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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Queensland Bauxite (ASX:QBL) will look to deliver a Scoping Study within weeks for the South Johnstone Bauxite Project in Queensland. The study is proceeding to plan to assess the potential economic viability of the development of a bauxite mining operation. The company continues to advance exploration with a further drilling program being undertaken, which targets an upgrade in the current Inferred Resource Estimate. Adding to the potential of the project, assaying of gibbsite samples using the Innovex portable XRF instrument analyser identified levels of total alumina as high as 55% and total silica at less than 5%. South Johnstone bauxite is consistently bauxitic, which the alumina refineries need. There have been reports Chinese alumina refiners may struggle to find new supplies of...
Metallica Minerals has revealed that a further A$900,000 has been received into the Joint Venture bank account under the Cape York Heavy Mineral Sands (HMS) and Bauxite Joint Venture Agreement. The Chinese investor is using a wholly-owned Australian subsidiary named Ozore Resources Pty. Ltd, and after today's payment now has a 27.33% joint venture interest. In total, a private Chinese partner is funding A$7.5 million into the joint venture, which covers all Metallica's Heavy Mineral Sands (HMS) and Bauxite holdings on Queensland's Cape York. Increasing bauxite demand and prices are expected to intensify due to the simultaneous major reduction in bauxite supply from Indonesia and India, and increased demand for alumina to supply rising aluminium production and consumption in China, India...
Bintang Borneo Mining company from Indonesia and officials from the Ministry of Mines and Energy are conducting awareness onBauxite mining around Rendova Island in Western Province this week. They are currently in Munda to conduct the mining awareness. Speaking to the Solomon Star in Munda over the weekend an officer from the ministry who wanted his named withheld said, they will start off the awareness in Rendova. “We are here with officials from Bintang Borneo mining firm of Indonesian to conduct bauxite mining awareness around Rendova. “Our awareness was basically to inform people about the mining impacts and get their concern about the mining.” The officer said Rendova island has bauxite deposits and there is a need to conduct awareness should there is a green light to operate, the...
Peter Wall will soon become the new chairman of Aziana Liminted replacing John Morris. The switch will come into effect on 30th September 2014. Wall is a Perth-based corporate lawyer with an experience of over 14 years with expertise in a wide array of corporate and commercial issues. His specialty however lies on resources law mergers and acquisitions, along with back door listing and all form of equity capital transactions. Wall also has ample experience in cross border transactions. True to his area of expertise, he will be aiding Aziana, which is seeking potential partners for the its 10.09 million tonnes worth Manantenina Bauxite Project in Madagascar that has 30-45% available alumina and less than 2.5% reactive silica. There is 120-160 million tonnes worth resource upside that will...
Andhra Pradesh can become a key center for alumina and aluminium production if the state’s natural resources can be adequately utilized, ranking second only to Odisha. India has bauxite resources of nearly 3.48 billion tonnes of which 18 percent belongs to Andhra Pradesh. However, constant objection from various sections of society, political parties and Maoists is hindering the start of any new mines in the area. Chandrababu Naidu is faced with a difficult situation where he has to break the mining logjam post his return to power after 10 years. There are talks about amendments in the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act that will create more favorable conditions for allocation of new bauxite deposits to deserving candidates in all bauxite-bearing states. Naidu however is...
Bauxite Resources has notched a significant increase in resource estimate quality for the Felicitas bauxite deposit in the Darling Range, Western Australia. The upgrade of the current resource estimate has resulted from the drilling of an additional 992 vacuum drill holes across the deposit, and reinterpretation of the resource wireframes. There was also a small increase in the total tonnage of the resource that now totals 227.9 million tonnes (unbeneficiated), at 39.7% Al2O3 (total), 31.3% Al2O3 (available at low temperature) and 2.0% SiO2 (reactive). The previous resource estimate, announced in October 2013, stood at 218.7 million tonnes of which 157.2 million tonnes was classified as indicated or measured. A total of 88% of total resource or 199.8 million tonnes resides in the...
