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 Newman Government has released the details of the five shortlisted bidders with the successful venture to be announced by the end of the year. The list includes Aluminium Corporation of China Limited who owned the lease for seven years; Glencore International AG; Cape Alumina Consortium; Rio...
In a follow up to the Supreme Court order empowering the village committees to decide the fate of bauxite mining project in Niyamgiri hills, the Union ministry of tribal affairs has asked the Odisha government to take necessary steps to create awareness about holding of palli sabhas. The ministry...
Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, has announced that the bauxite and alumina company, Alpart, in Nain, St. Elizabeth, would resume operations in the first quarter of 2016, following completion of the refinery’s new energy infrastructure. The re-opening will...
Bauxite Resources Limited is pleased to announce a resource upgrade for the Felicitas bauxite deposit in the Darling Range Western Australia. 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....
Bauxite Resources Limited continues to focus primarily on evaluating bauxite prospectivity in the Darling Range and exploration throughout the Company's extensive tenement holding. Currently BRL holds 22,500km2 in Exploration Licences in the Darling Range of south west Western Australia. The...
China's bauxite imports fell by 12% in March YoY from last year’s elevated levels to 4.6Mt, but were still higher than the average of 3Mt per month registered in Q4 12, stated London based Barclays in its recent market analysis. The sharp drop-off in mid- 2012 is due to Indonesia’s eased export...
Tonight discussions continue between Hururu village Council and Rusal’s Bauxite Company of Guyana to reach an agreement on the use of 300 acres for a new bauxite crushing plant in the village. Reports are that blockages to land and river accessed were being removed. Today, a team from the...
Indigenous Amerindians in south-eastern Guyana have virtually halted the operations of the Russian Aluminium Company to press demands for more money to be paid to them for use of a roadway and the excavation of a new area. Councillors of Hururu, an Amerindian mission in Upper Berbice River, and...
According to data from the Ministry of Land and Resources, China’s proven bauxite reserves grew 210 million mt to 4.08 billion mt in 2012, rising for three years in a row and at CAGR of 4.75%. Proven bauxite reserves across China totaled 3.55 billion mt in 2009. Assuming 2 mt of bauxite per ton...
According to China Customs, China imported 4.56 million mt of bauxite during March, down 12.02 YoY. YTD imports through March hit 13.96 million mt, up 8.88% YoY. China’s imports of Indonesian bauxite fell 22.05% YoY to 3.38 million mt during March, and dropped 11.93% YoY to 9.17 million mt during...
CHINA'S biggest aluminium maker will go head-to-head with its biggest rivals in a pitch for the $25 billion Aurukun bauxite deposit on Cape York. The Newman Government has released the details of the five shortlisted bidders with the successful venture to be announced by the end of the year. The...
The human rights group, Amnesty International has welcomed the Supreme Court judgement on bauxite mining at Niyamgiri Hills in Odisha’s Kalahandi district. Amnesty said , SC’s ruling that the indigenous (Adivasi) communities will have the final decision on plans for a bauxite mine by a subsidiary...
Cape Alumina and its partners have been short-listed by the Queensland Government to tender for the development of the world-class Aurukun bauxite deposit in western Cape York. The company is working with Singapore-listed Noble Group and Australia’s largest dedicated bulk and general stevedoring...
The Russian bauxite company – RUSAL – is reportedly expressing frustration at efforts by some elements to “extort” money from them for the use of about 300 acres of land in Hururu village, Berbice River. The company reportedly reached an agreement with the community village council to pay millions...
The Centre and State Governments are adopting dual standards regarding the bauxite mining issue.The illegal approvals given and the agreements made in the past should be cancelled, said the speakers at the two-day Adivasi Adhikar Rashtriya Manch conference, which began on Saturday. The meeting also...
The Supreme Court on Thursday linked survival of Vedanta's alumina refinery and bauxite mining project in Rayagada and Kalahandi districts of Odisha with protection of Dongria and Kutia Kondh tribes' culture and right to worship the 'Niyam Raja' deity, a hilltop just 10 km from the mining area. "If...
Perth-based bauxite explorer and developer, Bauxite Resources Ltd advises that its 70% partner in the Bauxite Alumina Joint Venture, Yankuang Resources Pty Ltd, has been unable to meet a number of cash calls from the BAJV Manager, and as a consequence BRL has determined that it is in the interests...
Vedanta Aluminium bosses are pleading with the Odisha State Government to get the bauxite flowing so that it can re-open its Lanjigarh alumina refinery, after a delegation from the Kalahandi and Rayagada districts told the Kalahandi collector and district magistrate that the plant should resume...
