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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Australian Bauxite (ASX: ABZ) has set a new record for bauxite thickness at the Goulburn Bauxite Project in New South Wales, intersecting of 33 metres of true thickness. Four holes drilled at the Mt Rae area to follow up on previous results have verified the presence of unusually thick bauxite at the project, and broken the previous record thickness of 28 metres. Two other holes from the latest round of drilling intersected 32 metres of bauxite, while the fourth hole intersected 23 metres. Typically Australian bauxite deposits are less than 4 metres thick, and some are less than 2 metres thick. Significantly, the thick bauxite zone is concealed beneath less than 1 metre of soil-clay. Australian Bauxite has teamed up with Marubeni Corporation to conduct a $1.5 million pre-feasibility study...
THE GOVERNMENT has confirmed reports that bauxite mining firm, UC Rusal, has been taking some of its equipment out of the island and sending it to Guyana. However, Phillip Paulwell, the minister of science, technology, energy and mining, told the House of Representatives yesterday that the Government was unaware of any plans for the firm to close its operations here. "UC Rusal has not stated any intentions to close Ewarton," Paulwell said. UC Rusal owns 100 per cent of Alpart and 93 per cent of Windalco. The Alpart and Windalco Kirkvine plants have been closed since 2009, while the Ewarton plant was reopened in 2010. Idle equipment Responding to questions posed by the opposition spokesman on mining, J.C. Hutchinson, Paulwell said the equipment being exported had been idle for three years....
CAPE TOWN, South Africa—Guinea next month will begin an audit of mining companies operating in the country, which could see some licenses revoked. The country isn't "getting the benefit from its resources," Mines Minister Mohamed Lamine Fofana said on the sidelines of the Indaba mining conference here Tuesday. "A lot of companies took licenses and then went all over the world to sell them," he said. "If the miner isn't fulfilling his commitments, his license will be canceled." The ministry also said it plans to revise some of the demands on miners imposed last September. The changes will include lowering taxes imposed through royalties or export duties, Mr. Fofana said. Guinea is a significant source of bauxite, a raw material used to make aluminum. Brazil's Vale SA, Russia's United Co....
Environmentalists have reacted with guarded caution to announcements of new plans to mine more bauxite and iron in Guinea. The plans were released after conclusion of the International Forum on the Mining Sector (FISM) held in this West African country last month. Guinea Ecologie, the only non-governmental organisation (NGO) in Guinea working in this area, was not invited to the meeting, according officials. ‘’We were not at the FISM. Nevertheless, if all the practices the big mining companies have already agreed to abandon continue to hold, we’ll have little reason for worry. If not, there will be obvious environmental problems,’’ Mamadou Saliou Diallo, Guinea Ecologie’s coordinator, told IPS. He admitted, though, that he is ‘’concerned’’. The meeting, held in the northeastern city of...
GREEN pastures west of Taralga barely betray what’s believed to be the third largest bauxite deposit in history. Red gravel just below the surface was the first hint that a rich resource lay beneath a scrubby part of the country. The company brought out the big guns – satellite equipment - to find the estimated 28-metre deep deposit at Mt Rae. It’s seven times thicker than most, astounding CEO Ian Levy. He believes the deposit, found in one drill hole, is the third largest ever found, behind a 50- metre deep intercept in Guinea and a 42-metre one in Brazil. “We didn’t expect it at all,” Mr Levy said. “…We checked it and had low hopes. But we couldn’t drill right through it, which means 28 metres is the minimal thickness.” Bauxite is the main source of aluminium and is in hot demand from...
The extraction of bauxite equalled 5.495 million tonnes with a 3.5% increase and alumina production increased by 1.8% to 1.670 million tonnes. According to a report of the ENRC, in 2011 the company increased the production of aluminium by 9.8% to 249 thousand tonnes. The Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation deals with the extraction and processing of chrome, manganese and iron ore, the smelting of ferroalloys, the extraction and processing of bauxite for receiving alumina, the production of aluminium, copper, cobalt, the extraction of coal and the production of power energy as well as the transportation and sale of products. The production assets of the group of companies are mainly situated in Kazakhstan.