The mining lease for the Bald Hill Project near Campbell Town has been offered to Australian Bauxite and 30 new jobs are expected to be generated by the end of the year. The mineral deposits at Campbell Town and Ouse had been known to the Tasmanian mineral experts since 1942, while Australian Bauxite had been exploring Australia’s eastern seaboard region for more that five years. Out of their research two more mining leases have been delineated in northern Tasmania. The Campbell Town mine had been a simple quarry once and is said to have six years of mine life and to ship out its raw product the Bell Bay port, situated 100km north of the site, will be used. Ian Levy, the CEO of Australian Bauxite said that Tasmania is an ideal location for bauxite mining and the company is looking for...
When the Telengana Desam Party was in opposition, they opposed bauxite mining in the agency areas of Vishakhapatnam, now the same people are showing interest in mining prospects. The Andhra Pradesh Minister of Mines and Geology, Peethala Sujatha said that if the Central grants their approval for bauxite mining in the Vishakhapatnam agency regions, they will discuss the proposal with the locals. They plan to let the Andhra Pradesh Mineral Development Corporation take up bauxite mining as a joint venture if permission is granted. Peethala holds that they have not changed their policies on bauxite mining, when questioned on the topic. They are just exploring the prospect of mining in the agency regions that too with prior permission from the Centre as well the local tribal population. In her...
The State Government in Queensland had almost finalized the bauxite mining lease for Cape York Peninsula with a major multinational company when the native title holders of the land discarded their decision to choose their own candidate. Glencore International had been deemed by the State Government as the ideal candidate for the lease only last month. However the native people of Wik and Wik Way People have signed an Indigenous Land Use Agreement with a rival company, Aurukun Bauxite Developments (ABD). The agreement forms a tie between the company and the Ngan Aak Kunch (Nak) which is the association representing the Wik and Wik Way native titleholders which ensures that the Wik and Wik Way people hold 15 percent equity in any mining expedition carried out with ABD on their land. Gina...
Orissa chief secretary on Wednesday urged the Union mines ministry to reserve Karlapat bauxite mines in Kalahandi for the state-owned Orissa Mining Corporation. This comes a week after Vedanta Resources chief Anil Agarwal met chief minister Naveen Patnaik seeking his help for bauxite mines for the 1 million tonne per annum bauxite refinery in Lanjigarh block of the same district. OMC had entered into a MoU with Sesa Sterlite (earlier Vedanta Aluminum) for mining Niyamgiri hilltop in Kalahandi district jointly, but the plan came unstuck in August 2010 after protests from local tribals and environmental activists. The Anil Agarwal-owned company is running the plant with bauxite sourced from outside Orissa. Agarwal had met Patnaik seeking his help in getting alternative bauxite mines for his...
As Hindalco Industries Ltd waits for its mining lease to be renewed in Jharkhand, they say that they are not too concerned about the wait and neither should it interfere with the performance of the company. In a note to National Stock Exchange on Wednesday, Hindalco explains that their renewals should take six months more but that should not affect the company adversely as they have sufficient stock at hand and since they own more mines around the area, they should have no problem supplying bauxite to alumina refineries like Muri and Renukoot. Mint reports on 15 September, that a state government official was quoted as saying that five Hindalco bauxite mines were closed at the Lohardaga district by the Jharkhand government. The closure on 10 September was apparently due to their deemed or...
The Jharkhand government has shut five bauxite mines of Hindalco Industries, flagship company of the Aditya Birla Group. This follows a report by the Shah commission on illegal mining, which had alleged such mining was causing widespread damage to the environment and losses to the exchequer. Earlier, the Supreme Court had reserved its verdict on Hindalco’s Mahan mine in the coal block allocations case. The action against Hindalco follows similar moves by the Jharkhand government against Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) and Tata Steel. Jharkhand earlier ordered the closure of 12 iron ore mines and a few manganese mines in that state. These include SAIL’s mines in Budhaburu, Durgaiburu, and Kiriburu-Meghahatuburu and Tata Steel’s Noamundi mine. In its report on Jharkhand, the Shah...
