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 region’s mineral boom continues, with the announcement that bauxite has been found at Guyra. Australian Bauxite chief executive officer Ian Levy said the recent find was the second discovery of the mineral, otherwise known as aluminium ore, in the area around Guyra and Inverell. The recent...
A Mines Ministry panel has recommended faster clearance to big bauxite mining projects in the country in the wake of aluminium demand likely to double to 2.8 million tonnes over the next six years. Concerned that deficit of bauxite mining capacity will reach 12 Million tonnes by 2016-17 from the...
The Economic Times reports Indian mineral production declined 14.52 percent in April compared to the preceding month due to sharp drop in the output of coal, bauxite and copper, official data showed Monday. Coal production slumped 32.81 percent at 407 lakh tonnes and production of bauxite fell...
AURUM Exploration (Fiji) Limited is contracted to dig one million tonnes of bauxite soil from the Nawailevu lands, says the permanent secretary for Mineral Resources, Filimone Kau.,br> "The total volume the contractor is to supply is one million tonnes of bauxite," Mr Kau said. "The tax and...
THE Queensland Government has confirmed it will call an international tender for the development of the Aurukun bauxite resources in western Cape York, effectively snubbing the giant Chinese Aluminium Company (Chalco). Treasurer and Minister for State Development and Trade Andrew Fraser last night...
The Saudi Arabian Mining Co (Ma'aden) has received commitment letters to cover the required $1bn commercial bank financing for the development of Ma'aden Bauxite and Alumina Co's bauxite mine and alumina refinery, Saudi Gazette has reported. The period of the loans is 16 years and will be paid in...
The Queensland Government will conduct an international tender for the development rights of the Aurukun bauxite in Western Cape York., “The original tender process in 2005-06 was based on bidders committing to develop the bauxite resource as a bauxite mine as well as a new alumina refinery to...
Aluminum Corp of China said its discussions over possible development of bauxite resources in Australia had ended and that it would make provisions for impairment on associated expenditures. The Queensland government terminated the discussions, the company said late Sunday, putting an end to what...
THE LARGEST aluminium refinery in Europe, Rusal Aughinish on the Shannon estuary, returned to profit last year after sustaining combined pre-tax losses of $63.6 million (€43.7 million) in 2009 and 2008. A spokesman for the company confirmed yesterday that its 2010 accounts are expected to show a...
THE LARGEST aluminium refinery in Europe, Rusal Aughinish on the Shannon estuary, returned to profit last year after sustaining combined pre-tax losses of $63.6 million (€43.7 million) in 2009 and 2008. A spokesman for the company confirmed yesterday that its 2010 accounts are expected to show a...
Vedanta Resources PLC's bauxite mining project in eastern India hasn't received environmental clearance, the government said over the weekend. Reacting to a Times of India report that an environment panel has reviewed and cleared the project in Orissa state's remote Niyamgiri hills, India's...
The Government is conducting an international tender for development rights for bauxite in Aurukun, in Cape York, after Chalco won the original tender but withdrew last year due to the global financial crisis. Chalco had suggested Bowen, in the state's north, would be the most suitable place for...
Could Vedanta's aluminium refinery and bauxite mining project be looking at a second lease of life? A sub-committee of the environment ministry has given the go-ahead to mining the Niyamgiri hills, months after Union environment minister Jairam Ramesh had put the refinery project on hold for...
Negotiations between the Queensland government and Chinese aluminium giant Chalco over a $2.3 billion alumina refinery in the north of the state have broken down, with the Aurukun bauxite leases now set to be put up for sale later this year, according to The Australian Financial Review. According...
United Co. Rusal, the world’s largest aluminum producer, said it’s in talks with the government of Guinea on terms to develop the Dian Dian bauxite deposit. The African nation’s government plans to introduce new rules on mining concessions, Vladislav Soloviev, first deputy chief executive officer...
Sydney, June 28, 2011 (ABN Newswire) - Emerging bauxite exploration and development company, Australian Bauxite Limited (ASX:ABZ) has received laboratory results from drilling at its Guyra project in NSW. 63 holes intersected a thick layer of bauxite located beneath a thin clay horizon, including...
A SYDNEY miner has vowed to steer clear of any conflict with Tableland farmers when it starts exploring land near Herberton for bauxite within the next six months. Queensland Bauxite Ltd owns two tenements about 16km northwest and about 18km south-southeast of the town. Executive chairwoman Pnina...
ABOUT $30million will circulate in the Northern Division once new investment projects like bauxite mining and wood chip exports in Bua start. This coupled with a good year in sugarcane should boost the Northern Division economy, says Labasa Chamber of Commerce president Ashok Karan. Mr Karan said...
