
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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VietNamNet Bridge – About 200 hectares of coffee, tea and fish pools in Bao Lam District, Lam Dong Province have been polluted by the wastewater released by the Tan Rai bauxite plant that contains sodium hydroxide (NaOH). Tran Duong Le, deputy director of the Management Board of the Lam Dong...

According to China import and export report China bauxite imports are 3851.5 thousand tons in August, growth of 54.94% yoy, and 3743.1 thousand tons in July. From the beginning of this year, total import has been 28295.3 thousand tons,growth of 44.62% yoy. Indonesia, Australia, India and Germany...

Aluminum Corp of China (Chinalco), the country's top aluminium producer,hopes to develop bauxite mines in Guinea, the world's top exporter of the raw material. Luo Jianchuan, a senior official at Chinalco and president of Chinalco's listed unit, Aluminum Corp of China Ltd (Chalco) discussed the...

Many international financial institutions continue to paint a positive outlook for Ghana’s economy, citing improved macro-stability, high commodity prices. The latest bullish assessment and positive outlook for the country’s economy comes from the report of Standard Batik, parent company of Stanbic...

China’s import volume of bauxite has been increasing sharply this year. From officials of Chalco and Shangdong Xinfa Aluminum,its learnt that Indonesia is involved in restricting the export of bauxite. This will exert great pressure on the aluminum oxide industry in China. 60% of China’s bauxite...

JAMAICA'S bauxite & alumina industry may be making a comeback soon as the Kirkvine mining plant in Manchester could reopen next month. Minister of Energy and Mining Clive Mullings last Friday disclosed that the Cabinet was scheduled to consider a proposal yesterday that could lead to the Kirkvine...

Mines Ministry has formed an expert group to review royalty rates for all major minerals other than coal, lignite and sand, due for revision next year. The 17-member study group, which will submit its report in six months, will not only take into account the present Act governing royalty, but also...

An All Indian Online System for end-to-end accounting for mineral transaction has been proposed by the Government to prevent and detect illegal mining in states across India. Under the online system, registration of miners, traders and exporters of major minerals like bauxite will be a must. The...

The Vietnam Ministry of Transport will invest VND3.9 trillion (US$187.5 million) to upgrade 227km of National Road 20, said Truong Huu Hiep, director of Central Highlands LamDong Province's Transport Department. He said the upgrade would facilitate the transport of bauxite. National Road 20...

The latest forecasts for production and exports of key Australian mineral resources Bauxite and Alumina released by the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences on Tuesday are unchanged compared to old forcasts. The figure for Bauxite is 68.2 and Alumina is 20.705...

China's vice premier and a 60-member delegation arrived in Jamaica's capital Monday to sign two grants to boost the island's development as the Asian economic giant steps up its investments across the Caribbean. Vice Premier Hui Liangyu said Beijing is committed to assisting Jamaica, a heavily...

India, endowed with the world’s fifth largest bauxite deposits and the fourth largest coal reserves, has emerged as a preferred place for making aluminium. Within the country, Orissa is where every aluminium maker wants a presence. That is why the Vedanta group, in spite of being solidly anchored...

Guinea has asked state-owned China Power Investment (CPI) to build a 340 MW coal-fired power plant in the electricity-starved west African state, its mines minister said. The project is part of ongoing negotiations between Guinea and CPI over the potential development of a bauxite mine in Boffa and...

Guinea's CBG halted bauxite exports on Sunday afternoon after repairs to a conveyor belt used to load ships failed, a company source told. The company's exports had restarted from a week-long shutdown earlier in the day after repairs to the conveyor were completed, but the staples the company had...

Emerging bauxite exploration and development company, Australian Bauxite Limited has received laboratory results from drilling at its Binjour project in central QLD. 89 holes intersected a thick layer of bauxite located beneath a surface clay horizon, including some exceptionally high grade, thick...

From January to July, aluminum industry in Baise has achieved gross industrial output value of 21.11billion RMB which occupies 53% of that of Guangxi Province. The aluminum industry has gradually become an engine for the economic development in Baise. In this process, private economy is the main...

Truck owners from Salcete hit out at the Rivona Truckers' Association (RTA), who have planned to stop trucks from Navelim, Margao, coastal areas of Benaulim, Colva and Varca from entering mining sites at Rivona. Speaking on behalf of the Salcete truckers' community, member Sadanand Naik, told...

MINMETALS Resources will be left with only the assets it bought from OZ Minerals in 2009 and a small bauxite interest after sealing a $US726.8 million ($713m) deal to sell trading and fabrication assets to parent company China Minmetals Nonferrous. The previously flagged sale will leave...