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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No bauxite mining will be permitted in the Eastern Ghats of Visakhapatnam district, inhabited by Girijans and popularly known as the agency area, according to Union Ministers, Mr Jairam Ramesh and Mr Kishore Chandra Deo. The two ministers gave the assurance at a public meeting at Chintapalli in the district on Saturday, after launching the daily requirement (DR) depot scheme of the Girijan Co-operative Corporation (GCC). The proposed bauxite mining in the area is agitating the Girijans and environmental activists and others, who are apprehensive that the mining will not only ruin the livelihood of tribals but also wreak havoc on the environment. The Ministers said said that they would not allow bauxite mining in the area, as long as they remained in the Union Cabinet. They said there need...
Ord River Resources (ASX: ORD) is in the final stages of a JORC Resource statement for the Yuqida prospect at the company’s bauxite bauxite/alumina project in Laos, which follows a 300% increase in the LSI tenement in late 2011. Proposals for a Bankable Feasibility Study at the project are being assessed. Yuqida has an existing Indicated Resource of 110 million tonnes at 23% available aluminium, while the updated Resource at LSI is 77 million tonnes at 23% available aluminium with a 10% aluminium cut-off grade. The project is held by Sino Australian Resources (SARCO), a joint venture company which is 49% owned by Ord River and 51% owned by China Nonferrous Metal Industry’s Foreign Engineering and Construction Company (NFC). Australian operations In other company news, Ord River is...
If Vedanta scrapped its 2008-initiated ambitious restructuring based on business verticals, it was primarily due to two reasons: the valuation of Africa’s Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) and a slowdown that had begun to plague the economy. Four years later, the metals and mining company is back with restructuring, this time, making one diversified resources company, Sesa Sterlite. However, Vedanta Aluminium, or VAL, could turn out to be the new KCM. Vedanta Resources Plc, the London-headquartered parent company, has pegged the equity value (100 per cent) of VAL at Rs 2,332 crore ($473 million). Based on this, it will be selling its 70.5 per cent at $300 million to Sesa Sterlite, the new operating company set to emerge after the restructuring is complete. Sterlite Industries, Vedanta’s Indian...
Vedanta Aluminium Ltd has been asked by the government to seek public consent afresh in Kalahandi district of Orissa as a precursor to getting environmental clearance for expanding its alumina refinery and power plant, a move the company wants to avoid as it seeks to get a plan that’s been stalled for two years moving again. The company needs to comply with 70 points, including the public hearing on the expansion plan, shows a copy of the terms of reference (ToR) issued by the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) that Mint is in possession of. Company officials are in talks with MoEF and the state pollution control board, seeking a waiver on public hearings on grounds that they were conducted twice before—in 2003 and 2009, said a Vedanta official who didn’t want to be named. “The...
Raipur: The nationwide strike called by the country's trade unions has hit bauxite, coal and iron ore mining in mineral-rich Chhattisgarh, officials said on Tuesday. Reports coming in from the state's northern Surguja district say that bauxite mining has been severely hit at Mainpat area, about 450 km north from here. Aluminium major BALCO, in which Vedanta Resources Plc holds 51 percent stake, has mines in Manipat. Strike hits mining in Chhattisgarh Contracted miners gathered in groups with flags and banners at mines and raised slogans against an alleged anti-labour policy of the Indian government. Dozens of trucks transporting bauxite from Mainpat to BALCO's plant in Korba town were stranded on forested roads due to the strike.
First Bauxite Corporation is now looking to secure funding for the development of the Bonasika mine along the Essequibo River. Chief executive officer, Hilbert Shields met President Donald Ramotar yesterday, to update him on the latest developments within the company. Shields told the government information agency that first bauxite will be looking to its existing shareholders, who have committed forty million, us dollars to the project, and a bank loan of between 50 and 60 million u.s dollars. It is also hoped that capital markets will source the remaining funds to reach the target of 150 million u.s dollars to finance the project. First Bauxite Corporation was awarded the concession to develop the vastly under-explored bauxite minerals in bonasika, after signing a deal with the Guyana...
