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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Kala Committee, which was supposed to conduct a field visit of the bauxite mining areas of Visakhapatnam, in fact did an aerial survey by a helicopter, apparently sponsored by mining companies! EAS Sarma, former secretary to the Government of India (GoI) is angry with the ministry of environment & forests (MoEF) and its officials for hesitating in rejecting a clearance report. He is also angry with the expert committee appointed under the chairmanship of JC Kala for studying the impact of bauxite mining in and around Visakhapatnam and the committee's report. Mr Sarma, in a letter to Jayanthi Natarajan, minister for environment & forests, said, "I had pointed out in my letter of 3 February 2012 how Kala Committee failed to visit the bauxite mining areas of Visakhapatnam as the local...
Odisha’s proposed Special Economic Zone (SEZ) policy, aimed at attracting investors in non-metallurgical sectors has hit the wall of uncertainty. Though the draft of the policy was framed two years back, it has hardly moved ahead. Sources said, the finance department was not keen on doling out tax sops and incentives in line with the prevailing SEZ policy of the Government of India and this has presumably delayed any progress on policy making. “The finance department is of the view that only incentives incorporated in the Industrial Policy Resolution (IPR)-2007 should be extended to the SEZs. The department of finance fears revenue loss if tax sops are offered to such zones. But there is no way we can frame any state specific SEZ policy without including a set of exclusive incentives,”...
Mining production volumes of key minerals like coal, nickel, bauxite, perlite and bentonite in Greece is forecasted to decline by 3.2% in 2012, according a new report by the UK based research firm BRICdata. The decline is due to the country's worsening economic conditions over the past five years that will continue to have a negative effect on its mining industry. The mining production volume was down by -6.62% during the review period 2007-2011, though it is projected to grow at a rate of 2.52% over the forecast period 2012-2016. The report reveals that recession has mainly affected the production volumes in the country during the review period, where coal and bauxite production shrank during 2010-2011, and this decline is expected to continue in 2012. During the forecast period, the...
The Government was not able to give its position on the bid for a takeover of the Bauxite Mines Niksic, submitted by the Neksan company, because there was no common position of the workers and the management. The Government said that two trade unions of the company had completely opposite opinions on the Bauxite Mines acquisition by Neksan, while the Engineers' Association had rejected Davidovic's offer.
Bauxite Resources Ltd is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Robert Samuel (Sam) Middlemas as Company Secretary with immediate effect. Sam Middlemas is a chartered accountant with more than 20 years experience in senior financial management and executive roles with a number of listed public companies operating predominantly in the resources sector. He is the principal of a corporate advisory company which provides financial, board and secretarial services specialising in capital raisings, initial public offerings, corporate secretarial, financial and management reporting, treasury and corporate governance. Mr Middlemas's appointment follows Mr Patrick Soh's resignation from BRL as Company Secretary. The Board of BRL expresses their thanks to Patrick for his service to the Company...
LIGNITE Pty Ltd has withdrawn its applications for three Collie coal exploration licences, covering an area stretching from Collie Burn through Collie townsite to Allanson. Despite the withdrawal, Collie objectors will be back in the Warden’s Court next month to fight moves by Premier Coal and Bauxite Resources for mining licences. Premier will face 32 objections to plans for a mining lease close to Cardiff and Preston Settlement. A mining lease can be for 21 years with an option for another 21 years, with no real timeframe, said Rural Action Group member Leanne Brockwell. “All of the objectors are people who will be affected by a mine going ahead,” she said. The area covered by the mining tenement application is 73.45 hectares. All of this land is privately owned, but land once owned by...
Polit Bureau member of the CPI (M) Brinda Karat will visit Visakha Agency on July 9 and 10 to participate in an agitation against bauxite mining and in a programme demanding a better deal to primitive tribal groups (PTGs). On July 11, she will lead a protest against the Collectorate here demanding food security to the poor. This was announced by party district secretary Ch. Narasinga Rao at a press conference he addressed along with district secretariat member K. Lokanadham here on Wednesday. In spite of strong opposition to the plans to exploit bauxite ore in the Agency, the government was making all efforts to take up mining, and the latest was a training programme for 196 girijan youths by the AP Mineral Development Corporation at Chintapalli. The real intention was to make the...
Research and Markets has announced the addition of Global Data's new report "Asia-Pacific Bauxite Mining Regulatory and Fiscal Regime Report, 2012 - Regulatory Framework, Rights and Obligations and Key Fiscal Terms" to their offering. Global Data's mining industry offering, Asia-Pacific Bauxite Mining Regulatory and Fiscal Regime Report, 2012 - Regulatory Framework, Rights and Obligations and Key Fiscal Terms' provides an understanding of the regulatory framework and fiscal regime of the Asia-Pacific bauxite mining industry, comprising Australia, China, India and Kazakhstan. The report includes information about the governing authorities, governing laws and key fiscal terms pertaining to the bauxite mining industry in the respective countries, with a brief overview of the relevant bauxite...
Potential bidders for mining tenements in Queensland are lobbying the recently-elected Newman government to resolve environmental, native title and infrastructure issues before calling for tenders, according to a report by The Australian. Chinese aluminium giant Chalco is among the strongest voices calling for changes. The miner is considering a renewed bid for the Aurukun bauxite deposits on the Cape York Peninsula despite its most recent experience in Queensland, which saw it spend $100 million last year in a failed attempt to shore up a mine and alumina refinery before the Queensland government stripped it of its leases, the report said. The miners say that unless the Queensland government puts more effort into resolving potential issues they will not be willing to invest time, money...
