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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The Consent Committee (CC) of Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) cleared 15 major projects. The Odisha Power Generation Corporation (OPGC) and 14 others were granted consent order. The OPGC proposed to develop coal mines of 8 MTPA along with coal washery of same capacity at Manoharpur in...
Bauxite exports from Brazil fell 25.6% year-on-year in August to 662,647 tonnes, with the USA and Ireland reducing purchases. The exports were also down sharply from 949,860 tonnes shipped in July 2013. Export revenue in August stood at $27.02 million, compared with $38.75 million a year earlier....
It is planned to complete the extraction of bauxite in the city of Arkalyk by 2021. "In this connection it is necessary to carry out a set of measures and activities to identify prospective mineral deposits in the region",said Deputy Minister of Industry and New Technologies of the Republic of...
Aurum Exploration (Fiji) Ltd has given $25,000 to the people of Bua as part of its community assistance program. Company executive Sang Lei said the funds were given to the provincial office to help with scholarships for students. The bauxite mining company has assisted students in other academic...
Orissa sits on one of the largest reserves of bauxite in India —around 2.5 billion tonnes — but its record in developing these mines or allocating them to private parties is abysmal. Of 10 identified big mines with potential reserves of around 1,489 million tonnes (mt), only one mine —...
More bauxite deposits have been identified in Vanua Levu says director for Mineral Resources Department, Malakai Finau. Mr Finau said there were other sites which were being explored for deposits of the mineral. "Some of the exploration sites that are being earmarked are in Nasarawaqa, Wainunu,...
Suspected Maoists have forcibly stopped the supply of bauxite from Red-hit Latehar district to Hindalco Industries' Renukut plant in Uttar Pradesh, considered one of the biggest aluminum factories in Asia. A group of rebels attacked a railway sliding site in Richughuta locality under Latehar police...
The Montenegrin government on Thursday said it was uncertain the demands of striking bauxite miners in Niksic could be met. Some 300 mine workers have been on strike several times this year after not having received their salary for 12 months. Since Aug. 21, workers blocked the export of ore from...
Bauxite Resources shares are set to rise today after increasing resources at its Fortuna bauxite deposit in the Darling Range, Western Australia by 47% to 39.5 million tonnes at 37.3% AI2O3. This comes as Chinese bauxite demand increases to 95 million tonnes by 2022 from the 38Mt in 2012, according...
In a move to reclaim his party’s traditional support base among tribals, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi is expected to visit Odisha later this month to meet villagers who recently rejected a proposal to mine bauxite from the Niyamgiri hills. “(Rahul) Gandhi will meet the tribals and celebrate...
First Bauxite Corporation announces that Larry Washow has been appointed Interim Chairman of the Board of Directors of First Bauxite succeeding John Hicks. The Company thanks Mr. Hicks for his contributions and wishes him well in his future endeavors. Mr. Washow will also continue in his role as a...
Northline has won a transport contract to move more than 5000 tonnes of freight annually for Rio Tinto's Weipa bauxite mine. According to the company the freight transported for the mine will be varied, with items moved including printer cartridges right through to capital pieces of equipment like...
Even as State Government is facing opposition over conducting Gram Sabhas to decide the mining in Niyamgiri hills, Society of Geoscientists and Allied Technologists (SGAT) has batted for permitting mining in the region. With more than adequate safeguards provided for protection of environment,...
The Vimetco Bauxite Mining Company appears to be embroiled in a protracted power struggle between the Romanians and the South Africans. Inside sources say the company has now changed seven General Managers in two years and in less than a year the Romanians have succeeded in frustrating three South...
China’s imports of bauxite rose to a 3-month high in July as companies accelerated stockpiling of the raw material before Indonesia’s possible ban on exports. Inbound shipments surged by 370.9% year-on-year to 6.5 million tonnes in July, and totaled 39.2 million tonnes in the first seven months, up...
After a unanimous rejection of the proposal to mine bauxite in the Niyamgiri hills by village councils in the Rayagada and Kalahandi districts, the Orissa government is examining the option of providing mineral linkage to Vedanta’s alumina plant through the Sijumali-Kutrumali mines. If the state...
The introduction and increases in taxes and levies by the government, its agencies and local governments are among uncertainties and risks associated with mining in Ghana, Dr Tony Aubynn, Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Chamber of Mines, has said. These was contained in an address read on his...
Recent revelation that foreign mining companies retain close to 100 per cent of their earnings should be a wake-up call to restore sanity in Ghana's mining industry, Prince William Ankrah, General Secretary, Ghana Mines Workers Union (GMWU), has stated. "If today parliamentarians are hearing that...