Prime Minister Tony Abbott recently visited indigenous bauxite mines operated by the Gumatj clan of Arnhem Land. Tension over bauxite mining on Gumatj and Rirratjingu country when it began in the 1960s prompted the land rights movement among the people there. It is a symbolic victory for Gumatj clan now to be mining its own bauxite deposits. The mining businesses are still supported by mining royalties from Rio Tinto’s bauxite operations on the Gove Peninsula. But the Gumatj Corporation hopes to be self-sustaining and independent some day. Gumatj Corporation is planning to establish a mine training centre at the Gulkula site with support from Rio Tinto. The mining giant has so far committed $2.4 million investment on the project. Rio Tinto Alcan president and CEO of bauxite and alumina,...
A Guinea government official revealed that China’s Shandong Xinfa Aluminium & Electricity Group is in talks with the government to take up the bauxite project abandoned by BHP Billiton by investing $14 billion towards it. A government tender was floated regarding a bauxite concession in the region 150 kilometers north of Conakry, the capital city. Shandong Xinfa beat the other three bidders for the Boffa-Santou-Houda project, where they plan to invest $14 billion over the next 15 years. The government official who reported this did not wish to be named as this information is not public yet. The proposed investment is twice the amount of Guinea’s current economy of $6.2 billion. Guinea, the largest exporter of bauxite which is the prime ore for aluminium extraction, has attracted the...
Cape Alumina directors have recommended that shareholders accept MetroCoal’s off-market takeover bid of 1 MTE share for every 1.3 CBX shares, in the absence of a superior proposal. The offer represents a 35% premium to the 20 day VWAP for each Cape share and the independent expert has concluded is both fair and reasonable. If the takeover is successful, the merged entity will hold extensive bauxite tenements in Cape York including the Bauxite Hills Project as well as interests in over 4 billion tonnes of thermal coal in the Surat Basin. Cape’s directors noted that successful development of Bauxite Hills will require significant additional funds in the short term, which MetroCoal is able to offer. The combined company will also have better access to funding and better prospects for...
Bauxite Resources shares have risen 43.5% to an intra-day high of $0.165 today from a close of $0.115 prompting the ASX to issue a price and volume query. In response, the company said it was unaware of any reason not already announced that could explain the recent trading. However, it noted that it had recently completed a $0.04 per share capital return to shareholders that was approved by shareholders at the extraordinary general meeting and paid yesterday. It has also reached a conditional settlement with a proposed shareholder class action against the Company before commencement of any proceedings. BAU had in July increased the Resource at its Athena bauxite deposit in the Darling Range, Western Australia by 59% to 36.2 million tonnes grading 32.8% (low temp) available alumina (41.8%...
Queensland Bauxite is all set to present its Scoping Study by the end of September or in October on its South Johnstone Bauxite project. After Indonesia announced a ban on the export of its unprocessed mineral ores, the bauxite market has become open to new companies who can get launch their product in the market soon in the short to medium term. The rising bauxite prices are proving the recent demand. China, who is the largest producer and consumer of aluminium, has been seriously affected by the Indonesian ban as other sources are not able to meet its requirements. Chinese bauxite stockpiles are expected to run out by 2015. If the South Johnstone project takes off it will be in a very profitable position to ride the bauxite wave thanks to the highly established infrastructure which...
Bauxite Resources Limited (Company) has made several announcements about a proposed shareholder class action against the Company. The Company has today executed a conditional agreement to settle that claim, prior to any proceedings having been commenced. The claim was proposed on behalf of individuals and entities (described in the claim as group members) who acquired shares in the Company in the October 2009 placement of 60 million shares at $0.95 each. It included allegations that the Company engaged in misleading and deceptive conduct in marketing the 2009 placement. A separate claim was foreshadowed in respect of certain of the group members’ on-market purchases. Subject to certain conditions being met by the group members including a vote by them to accept the settlement, the Company...
