Metro Mining Limited shipped 2.1 million wet metric tonnes (WMT) of bauxite in the third quarter of 2026, up 17 per cent from 1.8 million WMT in the previous quarter. However, shipments remained below the 2.25 million WMT recorded in Q3 2025. The Australian bauxite producer reported improved market pricing during the July–September quarter, with its delivered (CIF) price rising by 6.5 per cent to AUD 60.8 (USD 42.79) per WMT from AUD 57.1 (USD 40.18) per WMT in Q2. Site EBITDA increased to AUD 7 (USD 4.93) per WMT from AUD 4.4 (USD 3.10) per WMT. Mining and shipping operations faced maintenance work, equipment issues and channel erosion during the quarter. The company said its offshore floating terminal, Ikamba, underwent a one-week shutdown in July to replace four large hydraulic crane...
Ghana Bauxite Company Limited (GBC) has appointed Ecobank Ghana PLC to arrange up to USD 250 million in financing for its expansion programme, which aims to increase bauxite production and improve mining and logistics infrastructure. The parties signed the agreement in Accra on October 28, 2026. Ecobank will structure the proposed financing and coordinate participation from other banks and financial institutions. The package includes a term loan and a revolving credit facility to cover capital investment and working capital. The funds are expected to support investments in mining equipment, haulage capacity, materials-handling systems and other infrastructure at GBC’s Awaso operations in the Western North Region. Explore the production, demand and consumption forecasts of bauxite and...
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International human rights advocacy group, Amnesty International, has urged the Odisha government to hold gram sabhas in all 80 odd Dongria Kondh Adivasi (Indigenous) and other Adivasi villages in Niyamgiri hills which are likely to be affected by bauxite mining for an alumina refinery of Vedanta Aluminium (VAL). It pointed out that the newspaper advertisements issued by the Odisha government have asked the communities in only 12 villages — seven in Rayagada district and five in Kalahandi district — to file, within the next six weeks, their claims on the forest areas proposed to be mined. The decision to conduct gram sabhas in 12 villages was made after the April 18 Supreme Court ruling. The apex court has observed that the local tribal inhabitants would take a decision whether the...
The U.S. government said it will work with its counterparts in Guinea on transparency measures in the minerals and mining industry. Guinea is the world leader in the production of bauxite, an aluminum ore, and one of the leading producers of iron ore. The country's mining sector generates more than 80 percent of its export revenue and 26 percent of gross domestic production. The U.S. government said the economic significance of mineral resources means transparency and good governance are "critical" goals for the Guinean government. The U.S. government said it would work closely with its Guinean partners on mineral transparency measures, including the Kimberly Process certification scheme to combat so-called conflict diamonds. "Data gaps, uneven enforcement, limited technical capacity and...
Mr. Le Viet Quang, Chairman, Lam Dong Aluminum Company, has said that the construction of the Tan Rai bauxite project in Lam Dong Province has been completed, with 1.6 million tons of bauxite ore mined. The first phase of this project is designed with a capacity of 650,000 tons of alumina a year. The investor has spent over VND11.6 trillion ($580 million) in this project. Mr. Tran Van Cang, an official of Bao Lam District, Lam Dong Province, where the project is located, said the Tan Rai bauxite project covers approximately 2,000 hectares. About 900 households had to hand over their land to this project. Twenty households have not received compensation for land. Cang also said that since the implementation of the project, the water and air environment in this area has been affected. “The...
Sun City Energy recently installed one of the first integrated solar shingle roofing systems in the region on the new Saint-Gobain manufacturing facility at Bauxite in Saline County, according to Sun City President and CEO Pam Speraw. Saint-Gobain is the parent company of CertainTeed, which manufactures the Apollo Solar Shingle Roofing System. Sun City Solar Energy, a member of the Arkansas Advanced Energy Association and licensed for both commercial and residential work, was selected to install the system. Speraw said the solar cells were designed to capture and convert more solar energy per square foot than other solar energy systems.
Nalco would be securing access to a new 65-million ton bauxite reserve to expand its alumina refinery from 2.1 million tons a year to 3.1 million tons a year, by 2016. According to a company official, the bauxite reserves at Pottangi, in the East Indian province of Orissa where the country’s largest integrated aluminium producer also has its operating units, would be sufficient to feed the expanded alumina refinery until 2036. The refinery expansion and mine development would require an investment of around $800 million and Nalco was currently examining a detailed project report before the company board takes a final call on the project, the official said. The provincial government of Orissa has already accorded an in-principle approval for mining lease in favour of Nalco. The aluminium...
