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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...Hungary's bauxite processing technology is quite different from that in Viet Nam. Hundreds of tonnes of red sludge spilled from a broken dam at a plant in Hungary that processes bauxite to produce aluminium. Viet Nam has learnt from Hungary's breakdown...
...Hoa said that the incident in Hungary is the first of its kind in the world and Vietnam should not cancel the bauxite mining projects because of this accident...
...Sify reported that after stalling the expansion plan of the alumina refinery and captive power plant of Vedanta Aluminium Limited, the union ministry of environment and forests has now trained its guns on 14 mines in Jharkhand supplying bauxite to feed the company's refinery plant...
...After stalling the expansion plan of the alumina refinery and captive power plant of Vedanta Aluminium Limited (VAL), the Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) has now trained its guns on 14 mines in Jharkhand supplying bauxite to feed the company's refinery plant...
...The Saudi Arabian Mining Company, Maaden and Alcoa Inc., the largest US aluminum producer, poured Sunday the first concrete for the Middle East’s first fully integrated aluminum smelter and a rolling mill to produce food-grade cans, at Ras Al-Zour in the Eastern Province...
...The government will continue to gather opinions before deciding whether to halt bauxite exploration projects in the Central Highlands, a senior government official said Saturday...
... Australia's Cape Alumina puts $1.2 bil bauxite project on hold - read this Platts news article and other stories in metals by clicking here.
... VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, Oct 18 (MARKET WIRE) -- FIRST BAUXITE CORPORATION ( TSX VENTURE: FBX)(FRANKFURT: FBI)(BERLIN: FBI) (First ...
... China, the world's largest metals consumer, discovered additional copper, bauxite , gold and potash deposits as the country strives to meet ...
...Police have detained the director of the aluminium company responsible for a flood of caustic red sludge that killed eight people when it burst from its reservoir last week as Hungary's prime minister said the state would take over the business...
...After the Niyamgiri ban, a controversy is brewing in Chhattisgarh over bauxite mining by Vedanta Resources, the UK-based mining conglomerate, in the Maikal hill ranges in Kawardha district with the opposition Congress demanding a probe into alleged large-scale infringement of green and tribal areas and violation of panchayat laws...
...Vedanta Resources said on Thursday its investments in India could be $2 billion less in the next two years than earlier thought as the Centre’s decision to deny approval to mine bauxite in Orissa’s Niyamgiri hills has forced the group to put its expansion plans on hold...
...edanta Resources Plc, controlled by billionaire Anil Agarwal, will cut its spending program by as much as $2 billion over the next two years after failing to get clearance to mine bauxite at Niyamgiri in India’s Orissa state...
... Vedanta Resources Plc has won a contract from India's western Gujarat state to mine 570000 tons of bauxite , the Economic Times reported, ...
...The Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation Ltd (GMDC) has signed an agreement with the Mr Anil Agarwal-promoted Vedanta Resources for sale of 5.07 lakh tonnes of medium-grade bauxite, for the latter's alumina plant in Orissa...
...Vedanta Resources Plc has won a contract from India’s western Gujarat state to mine 570,000 tons of bauxite, the Economic Times reported, citing Gujarat Mineral Development Corp. managing director V.S. Gadhvi...
... Hydro expects to finalise its acquisition of Vale's bauxite and alumina unit in the fourth quarter of 2010. (Reporting by Oslo newsroom) ...
... The consortium plans to invest $5-6 billion in the bauxite mining and refinery project at Ngaoundal, north of the capital, Yaounde, ...
