China’s bauxite imports continued to rise in the first nine months of 2026, with Guinea accounting for nearly 80 per cent of its total supply. Against this backdrop, Alurion Resources, an independent company following a demerger from Brazilian Rare Earths, is advancing its Amargosa Bauxite-Gallium Project in Bahia, Brazil, through infill drilling, bulk sampling and export-logistics studies, targeting a pre-feasibility study (PFS) by mid-2027. The company’s September 2026 quarterly activities report outlines plans to improve bauxite resource estimates, assess processing yields and evaluate export routes, as it works towards establishing a scalable direct-shipping bauxite (DSB) operation. Explore the production, demand and consumption forecasts of bauxite and alumina in our report: "Global...
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...
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Andhra Pradesh Governor E S L Narasimhan is likely to use his special powers to cancel 10 mining leases issued for bauxite mining in Visakhapatnam district. The leases were issued between 2005 and 2009, and included areas in forests and tribal lands in Eastern Ghats and Aaraku Valley in Vizag. The Centre has requested Narasimhan to use powers given to all governors in Scheduled Areas under the Constitution to cancel the leases. Tribal Affairs and Panchayati Raj Minister V Kishore Chandra Deo, who is MP from Aaraku, said the Centre had asked the Governor to go through the leases and use his special powers to cancel all bauxite mining leases. Nine of these leases were issued by the government led by the late Y S Rajasekhara Reddy. Between November 2006 and May 2010, the state government...
Chinalco hosted a seminar on mining technology and bauxite recently. Director of Chinalco Science and technology department Zhang Jilong attended the meeting. The recent tax imposition on Bauxite export by Indonesia is giving rise to many questions among the industry players of the Chinese aluminium industry. Zhang introduced the aim of the seminar. He emphasized on the fact how Chinalco’s alumina companies could get out of troublecentering round mine construction and high quality bauxite. He also said that the company’s production demand should combine with technology to play key role in mine construction. The seminar also discussed mining technology of bauxite.
Center takes keen interest on the issue of bauxite mining and the growing Maoist violence on the Andhra-Odisha border. For the first time, the Centre has urged the governor to use his special powers in Scheduled Areas to cancel bauxite mining leases given in Andhra Pradesh's Vishakhapatnam district. Linking the issue of bauxite mining to the growing Maoist violence, the Centre has asked Andhra Pradesh governor ESL Narsimhan to use special powers, bestowed to governors in Scheduled Areas under the Constitution, to cancel the leases. The Centre is studying mining leases in Odisha to recommend a similar action. Speaking to ET, tribal affairs minister V Kishore Chandra Deo confirmed the move: "We have urged the governor to use his special powers, which he can for good governance and peace. He...
TRADITIONAL leaders in the district of Wainunu in Bua will meet next month to discuss the options of having a bauxite mine in the area. Tui Wainunu Ratu Orisi Baleitavea said the idea was a good one because it provided employment and income-generating opportunities but certain issues needed to be looked at first. "We will also need to look into other areas of bauxite mining before we make a decision," he said. "The most applicable and best decision will be made for the sake of our future generation and making sure the development does not affect the environment our future generation will live in. "We feel that is very important and that is why all traditional leaders in Wainunu will sit together to discuss this issue. It's a good idea but we need to do some homework first." Wainunu and...
Necessity gives rise to invention and the scarcity of domestic bauxite reserve in China is making people from aluminium industry think about an alternative. Yin Zhonglin who is the director of Chalco Zhengzhou Research Institute Alumina Institute said at the World Aluminum Raw Materials Summit 2012 that when confronted with tight bauxite resource in domestic and increased bauxite export tariff in Indonesia, coal ash was likely to be a vital alternate resource of bauxite. According to his introduction now there were more than 100 items of patents that related to coal ash extract alumina. Since 2010 Chalco has already adopted comprehensive utilization of coal ash to extract alumina. China with sufficient high aluminum coal resources, rich aluminum powder coal ash which contains 30-50% of...
