
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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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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The impact of Indonesia’s 20% tax on bauxite exports will have a minimal impact on the Chinese aluminum market long-term and the market is already starting to adjust to the higher cost, said a Beijing-based metals consultancy. Indonesia plans to slap a 20% tax on mineral ore exports by 2014,...

CITA - Bauxite Smelter Plant - Indonesia - Construction Project Profile is a crucial resource for industry executives and anyone looking to access key information about the Bauxite Smelter Plant. CITA - Bauxite Smelter Plant - Indonesia - Construction Project Profile report utilizes a wide range of...

Several residents of Stepney, Nine Miles, Higgins Land and neighbouring communities in rural St Ann have said they are worried that they have not been able to identify suitable parcels of land on which to continue farming since they were displaced by bauxite mining expansion. The disgruntled...

RB Milestone Group LLC , a high-end corporate communications firm specializing in small-cap companies in a variety of industries, has just announced that Bauxite Resources Limited has retained RBMG to strengthen shareholder value with Market Intelligence, Corporate Advisory, Public Relations, and...

Work at SouthGobi Resources Ltd.'s flagship Ovoot Tolgoi Mine will be "entirely curtailed" at the end of the second quarter, the coal miner said Tuesday, raising uncertainty for Aluminium Corp. of China Ltd.'s bid to buy a controlling stake in the Mongolia-focused miner. State backed Aluminium...

Dominican Republic will receive US$40 million in one year of the more than US$320 million projected for the next 10 years, as bauxite exports resume from Cabo Rojo, Pedernales province, to North America and China. The mine will export 90,000 tons of ore monthly, of which around 13,700 are ready to...

After the state government restricted fresh issuance and renewal of lease for mining in the state, bauxite miners in Porbandar area of Gujarat are facing tough times. According to industry sources, over Rs 1,000 crore worth of investments of bauxite miners are believed to have been blocked due to...

Reuters reported that Indonesia's imposition of an export tax on 14 minerals is disrupting Asia's aluminium markets but the news for producers outside China may not be all bad. The most obvious distortion is the ramping up of Chinese imports of bauxite from Indonesia in the months prior to the tax...

The Tanzanin government will continue to support small scale miners and address various challenges they are facing including lack of equipment and reliable markets. The Minister for Energy and Minerals, Prof Sospeter Muhongo, said this during talks with representatives of small scale miners here on...