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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The Department of Land and Resources of Henan Province announced on March 18 the discovery of 166.54 million mt of bauxite in west Caoyao of Mianchi County, Sanmenxi City as of late February, 2013, its biggest discovery in its exploration history. The Ministry of Land and Resources announced in 2011 that China’s bauxite base reserves were approximately 1.05 billion mt. Bauxite reserves in Henan accounted for 16% of China’s total reserves, down 9 percentage points from 2010. This is mainly because there are many alumina producers in the province, resulting in large consumption f bauxite. SMM data indicate that Henan’s alumina capacity hit 11.7 million mt/yr in 2012, accounting for 22% of China’s total capacity. If 2 mt of bauxite is needed to produce 1 mt of alumina, bauxite consumption by...
The Republic of Guinea has tripled its production capacity of bauxite, from 7% of world bauxite production to 25% in 2020 to strengthen its leadership in bauxite production and processing sector. It is in this sense that the Guinean Minister of Mines and Geology, Mohamed Lamine Fofana, presented to investors the strategy of Guinea's bauxite and alumina, on the occasion of the 19th conference Bauxite and Alumina held Friday in Miami in the United States. Guinea has 2/3 of the world's bauxite reserves, more than 41 billion tonnes, with a high alumina content (between 40% and 53%). Currently, three companies operating in Guinea and a total annual production of bauxite 17 million tonnes. Eight projects are under development, representing a total investment of $ 24 billion, and the annual...
Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy evaded giving an assurance on the State Government banning bauxite mining in the Scheduled Areas while two Union Ministers Jairam Ramesh and Kishore Chandra Deo urged the State Government to cancel the MoU entered into on the subject as they were in violation of the Constitution and laws of the State. Addressing tribals from the region at the Giri Pragati Sadassu organised by the State Government here, Union Tribal Affairs Minister Kishore Chandra Deo explained that the MoU on bauxite mining violated the provisions of the Constitution which clearly disallowed non-tribals from taking up any activity in Scheduled Areas. Further, the 1 of 70 Act also prohibited transfer of property to non-tribals. The Union Government at a meeting called by Prime Minister...
Union minister for panchayat raj and Araku MP Kishore Chandra Deo and Union minister for rural development Jairam Ramesh urged the state government to ensure that ANRAK was not given permission to mine bauxite in the Chintapalli region. Raising the issue at a meeting at G K Veedhi in Visakhapatnam district on Sunday, Kishore Chandra Deo termed bauxite mining in the region as 'unconstitutional'. He said that a cabinet meeting (involving 7 cabinet ministers) had observed that allowing ANRAK to mine bauxite from the area would be in total violation of the spirit of the Constitution. Jairam Ramesh in his address asked the state government to impose a 20-year ban on bauxite mining in the region and stated that wherever there was mining in tribal areas, the tribal stood to lose, which...
Despite pubic concerns, Tan Rai and Nhan Co. bauxite projects in the central highlands region are necessary for the development of Vietnam’s aluminium industry, one official said. The projects had been carefully considered before assigning them to the state-owned company Vietnam National Coal and Mineral Industries Group (Vinashin), said Vu Huy Hoang, Minister of Industry and Trade. According to Hoang, Vietnam is estimated to have bauxite reserves of between 10 and 11 billion tonnes, mainly located in the central highlands region. Annual demand for aluminium has increased considerably in recent years, and is expected to be 750,000 to one million tonnes by 2020 and between 1.6 and 2 million tonnes by 2030. “Currently, Vietnam has to import all aluminium for local production, so these two...
Investing in two pilot bauxite projects in the Central Highlands is the right move for Vietnam and will pave the way for the country's aluminium industry to take off, according to Minister of Industry and Trade Vu Huy Hoang. "The decision to go for these two projects was made after careful consideration of the Party, State, National Assembly and Government," assured Hoang, as he sat down for an interview with Viet Nam Television aired on Sunday. He was addressing concerns from some economic and industry experts who had suggested these projects should be halted because of low economic efficiency. The two projects are based in Lam Dong Province's Tan Rai District and Dak Nong's Nhan Co District. The construction of the Tan Rai plant was completed last December and has already manufactured...
