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 Supreme Court on Monday issued a notice to the MoEF on a petition by the Orissa Mining Corporation accusing Jairam Ramesh of withdrawing environment clearance to Vedanta for bauxite mining in Niyamgiri hills just a day before he was taken out of MoEF.
Now the committee formed by the state govt. has validated about minings being illegally operated. The committee constituted by Mines Department has found that as many as in 104 mining leases have produced more than the rate prescribed by the Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM).
When bauxite (raw aluminum ore) is processed into aluminum oxide, or alumina, it's first bathed in a solution of sodium hydroxide (lye) at very high temperatures. Aluminum compounds in the bauxite dissolve while other compounds remain behind: iron oxides, sand, clay, some titanium oxides and even...
Nana Akufo-Addo, Presidential Candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has promised to ensure the mining of the huge bauxite deposits at Nyinahin, if given the mandate to lead the nation. Nana Akufo-Addo, who is touring the Atwima-Mponua Constituency, as part of his countrywide listening...
According to China Customs, China’s imports of bauxite were 3.49 million mt during June, down over 1 million mt or 22.45% compared with May’s 4.50 million mt.
China’s alumina imports plunged in June, as domestic production continued growing strongly whilst import prices kept rising.
Rich in largely untapped natural resources and able to benefit from a low cost labor force, Vietnam has enjoyed 10-percent growth rates (although it has also suffered 11 percent inflation rates last year). The country has never been a major metals producer, but that could be about to change....
Bauxite production was 11% higher than the Q2 of 2010, notably at Weipa, driven by increased third party demand. Alumina production is gradually recovering from the abnormally heavy rains between December 2010 and April 2011 which primarily impacted Queensland Alumina’s production, affecting...
National Aluminum Company Limited has received Stage II final forest clearance for renewal of its bauxite mining lease for the Panchpatmali South Block in Koraput district of Orissa for 20 more years requiring the diversion of 110.3 hectares of forest land. The original lease period in the...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
