Mozambique plans to invest around USD 126 million in a solar power plant to supply electricity to mining companies in Gaza Province, southern Mozambique, according to state news agency AIM. Provincial governor Alfeu Cuna announced the plan at the Conference on Adding Value to Mineral Resources (CAVAME-d 2026) in Nacala. The project aims to strengthen electricity supply for mining operations and industries linked to mineral processing. Gaza Province has heavy mineral sands deposits at Chibuto and limestone at Mabalane. The government is also planning mineral processing facilities in Mabalane and Mapai, where limestone deposits have been identified. Other mineral resources in the province could support cement production and related industries. Explore the production, demand and consumption...
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...
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Canyon Resources has been granted an ASX trading halt in relation to a capital raising. The halt will last until the earlier of the announcement being made or the start of trade on Friday, 8th May 2015. Canyon is focused on advancing development of the Birsok Bauxite Project in Cameroon. During the March 2015 Quarter, it completed geological mapping, drill target definition and access clearing of newly defined bauxite plateaux ahead of the upcoming drilling program.
South32, BHP’s non-core spin off company, finally gets an official nod from BHP Billiton shareholders on Wednesday. 98.05% of the shareholders were in favour of the spin off company that will now get a separate listed entity. The much talked about company will handle BHP’s erstwhile assets in lead, zinc, silver, thermal coal, nickel, manganese and aluminium across Southern Africa, Australia and Columbia. The current valuation of the company is pegged at $7.6 billion based on average midcap multiples. With the demerger complete, every Billiton shareholder will receive a new South32 share for each Billiton share they hold. The company will proceed towards UK, Australia and SA listings on May 18. The move was spurred by BHP’s need to shed off the excess weight so that they can focus on their...
Engineering and construction giant Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has made a renewed bid to secure mining rights over Sijimali and Kutrumali bauxite deposits across Kalahandi and Rayagada districts after the enforcement of the Mines & Minerals (Development & Regulation) Act, MMDR Act, 2015. Since L&T already has a prospecting license (PL) over these twin deposits, it is hopeful to bag them. Both Kutrumali and Sijimali have combined reserve of 300 million tonne of bauxite. "Under the new MMDR Act, L&T is eligible to get mining rights over the two bauxite deposits since we have the PL. We have requested the state government to recommend mining lease in our favour and also expedite permissions for our alumina refinery project," said L&T's group executive chairman A M Naik after meeting Chief Minister...
The first berth of the wharf project co-invested by Shandong Weiqiao Pioneering Group and three other companies is scheduled to open in July this year, cnmn website reported. The project aims to build two bauxite berths, one heavy cargo berth, as well as loading belts. The wharf is designed to handle 10 million tonnes per year, and annual handling capacity is expected to rise to 30 million tonnes within three years, the media added. The purpose of the project is to ship bauxite mined by Boke Mining Company to China for use by Shandong Weiqiao Pioneering Group.
During the recent quarter Queensland Bauxite signed a Heads of Agreement (HOA) with Far North Queensland Ports Corporation Limited (Ports North). Other Highlights: - Heads of Agreement signed with Ports North for Mourilyan Port - Environmental consultants progressing approvals - Investment by China Bauxite Trading & Investments Company in Queensland Bauxite - Rights Issue fully subscribed - Drilling - Optimising throughput of bauxite from Mine-to-Port - Continuing discussions and negotiations with potential off takers - Sea Transport Commodities Pty Ltd - Well funded to continue development and drilling: $6.503M cash The HOA gives a non-binding commitment of port capacity for product that is expected to be produced and exported from the South Johnstone Project ("South Johnstone" or "the...
The ball mill at Hydro’s bauxite mining operations in Paragominas in Para, Brazil, that was taken out for planned maintenance in the beginning of March is now back in operation. Paragominas has fully resumed its production. Paragominas normally operates with two ball mills, and with one ball mill out for maintenance, production at Paragominas has been running at 50% of capacity since the beginning of March. In preparation for this maintenance, Hydro’s Alunorte alumina refinery was operating with an inventory level sufficient to cover the planned maintenance period. With additional supply from the MRN bauxite mine, production at Alunorte has remained unaffected during the maintenance period. Paragominas has a nameplate capacity of 9.9 million tonnes. Alunorte has a nameplate capacity of...
