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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Nippon Light Metals has broken ground on its red mud pilot plant on the grounds of the Jamaica Bauxite Institute (JBI) in Hope Gardens, St. Andrew. For the next three months the Japanese aluminium firm will be extracting rare earth elements from Jamaica’s red mud as the focus of its US$3 million...
International Bauxite, Alumina & Aluminium Society (IBAAS) announces the organization of second International event in Nanning, Guangxi, China during November 28 to 30, 2013 in cooperation with the CHALIECO. The title of the IBAAS – 2013 symposium is "Present Status and Future Prospects of Bauxite-...
FTSE 100-listed metal mining company Eurasian Natural Resources has acknowledged that its aluminium division operated below capacity in the fourth quarter of the year, whilst production of saleable copper declined against the corresponding period in the previous year. In the three months ended...
The current public relations stunt by the Government of Guyana on matters relating to the bauxite industry have not and will not fool the communities and workers whose lives are directly affected by bauxite. December 2012 marked three years since the Bauxite Company of Guyana Incorporated (BCGI)...
“Guinea’s mining code amendment will be business friendly and will allow bauxite producers to compete internationally”, Mines Minister Mohamed Lamine Fofana said. The country consulted with companies on amendments to the 2011 law to ensure producers remain profitable even though Guinea is further...
International bauxite companies operating in Jamaica are being accused by farmers of pocketing millions of dollars that should be paid to them for property purchased for mining purposes. The payment to persons for crops on lands purchased by the bauxite companies has long been a source of...
Within six years, UC RUSAL plans to develop the largest bauxite deposit in Guinea and to build an alumina refinery. These plans surprised the experts, since the company already has a plant there, the Friquia, which is sitting idle. Professionals in the field think alumina production in Russia, made...
Aurum Exploration Company has discovered more bauxite in other parts of Vanua Levu. This was confirmed to FBC News by the company’s managing director – Isireli Dagaga. i-Taukei news editor Apisalome Coka is in Labasa and filed this report: “Dagaga says they discovered bauxite at other areas in...
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...
Bauxite mining is expected to be expanded to the north of Nawailevu in Bua after works have been completed at the current site. Director of Mineral Resources Malakai Finau said it is not a new site but the areas have been divided into two parts. He said Aurum Exploration Limited is loading the 6th...
The inter-ministerial committee of the Odisha government constituted to formulate a policy for offering raw materials to state based industries will seek more time for submission of its report. Though the panel was mandated to submit its report by January 30, exactly three months after the...
The Government is hoping to reach an agreement with Russian company UC Rusal by month end on the timeline for the reopening of the Alpart and Kirkvine bauxite plants. The downturn in the global aluminium market forced the company to close the plants in 2009. UC Rusal has cited the high cost of...
Bosai Minerals Group and Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc (BCGI)–a subsidiary of Russian bauxite company Rusal–have both projected increased output for this year but are guarded about what this will mean in financial terms. This was revealed at a review of the bauxite sector held at a forum yesterday...
Maoist leader Daya has threatened Koraput MP Jayaram Pangi of dire consequences if he does not refrain from favouring bauxite mining by a private company at Mali hill. Daya, the secretary of Andhra-Odisha Border Special Zonal Committee (AOBSZC), has informed this in a letter to media persons in...
Negotiations for ore mining, says the source, "continued normally" between the government and Emirati companies Dubal (UAE, 45% of the capital), Hindalco (India, 45% of the capital) and Hydromine (United States, 10% of the capital). The government has awarded two exploration licenses to operators...
Vedanta Aluminium (VAL), a unit of Vedanta Resources, will have to wait for two more weeks after the Supreme Court on Monday deferred the hearing on Niyamgiri bauxite mines in Odisha's Kalahandi district. The apex court deferred hearing for two weeks due to non-submission of affidavit by the Union...
The initial public offering of Chinalco Mining Corp International will give investors an opportunity to gain exposure to the highly prospective but also risky business of mining in Peru. Metals mining investors are facing the dilemma of having to pay a premium for assets in more stable nations such...
The Environment and Tribal Affairs ministry will clear their stand on the Vedanta mining case in Supreme Court on Monday. The verdict on the mining project in Odisha is crucial as it will undoubtedly play a key role in deciding the fate of several other projects that need forest lands under the...
