmin to buy 4.7 million wet metric tonnes of bauxite commencing...
Aluminium major National Aluminium Company (Nalco) would soon appoint a transaction advisor to decide the modalities of its proposed foray into merchant mining. "We have decided to foray into merchant mining to tap the huge potential offered by a mineral rich state like Odisha. Nalco is gong to...
Malaysia Pahang's bauxite operators will have to foot the bill once the state government decides to adopt the ore dust control agent known as Adherex 120. The state government was yesterday given a demonstration of the product, which aims to cut down on the 'red dust' phenomenon which has hit the...