BAUXITE – Bauxite Miners’ senior lineman Matt Steele signed with the Southern Arkansas University Muleriders out of Magnolia, Ark., on Wednesday morning in the Bauxite High School auditorium. “I think it’s awesome,” Bauxite Coach Shane Clancy said. “It’s something he’s talked about doing since the eighth grade. “I think the big thing he needs to recognized for, he took care of business on the football field, but most importantly took care of business in the classroom. High ACT score, high GPA and he’s getting his school paid for. Any time a kid can do that, you’re really proud of them.” Steele signed to play tight end for the Muleriders even though he hasn’t played tight end since he was a sophomore. Clancy explained that Steele took one for the team when he switched to right tackle and...
According to the China Customs statistics, China imported 4.5796 million tons bauxite in December, up by 48.61% on YoY basis. The total bauxite import volume of China reaches 44.8 million tons in 2011, up by 49.73% compared with 2010, which sets a new record in history. China’s main bauxite importing countries included Indonesia, Australia and India.
During the third quarter, GMDC’s turnover jumped 7% to Rs384 crore Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation (GMDC) net profit rose 11% to Rs112.46 crore for the quarter ended 31 December 2011, against Rs101.48 crore in the corresponding period a year ago. During the quarter, the company’s turnover jumped 7% to Rs384 crore from Rs360.40 crore. GMDC’s foray into wind power has started generating revenues. Wind power generated 112.5 million units and total revenue generated from the sector stood at Rs52 crore, a company statement said. The Q-o-Q (quarter-on-quarter) bauxite production rose 28% at 2.24 lakh tonnes in the quarter ended 31 December 2011 from 1.75 lakh MT in the previous quarter ended 30 September 2011, it said. In the late afternoon, GMDC was trading at around Rs178.85 per share...
Emerging bauxite exploration and development company, Australian Bauxite Limited (ASX:ABZ) has received laboratory results from its December 2011 drilling campaign at Taralga near Goulburn, southern NSW (see Figure 1 - refer to ABx announcement link at bottom of release). Results from hole TG626 at Mt Rae (see Figures 2 & 3 for locations) and several nearby holes confirmed the discovery of the company's thickest high-grade bauxite intersection - possibly one of the thickest bauxite intersections in Australia. Most Australian bauxite deposits are less than 4 metres thick and some are less than 2 metres thick whereas hole TG626 intersected 28 metres. Australian Bauxite CEO Ian Levy said; "ABx and Marubeni Corporation (TSE:8002) are currently conducting a A$1.5 million pre feasibility study...
In a letter to Environment Minister Tony Burke, the Wilderness Society says six proposed mines, including Rio Tinto's giant South of Embley bauxite expansion, threaten the "extraordinary natural values" of the region. Campaigner Gavan McFadzean said that if approved, the emergency listings would slow the government approvals process for the mines until after a campaign to place parts of Cape York on the World Heritage List. "It's also an insurance policy in case of a Campbell Newman victory and the LNP's policy to repeal the Cape York Wild Rivers protections, which exposes the Wenlock River to mining development," Mr McFadzean told The Australian. LNP leader Mr Newman has vowed to overturn the wild rivers declarations on Cape York, which prevent mining and halted the Cape Alumina...
BHP Billiton Ltd. plans to halt bauxite exploration at its Boffa-Santou-Houda site in Guinea, the world’s biggest exporter of the ore, after prices for aluminum dropped, said Jean-Francois David, the company’s president in the West African nation. “Explorations are stopped and all the activities will stop before June 30,” he said in an interview in Conakry, the capital, yesterday. The company will return its mining permits for the site to the government, David said. The world’s biggest mining company is halting exploration as aluminum prices slumped 18 percent after reaching a peak last year of $2,797 per metric ton on May 3. David said the stop is not linked to planned changes in Guinea’s mining code, that will give the government a bigger stake in projects. “This closing is not due to...
