
China recorded a bauxite price of USD 64 per dry metric tonne (DMT) on a CIF basis in August 2026, while India's quotation stood at USD 73 per DMT on an FOB basis, according to the supplied market assessment. The reported USD 9 difference highlights contrasting price levels across the two markets, although different shipping terms make a direct cost comparison difficult. China's CIF quotation includes freight and insurance, whereas India's FOB price covers the material up to loading at the port. Buyers sourcing bauxite from India therefore need to account for additional shipping costs to determine the final landed price. As a result, the USD 9 difference does not represent the actual gap between the two markets' delivered costs. Freight terms complicate regional bauxite price comparison...
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...
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...BS reported that mineral rich Orissa, which has 95% of chrome ore reserves, 55% of bauxite deposits and 33% of iron ore reserves in the country, has finally swung to action on the royalty front...

...Bauxite Resources Ltd (ASX: BAU) has signed an agreement with Yankuang Corporation that could lead to establishing a refinery to produce 1.1 million tonnes per annum of alumina and, in the process, treat about 3.5 Mtpa of bauxite from the Darling Range...

...Bauxite Resources Ltd (ASX:BAU) ("BRL" or "the Company") is pleased to announce that it has executed a number of Detailed Agreements with Yankuang Corporation ("Yankuang"), for the design and construction of a modern refinery in the South West of Western Australia to refine Darling Range bauxite into alumina...

...Bauxite Resources (ASX: BAU) and Chinese partner Yankuang Corporation have formed a joint venture company to mine bauxite and construct and operate an alumina refinery in Western Australia...

...Hundreds of youths led by a Congress legislator halted shipment of bauxite Saturday to aluminium major Bharat Aluminium Company Ltd (BALCO) in Chhattisgarh's Surguja district, demanding jobs for local residents...

...Clinching facts about the illegitimacy of Vedanta’s continued bauxite mining activity in Yercaud even after closing down its aluminum plant in Mettur and consequent loss to the government was reported in a report released by a fact-finding team of the Social Research, and Legal Advocacy Society here on Sunday...

... Fourth quarter bauxite production was six per cent lower than the same quarter of 2009 but was nine per cent higher for the full year in line with rising third party demand. ....

...The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) will soon send its special rapporteur to study displacement of people at Lanjigarh in Kalahandi district due to Vedanta's refinery plant and the problems faced by them. Read more: Rights body monitor to probe displacement in Lanjigarh - The Times of India ...

...Mr Jairam Ramesh union environment minister has backed the Confederation of Indian Industry's idea that the ministries concerned get all clearances for natural resource based projects such as coal, iron ore and bauxite mining before the bidding process starts...

... Bauxite Resources Limited (ASX:BAU) is pleased to release the following letter to its shareholders. Dear Shareholder ...

... Bosnia's sole alumina plant Birac and its main bauxite supplier Boksit on Tuesday clinched a deal to secure steady supplies of bauxite following a December row over prices that had endangered Birac's production. ...

... According to the Viet Nam National Coal and Mineral Industries Group aluminium bauxite project in the Tay Nguyen province of Lam Dong should turn out its first batch of aluminium product in the second quarter of this year. ...

... Vedanta Resources is likely to submit a fresh application with the Union environment ministry for revival of Niyamgiri bauxite mines and its Lanjigarh expansion project. ... Anil Agarwal on Monday met Union environment minister Jairam Ramesh in the Capital and discussed the company’s Orissa bauxite mining and alumina projects. ....

... Hungarian aluminum plant flowed towards the Danube, critics of the fledgling bauxite mining industry in Vietnam resurfaced after being silenced in 2009. The European disaster gave Vietnamese dissenters an opportunity to bring attention to two proposed Chinese-backed bauxite mines and aluminum plants in Vietnam's central highlands, ....

... Australian Bauxite (ASX: ABZ) has commenced its 2011 drilling campaign at the Taralga bauxite project, with two drill rigs accelerating exploration. Drilling is aiming to define a JORC resource at Taralga which is located near Goulburn, southern NSW. ....

... One case of non compliance of mine closure plan by HINDALCO Industries Ltd in Amarkantak bauxite mine has come to the notice of Indian ...

... Out of 3289 million tonnes of the total bauxite resources, 118 million tonnes (4 %) is ... South American Silver provides project update ...

... The relevant person of the bureau told that the bauxite project was a comprehensive survey of bauxite project , which was funded by Ikawa ...