Russian aluminium producer Rusal has reached an agreement with Ghana's state-owned Ghana Integrated Aluminum Development Corporation (GIADEC) to jointly develop bauxite mining and alumina refining projects, marking a significant step towards expanding the country's domestic aluminium value chain. Under the agreement, the projects will be implemented through two joint ventures in which Rusal will hold majority stakes. The proposed developments include bauxite mining operations with annual production capacity of up to 5 million tonnes and an alumina refinery capable of producing 1.2 million tonnes annually. The projects will target the Nyinahin bauxite deposit in southwest Ghana, where estimated resources exceed 100 million tonnes, according to Rusal. The agreement was announced during a...
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...
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The company has got final forest clearance for Bauxite mining in Orissa, reports CNBC-TV18, quoting Agencies.
Union minister and senior Congress leader Srikant Jena on Sunday said the Orissa government should immediately order CBI probe into the multi-crore mining scam in the state to probe its “honesty.” The minister also pleaded for cancellation of the controversial Orissa Mining Corporation-Vedanta contract for supply of bauxite from eco-sensitive Niyamgiri hills and resolution of raw material issues for the Posco project.
Vedanta's environment clearance to mine the Niyamgiri hills has been withdrawn as the rejection of forest clearance had made the green nod 'inoperable and infractuous', the environment ministry told the National Green Tribunal on Thursday while indicating that the environmental clearance in itself was not bad technically. The failure to meet one-precondition – securing the forest clearance – the ministry contended, had led it to withdraw the environment clearance to Vedanta's project in Lanjigarh, Orissa. The court gave Vedanta and the state government's mining arm time till July 28 to respond to the environment ministry's affidavit. In case Vedanta decides to withdraw its petition before the tribunal, the future of its mining project, linked to its already existing aluminium refinery,...
Vedanta Aluminum Ltd (VAL) is open to make a fresh proposal to obtain environmental clearance for the expansion plans at its aluminum unit in Lanjigarh, Orissa. However, the company said it wanted the government to consider its application on par with other companies like Lavasa, Posco, SAIL and Jindal Power Ltd, who had recently got a green nod for their projects. “We are open to the idea, provided we are treated at par with other companies (by the Ministry of Environment and Forests),” a senior company official said. Vedanta is keen on initiating a dialogue with the environment ministry to understand what process it needs to follow to fast track the clearance.
Exploration Orbite VSPA (TSX VENTURE:ORT.A) announces that it has successfully extracted alumina from samples of Guinean bauxite. Repeated internal laboratory tests and reviews by independent engineers have confirmed the potential of Orbite's process to extract alumina from bauxite. Orbite's radical innovation has opened the door to an immense new market for the corporation. World bauxite resources are estimated at between 55 to 75 billion tonnes, and on average, four to five tonnes of bauxite are required to create two tonnes of alumina, from which one tonne of aluminum can be produced. At least 85% of world bauxite production is used in the manufacturing of alumina via the Bayer process(i). The Bayer process uses large quantities of electricity, produces greenhouse gases, and generates...
Exploration Orbite VSPA (TSX VENTURE:ORT.A) announces that it has successfully extracted alumina from samples of Guinean bauxite. Repeated internal laboratory tests and reviews by independent engineers have confirmed the potential of Orbite's process to extract alumina from bauxite. Orbite's radical innovation has opened the door to an immense new market for the corporation.
China will add 1 million tonnes a year of alumina capacity, the state planning agency said in a statement, adding to its status as world's largest producer. The plan also includes a power plant and a bauxite mine, the ores refined into alumina, which is the main material for the production of primary aluminium.
Australian Bauxite Limited CEO, Ian Levy, was interviewed by Sky News Australia with respect to the Company's progress and expanding resource base.
It is not end of the road for Vedanta Aluminum Resources Ltd as the environment ministry is considering the company's fresh application to allow six-fold expansion of the refinery. The Orissa high court on Tuesday had upheld the ministry's decision to quash terms of reference for expansion of the company's refinery at Lanjigarh.
Vietnam will produce the first alumina from a bauxite complex in the Central Highlands in September after months of delays caused by adverse weather, power shortages and slow equipment delivery, the official Vietnam News Agency reported. The country's first alumina plant in Lam Dong province is now due to get its first product on September 20, the report said, quoting Tran Duong Le, deputy director of the complex's management board. Last October officials said the $460M Tan Rai alumina plant, invested by state mining group Vinacomin, would start operations in February 2011 and begin exporting in March. "Construction progress has been far behind initial plans because of unfavourable weather with much rain, prolonged power shortages, a lack of labour and slow procedures for importing...
