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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Resource giants Rio Tinto and Alcoa have won a two-year extension on their plans to develop a massive bauxite deposit and alumina smelter in the Kimberley, despite Premier Colin Barnett casting doubts on the venture. Earlier this month Mr Barnett suggested the remote, costly, project was unlikely...
Bauxite Resources Ltd has appointed Sam Middlemas Acting CEO following the recent departure of Scott Donaldson. The process of appointing a permanent CEO continues and Mr Middlemas will remain until a permanent appointment is made which is expected to take place in the near future. Mr Middlemas was...
Australian Bauxite Limited has established a virtual data room in response to approaches made since its declaration of three State-Significant Projects. All participants have been afforded equal access, based on their commitment level, commencing with execution of a confidentiality agreement, and...
Rio Tinto has reached a binding agreement to sell its 57.7 per cent effective interest in Palabora Mining Company Limited (Palabora) for US$373 million. The purchaser is a consortium comprising South African and Chinese entities led by the Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa Limited...
The Chief Minister Mr N. Kiran Kumar Reddy on Wednesday said that the state government would go by the Centre’s direction on the controversial bauxite mining issue. Mr Reddy was in Paderu on the third day of his tour of the district. Referring to the demand for cancellation of bauxite mining leases...
A shutdown was observed amid tension in the tribal areas of Visakhapatnam district Wednesday to demand that the Andhra Pradesh government should not allow bauxite mining. An all-party committee opposing the mining called for the shutdown to protest Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy's visit to...
The bauxite mining company in Bua has set up a team to assist government officials with evacuation and clearing of roads when Tropical Cyclone Evan hits us this weekend. Mine manager Basilio Vanuaca said work at the site had been shelved until TC Evan passes. "The only people at the mine site are...
State-run National Aluminium Co (NALCO) resumed operations at its bauxite mine in eastern India after getting a temporary one-year permit, nearly a month after it was shut, a senior company official said on Tuesday. The operation at Panchpatmali mine in the Koraput district of Odisha, which has a...
For a country with one of the largest reserves of natural resources in the world, the transformational potential of India's resources sector is immense. The sector has the potential to add $1 trillion to the Indian economy that can substantially contribute towards much-needed investments in...
Alliance Mining Commodities Limited, has appointed HCF International Advisers Limited as Principal Financial Advisor to the Company. HCF’s mandate is to advise on the raising of equity and project financing to advance the development of the Project. Of particular focus for HCF will be the...
Tribal affairs minister Kishore Chandra Deo has warned against dilution of the Forest Rights Act for faster approval to projects and has asked environment minister Jaynathi Natarajan to ensure compliance with law while diverting forestland for projects by the ministry's Forest Advisory Committee....
A rally of defiance was held at the foothills of India’s Niyamgiri Hills on Thursday, by thousands of tribal men and women, including the Dongria Kondh, who turned out to voice their unwavering opposition to Vedanta’s controversial mine. A final decision by India’s Supreme Court on the future of...
WA's mining industry has called for full review of resource development in the Kimberley, after Premier Colin Barnett appeared to rule out the development of a massive bauxite resource in the region owned by Rio Tinto and Alcoa. Association of Mining and Exploration Companies chief executive Simon...
The Bauxite Hills mine, in Queensland, could deliver some five-million tons a year for ASX-listed Cape Alumina, a prefeasibility study (PFS) has found. The company reported on Tuesday that the project could likely have a life-of-mine of some ten years, producing from an inferred resource of some...
Premier Colin Barnett has told Rio Tinto and Alcoa that "they're dreaming" about developing a massive bauxite deposit in the remote Kimberley, and flagged the possible return of the resource to taxpayers. The global giants want a two to three-year extension and an associated State Agreement over...
The National Aluminium Company ( Nalco) has heaved a sigh of relief with Supreme Court condoning the delay in submission of its forest diversion proposal for renewal of bauxite mine lease. With this, the hurdles in the path of the company in obtaining a temporary working permit (TWP) to operate its...
Rio Tinto Alcan announced it expects to spend $528 million over the next three years developing is new South of Embley bauxite mine, located near Weipa in Queensland’s Far North. The project’s developers have commenced meetings to discuss the provision of goods and services for the mine’s...
After the shutdown of Vedanta Aluminium’s one million tonne alumina refinery at Lanjigarh on December 5, the Odisha government seems to have woken up, albeit belatedly, to the raw material crisis that has stalked the company for last five years. In a bid to help revive operations of the Lanjigarh...