Bauxite Angola, the Angolan company that plans to explore bauxite deposits in the East of Guinea Bissau, has done nothing since it signed an exploration contract seven years ago, the Minister for Natural Resources of the Guinea Bissau transitional government said in Bissau. Interviewed by public television, Daniel Gomes said that Bauxite Angola had yet to present environmental impact and economic viability studies, according to Portuguese news agency Lusa. The Minister made the statement at a time when the Guinean Public Prosecutor said that the contract signed between Guinea Bissau and Bauxite Angola, in 2007, was not in line with legislation and could therefore be cancelled. The Minister also said that Bauxite Angola had yet to respond to the Guinean proposal to restructure...
As requested by the Prime Minister of Vietnam, the two bauxite plants Tan Rai and Nhan Co will have their capacities unchanged during the trial period from now to 2015, said Nguyen Manh Quan, director of the Heavy Industry Department under the trade ministry. By 2020, their capacities would be doubled if traffic infrastructure conditions were sufficient, he said, referring to the Government’s instruction. Later, if the two plants put in good performances, other alumina projects with a capacity of 2-3 million tons per year would be developed, Quan said at a press conference on industry and trade in the first two months on Monday. The plan for development of the bauxite industry will be submitted to the Politburo in the coming time for guidance and then forwarded to the Prime Minister for...
MAL Hungarian Aluminium Ltd is to be dismantled by state-owned liquidator Nemzeti Reorganizációs Nonprofit by court order, the National Development Ministry said on Wednesday. The firm behind the lethal “red mud” toxic waste spill of October 2010 has been in an impossible financial position since local environmental authorities fined it a record HUF 140 billion (EUR 472.45 million) last year. MAL, whose bauxite refinery in the western town of Ajka is the main employer in the area, was declared a company of strategic importance last September. Directors and senior management are on trial facing charges of gross negligence. The Hungarian National Asset Management Company (MNV) will provide funds to maintain operation during restructuring, the ministry said. Meanwhile, MAL has wound up...
The adverse weather conditions in Vanua Levu have affected bauxite mining operations at Nawailevu in Bua. Bauxite mine manager Basilio Vanuaca said operations had come to a standstill as a result of the bad weather experienced in the Northern Division. "We will resume normal operations during fine weather," he said.
As part of its plan to shore up its revenues, the Indian government has decided to impose an export duty on bauxite. Bauxite exports, duty-free so far, will be taxed at 10 percent. Bauxite is a key ingredient in the production of aluminum, and taxing its export means giving a boost to domestic supply. The story of bauxite in India has taken an odd turn in the last year or so, after a court ban on mining in some of India’s states. Looking at the supply/export figures of the current and last fiscal year, it is clear that some vested interests are creating an artificial shortage situation for domestic users. Otherwise, how can one explain the fact that despite bauxite output having grown by as much as 35 percent between the April-October period of the current year, as compared to the same...
Aluminium Bahrain (Alba), owner of the world's fourth-largest aluminium smelter, wants to take a stake in a mine or refinery as its impending expansion increases its demand for raw materials, its chief executive told Reuters. The firm has begun feasibility work on a $2.5 billion sixth production line which will increase annual capacity by 400,000 tonnes, when it comes online at the end of 2015, from its current production of 890,000 tonnes a year. Given the additional demand for raw materials the new line will create, a focus on securing supplies at source instead of buying everything on the open market, becomes more important, Chief Executive Officer Tim Murray told Reuters on the sidelines of a conference in the capital Manama. "For line six, it would probably be an interesting...
