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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Residents angry about plans to explore for bauxite in the South West have vowed to fight a bid to push ahead with the proposal, saying it puts some of WA's most productive farmland at risk. Chinese-backed Bauxite Resources Ltd got a red light this month from the WA Mining Warden to its application...
The WA Greens say the Mining Warden's recommendation that three licences for bauxite exploration in the south-west should be rejected is a step towards protecting the region from all forms of mining. The State Government is deciding whether to grant three licences for bauxite exploration to Bauxite...
West Australian Greens MLA Giz Watson has applauded a move by the state's Mining Warden's Court to reject three bauxite exploration licenses in the tourist-haven southwest region. Perth-based Bauxite Resources, which has already been granted exploration licenses over 59 tenements in the state's...
ASX-listed explorer Bauxite Resources on Tuesday told shareholders that it would push for the granting of three additional exploration licences, despite the Western Australian mining warden making recommendations that the licences be refused. In a June 15 statement, the mining warden suggested that...
The China-owned bauxite mine in Nawailevu in Fiji's Northern Island has benefited the Fijian economy greatly by bringing in the much needed export dollars and providing jobs to local people, a local mine manager said Wednesday. Vanuaca Basilio, mine manager of the Aurum Exploration Fiji Limited,...
As part of Brazil’s “Green Municipalities” program, Hydro is joining a project that will monitor deforestation throughout the Amazon region. Hydro’s bauxite mining operation in Paragominas signed an agreement June 18 with the Pará State Secretariat of the Green Municipalities Program and...
A West Australia mining warden has recommended that a proposal to explore for bauxite south of Bridgetown, in the state's South-West, be rejected. Perth-based Bauxite Resources, which has been granted exploration licenses over 59 tenements in the South-West, said today its application for three...
Perth based Bauxite Resources Limited (ASX:BAU) chief executive officer and executive director Scott Donaldson will step down from his dual roles by the end of the year, after two years leading the company. Bauxite says Mr Donaldson had made a significant contribution and has overseen its joint...
The shareholders of Sesa Goa Ltd, who will gather on Tuesday to vote on the company’s proposal to create a new merged entity Sesa-Sterlite, not only have to evaluate the merits of the split verdict of two proxy advisory firms but also the extent to which the recent acquisition of bauxite mines by...
The operations of Ghana Bauxite Company are being disrupted as a result of the company’s inability to transport a chunk of its ore to the Takoradi Port. The deplorable state of the Western Rail Lines is negatively affecting the company, which is a major producer of bauxite in the country. Dan...
First Bauxite Corporation announces that, further to its news release issued May 23, 2012, it has now closed the non-brokered private placement (the "Private Placement") to Resource Capital Fund V LP and certain entities comprising the Pacific Road Resources Funds for a total of 22,641,510 units...
Indonesia's new mineral ore export regulations have halted operations at hundreds of small mining companies, costing the country's export industry up to $164 million a month in lost nickel and bauxite sales, a mining industry body said on Friday. Indonesia in May asked all miners to submit plans to...
Ahead of the court-convened meeting to consider the Sesa-Sterlite merger on June 21, advisory firm IIAS has recommended stakeholders of both firms to vote against the merger which was announced by parent company, Vedanta Resources in February this year. These are IIAS’s recommendations to...
Australian Bauxite Limited announced a Share Purchase Plan (SPP) offering eligible shareholders the opportunity to purchase shares in ABx without brokerage or other related charges. Shareholders can purchase for $0.39 per share, which is the same price paid by brokers and professional investors in...
The amount of bauxite shipped out of Ghana in 2011 reduced significantly by 22%, the Ghana Chamber of Mines said in its latest mining sector report released June 6, 2012. The Chamber’s report indicated that 400,069 tonnes were shipped in 2011 down from 512,208 tonnes in 2010. As a result of the...
Gujarat Minerals Development Corporation Ltd (GMDC) on Thursday said it has inked a pact of sale of non-plant grade bauxite with a Hyderabad-based company. This would make GMDC earn Rs 20 crore. GMDC, known for its multi-mineral and mining expertise, said it would provide bauxite from its Gadhsisa...
Recently, the GM of Shandong Yankuang Group attended ALUMINUM CHINA 2012 which was held in Shanghai and said that through acquisition and investment of 90% shares in Western Australia they’ve purchased the bauxite mining right of two companies. This bauxite occupied about 24,000sq.km. ore grade was...
A group of South Africans, led by Tokyo Sexwale, has devised a scheme to take over mineral assets and mining concessions in the west African republic of Guinea, which the government plans to renationalize after revoking deals struck by previous Guinean governments. The Sexwale scheme is a growing...
