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 BAUXITE industry is poised for a dramatic revitalisation, according to Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining Phillip Paulwell. Paulwell, who was addressing members of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday, took particular aim at Alpart in Nain, St Elizabeth, which shut...
Bauxite Resources Limited has broadened its focus from pure exploration to include expansion exploration and mining development appraisal of bauxite within its extensive tenement holding in Western Australia's Darling Range, the largest bauxite and alumina-producing region in the world. Currently...
A-ROCHA Ghana, a non- governmental organisation (NGO) that is into forest research, has called on the government to stop illegal miners from extracting bauxite from the Atiwa Forest. According to the NGO, the Atiwa forest is noted as a water tower, animal and vegetation forest reserve in the...
According to Shanghai Metals Market, Indonesian government won’t be able to ease the export duty imposed on bauxite exports. Though it has been decided to cut export duty on other nickel and copper, but no such changes would occur in bauxite.
The Port of Huanghua in Hebei province imported 64,000 tonnes of bauxite, valued at $5.69 million, from Guinea for the first time, reported on April 24 by China’s General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine. Guinea, in western Africa, is rich in mineral resources, with...
China imported 1.83 million tonnes of bauxite in March, down by 59.17% year-on-year due to falling arrivals and soft consumption, according to Shanghai Metals Market. The sharp drop in imports was due mainly to no shipments to China from Indonesia after its ban on ore exports, according to SMM's...
XINFA Aurum Exploration Fiji Limited dispatched about a dozen bauxite shipments to its overseas markets last year. In a statement yesterday, Xinfa executive Derek Qiu said this had greatly benefited government's foreign reserves. Mr Qiu said the shipments also increased Fiji's export earnings from...
The first shipment of more than 80,000 tonnes of bauxite to China this year is expected at the end of the month. Aurum Explorations Fiji Limited Mine Manager Basilio Vanuaca said the delay is due to bad weather experienced at Nawailevu in Bua. He said the company’s aimed is to export 800,000 tonnes...
The government has rejected a petition calling for the Steve Irwin Wildlife Reserve mining ban to be reversed. The government declared the reserve on Cape York a strategic environmental area in November. A new planning instrument, it restricts land use to those considered appropriate. In the case...
Canyon Resources should trade higher after additional rock chip sampling yielded high grade aluminium oxide bauxite from its 75% owned Birsok Project in Cameroon. Around 90% of the 84 rock chip samples returned greater than 50% aluminium oxide, with an average of 2.2% silicon oxide and low levels...
The efficiency of the Central Highlands bauxite projects was again mentioned in a regular press conference of the Ministry of Industry and Trade on Monday. Deputy Minister Do Thang Hai confirmed that the Tan Rai project will take losses in the first five years and needs 12 years to recover its...
The third IBAAS International Symposium, to be held in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India during November 27-29, 2014 is conjointly organized by IBAAS, CHALIECO and JNARDDC. The title of IBAAS – 2014 symposium is “Technological Improvements & Market Developments inAluminium Industry with Special...
Mining giant BHP Billiton is reportedly planning to set up a separate company for its aluminium, bauxite and nickel assets for the firm to focus on its core businesses. Estimates of the new company's value range from $11 billion to $20 billion. In response to the speculation, BHP said in a...
Bauxite Resources Limited announces that a maiden resource estimate has been completed on the Company's new Athena project, eastern Darling Range, Western Australia. The resource is located on private landholdings, approximately 120km south east of Perth. Athena is contained within the Company's...
Panchapatmali Bauxite Mines of Navratna PSU National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO), located in Koraput district of Odisha, has bagged awards at concluding ceremony of 16th Mines Environment & Mineral Conservation Week (MEMC) – 2013-14, held at Bhubaneswar, yesterday. Panchapatmali Bauxite Mines...
The Mayor of the Aurukun Aboriginal community on far north Queensland's Cape York says he is aiming for zero unemployment in his community, despite a major bauxite proposal falling over. The State Government last month announced neither proponent short-listed to develop the Aurukun bauxite resource...
The Ministry of Industry and Trade has once again called for more incentives for the country’s first two bauxite refineries, which are expected to make losses for the next few years. The ministry made the recommendation in a recent report to the National Assembly’s Standing Committee about the...
NEWS that Russian aluminium producer UC Rusal has posted a US$3.2-billion loss for 2013 has raised fresh concerns about the future of Jamaica's bauxite industry and questions as to whether the company will resume full production here. UC Rusal owns three local bauxite alumina plants, of which only...