India’s ambition of becoming the next China has one major hindrance: lack of raw materials. Industrial activity hinges on availability of steel, aluminum, copper and coal to build cars, machines and run power plants. But the country’s ability to increase output of these commodities is restrained by the complexities in acquiring licenses to mine. Mining has a bad reputation in India. Illegal mining of iron ore, limestone, bauxite and other minerals have dried up lakes and decimated forests across the country. Last year, the Supreme Court banned iron-ore mining in three districts of the southern Indian state of Karnataka to prevent further ecological damage. As the country expanded output of industrial raw materials, the queue of companies seeking new mines grew. The government has no...
Sydney, May 8, 2012 (ABN Newswire) - Emerging bauxite exploration and development company, Australian Bauxite Limited discovered a thick layer of good quality bauxite in 2008-09 at its Inverell project in northern NSW (see Figure 1). Parts of that bauxite lie beneath a clay horizon and required further investigation. ABx conducts thorough evaluation programs and results from 37 new holes into the concealed bauxite are generally consistent with previous Inferred resource estimates for those zones. A rigorous selection of the bauxite intercept thicknesses and grades has been applied so that the grades of the resources better reflect the nature of the deposit, with A/S ratios increasing from 6.7 to 8.5 and Al2O3 increasing from 37.8% to 40.2%. The Inverell deposit lies near the top of a...
DISCOVERY BAY:A JOINT Effort by Noranda Bauxite, Brown's Town Community College and Heart/NTA to establish the Discovery Bay Skills Training Facility recently, earned commendation from Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller, who has reiterated her administration's commitment to making education a priority. In officially opening the multimillion-dollar facility, which is a Jamaica50 Commemorative Project situated on the Brown's Town Community College Technical Campus, Simpson Miller also encouraged the students who will attend the institution to grasp the opportunity being presented. The prime minister emphasised the importance of getting a skill and becoming certified and challenged the students to remain positive as they sought to better themselves. huge responsibility "We have a...
The state government has agreed to reserve Pottangi bauxite deposit in Koraput district in favour of National Aluminum Company (Nalco) provided the company fulfills certain conditions. “The state government is willing in principle for reservation of Pottangi bauxite deposit area of Koraput district for undertaking mining operation through Nalco subject to fulfillment of conditions,” the department of steel and mines of Odisha government said today in a letter addressed to Nalco chairman and managing director (CMD). The conditions set out by the government included settlement of the water cess claims pending against the company and commitment to carry out peripheral development work in the Pottangi area. It may be noted, the government has raised a claim of Rs 140 crore on Nalco towards...
THE Nawailevu bauxite mine in Bua has invested about $34million ($US20million) into the economy to set up local operation, says mine manager Basilio Vanuaca. He said the mine was expected to excavate a million tonnes of bauxite over the next two years. The total cost includes assistance to the local community in Bua ù from educating the children, employment opportunities, church obligations and other activities for development purposes. Mr Vanuaca said the costs included paying freight and taxes for machinery and trucks brought in from China for mining work. "We began operations in January this year after the mine lease was given to Aurum Exploration last year," he said. Mr Vanuaca said a ship from China arrived last week and loading of bauxite had started at the jetty in Navakasiga. He...
Emerging bauxite exploration and development company, Australian Bauxite Limited (ASX:ABZ) discovered a thick layer of good quality bauxite in 2008-09 at its Inverell project in northern NSW. Parts of that bauxite lie beneath a clay horizon and required further investigation. ABx conducts thorough evaluation programmes and results from 37 new holes into the concealed bauxite are generally consistent with previous Inferred resource estimates for those zones. A rigorous selection of the bauxite intercept thicknesses and grades has been applied so that the grades of the resources better reflect the nature of the deposit, with A/S ratios increasing from 6.7 to 8.5 and Al2O3 increasing from 37.8% to 40.2%. The Inverell deposit lies near the top of a plateau north of the city of Inverell, which...
Habtoor Leighton Group in joint venture with Dragados Gulf Construction Company / Intecsa Industrial (ACS Group), has been awarded a USD 169 million contract in Saudi Arabia for the construction of mine-related infrastructure for the Ma’aden Alcoa Aluminium joint venture’s bauxite mine. The project is located at Al Ba’itha in a desert landscape approximately 200 kilometres north-east of the city of Burayda in the Qassim central region of Saudi Arabia. The mineral from the bauxite mine will be transported by train using the North-South Railway that connects the mine to the aluminium smelter Ma’aden is constructing at Ras Al Khair. The Habtoor Leighton Group/Dragados Gulf/Intecsa scope of works includes construction of a pioneer fly camp and temporary facilities main camp, the material...
Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "The Brazilian Bauxite Mining Industry to 2015: Market Profile" report to their offering. Brazil is ranked 3rd among the leading bauxite producers worldwide, the other leading countries being Australia and China. This report provides top-level market analysis, information and insights on the bauxite mining industry in Brazil. Scope - Provides analysis of the country's bauxite mining industry production during 2005-2010, along with market forecasts until 2015 - Analyses the market size and production trends of the Brazilian bauxite mining industry, and outlines the sector's future growth - Uses Porter's industry-standard Five Forces analysis to detail the competitive landscape in Brazil for metallic minerals - Details the competitive...
Bauxite Resources has confirmed significant bauxite grades and thicknesses over a large area of its southwest Western Australian tenement area. Preliminary view of the data in an exploration drilling program on private farmland north of Wundowie revealed bauxite grades with 55% of holes containing available alumina grades of equal to 25% over greater than 2m thickness. The program included 3,406 vertical holes drilled for 22,941.5m across an area of 2500ha which was completed by the end of last year with the aim of defining additional bauxite resources. This work was undertaken on tenements E70/3159, 3900 and 4021 within the Bauxite Alumina Joint Venture (BAJV) with Yankuang Resources, where the mineralization was observed from within 0.5m of surface and consistent bauxite thicknesses of...
The Queensland Government says there's no guarantee a bauxite mine will be approved near Cape York following the overturn of the Wild Rivers legislation. ABC News reports QLD Natural Resources and Mines Minister Andrew Cripps said mining companies would still face strict regulations after Wild Rivers was changed. But he said bureaucracy would no longer be a major obstacle for mining companies. "I think the key difference between the way that these projects will be considered by the LNP and the way that they were considered under the former government is that politics won't be getting in the road," he said. Wilderness Society spokesperson Gavan McFadzean told ABC News the repeal of Wild Rivers was the realisation of the organisation's "worst fears". He said without the legislation the...
Australian Bauxite Limited (ASX:ABZ) quarterly activities statement is dated 27th April 2012 and is for the three months ending 31st March 2012. PRINCIPAL POINTS Corporate - Mr Ken Boundy was appointed alternate director for Mr Vincent Tan - Cash in hand at the end of the March 2012 quarter was $ 2.5 million - Pre-feasibility study nearing completion Exploration - Discovery of the company's thickest highgrade bauxite intersection - possibly one of the thickest bauxite intersections in Australia. Most Australian bauxite deposits are less than 4 metres thick(5) - 33 metre thick high grade bauxite discovered at Taralga6 March Quarter Exploration Summary - During the March quarter exploration focused on completing the Goulburn Bauxite Pre-feasibility study - Drilling continued at Binjour in...
Anglo Aluminum Corp. (TSXV:ALU) says it plans to spin off its Mamou-Dalaba bauxite permits into a new publicly listed company to be called Africa Bauxite Corp. The four permits that make up the Mamou-Dalaba project cover about 1,800 square kilometres in southwest Guinea. Anglo Aluminum said the proposed spin-off will allow it to focus on the Koba-Koumbia bauxite project in northwestern Guinea in western Africa. The proposed transaction requires approvals from Anglo Aluminum's shareholders and the Supreme Court of British Columbia. The stock listing would require an approval from the TSX Venture Exchange.
Anglo Aluminum Corp. ("Anglo") (TSX VENTURE:ALU) announces that it intends to reorganize its business by transferring all of the issued and outstanding shares of its wholly- owned subsidiary, Société Guinéenne de Fer et de Bauxite ("SGFB"), a company incorporated under the laws of the Republic of Guinea that holds the Mamou-Dalaba bauxite permits, to its wholly owned subsidiary, Africa Bauxite Corporation, with the intention of making an application for the shares of Africa Bauxite Corporation to be listed on the TSX Venture Exchange (the "Exchange"). At this time, Anglo has not made a formal application for the shares of Africa Bauxite Corporation to be listed on the Exchange, and there can be no assurance that the reorganization will be accepted by the Exchange as proposed or at all. In...
