
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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Vinacomin said that it had considered a halt to the Nhan Co bauxite project, but was scared about the major losses in its investment. At a press conference of the group on May 16, Vinacomin spokesman Nguyen Tien Chinh said, “We’ve spent a huge amount of money on the project. The EPC contract has...

Bauxite Resources new chief executive officer and executive director Peter Canterbury has commenced employment today. Canterbury joins Bauxite Resources from Sundance Resources, where he had been the chief financial officer for the past six years. He played a key role in rebuilding the company as...

Resource security has long been creating a bottleneck restricting the development of China's aluminum industry. According to figures from the China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association, China's bauxite ore imports were on the rise during the 11th Five-Year Plan period (2006-10). Imports reached...

Rio Tinto Alcan has responded to claims a new bauxite mine on Queensland's Cape York would result in an additional 900 shipping movements. The mining company says the claims from the Australian Marine Conservation Society are wrong and the South of Embley project would only have an extra 60 bauxite...

Federal Environment Minister Tony Burke has finally given Rio Tinto the go-ahead for the $1.4 billion South of Embley bauxite expansion near Weipa on Cape York Peninsula, more than a year after the miner was sent back to the approvals drawing board to deal with Great Barrier Reef shipping concerns....

Hydro was one of the first companies in Pará to establish a partnership for the benefit of local development, supported by an Intentions Protocol with the state, through its Secretariat of Industry, Commerce and Mining (SEICOM). The agreement will enable a development of a State Plan of New...

Sesa Goa is looking to restart iron ore mining from Karnataka and expects a strong demand of the ore within the state, a top company official of its parent firm Vedanta Resources said today. "We expect to resume mining in Karnataka by June... we are in the process of securing necessary clearances"...

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Union Tribal Affairs Minister V Kishore Chandra Deo's singular opposition to bauxite mining in the forest areas of Visakhapatnam has a newly-built plant scouting for alternative sources. Anrak Aluminium Limited, one of the two companies that had entered into an agreement with the Andhra Pradesh...

The Centre is on a collision course with the Congress government in Andhra Pradesh over cancellation of bauxite mining leases in tribal dominated Vishakhapatnam district, with the state challenging the move and the tribal affairs ministry continuing to swear by the legislative rights of the forest...

Australia approved on Wednesday miner Rio Tinto's $1 billion-plus South of Embley bauxite mine and port project in Queensland after a year's delay due to concerns about ships harming the Great Barrier Reef. Environment Minister Tony Burke said the project on the Cape York Peninsula could go ahead,...

The Central Highlands bauxite project includes Tan Rai alumina plant in Lam Dong Province and the incomplete Nhan Co alumina plant in Dak Nong Province. Tu was speaking at a seminar hosted by Vietnam Union of Science and Technology Associations (VUSTA) and the Ministry of Industry and Trade on the...

Perth based bauxite explorer and developer, Bauxite Resources Ltd advises that it is implementing an on-market share buyback for up to 10% of its issued capital over the period of 12 months. Based on BRL's closing share price on 10 May 2013 ($0.12) this would equate to a maximum of $2.8 million....

Based on recently released figures, the two bauxite mining plants in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong are facing a risk of great losses, an official said. Dr Nguyen Thanh Son, director of the Hong River Delta Project Management Unit under the Vietnam Coal and Mineral Group, gave the...

Pham Quang Tu, director of the Office of Social Evaluation and Consultancy, on May 9 said that it is time to evaluate the bauxite project in the Central Highlands instead of waiting for Nhan Co alumina plant to do so. The Central Highlands bauxite project includes Tan Rai alumina plant in Lam Dong...

The Ministry of Land and Resources announced Chalco (Guizhou) has obtained mining rights to Maochang bauxite mine. Chalco (Guizhou) is located in Guiyang’s Baiyun District, 22 km from Qingzhen city. MLR data show that close to 300 million mt in proven bauxite reserves have been discovered in...

The Odisha law department will submit its views on the Supreme Court order on Niyamgiri bauxite mining in 2-3 days, paving the way for the government to hold gram sabhas that will decide if mining activity can take place there. The opening of the Niyamgiri bauxite deposits is considered to be...

Bauxite Resources has defined an initial bauxite resource of 26.8 million tonnes for its Fortuna Project in the Darling Range of Western Australia, increasing its global bauxite resource by 14% to 223.3 million tonnes. The resource is less than 15 kilometres from existing rail infrastructure...