Aziana (ASX: AZK) has now defined high quality stratiform bauxite over a 13.4 square kilometre area of its Soavary licence at its Manantenina Bauxite Project in Madagascar. Importantly, the company is on track to complete a maiden JORC Resource in the second half of 2012. Widespread sampling has demonstrated consistent, high alumina, very low silica stratiform bauxite averaging over 6 metres thick. Less than 15% of the Manantenina licence area has been sampled and assayed, boosting the potential for the scale of the bauxite deposit to increase with further work. Previously reported exploration work on the Esama licence has already confirmed the presence of widespread high quality bauxite over an area of 4.1 square kilometres. Average bauxite grades on the Soavary licence are 40% available...
The Supreme Court of India (SC) on Monday deferred the hearing on the petition challenging cancellation of environmental clearance to Niyamgiri Bauxite Mining Project of the UK-based Vedanta's Indian arm Sterlite Industries in the state. The apex court has fixed April 9, as the next date of hearing. The SC had earlier fixed January 30, as the date for final hearing and disposal of the case. In April last year, the SC had issued notices to the Orissa government, the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (MoEF) and Sterlite Industries to represent before the court. Terming the Centre’s order as illegal, arbitrary and in violation of the apex court's earlier directions that gave a green signal to the project, state-run Orissa Mining Corporation on March 8, 2011, had moved the apex court,...
Conservationists say a planned bauxite mine expansion on Cape York, in far north Queensland, could hurt the Great Barrier Reef. Rio Tinto Alcan is planning the $1.5 billion expansion near Weipa. Several conservation groups have lodged a submission with the Federal Government, requesting it change how it is assessing the proposal. Gavan MacFadzean from the Wilderness Society says the Government is not considering the impact of increased shipping from the mine through the reef. "I mean, their refinery is in Gladstone and they do state that there'll be a significant increase in shipping movements," he said. "We understand that to be in the vicinity of 700 or 14 a week, and that's the environmental impact that we want assessed as additional work for Rio before the South of Embley expansion...
First Bauxite Corporation is pleased to announce that it has granted incentive stock options for the purchase of up to 1,500,000 common shares of the Company at a price of $0.53 for a five-year period to certain officers, management, and one director of the Company.
Vale ADR Representing One Ord Shs (NASDAQ: VALE) was downgraded by research analysts at Dahlman Rose from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report issued on Thursday. Separately, analysts at HSBC (NYSE: HBC) downgraded shares of Vale ADR Representing One Ord Shs from an “overweight” rating to a “neutral” rating in a research note to investors on Tuesday, January 10th. Analysts at UBS AG (NYSE: UBS) downgraded shares of Vale ADR Representing One Ord Shs from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating in a research note to investors on Thursday, January 5th. Also, analysts at Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of Vale ADR Representing One Ord Shs in a research note to investors on Wednesday, December 14th. Vale S.A. is a metals and mining company. The Company is...
Global miner Rio Tinto has raised its stake in Canada's Ivanhoe Mines, owner of Mongolia's massive Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold project, to a majority holding but said on Tuesday it had no current plans to buy more shares. Rio, which has built its stake in Ivanhoe as it helped to fund construction of Oyu Tolgoi, raised its stake to 51 percent from 49 percent, buying 15.1 million Ivanhoe shares for around 300 million Canadian dollars ($298 million) from two sellers in a privately negotiated deal. Rio had been widely expected to raise its stake after a standstill agreement expired last week and Ivanhoe said it had decided to scrap a "poison pill" originally aimed at capping Rio's stake at 49 percent. Ivanhoe said last week Rio had already signalled it intended to buy more shares. "Rio Tinto's...
