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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The Ministry of Transport has approved the first phase of National Highway 20 upgrade to transport bauxite ore from the Central Highland province of Lam Dong to southern Dong Nai Province. According to Decision 2525/QD-BGTVT, signed by Minister Dinh La Thang on November 7, the 123km road from Lam...
A large bauxite deposit was discovered in Henan Xin’an County recently. The bauxite reserve reached about 23.62 million tons with potential economic value to CNY 5 billion. The discovery of this new bauxite reserve marks that Henan province has made a breakthrough in bauxite exploration.
A parliamentary panel has expressed displeasure over delays in Nalco's expansion plans mainly due to failure to get leases for bauxite and coal mining in Odisha, and has asked the Mines Ministry to take up the matter at the highest level with the state government. Investment to tune of Rs 6,500...
George Bennett has been appointed chief operating officer of First Bauxite Corp., which is developing the refractory grade bauxite Bonasika deposite in Guyana. An applied science graduate of Queen's University, Ontario, with a degree in engineering geology, Bennett has over 50 years involvement...
Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: China Bauxite Mining Market Overview and Forecast to 2020: Trends, Fiscal Regime, Major Projects, and Competitive Landscape...
Up until this year, Guinea's well established bauxite industry had been on to a good thing, pumping out bauxite and alumina for the European market and planning major expansions. That picture has since changed dramatically. An overhaul of the Guinea mining code carried out with the input of...
The Guyana Bauxite and General Workers Union has highlighted several matters of importance to the newly appointed Minister of Labour, Dr. Nanda Gopaul. In a press statement, the union listed grievances it has with three bargaining units including the Bauxite company of Guyana Inc (BCGI), Oldendorff...
A couple of weeks after Union Minister for Tribal Welfare and Araku MP V Kishore Chandra Deo said he will have the Governor’s powers invoked if necessary to prevent bauxite mining and safeguard tribal interests, a four-member committee appointed by the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests...
NORANDA Jamaica Bauxite Partners (NJBP) says it is on track this year to achieve the highest production ever in the history of bauxite operations in St Ann. "2011 will be our best production year, as we are on target to ship over five million metric dry tones of bauxite, representing an 18 per cent...
Workers at Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinee, which is owned by Rio Tinto Plc (RIO), Alcoa Inc. (AA) and the West African nation’s government, halted a two-day strike to hold wage talks, said union leader Sekou Oumar Ly Diallo. The protest, which has workers calling for a 50 percent pay rise, was...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