Alecto Minerals (LON:ALO) shares shot up as much as 20 per cent today as it landed an option deal to acquire a new project in Guinea. It can buy a 51 per cent stake in a company called Forward Africa Resources (FAR), which owns a 711 square kilometre bauxite licence in the highly prospective south west coastal region of Guinea. The project has the potential to an in-situ bauxite resource of over 500 million tonnes, Alecto said. The area already has established infrastructure and producing bauxite operations, it added. "This bauxite acquisition is potentially transformational for Alecto and provides us with the opportunity to develop a producing operation with significant tonnage and cash flow potential in the near to mid-term,” said executive director Damian Conboy. “The deposit is near...
Alecto Minerals plc, the AIM listed exploration and development company with gold and base metal projects in Ethiopia and Mauritania, is delighted to announce that it has entered into an option agreement (‘the Agreement') relating to the staged acquisition of Forward Africa Resources (‘FAR'), which holds the 711 sq km bauxite licence 223 (‘Licence 223'). Licence 223 is located in a highly prospective south west coastal region of Guinea which already has established infrastructure and producing bauxite operations. Overview Highly prospective concession with potential to host an in-situ bauxite resource of over 500 million tonnes - 90 day due diligence period prior to completing the acquisition Quality of the bauxite resource and geography lend the project to near term production Located...
Ha Noi — The Tan Rai ore-bauxite factory, part of the Lam Dong Aluminum-Bauxite Complex Project, is expected to come into operation in April, said the project management board. At present, the Tan Rai Aluminum Bauxite Project has completed around 90 percent of its targeted construction. With investment capital of almost US$700 million, the Tan Rai complex, located in Lam Dong Province, aims to produce 600,000 tonnes of alumina per year and will increase its output to 1.2 million tonnes by 2015. The duration of the project, run by the Viet Nam National Coal and Mineral Industries Group (Vinacomin), will be 30 years. Vinacomin is also developing the Nhan Co bauxite mining and refinery complex in Dak Nong. The complex is expected to churn out its first produce early next year. With the...
According to the China Customs, China imported 3.1214 million tons bauxite in January, up by 6.61% on YoY basis. And the average unit price for the imported bauxite is $45.69/ton. In January, the main importing country of bauxite is Indonesia, with volume of 2.4147 million tons, up by 4.77% on YoY basis. And the average price is $43.18/ton. The import volume from Australia is 661,300 tons, up by 40.41% on YoY basis, with average price of $54.72/ton.
Guinea's bauxite and alumina output rose in 2011, although work stoppages and softening world demand prevented a larger increase in production, the West African state's government said on Monday. Bauxite production rose more than 9 percent to more than 17.5 million tonnes, while alumina output rose more than 3 percent to 631,000 tonnes, according to a report issued by the finance ministry and obtained by Reuters. Guinea is the world's largest supplier of bauxite, the ore used in the production of aluminum. The country hopes to develop its resource industries after decades of political turmoil held back investment. A finance ministry official said the increase in alumina production from RUSAL's Friguia plant, the sole refiner, was smaller than the government had hoped for. "The reason for...
Visakhapatnam, Feb 19 (PTI) Maoists have been allegedly damaging properties in the district to protest against government proposal of allowing bauxite mining in the agency area, police said. According to police, Maoists blasted an abandoned coffee pulp godown at the Lankapakala village in G K Veedhi mandal of the district early today against the bauxite mining proposal. Nobody was hurt in the incident as it was an abandoned godown of the Forest Department, police said. In another incident, Maoists torched some equipment, used in road construction in the same area early yesterday. Three hydraulic excavators, which were being used for constructing a six km road between Thotkonda and Mesithotavanipalem, were set on fire, they said. Maoists might have thought that the road was being laid in...
