What happens when the world’s biggest bauxite supplier produces too much of the one commodity it dominates? Guinea’s bauxite market is offering a striking answer. Record exports have strengthened its position in global trade, but the surge in supply has also pushed prices lower. Australia,...
India’s aluminium recycling sector has matured significantly over the past decade. Secondary aluminium, produced by remelting and refining scrap, now accounts for a growing share of the country’s total aluminium consumption. Recycling aluminium requires up to 95 per cent less energy than smelting...
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Guinea strengthened its dominance in the global bauxite market in 2025, driven by record shipments to China. Exports to China reached 127.11 million tonnes in the first 10 months of the year, up 38.47 per cent year-on-year, according to China’s General Administration of Customs. The shipments...
On November 26, the Shanghai Metals Expo (SME) 2025, organised by Shanghai Metals Market, wrapped up successfully in Shanghai! During the conference, 1,000+ global industry leaders and experts conducted in-depth discussions on key issues across the entire metals industry chain, covering core...
Global shipping and logistics company NORDEN has secured a new bauxite logistics contract in Guinea with Africa Oil Supply (AOS), strengthening its growing role in bulk commodity supply chains. The contract will commence in early 2026 and marks NORDEN’s second logistics deal this year, following a...
US imports of crude and dried bauxite kept falling in the first half of 2025, continuing a downturn that has been building for several years. Total imports came in at 849 thousand tonnes in H1 2025, down 17.6 per cent from 1.03 million tonnes a year earlier. This followed another decline in 2024,...
Guinea has opened talks with Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) on a possible bauxite supply arrangement. The deal could see EGA source ore from Guinea’s state-owned Nimba Mining. Three people familiar with the matter confirmed the discussions between them. Image for reference only (source:...
Major exciting news for Guinea emerged when Ashapura Minechem made its official announcement of successfully completing a crucial bridge over the Konkouro River in Guinea. It directly reflects the firm's step forward for its personal development in bauxite mining. The announcement was made...
India’s bauxite exports today look very different from where they stood just a few years ago. This change in picture is due to higher production at home and a gradual easing of import dependence. In 2023, exports over the nine-month period (January to September) totalled 60.968 thousand tonnes,...
Recently, a soil examination conducted by scientists from the University of the Philippines–Diliman has confirmed a Karst bauxite deposit in Paranas, Samar, containing aluminium and rare earth elements. Image source: Wikipedia Karst bauxite deposit is primarily formed by the prolonged exposure of...
The fourth-largest bauxite deposit in Pará State, Brazil, is expected to set a new course for Brazilian mining history. Mineração Rio do Norte (MRN) has announced that the discovery is of key strategic importance and the operations are soon to begin in the following years. Image for referential...
The Canyon Minim Martap bauxite project at Cameroon that combines superior quality of bauxite ore with strategic infrastructure positioning can lead to an improved level of regional commodity flow to meet geological excellence. In the current market situation that prefers high-grade deposits to...
Rio Tinto is re-examining a long-standing shareholder constraint that has shaped its capital strategy for more than a decade. Speaking at the miner’s annual investor day, CEO of Rinto Tinto, Simon Trott, confirmed active discussions with its largest shareholder, Aluminium Corporation of China...
National Aluminium Company Ltd (NALCO) has set the goal to set up and open bauxite mines at the Pottangi constituency in Odisha by June 2026. The objective is to expand its aluminium production by increasing its mining scope and capacities. Image generated with AI tool (for referential purpose...
The Riau Islands office of the National Asset Research Agency (BAPAN) has submitted a complaint to the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) in regards to alleged illegalities occurring with bauxite mining operations in West Kalimantan. The complaint raised questions about mining...
On December 5, a media statement was released by the local community group engulfed in a protest, which has been organised by community groups within the city and at Serpentine Dam on Thursday. The Peel Environmental Protection Alliance shared that the protest was initiated to inform Perth...
Metro Mining’s 2025 record has fetched improved figures in bauxite shipping activity, 5.69 million wet metric tonnes (WMT) of bauxite from the Bauxite Hills Operation in northern Queensland from January to November. Ranging from month-on-month (M-o-M) to year-on-year (Y-o-Y) comparison between the...
Aluminium isn’t just another industrial staple, but the Earth’s most abundant metallic element, quietly making up nearly 8 per cent of the planet’s crust. And almost all of it starts with bauxite: a humble, rust-tinged ore rich in the aluminium minerals gibbsite, boehmite and diaspore. Look closely...
Winning International Group is reinforcing its grip on the long-haul bauxite trade. The Singapore-based bulker specialist has returned to Hengli Shipbuilding for another round of very large ore carrier (VLOC) newbuilds. The company has secured two more 325,000 dwt vessels to support its...
China's domestic bauxite prices remained firm last week, as supply tightness has not changed and is unlikely to improve in the near term. Some alumina producers in inland regions intend to raise consumption of seaborne bauxite amid the downward trend of seaborne bauxite prices. In terms of seaborne...
