
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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Alcoa is using a new, natural method for reforestation at its Juruti bauxite mine in Brazil that is efficient, cost effective and sustainable. The technique is based on the theory of nucleation, where small dense nuclei of plants and animals facilitate the arrival of other species. At Juruti, birds...

An empowered group of ministers (EGoM) on Wednesday gave Reliance Power and Essar-Hindalco the go-ahead to start mining at two coal blocks allotted to them, albeit with some riders. The approvals were for Reliance Power to start mining coal from the Chhatrasal block and for Essar-Hindalco to start...

Mining giant Rio Tinto Alcan and the CSIRO say they are embarking on a million-dollar project to measure the effects of climate change on the Great Barrier Reef off Queensland. The Future Reef Map project will involve the installation of an ocean sensor on a Rio Tinto ship, which regularly travels...

First Bauxite Corporation announces that it has further strengthened its Board of Directors with the appointment of Mr. John W. Hick as a Director and Chairman. Mr. Ioannis (Yannis) Tsitos has stepped down from the position of Interim Chairman to enable Mr. Hick to assume the Chairman role, but...

Australian Bauxite Limited commissioned Como Engineers Pty Ltd and other metallurgical and environmental engineering firms to prepare a Pre Feasibility Study (PFS) on the Goulburn Bauxite Project located near Goulburn New South Wales (Figure 1). Marubeni Corporation (Marubeni) has participated in...

Bauxite mining company Aurum Exploration last week led a traditional visit to chiefs in Bua on Vanua Levu seeking their blessings for the bauxite loading already in progress in the area. Bauxite mine manager Basilio Vanuaca said the traditional visit was made to the chiefs, qoliqoli (fishing...

About 67 hectares of farmland were submerged in south China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region as of Tuesday after a sludge dump of an aluminum company began leaking Saturday. Mud measuring over one meter in depth from the sludge dump of the Guangxi Huayin Aluminum Co., Ltd. entered the houses of...

The first day of indefinite bandh called by Garhwa Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Gover issues like acute power crisis, dilapidated condition of NH-75 and water woes evoked good response from its residents on Monday, as the entire business establishment remained shut and traffic came to a...

The former director of Aluminex Resources Limited has been charged with providing false information to the Australian Securities Exchange. David Alan Zohar, of Inglewood, appeared in the Perth Magistrate’s Court last week accused of misleading the ASX in relation to his company’s ability to meet...

LOADING of the 60,000 tonnes of bauxite in the province of Bua in Fiji is expected to be completed next week. Bauxite mine manager Basilio Vanuaca said the MV Yon Shun would load 60,000 tonnes of bauxite valued at $2.1 million a month. However, he said it was not clear when the ship would leave for...

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: GBI Research’s new report, ‘Bauxite Mining Market in Asia-Pacific to 2020 - Increased Regional Demand for Aluminum to Boost Bauxite Production’ provides key information and analysis for the Asia-Pacific...

Australian Bauxite Limited (ASX:ABZ.AX - News) are pleased to provide the Chairman's Address to Shareholders at the 2012 Annual General Meeting held today. Good morning, ladies and gentlemen and welcome to the Australian Bauxite Limited's 2012 Annual General Meeting. This is my first year as...

The rich bauxite resources of Odisha and Andhra Pradesh might not see the light of the day if Union tribal minister V Kishore Deo has his way. Bauxite mining in Odisha and Andhra Pradesh faces an uncertain future with Union tribal minister V Kishore Deo shooting off a letter recently to ESL...

Australia's federal environment minister said Thursday that he wouldn't apologize for his caution over a proposal by Rio Tinto PLC (RIO) to expand its bauxite mining operations in Queensland state. A word of words has erupted between the Labor Party's Tony Burke and Queensland's Liberal National...

First Bauxite Corporation announces that the Company is proceeding with a non-brokered private placement (the "Private Placement") to Resource Capital Fund V LP and certain entities comprising the Pacific Road Resources Funds for up to 22,641,510 units (the "Units") at a price of $0.53 per Unit to...

RIO Tinto Alcan's $1.45 billion bauxite project near Weipa has been approved by the State Government but faces a more rigorous assessment before it can proceed, Federal Environment Minister Tony Burke warns. The South of Embley venture will generate more than 2000 jobs and extend the life of...

Alecto Minerals plc, the AIM listed multi-commodity exploration and development company with projects in Ethiopia, Mauritania, and the right to acquire a highly prospective bauxite asset in Guinea,announces that it has raised £1,472,500 by way of a placing of 95,000,000 New Ordinary Shares at 1.55p...

Despite having huge bauxite deposits, India is still lagging behind in aluminium production and consumption. The East Coast region, home to 74% of the total bauxite reserves, continues to be one of the most-neglected regions in the country, as not a single bauxite mine has been opened in the past...