Tribal Welfare Minister P.Balaraju has said that the Government would take into consideration the feelings of the tribal people living in the agency area of Visakhapatnam district, before allowing mining of bauxite reserves. At a press conference here on Sunday, Mr. Balaraju denied reports that the State Tribal Advisory Council meeting had passed a resolution paving the way for mining in the agency areas. “Officials had given only a power point presentation on the issue and no decision was taken at the council meeting,” he said. He made it clear that the sentiment of the tribal people was paramount for the Government, before a decision was taken to allow mining. It may be mentioned here that the Andhra Pradesh Mining Development Corporation (APMDC) and National Aluminium Company (Nalco)...
UC RUSAL's total attributable bauxite output was 13,473 thousand tonnes in 2011 as compared to 11,798 thousand tonnes in 2010. Output in the Q4 of 2011 decreased to 3,288 thousand tonnes or by 8% as compared to the Q3 of 2011 but increased by 6% as compared to that of the fourth quarter of 2010. The table below shows the contribution from each facility. The increase in the volume of bauxite production in 2011 as compared to 2010 was due to the increased mining operations at Windalco Ewarton Plant Works (Jamaica), BCGI (Gayana) and North Urals (Russia).
The Aluminum Ore Mining industry in China consists of enterprises that mine bauxite, the principal ore of aluminum, and process raw materials such as washing and ore dressing. More than 90% of bauxite is further processed into alumina, with the remainder used as refractory materials, abrasive materials and raw materials for high-alumina cement. There are four main bauxite types: karst accumulation bauxite, lateritic bauxite, sedimentary bauxite and aluminum concentrate. This report covers the scope, size, disposition and growth of the industry including the key sensitivities and success factors. Also included are five year industry forecasts, growth rates and an analysis of the industry key players and their market shares.
Mining company Rio Tinto says it will go beyond the call of environmental safeguards to protect a newly discovered freshwater crab if it is allowed to expand a Cape York bauxite mine. Rio submitted its second environmental impact statement (EIS) on the South of Embley project to the Queensland Government today, after surveys last year discovered the tiny Austrothelphusa crab at the proposed site. Pat Fiore, president of Rio's bauxite operations, said the company would create a buffer around Winda Winda Creek, where the crab was found. Mr Fiore said the project's environmental safeguards would ``exceed regulatory requirements''. "We have been operating in the western Cape for more than 40 years, and respect for the environment is central to our approach,'' Mr Fiore said. "There was never...
UC RUSAL (SEHK: 486, Euronext: RUSAL/RUAL, MICEX-RTS: RUALR), the world's largest aluminium producer, announces its key production data for 2011. Key highlights: -- Total aluminium output amounted to 4,123 thousand tonnes in 2011, an increase of 1% as compared to that of 2010. -- Alumina output totalled 8,154 thousand tonnes in 2011, an increase of 4% as compared to that of 2010. -- Bauxite production totalled 13,473 thousand tonnes in 2011, an increase of 14% as compared to that of 2010. Commenting on the full year production results, Oleg Deripaska, CEO of RUSAL said: "The dynamic growth of the world economy in the first half of 2011 slowed down significantly by the end of the year, impacting the situation in aluminium industry. The continued fears over the euro zone debt crisis and...
Cape Alumina (ASX: CBX) has doubled the inferred resource at its Bauxite Hills project on Cape York, Queensland, to 60 million tonnes of bauxite and will proceed with a pre-feasibility study. The company is working to start production from late 2014 when demand for bauxite in Asia is expected to pick up. The Bauxite Hills resources, which are of in-situ, high-quality, export-grade bauxite, are expected to be very shallow, free-digging deposits with extremely low strip ratios. The project to yield 42 million tonnes of beneficiated, dry-product bauxite at average grades of 51.6% alumina and 9.5% silica. Cape Alumina added the underlying layer of low monohydrate bauxite at the BH1 area would attract a premium from producers operating low temperature refineries. Further exploration and...
