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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With increasing demand for Guyana’s bauxite, the country’s government has established a Bauxite Development Unit within the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission. The unit will coordinate, oversee and assist in making recommendations on all aspects pertinent to bauxite resources in Guyana, from economic and environmental issues to health and safety. The decision was taken in light of the expanded investment by Bauxite Company of Guyana and Bosai Minerals Group, along with the impending First Bauxite at Bonasika, with an investment of more than $120 million. The unit, which will include an economist, a geologist and a mining engineer, will also mean increased engagement by the board of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission on bauxite issues. Guyana Natural Resources and Environment...
Prime Minister, Samuel Hinds has urged bauxite workers to avoid conflicts and capitalize on the resurgence of bauxite mining operations. He noted that jobs and good wages come from profitable companies. It is the prime minister’s view that the decisions taken by government in relation to the bauxite industry are bearing fruit. Addressing workers at RUSAL’s Aroaima bauxite site on the Berbice River, Mr. Hinds stressed that investments be maximized to create greater dividends. Mr. Hinds said mind change in the industry is essential, since the country paid dearly for the nationalization of Bauxite. on Wednesday last, RUSAL commissioned equipment and vehicles valued at some 21 million u.s dollars to advance its operations. The Russian Aluminium company has plans to expand its production to...
The Supreme Court today agreed to expedite its hearing of Orissa Government's appeal against the Centre's decision to withdraw its environmental clearance to Vedanta group firm Sterlite for its bauxite mining project in Niyamgiri Hills. A special forest bench of justices K S Radhakrishnan and C K Prasad said it would take up the matter for final disposal before the ensuing summer vacation after senior counsel K K Venugopal submitted that the "investment and rehabilitation measures was being affected" on account of the Centre's act of withdrawing the clearance. Appearing for the state, Venugopal said the "matter needs to be expeditiously" heard by the bench and alleged that the decision to withdraw the clearance was done by the Centre in an arbitrary manner. He submitted that the order was...
The leaders of thousands of forest-dwelling tribesmen who have fought for years to preserve their ancestral lands from exploitation by an international mining corporation have promised to continue their struggle whatever the decision in a key hearing before the Supreme Court today. Dubbed the “real life Avatar” after the Hollywood blockbuster, the battle of the Dongria Kondh people to stop London-based conglomerate Vedanta Resources mining bauxite from a hillside they consider sacred has attracted international support. Celebrities backing the campaign include James Cameron, the director of Avatar, Arundhati Roy, the Booker prize-winning author, as well as British actors Joanna Lumley and Michael Palin. Today the Supreme Court will decide on an appeal by Vedanta against a ministerial...
Bauxite, though contributes about one percent of the total mineral export receipts for the country, has the potential of becoming Ghana's second most important mineral after gold. For this reason, the Third World Network-Ghana (TWN) in October, 2010 commissioned a study to examine the socio-economic and environmental impact of bauxite mining in the country. The key objectives of the study were to highlight draw attention to the potential contribution of bulk minerals to the socio-economic development of Ghana, determine their economic contribution as well as social and environmental impacts of mining activities within the catchment communities of the Ghana Bauxite Company (GBC). Others objectives were to identify the real and potential contribution of the bauxite sector to the economy of...
Nalco is poised to clinch a crucial deal for bauxite sourcing from Gujarat. Its negotiations with Gujarat Minerals Development Corporation (GMDC) reached the “final stage”, the CMD of Nalco, Mr B.L. Bagra, told Business Line. The GMDC board recently approved the arrangement for sourcing through a joint venture with Nalco. The public sector unit is to set up a smelter and a 10-lakh-tonne a year alumina refinery at an estimated cost of Rs 4,600 crore in Kutch district. The project, however, is conditional on availability of local bauxite. GMDC will have a minority stake in the project. “But the quantum of holding is yet to be decided,” he said. On March 29, the corporation recommended the proposal to the State Government. The State Government's final approval was expected for the agreement...
Australian Bauxite Limited (ASX:ABZ) is pleased to provide their CEO Presentation at the 20-20 Investor series, regarding 'Developing East Coast Bauxite Projects'. To view the Australian Bauxite presentation, please refer to the following link below: http://media.abnnewswire.net/media/en/docs/ASX-ABZ-673534.pdf About Australian Bauxite Limited Australian Bauxite Limited (ABx) (ASX:ABZ) holds the core of the newly discovered Eastern Australian Bauxite Province. Its 37 bauxite tenements in Queensland, NSW and Tasmania covering 8,500 km2 were rigorously selected on 3 principles: 1. good quality bauxite; 2. proximity to infrastructure connected to export ports; and, 3. free of socio-environmental or native title land constraints. All tenements are 100% owned and free of obligations for...
State-run National Aluminium Company Ltd. (NALCO) has reported highest ever bauxite and alumina production for the year 2011-12. The company has achieved the highest-ever bauxite production of 50.03 lakh tonnes, against the previous best of 48.79 lakh tonnes achieved in 2009-10, company sources said. The company's refinery has produced 16.87 lakh tonnes of alumina hydrate, which is an all-time high, against the previous best of 15.92 lakh tonnes achieved in 2009-10. However, during the year, the metal production of the company slumped from 4.44 lakh tonnes to 4.13 lakh tonnes. "Besides coal shortage, the dwindling LME prices of metal, forced the company to cut down its production of metal to some extent. It was not commercially viable to produce more metal using expensive imported coal,?...