Gold and base metals explorer Ord River on Tuesday announced that it would look to farm-out or divest of its Sarco bauxite and aluminium project, in Laos, in an effort to focus on its gold assets. The miner told shareholders that it was fully focused on becoming a gold producer within the next three years. MD Frank Zhu said that consistent with this aim, the company believed it to be in the best interest of shareholders to explore options for its Sarco joint venture with NFC-China, which holds a 51% interest in the company. The Sarco project has a Joint Ore Reserves Committee compliant resource of some 226-million tonnes over two tenements, and would require a significant capital investment to get to production. “A divestment of its Sarco interest allows Ord’s management to focus its...
Aziana Limited has extended the scale and scope its bauxite exploration project at Manantenina in Madagascar with the acquisition of additional exploration permits. The Soanomeiny blocks total 18.75 square kilometres and cover most of the area between the company’s Ampasimena and Esama Blocks, increasing its total holdings in the area to 237.5 square kilometres. These new blocks are highly prospective for the discovery of bauxite in a style and nature contiguous with the already defined gibbsiferous bauxite at Esama. Aziana had previously defined a maiden Inferred Resource of 10.09 million tonnes at 34.1% available alumina and 2.3% reactive silica at Esama. Test pitting and auger drilling has also confirmed high quality bauxite, similar to the Esama resource, across 25 square kilometres...
The Union ministry of tribal affairs (MoTA) has objected to the Odisha government's decision to hold gram sabhas in only 12 villages of Niyamgiri hill slopes to decide the fate of bauxite mining for Vedanta Group’s alumina plant. In a letter to Odisha chief secretary BK Patnaik on Friday, the union ministry secretary Vibha Puri Das has written that limiting gram sabha meetings is not in accordance with the Supreme Court order. She has asked the state government to arrive at the exact number of villages where gram sabha was to be conducted as per the direction laid down by the union ministry. Das said: “The list of villages where rights of the forest dwellers are guaranteed under the Forest Rights Act (FRA) or where cultural and religious rights are likely to be affected cannot be...
Despite the Supreme Court’s order, the village councils, or gram sabhas of the Dongria Kondh tribals may not be able to decide upon their traditional and religious rights against the mining interests of Vedanta. A narrow interpretation of the Supreme Court order by the tribal affairs ministry promises to turn the district administration into the final decision-making body and the village councils of the tribals as only a claimant of their rights. The move could snatch away the village council’s rights to be final arbiters of their traditional and religious rights over the contentious Niyamgiri hills, and leave it in the hands of the state government to take the final call. The apex court had ordered that the village councils to decide if mining of bauxite would impact the cultural and...
Odisha High Court has nominated the district and sessions judges of Kalahandi and Rayagada to act as observers in the much-awaited Gram Sabha to decide fate of the proposed bauxite mining for Vedanta atop Niyamgiri Hills. “The High Court Registrar General has informed the state government about the decision to nominate the district judges of Kalahandi and Rayagada for the proposed Gram Sabhas," Scheduled Tribe and Scheduled Caste Development secretary Santosh Sarangi told reporters here. Stating that the state government had earlier requested the High Court to nominate a district judge level judicial officer for the purpose of holding the gram sabha as per the Supreme Court order, Sarangi said the ST and SC department has already intimated the development to the district collectors of...
Lok Shakti Abhiyan president Prafulla Samantara on Wednesday alleged the Odisha government was attempting to subvert the recent order of the Supreme Court relating to holding gram sabhas for a decision on proposed bauxite mining in Niyamgiri hill for Vedanta Group’s plant and sought Odisha governor SC Jamir’s intervention in the matter. The social activist, an intervener in the Orisha Mining Corporation versus Union ministry of environment and forest case in the apex court, warned, “As the third party in the case we will be forced to move the Supreme Court for initiating contempt proceedings unless the state government stops manipulating and subverting the order of the court.” Samantara however said the selection of just 12 villages was in contravention to the judgment of the Supreme...
Dr. Dang Trung Thuan, Chair of the Vietnam Geochemistry Association, feels that Vinacomin, the investor of the Central Highlands’ bauxite project – will find it hard to revert to the original state and recover the environment at the mining site. Vinacomin has committed to follow necessary steps in the mining and post-mining land rehabilitation when implementing the bauxite project. However, scientists have warned that it would be very costly to rehabilitate the environment, which would make the production costs high. Scientists have every reason to have doubts if the rehabilitation can be carried out in a true way. Thuan has recalled the coal mining in Quang Ninh province and titanium exploitation in Binh Dinh province, which was also implemented by Vinacomin, to prove that “it’s easier...
Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation jumped on bargain hunting after the stock fell 9.52% in the preceding eight trading sessions to INR 135.95 on 27 May 2013, from a recent high of INR 150.25 on 15 May 2013. The stock had underperformed the market over the past one month till 27 May 2013, sliding 10.97% compared with the Sensex's 3.86% rise. The scrip had also underperformed the market in past one quarter, falling 27.84% as against Sensex's 4.59% rise. The mid-cap company has an equity capital of USD 11.42 million. Face value per share is Rs 2. Net profit of GMDC declined 0.20% to USD 20.16 million on 7.97% fall in net sales to USD 63.49 million in December quarter 2012 over December quarter 2011. GMDC is primarily engaged in exploration and development of mineral resources. The...
Bauxite Resources Limited is pleased to announce a resource upgrade for the Felicitas bauxite deposit in the Darling Range Western Australia. The Felicitas resource is contained within the Company's Bauxite Alumina Joint Ventures ("BAJV") with Yankuang Resources Ltd. The resource is situated on a small number of large private landholdings located approximately 60km north east of Perth, and 10km from the town of Wundowie. The resource is less than 5 km from existing rail infrastructure providing a direct link to Fremantle/Kwinana Port being approximately 120 km away. The BAJV has identified well in excess of 90 million tonnes of refinery grade bauxite at Felicitas, a critical milestone for the joint venture for the undertaking of a bankable feasibility study into the viability of an...
The Belarusian automobile manufacturer OAO BelAZ has shipped a batch of five mine dump trucks with the carrying capacity of 90 tonnes to Venezuela, representatives of the company told BelTA. The BelAZ 75570 vehicles were sold to the company CVG Bauxilum C.A. The vehicles will be used at the Los Pijiguaos mine to mine bauxites. The mine’s annual bauxite output is about 6 million tonnes per annum and thenew BelAZ vehicles will help the mine raise the output and achieve better performance. The first batch of Belarusian dump trucks was shipped to Venezuela in 2007. Since then over 130 mining and special vehicles made by BelAZ and MoAZ (Mogilev Automobile Plant) have been shipped to Venezuela, including dump trucks with the carrying capacity of 30-100 tonnes.
The Odisha Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe development department has issued notices to the district collectors of Rayagada and Kalahandi, asking them to conduct hearings ahead of Gram Sabhas at Niyamgiri hill range, which will decide the fate of the bauxite mining project there. As per the notification, the collectors have been advised to hear submissions of local tribal communities who have religious and cultural concerns over the bauxite mining project that is meant to feed one million tonnes of alumina at the refinery of Vedanta Aluminium Ltd (VAL). The collectors will complete the hearing process within six weeks, during which people from 12 tribal villages residing at the Niyamgiri hills, will submit petitions regarding their concerns. The task is carried out to understand the...
Odisha Government has requested Chief Justice of the Odisha High Court to nominate a judicial officer of the rank of district judge as observer for the proposed gram sabhas to be conducted for deciding grant of mining lease to Vedanta Group for bauxite mining. In an official communique to the Registrar General of the High Court, Scheduled Tribes and Scheduled Castes Development Secretary Santosh Sarangi said the Supreme Court has directed that the proceedings of the grama sabha should be attended by a judicial officer of the rank of district judge who will sign the minutes of the proceedings. The apex court has directed the State Government to place issues concerning individual, community, cultural and religious claims of Scheduled Tribes and Traditional Forest Dwellers before the gram...
The Vedanta Group is hopeful of tying up bauxite supplies to restart its alumina refinery in Lanjigarh, Odisha within the next 1-2 months. Vedanta Aluminium Limited (VAL), the group arm which operates the unit, is in talks with a clutch of private miners in Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh besides Gujarat to source more than half of its annual requirement of 30 lakh tonnes of bauxite. The arrangement is expected to ensure uninterrupted supplies of bauxite to the refinery, since Vedanta's own sources of bauxite from Niyamgiri hills is unlikely to happen before one year. "We are exploring the option of sourcing bauxite from 4-5 states and are in talks with private miners in these states. We are hopeful of getting nearly 16 lakh tonnes from these miners. We will source the remaining 14 lakh tonnes of...
