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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Aziana, a gold and bauxite focused explorer, has performed well in its first month as a public listed company on the ASX. Shares have traded as high as $0.25, with the stock most recently changing hands at $0.22, which is only a couple of cents shy of the $0.25 entry price - where 50 million shares were offer to raise up to $12.5 million. Where the story is very unique for Aziana is the location, with the company having been actively exploring for gold and bauxite in Madagascar since 2006. The company owns 22 gold and bauxite exploration permits covering 950 square kilometres. It is the 99% beneficial owner of the Manantenina Bauxite prospect in the south of the country where exploration to date has shown significant potential for a large tonnage, high grade, bauxite/gibbsite development....
Maoists warned the governments in the state and the Centre against going ahead with bauxite mining in the Agency area and said they would fight to protect the interests of the tribals. The rebels held a meeting in GK Veedhi-Koyyuru border as part of their 11th PLGA annual weekly celebrations here on Wednesday. The rebels tied banners all over the place, highlighting their fight for the tribals.
Scrambling to extend the life of its mines, four of which are set to conclude by 2020, China's Minmetals Resources Ltd. is on the prowl to acquire Australia based miners Mirabela Nickel Ltd.and Alumina Ltd., with a $7 billion to boot to capture the two companies' nickel, bauxite and alumina output. Analysts interviewed by Bloomberg estimated Alumina Ltd.worth may be at A$8.5 billion. Alumina Ltd. owns 40 per cent of the Alcoa World Alumina & Chemical. Its assets include two bauxite mines and three alumina refineries in Australia as well as mines in South America and Guinea.
Australian Bauxite Limited (ABx) (ASX:ABZ) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Dawkins A.O. as an independent Director to the Board. Mr Dawkins earliest exposure to the mining industry was when as Minister for Trade (1984- 1987) in the Hawke Government he was responsible for the administration of export controls on certain minerals until he proposed the abolition of these arrangements in order to improve the operation of the market. During his time in Government, Mr Dawkins served in a number of other portfolios including Minister for Finance (1983-1984), Minister for Employment, Education and Training (1987-1991) and Treasurer (1991-1993) in the Keating Government. Mr Dawkins brings to ABx a wealth of governance experience, including prominent roles in public and private...
India's new draft mining policy is ready to ensure that the local communities are also benefited from the activity, a top official said Tuesday. G. Srinivas, joint secretary in the union mines ministry, said the new policy would also help in getting faster clearances for mining. Addressing the sixth International Conference on Aluminium ( INCAL), which began here Tuesday, he underlined the need for making available bauxite and coal blocks for aluminium projects to boost the production. Srinivas called upon states to take advantage of the draft policy and speed up the clearances for the mining. Voicing his concern over several projects that have remained stuck for environmental clearances, he said this may hamper achieving the expected aluminium production level of 4.7 million tonnes per...
The expert committee formed by the Union Ministry of Forests and Environment is making its second visit to the two areas in Visakha Agency that have been identified for bauxite mining, from December 20 to 22. The committee is headed by former Director General of Forests J.C. Kala, who was former one-man member of the National Environment Appellate Authority, which became defunct after the National Green Act came into force; and has former Director of Tribal Cultural Research and Training Institute V.N.V.K. Sastry; former Principal Chief Conservator of Forests M. Kamal Naidu and Director-General of Administrative Staff College of India (Hyderabad) S.K. Rao as its Members. Dr. Kala and Mr. Kamal Naidu made a preliminary visit to Anantagiri and Araku mandals during October but the present...
BNamericas cited Mr Luis Rojas president of Venezuela's mining chamber Camiven as saying that mining is showing signs of recovery during Q4. Mr Rojas said that the rebound is most evident in non metallic mining but it's also noticeable in that Ferrominera Orinoco has been producing a bit more iron ore and Bauxilum has improved bauxite production levels at the Pijigüaos mine. He said that mining's contribution to the country's GDP has fallen by about 70% over the past 3 years. Now during this last quarter we are seeing growth in some operations after various quarters with a downward trend in mining's GDP contribution. According to the central bank mining's contribution to GDP fell by 11.9% in 2010 alone. However, Camiven claims that this figure is 20% due to the lack of investments and low...
Dr Samar Mubarakmand renowned scientist said that Pakistan is very fortunate and blessed with natural resources, we are sitting on the wealth of huge deposits of coal, copper, gold, silver, iron ore, lead, zinc, chromites and bauxite. Large gas fields and oil deposits may be lying under ground awaiting discovery. He said that while addressing the 6th convocation of the Riphah International University at the Jinnah Convention Centre that “In order to break the shackles of present financial crunch we have to divert our brilliant human resource to the fruitful exploitation of our immense mineral wealth. With a single minded focus on this vision there is no reason why the economy of Pakistan will not take a giant leap forward.” Nearly, 1,000 graduates and postgraduates of the university in...
Ghana is making a strategy to deal with illegal mining and logging which poses a grave environmental, health and security risk to the country, Minister of Lands and Natural Resources Mike Allen Hammah said here on Wednesday. Speaking at a workshop to develop a framework for artisanal and small-scale mining in Ghana, Hammah said it is the government policy to develop the industry to become as efficient as its large- scale counterpart. The policy is to ensure that the industry becomes truly indigenous and self-reliant, with most of its needs serviced by local companies, he said. It is in line with this policy that the government, with support from development partners, is implementing the Natural Resources and Environmental Governance (NREG) program with one major objective of reducing, if...