The climate of greater stability recently felt in guinea Bissau has given a new lease of life to the projects for the port of Buba and the Boé bauxite mine, promoted by Angolan investors, according to the Africa Monitor newsletter. As well as greater political and social stability, resulting from increased security in the country, Angolan involvement in the projects has now been taken on directly by the Angolan government in the form of Minister of State, Carlos Feijó, said the Lisbon-based newsletter.
Rio Tinto Alcan welcomes the Queensland Government's release of the Environmental Impact Statement for a bauxite mining project that will underpin the long term future of its Weipa operations in Cape York Peninsula. The South of Embley project will see Rio Tinto Alcan extend bauxite mining on an existing mining lease south of its current operations near Weipa and build new infrastructure including a power station, processing plant, warehouses, workshops, barge and ferry facilities and ship loading facilities. Mr Fiore said that the project will extend the life of bauxite mining operations in the region by about 40 years and continue to generate employment and other economic benefits on the Western Cape. Members of the community are invited to review the EIS, which describes the...
Recently, the survey summary of Henan bauxite resource utilization status was passed the expert evaluation and gets a good grade. For the preparation of The Acceptance Review Regulations of National Resources Utilization Status Summary Survey and to make sure the feasibility of the summary surveys the National Project Office choose Henan bauxite summary as experimental unit and held a review meeting in Beijing.
Saudi Arabian Mining Co. (Ma’aden) said Sunday its profit doubled in the second quarter. Ma’aden made a net profit of SR62.5 million ($16.7 million) in the three months to end-June, compared to SR31.2 million in the same period a year earlier. Analysts surveyed by Reuters expected the firm to post, on average, net profit of SR44.98 million for the second quarter. Meanwhile, banks signed commitment letters on the debt for Ma’aden and Alcoa’s $3.6 billion bauxite mine and alumina refinery in Saudi Arabia on June 29. The deal was four times oversubscribed and debt pricing is around 20bp inside the smelter deal, reflecting the banks’ liquidity. Ma’aden Phosphate Co. (MPC) has started initial production at its 3m ton/year diammonium phosphate (DAP) plant, a company source said earlier. The...
The preliminary snapshot of the June trade figures doesn't include bauxite imports but they recorded consecutive fresh all time highs above 4 million tonnes in both April and May. Cumulative January to May imports of 17.3 million tonnes were up by 56% YoY. In other words, China is swapping one aluminum raw material dependency for another. This is important for Western aluminum producers such as Alcoa who have long argued that China's explosive production of the light metal is not sustainable. Indeed, the company pointed out on its Q2 conference call that 40% of China's alumina refineries are dependent on imported bauxite and that 20% to 30% of its own bauxite mines use underground mining techniques in stark contrast to the rest of the world.
Platts alumina price benchmark closed Thursday at $378.50/mt FOB Australia, dropping $1.50/mt on Wednesday from unplaced cargoes. A consumer reported receiving an unsolicited offer at below $380/mt FOB Australia, for shipment in the second-half of August, for which it was likely to turn away. A trader reported seeing August buying interest at $377/mt FOB Australia, to which it was aiming to sell at $380-381/mt. The $377/mt buy rate would be the most competitive to date. Other buy indications have been seen at $365-375/mt FOB Australia. Rio Tinto warned Thursday that the floods in Queensland, Australia between December 2010 and April 2011 would continue to have an impact on RTA's output and costs into the second half of 2011, although on a smaller scale than Q1. The floods caused steep...
Bauxite Resources Limited (ASX:BAU) wishes to advise the appointment of alternate director, Mr Zhan Qingwei (as alternate for Mr Yan Jitai). Mr Zhan Qingwei is the General Manager of Yankuang Resources Pty Ltd, the Perth based company which holds the interests in the Bauxite Resource and Alumina Refinery Joint Ventures. About Bauxite Resources Limited Bauxite Resources Limited (ASX:BAU) was launched in May 2006 to establish itself in the bauxite and alumina industries in Western Australia. The Company successfully listed on the Australian Stock Exchange in October 2007 and is the only ASX-listed bauxite explorer in the highly prospective Darling Range. The Darling Range in south-west Western Australia is one of the most important bauxite and alumina producing regions in the world. This...
AUSTRALIA'S summer drenching continues to affect Rio Tinto, which has cut full-year coal, bauxite, alumina and iron ore production guidance as its mines gradually return to full capacity. While the downgrades are not huge, they show that the heavy rains caused more problems than were predicted as late as April, when guidance was given. "Operations largely recovered from the severe weather impacts earlier this year, although some port and rail constraints remained," Rio chief executive Tom Albanese said yesterday. He warned that not all of the commodity price gains of the quarter would flow through to Rio's bottom line when first-half profit was reported next month. "This quarter was also characterised by continued strong prices for most of our metals and minerals, but with worsening...
