Ashapura Minechem is preparing for its next phase of growth by expanding its Guinea bauxite operations while shifting its Indian business towards higher-value mineral products. The company is targeting 15 million tonnes of annual bauxite volumes by FY28, a level management believes could generate...
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...
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The US$ 200 million worth bauxite mining project that Singapore-based Winning International Group has planned to start in the Boke region of western Guinea of Africa, through its formed consortium will sideline traditional suppliers like India, Australia, and Indonesia. Winning plans to export 30...
Singapore-based Winning International Group (Winning) has invested USD 200 million in a bauxite mining project in the Boke region of western Guinea of Africa, through its formed consortium. The company along with its consortium partners- Weiqiao Pioneering Group, headquartered in China’s Shandong...
¡VAMOS!, the Viable Alternative Mining Operating System, a project funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme, has reached a major milestone with the successful delivery of conceptual design plans of the prototype and all associated equipment. The work was carried...
Government of Terengganu, the sultanate and constitutive state of federal Malaysia, intends to be more stringent on bauxite mining to prevent environmental pollution, Menteri Besar Ahmad Razif Abdul Rahman said recently. He said new conditions on mining permits would be announced after the state...
A consortium seeking to mine rich bauxite deposits in Aurukun, in far north Queensland, is urging the State Government to reconsider its bid, amid growing uncertainty about Glencore's future. Glencore is the Government's preferred developer but the multinational's share price plunged 30 per cent...
The IMO’s Sub-Committee on Carriage of Containers and Cargoes (CCC) recently met to discuss, among other issues, cargoes which may liquefy, in particular, bauxite and coal. Following the sinking of the Bulk Jupiter which was carrying 46,400 tonnes of bauxite and the loss of eighteen lives earlier...
The global mining industry is expected to witness growth with a single digit CAGR over the next six years on account of the further expanding demand for metal and mineral commodities. In a recently published market report on global mining equipment market, Latin America has been identified as the...
China’s bauxite consumption has increased on the back of continuous growth in alumina production. During the first eight months of 2015, a total of 92.24 million tonnes (mlnt) of bauxite was used in alumina production. Bauxite consumption hit 12.08 mln t in August, up 15.4% year on year....
The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) has teamed-up with Imdex and Olympus Scientific Solutions Americas, as part of the Deep Exploration Technologies Cooperative Research Centre (DET CRC), to introduce new technology for miners. The new Lab-at-Rig technology...
The shock collapse of Glencore's share price this week has cast doubt over the future of a bauxite mining project in remote Far North Queensland. Shares in the Swiss-based commodities giant plunged 30 per cent on Monday, September 28 after an investment bank warned its stock could become...
Rio Tinto and the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) have announced the Weipa Solar Plant will generate electricity for the mining conglomerate’s bauxite mine, processing facilities and the township. At peak output, the 1.7 megawatt plant can generate sufficient electricity to support up to...
Engineering giant Larsen & Toubro's (L&T) bid to secure Kutrumali and Sijimali bauxite deposits has got a major breakthrough with the Odisha government sending the DGPS (Differential Global Positioning System) survey report on the mines to the Union mines ministry. "The Centre had asked for DGPS...
Landowners of Fiji's first bauxite mine at Nawailevu in Bua are yet to get their fair share of royalty because a formula to determine it will be part of the review of the Mining Act. And until that happens, royalties will be held in trust by Government. This was clarified by Lands Minister...
Malaysia replaced Australia as China’s top bauxite supplier in August due to its overwhelming price attractiveness. China imported 2.01 million tonnes of bauxite from Malaysia in August, 45% of total imports, customs data showed. Average CIF price of Malaysian bauxite was $ 45.65 per tonne in...
India would soon use indigenous space technology to check illegal mining and guard its mineral wealth using satellite imagery, a top official said on Thursday. "We are in talks with the Indian space agency to use its earth-observation and remote sensing satellites for tracking illegal mining...
Metro Mining says a decision by the Queensland Department of Environment and Heritage Protections (DEHP) requiring a full Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for its Bauxite Hills Project is a setback but will provide considerable side benefits. Metro Mining had submitted a detailed application...
The Odisha government hasn't quite relinquished its right to mine the controversial Niyamgiri bauxite deposit, originally identified to supply ore to Vedanta Resources' nearby alumina refinery. State-owned Orissa Mining Corporation (OMC), which was granted mining rights for 30 years in 2004, has...
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has taken action to warn ship Masters of the possible dangers of liquefaction associated with carriage of bauxite, following consideration of findings from the investigation into the loss of the 10-year-old Bahamas flag bulk carrier Bulk Jupiter, which...