The main opposition Congress on Wednesday staged a walk out in the Chhattisgarh Assembly accusing the BJP government of shielding Bharat Aluminum Company Ltd (BALCO) officials in an illegal mining case. Raising the issue through his starred question, Congress legislator Mohammed Akbar asked whether any case has been filed in the court against BALCO officials by the then Mining Officer of Kawardha in 2008 in connection with illegal mining and transportation of bauxite. If a case has been filed, he demanded to know who were held responsible for excess mining and transportation and on what basis, as well as how much bauxite was mined in excess and what steps the department took to stop these illegalities. In his written reply, Chief Minister Raman Singh, who also holds the mining portfolio,...
A policeman and two Russian nationals were among ten people injured yesterday after several boxes of fuel-soaked dynamite exploded at the RUSAL Bauxite Inc. at Kwakwani, Berbice River. Three of the victims were treated at the Kwakwani Hospital before being air-lifted to the city and admitted to the Dr. Balwant Singh Hospital. At press time, four others were being taken via trail to the city. One of the Russian nationals sustained lacerations to the upper body and is considered to be the most seriously injured. The others were bleeding from the ears and had difficulty hearing. One of the injured men told that the group was disposing of several boxes of expired explosives when the mishap occurred. According to the worker, the group, accompanied by police ranks and two Rusal security...
The Government is continuously pushing for the application of advanced technology in bauxite mining in a bid to make the process more environmentally friendly and to enhance socio-economic efficiency, the head of the Government Office Vu Duc Dam has confirmed at his monthly press briefing. He told reporters that more research will be undertaken to see what areas of bauxite exploitation and processing should be changed. The long-standing policy of the Party and State is to explore and sufficiently exploit natural resources to contribute to the country’s socio-economic development, he said. Effective processing of bauxite is dependent on many factors including infrastructure, investment, the environment and the world market, Dam continued. An eight-year plan to pinpoint several key sites...
The National Green Tribunal has dismissed Hindalco's plea challenging the Maharashtra government's refusal to grant it three more months, after expiry of its forest clearance, to transport around 1.6 lakh tonnes of bauxite mined from Kolhapur district. A bench headed by Justice V R Kingaonkar also declined to direct the state government to forward the company's proposal, for more time, to the Centre for grant of approval. "We are of the opinion the appeal is without merit. We are further of the opinion that respondent 1 (Maharashtra govt) cannot be directed to forward the proposal of the appellant (Hindalco) to the Central government for grant of approval as the discretion of respondent 1 cannot be substituted by passing such order. "Consequently the appeal stands dismissed," it said. The...
The bauxite mine in Bua has raked in about $15million from the exported 300,000 tonnes of bauxite so far. Mine manager Basilio Vanuaca in an interview with this newspaper yesterday said a tonne of bauxite cost about $F50.00. "We have so far sent six shipments to China last month from the Northern Division and the money comes right back into the Fiji economy. "Bauxite mining has progressed well in Nawailevu since we started last year. We have managed to export six shipments so far with a total of 300,000 tones of bauxite. "We are working well with our local communities and through our community work, our relationship has been strengthened," Mr Vanuaca said. He said families around the area had benefited from the community assistance provided by the company. "We have donated sets of...
2013 Union Budget of India has proposed to levy 10 per cent export duty on bauxite, a raw material for making aluminium. The FM's proposal to impose a 10% export duty on bauxite on an ad valorem basis is likely to discourage exports of an important raw material for aluminium industry. It will thus benefit the domestic aluminium sector, led by state-owned National Aluminium CompanyBSE -0.45 % (Nalco) and private sector players like Hindalco industriesBSE -0.65 % and Balco.br> In particular, it will help Vedanta Aluminium, which is facing a tough time getting bauxite to operate its refinery in Odisha's Lanjigarh.br> Bauxite, a key raw material for aluminium, is mined and subsequently processed through smelting to produce alumina, which is refined to produce the metal. India has reserves of...
