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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At a time when all attention is focused on the outcome of gram sabhas in Niyamgiri Hill Range with regards to proposed bauxite mining, the State government is pushing for reservation of Karlapat mines in favour of Odisha Mining Corporation. According to Steel and Mines department sources, documents...
A couple of days after Dongaria Kondhs of Serkapadi village unanimously rejected bauxite mining over Niyamgiri hills, Lanjigarh Vikash Parishad (LVP), an organization supporting the mining project and its beneficiary Vedanta's alumina refinery, has raised doubts over fairness of the village council...
RIO Tinto Alcan has boosted bauxite production by 21% in the second quarter of the year, compared to the same quarter in 2012. Strong operational performance has driven higher volumes at Weipa, as bauxite requirements from the expanded Yarwun refinery at Gladstone increased, along with third party...
The inter-ministerial group (IMG) of Odisha government, which was formed in November last year to give its view regarding long-term supply of raw materials to local metal industries, submitted its report today to the chief minister for further discussion in the state cabinet. "We have formed a...
In a setback to Vedanta's search for bauxite mines to feed its 1-million tonne (mt) refinery at Lanjigarh in the backward Kalahandi district of Odisha, Dongria Kondhs, the indigenous people who inhabit the plateaus of the Niyamgiri hill ranges, on Thursday made it clear that they would rather...
Bauxite mining company Alliance Mining Commodities (AMC) earlier this month signed a landmark rail agreement with the government of Guinea, in West Africa, confirming a viable infrastructure solution for its 90%-owned Koumbia Bauxite project in the country. The rail deal follows the completion of...
Aurukun Mayor Dereck Walpo says a proposed bauxite mining venture is a good chance to improve infrastructure in the Cape York community in far north Queensland. The Aurukun Shire Council, the State Government, and the community are in talks with five companies hoping to develop the site near the...
RIO Tinto's bauxite mining operations in and around Weipa on Cape York appear to have uncovered a biological hot spot, with staff discovering a third rare species. A total of 24 endangered northern quolls have been found in a 3500ha block at the mine lease, which covers 3860sq km. It's an important...
Rio Tinto’s bauxite mining staff have discovered a rare quoll population at its operations located around Weipa on the Cape York Peninsula. A total of 24 endangered northern quolls have been counted on a 3500ha block of Rio’s mining lease which covers 3860 square kilometres, news.com.au reports. A...
A recent show on a local Doordarshan channel about Dongria Kondhs, indigenous people who inhabit the plateaus of the Niyamgiri hill ranges in Odisha, ended with a scene where a young member of a tribe throws away some rupee coins given by a government official, asks for a matchbox instead and...
A social activist who was an intervener in a Supreme Court case relating to bauxite mining in Niyamgiri hills in Odisha on Monday alleged the state government was violating the apex court’s order by choosing villages for gram sabha meetings instead of allowing the gram sabha to initiate the...
This month, Ibram raised its representation from 11 to 15 members and also designated Hydro as a member of the Special Committee on Mining of the National Confederation of Industry (CEM/CNI), as the representative of the bauxite industry. Andreia Reis, head of Business Relationship and Development...
China Customs data show China imported 6.15 million mt of bauxite in May, down 2.04% YoY. YTD imports through May totaled 26.72 million mt, up 9.30% YoY. China imported 3.775 million mt of bauxite from Indonesia in May, down 30.9% YoY. YTD imports from Indonesia through May were 17.39 million mt,...
State’s tribal affairs department has consulted the state Advocate General (AG) on the possibility of expanding purview of gram sabhas to decide the fate of bauxite excavation atop Niyamgiri hills. The AG is likely to give his comments on the matter in a couple of days. "The possibility of...
The US Treasury Department has announced an array of new sanctions aimed at denying Iran even theoretical access to unrefined ore that could be used to produce aluminum, since conceivably aluminum could have “military uses.” The sanctions “blacklist” the acquisition of raw bauxite ore by Iran, as...
ASX-listed Queensland Bauxite on Tuesday announced that it would buy an interest in two Mozambique coal exploration licences in the Zambezi basin, close to majors such as Vale and Rio Tinto. The junior said it had signed a binding term sheet with Australian unlisted company Regius Coal Mining to...
Differences of opinion continues between the Centre and the State Government over holding of ‘gram sabhas’ to decide on bauxite mining in Niyamgiri for the Vedanta project. While the State Government has maintained that it is not working to protect the interest of any private company, the Centre...
Worldwide mining projects are in the range of $1.5 trillion, market intelligence agency Industrial Info says in his recently released Global Mining Industry Outlook. Global demand for mined resources, including coal, iron, copper, gold and aluminum (via bauxite), has spiked over the past 10 years,...