Metal tycoon Anil Agarwal committed to invest about Rs 60,000 crore for building Vedanta Aluminum - the aim was for a 2.4 mt plant which is almost equal to the total aluminum consumed in India. But a ban on bauxite mining and government denial to expand its alumina refinery, have upset Vedanta's plans. To make matters worse, rising energy costs and a slowing demand have also led the unlisted VAL to post a $25-million loss in the September quarter. VAL MD SK Roongta , who has come in from SAIL after spending close to four decades with the steelmaker, tells ET the company is now close to getting alternate supplies of bauxite and will apply afresh for the refinery expansion to grow the aluminum business. We set up the alumina refinery at Lanjigarh based on the assurance and an MoU that...
Bauxite production in Guinea, the world’s biggest exporter of the ore, increased 5 percent to 12.7 million metric tons in the first nine months of 2011. This was said in a statement handed to reporters today in Conakry, the capital by the Finance Ministry.
The Gujarat Government is likely to take a call in the next two months on whether GMDC should form a joint venture with Nalco or sign a long-term non-plant grade bauxite supply agreement with the Navratna behemoth for the proposed manufacturing facility in Kutch district. “The expressions of interest (EoI) we received from many companies for an alumina and smelter plant based on non-plant grade bauxite reserves were technically examined by the Nagpur-based Jawaharlal Nehru Aluminium Research Development and Design Centre of the Government of India. After financial examination, only the Odisha-headquartered Nalco was found to fulfill our criteria," Mr V.S. Gadhvi, Managing Director, GMDC, told Business Line. He said now GMDC’s board of directors would take a decision on Nalco’s financial...
China's Erdos Hongjun planned to build a bauxite processing plant in Kratie province as part of the company’s US$1.5 billion venture in the Kingdom’s northeast, provincial officials said yesterday. The plant would serve Erdos’s mine in neighbouring Mondulkiri, an exploration licence for which was granted by the Ministry of Industry, Mines and Energy, according to a list of mining companies operating in the province obtained by the Post. Kong Pisith, director of the Ministry of Industry, Mines and Energy’s Mondulkiri office, confirmed yesterday that Cambodia International Investment Development Erdos Hongjun Aluminum Company had set up an office in the province last year and was exploring a 360-square-kilometre bauxite concession. He also confirmed Erdos would build the bauxite processing...
First Bauxite Corporation is pleased to announce that it has signed a bilateral mineral agreement between the Government of Guyana and the Company and its local operating subsidiary, Guyana Industrial Minerals Inc., for the operation of the Bonasika Bauxite Project in Guyana, South America. The Company is also pleased to announce that it has received its Environmental Permit, to mine the Bonasika 6 & 7 bauxite deposits. Signed November 24, 2011 at a ceremony at the Office of the President in Georgetown, Guyana, the Mineral Agreement details the terms and conditions which govern all fiscal, property, import-export procedures, taxation provisions and other related conditions for the continued exploration, mine development and operation for the life of the Bonasika Project. The Key terms of...
Cape Alumina Limited (Cape Alumina or Company) is pleased to advise that it will be undertaking a Share Purchase Plan (SPP) to raise up to $2,340,000. One important objective of this capital raising is to allow smaller shareholders the opportunity to increase their investment in the Company at an attractive price and with no brokerage fees. The SPP will allow all existing Cape Alumina shareholders registered in Australia and New Zealand and who hold shares on the record date of 28 November 2011, the opportunity to subscribe for up to $15,000 of shares in Cape Alumina at 12 cents per share. Based on the share price at closing on 24 November 2011, the offer price equates to approximately 36.8% discount to the last traded share price. No brokerage, commission, stamp duty or other transaction...
Rioe Tinto Alcan, once it has divested the 13 assets it put up for sale in October, will occupy the “best bauxite position in the industry”, ceo Jacynthe Côté said at Rio’s investor seminar in Sydney on Monday. The 13 assets include aluminium smelters in Australia, New Zealand, the USA and Europe, accounting for almost 2 million tpy of aluminium production capacity. Combined with planned expansions at its Weipa bauxite mine and Yarwun alumina refinery, the asset sales will give Rio a large long position in alumina and bauxite. “We will be long bauxite and alumina, with tier one growth projects in various stages of development,” Côté said. “We will be well positioned to benefit from compelling Chinese demand and market growth.”
Citing impediments on the way of the firm's progress,Mines Minister Dinsha Patel said Utkal E block with 67.4 million tonnes reserves alloted by the Coal Ministry in 2004 could not be developed so far for want of land acquisition by state government. Also, investment to tune of Rs 6,500 crore for firm's third phase expansion has been put on hold on account for difficulties in acquiring mining lease for Pottangi bauxite deposit in Odisha with reserves of 75 million tonnes. "As with implementation of third phase expansion, existing reserves will last for 14 years only ... Pottangi bauxite reserves will help for enhancing the life of refinery by another seven years i.e up to 2032," Patel added. NALCO owns and operates a large integrated Mines-Alumina- Aluminium Complex in the country with...
Cape Alumina’s (ASX: CBX) exploration results have unveiled a maiden JORC Inferred Resource of 28.3 Million tonnes of in-situ, high-quality, export-grade bauxite at its Bauxite Hills’ BH1 area. This represents a major milestone for the Bauxite Hills mine and port project as Cape Alumina continues to develop its second major project in the western Cape York bauxite province, Queensland. The project’s resource base is expected to increase significantly based on further assay results from the extension drilling undertaken at BH1 and the exploration of BH2 and BH6 deposits due to be released in early 2012. The bauxite in the project area is proving to be high-quality and export-grade and is in line with the company's expectations. The project is strategically located close to the Asian...