A mining company in Fiji being accused of not paying royalties to landowners says it has handed over about 670,000 US dollars to the government. Landowners in Fiji's northern division say they have not received any royalties from a bauxite mine run by Chinese company Aurum Exploration Limited since they consented to it in 2011. A SODELPA MP Mosese Bulitavu says the company has only paid about 300,000 US dollars so far in royalties to the Lands Department, which still has not been given to landowners. He says the company still owes about another 740,000 US dollars. But an Aurum Exploration Limited spokesperson says it has paid the government about 670,000 US dollars and cannot pay landowners directly.
The Chinese company Aurum Exploration Limited has secured its third bauxite mining site in Fiji after a great success with the first site at Nawailevu and starting processes for the second site at Letuku. However, the locals are not entirely happy with the company and there are complaints about the failure to pay the due royalties to the local landowners. Mosese Bulitavu, the SODELPA MP said that the company has till now paid only $600,000 in royalties to the Lands Department which has not yet reached the land owners and still owes an additional $1.5 million in terms of royalties. Bulitavu says that the Prime Minister, Commodore Bainimarama had promised the people of developments at the start of the first project, Nawailevu, including housing establishments which have not materialized...
China imported 4.44 million tonnes of bauxite in March, up 46.91% from February and 144.07% from a year ago, customs data showed. Stockpiles of imported bauxite built up in 2013 are running out, which explains why March’s imports were such robust, SMM understands. Malaysia contributed the most to the growth in China’s imports, followed by India and Australia. Chinese alumina refineries reported more orders and the monsoon in Malaysia ended, boosting Malaysian bauxite shipment to China. China’s bauxite imports fell 21.74% year-on-year to 10.05 million tonnes in Q1, though, as Indonesian bauxite continued to arrive in the same period last year.
The third bauxite mining site in Fiji has been issued a lease making it the largest site so far in the Northern Division region. Nawailevu was the first site being mined by the Chinese company Aurum Exploration Limited and has yielded almost 1 million tonnes of bauxite. Rehabilitation work has also been initiated at the site by the mining company. Mining work has just begun at the second site in Letuku, Bua expected to yield 400,000 tons of bauxite where the produce will be exported solely to China. The company has now started clearing the third site at Dreketi for mining which covers a larger expanse of area, 222 hectare compared to the 150 hectares of Nawailevu. Malakai Finau, the Mineral Resources Department Director says that the company has just started its work on the site. "In fact...
China’s demand for bauxite buried below coal fields is growing rapidly with shallow-buried resources are running out, Shanghai Metals Market has found. New bauxite reserves in the west of Caoyao coal field in Mianchi County, Henan, exceed 160 million tonnes, a survey conducted during 2011-2013 showed. Elsewhere in the province, the amount of bauxite buried under coal field of Yiyang County was estimated at 41.58 million tonnes, according to a pre-study of mining zones already under construction. In addition, an estimated 91.91 million tonnes of bauxite have been discovered in Yuzhou coal field, and the nine ore bodies of Yanlong coal field surveyed boast some 115 million tonnes of bauxite. Chalco has started developing mining technologies for bauxite mining under coal field to explore...
At the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) hearing, the Permanent Secretary (PS) for Ministry of Finance & Treasury (MoFT) of Solomon Islands has announced that the export duty on bauxite shipments will be raised by 20%. The statement was in response to the question posed by the Chairman Rick Hou concerning the value of substantial amount of soil that is exported. The PS stated, “Three shipment of bauxite have gone so far and government decide to impose 20% export duty payable to the government apart from royalties. For the first two shipments nothing was imposed because government just realized this and impose duty on the third shipment,” he added. Starting the third shipment, every other shipment of bauxite that leaves the country would have to pay 20% duty. The tariff has been agreed upon...