According to the data from China Customs, China imported 6,274 thousand tons of bauxite in May. From Jan. to May, China imported a total of 24,473 thousand tons of alumina and the amount increased to 42.4% from the last year. According to statistics, China imported 5,564 thousand tons of bauxite from Indonesia in May and the amount increased to 62.6%. Furthermore, China imported 710 thousand tons of bauxite from Australia in May. The reason behind such huge upsurge in Bauxite import volume in May is the tariff and more importantly the huge tax imposed by Indonesia on its bauxite import. Thus, domestic traders and alumina manufacturers who are entirely dependent on imported bauxite chose to replenish the stock in advance and increased the import volume. Such preventive measures led to such...
CHINESE aluminium giant Chalco says it could bid again for the Aurukun bauxite deposits on the Cape York Peninsula after burning $100 million in an unsuccessful attempt to shore up a mine and alumina refinery before being stripped of the leases by the Queensland government last year. The Hong Kong-listed aluminium giant and other potential bidders are believed to be pressing the recently elected Newman government, which plans to auction tenements, to do more work on environmental, native title and infrastructure issues before calling for tenders. Without this, they say, they may not be prepared to put work and money into bidding for the tenements, which the state has been trying to get developed for nearly 40 years. Chalco Australia's latest financial reports, filed with the Australian...
The extraction of bauxite mineral estimated to be 554 million tons in northern Cameroon could begin in 2018 for a period of 75 years and at a cost of 4.3 billion US dollars, a source from the Cameroon Alumina Limited (CAL) which is a consortium of foreign companies, told Xinhua on Monday. The mining will take place in two sites with bauxite deposits at Minim-Martap and Ngaoundal areas in Cameroon's Adamaoua region. The projections of its initial production is three million tons per year, making it the future biggest alumina factory in Africa, ahead of the only factory on the continent which is in Guinea- Conakry. According to the deputy director general of Cameroon Alumina Limited Joel Sinquin, the first phase which will last for three years until 2015, will involve installation of the...
Indonesia has awarded mineral export permits to 22 firms since it introduced curbs on such shipments in May, a trade ministry official said on Tuesday, after the restrictions triggered panic buying by customers in key buyers Japan and China. Indonesia, one of the world's leading metals exporters, in May asked all miners to submit plans to build smelters in a bid to squeeze more revenue for its mining sector ahead of a 2014 ban on raw mineral exports, while also imposing a tax of 20 percent on ore exports. Of the 22 approved companies, 15 are nickel ore miners, three are iron ore miners, two are copper producers and two are bauxite firms, Deddy Saleh, director general of foreign trade at the Trade Ministry, said. In late June, the number of approved firms stood at 13 -- a slow approval...
According to the Ghana Statistical Service, the total value of goods and services produced in Ghana grew by 8.7% in the first quarter of 2012, relative to that of 2011. A newsletter from the GSS shows that the Industry sector was the main reason for this growth. Gold and bauxite production led the Mining and Quarrying sub sector to grow by almost half. And with help from other sub sectors such as manufacturing and construction, Industry sector production rose by 22% relative to the first quarter of 2011.
The Steve Irwin Reserve on Cape York is expected to be mined, with Environment Minister Andrew Powell yesterday moving to wind back Wild Rivers environment protection. Mr Powell released a scoping paper for a proposed management plan, which is expected to replace Wild Rivers protection on at least four rivers. Under Wild Rivers, the previous government placed a 500m buffer zone on the Wenlock River, potentially making Cape Alumina's multibillion-dollar Pisolite Hills bauxite mine proposal unprofitable. Wilderness Society spokesman Tim Seelig said yesterday he feared the mine would destroy the Wenlock, which had the highest number of freshwater species in Australia. "We know Cape Alumina is just waiting to get its plans back on the table," he said. "Once protection is removed, it will be...
Noranda Jamaica Bauxite Partners continued its support to education with the announcement last week Thursday of 110 secondary and tertiary-level scholarships to mark Jamaica's 50th year of Independence. Making the announcement in the presence of Governor General Sir Patrick Allen, who was touring the bauxite facility as part of his Jamaica 50 island tour, president Pansy Johnson reiterated that education was the flagship of the company's outreach programmes. "We are therefore delighted that for the year 2012, we are able to offer as a special commemorative tribute to Jamaica 50 five major university undergraduate degree scholarships; five college-level degree or diploma scholarships; 50 tertiary-level tuition bursaries, and 50 secondary school bursaries for the most outstanding GSAT...
A ship with 12,000 tons of bauxite sets course toward Canada from Cabo Rojo Port today, which marks the resumption of the mineral’s extraction and export, to benefit nearly all sectors in the impoverished community on the border with Haiti. The cargo ship which brought the wind turbines for the second stage of the Junacho-Los Cocos wind park will also take the bauxite to Canada, said Ramon Chaljup, of the miner NOVAMAINI, which expects to exports around 90,000 tons of the material per month. According to listin.com.do, 30 percent of the earnings will be placed in a trust fund managed by Pedernales authorities and community leaders, including governor Leovigildo Méndez, mayor Luís Manuel Féliz, senator Dionis Sánchez and parish priest Antonio Fernández.
Emerging bauxite exploration and development company, Australian Bauxite Limited has bauxite tenements totalling more than 8,700 km2 covering the core of the Eastern Australian Bauxite Province . ABx considers its Binjour Project located 100kms from Bundaberg Port to be a state significant discovery of a major bauxite province which may well become the company's flagship project over the next 5 years. A 3 to 15 metres thick layer of bauxite extends over the entire 44 square kilometre Binjour Plateau (see Figure 2 in link). Parts of this bauxite layer contain silica gel veinlets which in its current form, makes the bauxite grades too silica-rich. However, this material has been shown to be easily removed by washing and the recovered bauxite then meets DSO grade. The large potential of...
