Ghana has stepped up efforts to attract Australian investment into its growing critical minerals sector, pitching the country as a stable and reform-driven destination for mining and value-added mineral development at the 2026 Africa Down Under (ADU) Summit in Perth. The Ghanaian delegation was led...
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...
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Vedanta Resources today said it has sought an alternate bauxite mine from Odisha government to run its Lanjigarh alumina refinery, which is staring at uncertain future due to local tribals rejecting the proposal to carry out mining in the Niyamgiri hills. “We want very strongly that the state...
The decision by Bauxite Resources Limited (BRL) to not proceed with the Bindoon Bauxite Mining Proposal brings to an end a period of uncertainty, according to MLA Shane Love. BRL had anticipated a mining operation at North Bindoon of up to two million tonnes of bauxite per annum over five years....
Indonesia’s mining industry will collapse if the government moves ahead with a planned ban on the export of raw minerals, the country’s chamber of commerce has warned. The southeast Asian nation, which is facing strong economic headwinds, is the biggest exporter of coal for power stations, nickel...
China’s bauxite imports rose to a record-high of 7.59 million tonnes in September, as looming new capacity boosted raw material demand. China’s bauxite imports were up 8.7% month-on-month and more than triple the volume received a year ago. “Surge in bauxite in recent months is mainly due to a...
The Rare Earth Elements Pilot Project site, located on the grounds of the Jamaica Bauxite Institute (JBI) in Kingston is complete and will be toured by Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Phillip Paulwell on Tuesday. Japan-based Nippon Light Metal (NLM) in collaboration with the JBI...
China’s Shandong Nanshan Aluminum had allocated at least $5 billion to build a facility to process bauxite in Bintan, Riau Islands, Industry Minister M.S. Hidayat has announced. “They already started the project with a purchase of 1,000 hectares of land,” the minister said after a meeting with the...
The decision by the AP Tribes Advisory Council not to allow bauxite mining in the Vizag Agency might be the last nail in the coffin for the long-pending controversial issue in this part of the state. The Council passed a unanimous resolution on Tuesday banning bauxite mining. Cancellation of lease...
The value of the Ghana’s mining sector is anticipated to reach US$774million in 2017, up from US$669 million in 2012, as bauxite and gold production see substantial increases, B&FT has gathered. “This is a significant break from the past decade, when the mining sector value barely rose as gold...
Bauxite exports from Brazil more than doubled year-on-year in September, as the USA, Ireland Canada and China all increased purchases. Shipped volumes totalled 597,550 tonnes in the month, compared with 257,352 tonnes in September last year. The figure, however, represents a 9.8% decrease from...
Aluminum Corporation of China Ltd (Chalco)’s Guizhou branch put its Maiba bauxite mine, which has a designed capacity of 500,000 tpy, into full operation this month. Maiba mine’s operation can be seen as ``milestone’’ for Chalco Guizhou to move from open-pit mining to underground mining, the...
During the year Bauxite Resources Limited focused on the development of its bauxite interests in Western Australia with the objective of commercial development of bauxite and alumina capacity to support a developing market in China. Achievements during the financial year were: - Exceptional...
Bauxite Resources Limited today announces that its joint venture with Yankuang, Bauxite Alumina Joint Ventures ("BAJV"), has withdrawn its Environmental Protection Authority ("EPA") referral for its Mining Proposal at North Bindoon. The North Bindoon Referral anticipated a mining operation of up to...
Aziana Limited has extended the area of known bauxite mineralisation in the Esama region of its Manantenina project in Madagascar. The first of the company’s exploration test pits on the Soanomeiny returned an 8 metre thickness of gibbsite grading 45% AvAl2O3 and 1.2% RxSiO2. The contiguous area of...
China’s bauxite imports surged in August amid fears that the Indonesian government may impose an outright ban on the exports of unprocessed ores, including bauxite, in 2014. China imported 6.98 million mt of bauxite in August, a 241.55% increase YoY. YTD imports through August totaled 46.12 million...
Odisha government submits Centre reports on 12 village councils, held in Rayagada and Kalahandi dists to decide Vedanta's mining plan in Niyamgiri. The report will be submitted at the Supreme Court. The state government had conducted village councils complying with the decision of the Supreme...
There have been fresh calls this week for an investigation to take place on the disposal of red bauxite on the banks of the Shannon, which comes from the Rusal Aughinish site. The Russian-owned company, which produces alumina, is two years into a project which sees the disposal of 1.2m tonnes of...
Chinese President Xi Jinping brought a passel of investment deals with him on his visit to Indonesia, with companies from the two countries signing agreements valued at $28.2 billion on projects ranging from commodity production and processing to railway infrastructure and an aircraft financing...
A Petition from Australia Zoo owner Terri Irwin demanding a halt to a bauxite mine development inside the Steve Irwin Wildlife Reserve has fallen short, with Mines Minister Andrew Cripps saying it would be decided by "due process". Cape Alumina's Pisolite Hills project will begin construction...
