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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Chinese imports of bauxite fell 31 percent from a year earlier last month after Indonesia curbed mineral exports, restricting seaborne shipments of the ore used to make aluminum. Total deliveries to China slid to 2.14 million metric tons from 3.09 million tons in October 2011, according to customs...
Vedanta Aluminium Ltd , which is facing a challenge to run its refinery at Lanjigarh (Odisha) beyond December 5, hopes to get some bauxite from external sources in 2-3 days. “We are making all efforts to source bauxite from different sources. Hopefully, something will work out in 2-3 days”, said...
A group of landowners in the bauxite mining area in Bua revealed in a survey that they were not part of a decision to begin the mining process. The survey conducted by the Bua Urban Youth Network in Nawailevu this year showed 20 per cent of respondents felt they were involved in the decision to...
With Orissa Mining Corporation's petition challenging the Centre, which imposed restrictions on bauxite from Niyamgiri Hills, scheduled for hearing at the green tribunal of Supreme Court on Friday, two outfits opposing the mining demonstrated against Vedanta Aluminium Limited (VAL) at Bhawanipatna...
Local miner Indopura Resources joined forces with Chinese miner Hainan Joint Enterprise Business Service to build a bauxite smelter at a cost of about $700 million. The funding for the smelter will be supported by China Construction Bank International. The two companies signed a cooperation...
Ghana’s mining sector is expected to reach a value of $1.83 billion in 2016, according to the Ghana Mining Report – Fourth Quarter 2012. The Report by Research Company Research and Markets says the sector will increase from $1.21 billion in 2010 “as bauxite and gold production see substantial...
A large-scale bauxite mine expansion on Cape York Peninsula in far north Queensland is a step closer, with the release of a new environmental impact statement (EIS). Public feedback for the proposed $1.5 billion South of Embley Project, near Weipa, will close on December 19. Rio Tinto Alcan...
First bauxite from Rio Tinto's $1.4 billion South of Embley project near Weipa has been delayed by a year after federal Environment Minister Tony Burke sent the approvals process back to square one because of concerns over shipping through the Great Barrier Reef. Rio will release its environmental...
Hopeful of getting the Temporary Working Permit (TWP) to operate its bauxite mines at Panchpatmali in Odisha's Koraput district, Nalco today said the 'Navratna' company would certainly meet all commitments in terms of supply of alumina to refinery and export orders. "We have stocked sufficient...
IBAAS plans to hold its first International symposium on ‘Bauxite, Alumina and Aluminium Industry of Asia – Vision 2020’ with special Session on “Non-metallurgical bauxites and alumina products” during December 3-5, 2012 in Nagpur, India. The aluminium industry structure is rapidly changing and...
Bauxite Resources Limited is pleased to provide an update on bauxite resource definition and development activities at its Felicitas project, in the Company's northern Darling Range tenement area in Western Australian. This follows an update from Bauxite Alumina Joint Ventures Pty Ltd, managers of...
National Aluminium Company (Nalco) has stopped production at its Panchpatmali North-Central block bauxite mines after its lease deed for the area expired on Saturday. The company, which is awaiting renewal of the lease, said it is expecting a temporary working permit to operate the mine by...
Bauxite company Noranda is defending itself against claims by irate farmers in the Dry Harbour Mountains of St Ann that their land reclamation efforts leave a lot to be desired. Last week, residents of Rhoden Hall, Stepney and surrounding districts took the Jamaica Observer to deep craters in the...
The Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment through the Bauxite Unit of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) has responded to A Partnership for National Unity for misrepresenting a number of issues relating to bauxite development, particularly within Region Ten. The Ministry was...
Queensland's future in bauxite and alumina processing has been strengthened thanks to a partnership between The University of Queensland (UQ) and Rio Tinto Alcan, one of the world's leading bauxite and alumina producers. UQ today announced the establishment of the UQ RTA Bauxite and Alumina...
A group of villagers in the district of Navakasiga in Bua have again expressed concerns over the bauxite stockpile that lay exposed at the Xinfa Aurum Exploration (Fiji Ltd) jetty area. The concern was highlighted in an earlier interview with Navakasiga district representative Salacieli Tuala who...
Chinese bauxite imports from Indonesia fell to zero in June and July. Yet in 2011, China obtained almost 80 per cent of its imported bauxite from that country. And last year's quantity was double that obtained from Indonesia in 2009. Stephen Bartrop of Lime Street Capital poses the obvious...
Guinea is focusing a review of its resource contracts on three deals that it says were signed under murky conditions, including an agreement involving one of the world's biggest iron ore deposits, a source close to the review said. They include BSG Resources' deal to obtain half of the giant...
