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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Queensland Bauxite could have a Scoping Study completed for the South Johnstone Bauxite project in north Queensland within 6 - 8 weeks. The study would likely provide baseline capital costs of mining the bauxite as well as the operating costs. The project has an initial inferred resource of 30...
Research and Marke has announced the addition of the "Bauxite and Alumina Market Review" report to their offering. The report presents a thorough study of bauxite and alumina, covering both global and regional markets and aims to give a proper picture of the market, as well as its trends,...
Minerals output rose in the first half of 2014 but revenues declined due to lower prices, Chamber of Mines data have shown. Ghana’s export revenues from gold, bauxite, diamond and manganese in the period was US$2.143 billion, down from US$2.477 billion in the first half of 2013. Bauxite revenue...
As the opposition against bauxite mining is taking quick pace around the world, people in Jamaica are also being vocal against bauxite mining. Residents of the Cockpit Country in Jamaica have expressed opposition to any plans for bauxite mining in the area, according to reports from the Jamaica...
Bauxite developer Cape Alumina has reported a 19.85-million-tonne direct shipping ore (DSO) inferred resource at its Bauxite Hills project, in Queensland. The inferred DSO resource was in addition to the previously announced beneficiated bauxite inferred resource of 15.1-million tonnes, and an...
Indonesia has no plans to wind back a seven-month old ban on exports of unprocessed nickel ore and bauxite that has led to billions of dollars in planned investments in smelters, top government officials said. Indonesia - previously the world's top exporter of nickel ore and a major bauxite...
An Australian bauxite project could be one of the next major spending items announced by Rio Tinto, with chief executive Sam Walsh confirming he has fast-tracked studies into the South of Embley project in Queensland. Located close to Weipa on the Gulf of Carpentaria, South of Embley would...
With chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu making it clear that the state government is keen on permitting bauxite mining in the Visakhapatnam agency area, the opposition for the same is regaining momentum. While the AP government has already launched an exercise to review the stand on the issue,...
China has witnessed a 39.8% decline in June’s imports from a year ago, down to 19.5 million tonnes. The fall is attributed to last year’s high base following large stockpiling and the preference to consume on-hand stocks. Except for one shipment of Indonesian ore in May, no arrivals of Indonesian...
Anglo-African Minerals is encouraged by initial results from the sample analysis for its Toubal bauxite project in Guinea. The company engaged ALS Minerals in Ireland to undertake the analysis of 10,627 samples from the Toubal project in April. Initial interim results of the chemical analysis...
Inbound shipments of bauxite to China grew 37.91% from May to 2.93 million tonnes in June due to increased imports outside Indonesia, Shanghai Metals Market learned. Except one shipment of Indonesian ore from bonded area in May, no arrivals of Indonesian goods have been reported since this April...
The Andhra Pradesh Government has launched an exercise to review a stand on the contentious bauxite mining issue. The MoU signed by the AP Mineral Development Corporation during 2005-07 have been put under abeyance by the UPA-II Government in August 2010 following strong objections raised by then...
The Panchpatmalli bauxite mines of National Aluminium Company (Nalco) has bagged the Sita Ram Rungta Social Awareness Award for 2013-14 instituted by the Federation of Indian Mineral Industries (FIMI). Ansuman Das, chairman-cum-managing director (CMD) of Nalco received the trophy from Narendra...
An indigenous-owned mining company has been given the go-ahead to begin bauxite exploration in northeastern Arnhem Land. The Gulkula Mining Company, a subsidiary of the Gumatj Aboriginal Corporation, received the nod from the Northern Land Council on Saturday to begin exploring at the Dhupuma...
Metallica Minerals is expected to trade materially higher today after executing a Joint Venture agreement with a private Chinese investor for $7.5 million to develop its Urquhart Point bauxite and mineral sand deposits in Queensland. Funding will also be allocated towards exploration for other...
Aziana Limited has opened an online data room to a third party that could join as a partner to develop its Manantenina Bauxite Project in Madagascar. While under the radar to some investors, it shouldn't be as Manantenina offers a number of bauxite riches that a JV partner would salivate over....
Queensland Bauxite will undertake a more involved drilling programme at South Johnstone in northern Queensland to further define the size, grade and shape of the deposit. Which should not pose an issue given the handy $4.1 million in cash it had at 30 June 2014. It is also looking to upgrade the...
Deputy Premier Jeff Seeney says a lease for the Aurukun bauxite resource on Cape York will only be granted to mining companies that can begin operating immediately. The Queensland Government called for expressions of interest to develop the resource in November 2012 and short-listed two proponents...