The Bauxite Company of Guyana Incorporated (BCGI)-majority owned by Russian Aluminium (RUSAL)- has moved to the High Court and secured a temporary stay of arbitration proceedings ordered by government into a dispute between the company and the Guyana Bauxite and General Workers Union (GBGWU). When arbitrator, Francis Carryl held his first round of talks on March 13, the company did not send any representative and one of its lawyers had said that he would have been available any time after March 30. The next meeting was fixed for April 3 at 4 PM, after union representatives asked that the company provide key information. Hearing into the Order of Certoriari comes up on April 4 in the High Court. After welcoming the February 29 move by government to take the matter to arbitration, GBGWU...
Australian Bauxite Limited (ASX:ABZ.AX - News) achieved its objectives during 2011 and the outlook remains positive for 2012 as the company progresses from an explorer to a bauxite development-exploration company. Total company bauxite resources doubled to 84 million tonnes during the year and two potentially economic projects have been identified in the Goulburn area of southern New South Wales and the Binjour project 100km inland from Bundaberg Port in central Queensland. Two other projects are also showing potential as detailed in the operations review of this annual report. Since listing at 20 cents on 24 December 2009, the Company's share price has been commendably robust in a volatile market - testimony to its basic strengths. Its 38 bauxite tenements in QLD, NSW and Tasmania...
A study into the mining of bauxite in Ghana has recommended government policy that makes it mandatory for foreign companies that want to mine the resource to establish a refinery plant. This would help maximise the potential in the sector. It said while most foreign companies that had held equity stake in the past came on the promise of establishing a bauxite refinery plant in the country, they ended up exporting the raw product to their refinery plants abroad to the detriment of the local economy. The one year long study was commissioned by the Third World Network, a civil society organisation to examine the socio-economic as well as environmental impact of bauxite mining in Ghana. The key objectives of the study were to highlight the debate and draw public attention to the potential...
Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining (STEM), Hon. Phillip Paulwell, while seeking to restore the bauxite and alumina industry to its pre-eminent position, has his eyes sharply focused on “unleashing the potential of Jamaica’s limestone." During his recent introductory meeting with the newly installed Clarendon Alumina Productions Board at the offices of the Jamaica Bauxite Institute in Kingston, the Minister alluded to the Planning Institute of Jamaica’s (PIOJ) Sector Plan for Mining and Quarrying. The PIOJ has identified mining and quarrying as one of the strategic priority areas of the ‘Vision 2030 Jamaica - National Development Plan’. “Jamaica’s limestone resources are by far the largest mineral resources possessed by the country and the mineral is fast becoming the most...
The management of Bosai Minerals Group Guyana Incorporated says its dust collector is about 90 percent completed as the company seeks to reduce dust emissions from its kiln dryers in Linden. The bauxite company has been working with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) on the best dust control methods for the kilns. Bosai’s Personnel Officer, Mr.Vance Reid said that several meetings were held with the EPA and GGMC to discuss the company’s plans for dust collector installation. He stated that for the past six months they have been building this dust collector but an integral part need to be shipped in from china. The local bauxite company failed to meet its commitment to put one of two dust collector units in operation by February...
Indonesian bauxite miners have stopped production due to uncertainties over potential export law changes, said Barclays Capital in a research note. According to the bank, bauxite miners are to stop producing until there are clearer export regulations. The miners, particularly in Riau and Kalimantan islands, are said to be concerned about the risk of being left with large stocks as they are not allowed to export production. Traders have also frozen purchases due to uncertainty over whether they would be able to export, leading to a widespread stoppage of activity in the sector, they added. It is reported that all Indonesian bauxite miners work by permit as opposed to legal contract, which could make them more vulnerable to a ban. Indonesia’s main export market is China. In fact, during the...
Mining company Rio Tinto Alcan says it has met with Federal Environment Minister Tony Burke to discuss new conditions on its proposed bauxite mine expansion in Queensland's Cape York. The company raised concerns after Mr Burke included the impact of shipping on the Great Barrier Reef as a consideration in the approvals process for the South of Embley project. A spokesman for Rio Tinto Alcan says the company appreciated having the chance to meet with Mr Burke late last week. He says it is continuing talks with the Federal Environment Department about requirements for the proposed $1.5 billion expansion.
Angola's $500 million plan to build a bauxite mine and deepwater port in Guinea Bissau has stalled, with nearly no work done since the project was officially inaugurated in July 2011, officials said. The project, first signalled by Angola in 2008 after it won rights to a mining concession in the southeastern Boe region, would be the single biggest foreign investment in Guinea Bissau, an impoverished country plagued by turmoil since independence and whose main export now is cashew nuts. Guinea Bissau's former prime minister, Carlos Gomes Junior, who stepped down to run for president in ongoing elections, told Reuters construction of the port and mine by Angola Bauxite, part-owned by the Angolan state, was being held up by the completion of an environmental impact study. "(Construction)...
A TOTAL of 40,000 tonnes of bauxite has been mined so far this year. However, XINFA Aurum Exploration Fiji has stockpiled the bauxite as engineers work at completing the Navakasiga Jetty. This was made known to a group of journalists, who visited Nawailevu Bauxite mine yesterday. The group was on a tour of government project sites in the north. Divisional planning officer northern Alipate Bolalevu said the first shipment was expected to take place later this year. He said the recent bad weather experienced in parts of Vanua Levu resulted in the delay of construction work at the jetty. "The shipment is halted because we are still waiting for the completion of the jetty," Mr Bolalevu said. "We expect to complete it (jetty) sometimes soon. "We already have two barges on stand-by to ship the...