The Palaszczuk government will meet traditional owners over last year’s decision to favour Swiss giant Glencore in the development of a bauxite deposit on the western side of Cape York. Development Minister Anthony Lynham yesterday said he was aware of concerns among some native title holders about the former Newman government’s decision to name Glencore as the preferred proponent for the state-held lease over a joint venture proposal with local Aborigines. Key Queensland independent MP Billy Gordon and the two Katter Australian Party MPs this week have called on the minority Labor government to review the decision, saying the tender process was flawed. Mr Gordon, the dumped Labor MP who represents the Cape York seat of Cook, has backed Glencore rival Aurukun Bauxite Developments, which...
Reports are being heard that Glencore has been frozen out of negotiations with the traditional owners of the Aurukun bauxite developers and has been issued a legal letter informing them that there will be no negotiation regarding mining with anyone else other than Australian Bauxite Developers. Although Glencore had been announced the ‘preferred proponent’ by the government for the land, traditional owners that is the Wik and Wik Way people had preferred the local ABD for the task. According to the legal letter issued to Glencore, they are informed that under the Land Use Agreement the Ngan Aak Kunch (NAK) representing the native titleholders, ABD will be the sole candidates for negotiation for land rights. The government had granted Glencore access to disputed land but there has been a...
Worried Morangup locals have formed an awareness group after raising concerns about a possible development in their community. Morangup borders the Avon Valley National Park and has Toodyay 30 kilometres to its east. Calling themselves the Avon and Hills Mining Awareness Group (AHMAG), the residents have come together to oppose a planned bauxite mine by Bauxite Alumina Joint Ventures (BAJV), a partnership of Bauxite Resources and Yankuang Resources. The mine is part of the Felicitas Bauxite Mining Project which would mine bauxite for processing into alumina. The Felicitas Project is located mostly in the Shire of Toodyay with some extensions in Northam and Mundaring Shires. The resource starts 1.5 kilometres south of the Perth to Kalgoorlie railway line, extending 20km south across...
The Attorney General Chamber is recommending cancellation of mining licenses on Rennell Island. A report produced by the Attorney General this week points to maladministration and irregularities in the granting of mining leases to Asia Pacific Investment Development (APID) and Bintang Borneo for the bauxite deposit on west Rennell. Apparently, there was no recommendation or advice from the Mines and Minerals Board to the Minister of Mines to grant mining lease to both companies. The correct procedure would be for the Board to deliberate on their applications and make recommendations to the Minister. The Minister having received the recommendation from the Board would proceed to decide accordingly. Granting of mining lease in the absence of recommendations from the Board is a breach of the...
Queensland Bauxite's current drilling program at the South Johnstone Bauxite Project in Queensland is targeting an increase in mine life. Drilling is aimed at further increasing the level of JORC Indicated and Inferred Resources. The Exploration Target area has a range of between 193 million tonnes and 405 million tonnes of possible bauxite mineralisation at South Johnstone. Off-take discussions Queensland Bauxite has said that it is in discussions with a number of groups for off take sales agreements of bauxite from South Johnstone. The company said it has recently hosted a major Asian commodity group to discuss a potential off take agreement. This increase the number of discussions and interest in potential offtake agreements for South Johnstone bauxite. The company added that good...
China's Yantai Port Group, together with three other firms in China, Singapore, and Guinea, invested an undisclosed amount in the port in Boke, Guinea, in West Africa to further develop Guinea's bauxite trade. The three companies are Shandong Weiqiao Pioneering Group, Singapore's Winning International Group, and Guinea's Boke Mining Company. The port's first berth is scheduled to open on 20 July, and Yantai Port Group will be in charge of the construction and operation, local media reported on 14 April. The port project aims to build two bauxite berths, one heavy cargo berth, as well as loading belts. According to the local media, the port's annual capacity is designed to handle 10 million tonnes, and is expected to rise to 30 million tonnes per year by 2017. The project started in...
