What happens when the world’s biggest bauxite supplier produces too much of the one commodity it dominates? Guinea’s bauxite market is offering a striking answer. Record exports have strengthened its position in global trade, but the surge in supply has also pushed prices lower. Australia,...
India’s aluminium recycling sector has matured significantly over the past decade. Secondary aluminium, produced by remelting and refining scrap, now accounts for a growing share of the country’s total aluminium consumption. Recycling aluminium requires up to 95 per cent less energy than smelting...
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On April 20, 2023, a Chinese industry expert advised that China, the largest aluminium producer globally, needs to enhance local bauxite mining to reduce its growing dependency on imported resources. Meng Jie, a Deputy Secretary General of the aluminium branch at the China Nonferrous Metals...
On Wednesday, April 19, Rio Tinto, a leading Anglo-Australian mining group, announced its operational results for the first quarter of 2023, revealing an 11 per cent year-on-year decline and 8 per cent month-on-month drop in bauxite output to 12.1 million tonnes. The downfall took place due to the...
Alcoa Australia is determined to transform its 60-year-old operation in the Peel region to make it more environment-friendly. So, the company has decided to conduct a full environmental review of one of its alumina refineries and ecotourism upgrades. Alcoa vice-president operations Australia, Rob...
According to Vietnam's latest geological and mineral strategy, the country is eyeing to bolster governance over the use of mineral resources and strengthen investment in mining technology while establishing a state-of-art mining sector that adheres to environmental protection. In accordance with...
The Nalco-operated Panchpatmali bauxite mine achieved the highest-ever annual bauxite excavation rate since its inception. FY 22-23 has been reported with a figure of 75,50,670 tonnes, up from its previous benchmark of 74,14,100 tonnes in FY 18-19. Odisha's Bauxite mines are vital to NALCO's supply...
On March 31, 2023, Alcoa Corporation announced that its engineering crews are repairing Alumar's two-belt system that conveys raw materials from the pier. On March 25, 2023, the conveyance system—which transports bauxite, coal, coke, and pitch—broke down, blocking the offloading of supplies. The...
Winning Logistics in Guinea awarded Konecranes an order for two Konecranes Gottwald Cranes on Barge in the first quarter of 2023. Winning will use ten Konecranes Gottwald Cranes on Barge to load ships with bauxite off the coast of West Africa after on-site commissioning in Q3 2024. Konecranes is a...
On March 29, 2023, a train accident occurred in the district of Tinguilinta in the sub-prefecture of Tanéné in Boké. According to our information, a CBG train loaded with Bauxite in the province from Sangaredi struck a machine in which a young employee of a security company was present. It has been...
The Indian state-owned integrated aluminium company, National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO), has successfully developed a Bauxite Certified Reference Material (CRM) naming as BARC B1201 in collaboration with Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC). BARC is a multi-disciplinary research centre with...
Global bauxite production is estimated to reach 393 million tonnes in 2023, a growth trajectory expected to continue in the following years, according to AlCircle's latest industry-focused report, ' Global Aluminium Industry Outlook 2023 '. As a result, there will be a 2.6 per cent increase over...
The world leader in the mining of bauxite and iron ore, among many other minerals, Rio Tinto, observed World Water Day on March 22, 2023, by publicising information about annual surface water usage across its global network of managed sites in 35 countries, through an interactive map on its...
Guinea Alumina Corporation SA (GAC), the bauxite mining subsidiary of Emirates Global Aluminium, has acquired Performance Standard V2 (2017) Certification from the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative. It represents the first Guinean entity to receive ASI Certification. As per the report, GAC has...
Following the disappearance of an employee of Bosai Mineral, Linden, Region 10, residents protested at the company's office, calling for the complete halt of bauxite mining on March 12, 2023. Neptrid Hercules, a company operator for the last 40 years, went missing in the early hours of Saturday. He...
The Australian mining and exploration company Metro Mining Limited has revealed that it has entered into a facility agreement with US-based resource project financier Nebari Holdings' Nebari Natural Resources Credit Fund I, LP and Nebari Natural Resources Credit Fund II, LP for a Financing Facility...
Guinea Bauxite Company, the miner of the world’s largest bauxite reserves, signed a supply contract with British Steel for steel railway sleepers. British Steel has announced that it has won its largest-ever order for rail sleepers with a significant export deal for West Africa. In accordance with...
The United States crude and dried bauxite imports stood highest in the fourth quarter of 2022 than all the prior quarters, found the US Census Bureau in its latest survey. The country imported 757,000 tonnes of bauxite in Q4, significantly up by 13.15 per cent or 88,000 tonnes from 669,000 tonnes...
The Joko Widodo lead Indonesian government affirms that bauxite export would be prohibited from June this year. It is prepared to cope with the repercussions, including handling World Trade Organization (WTO) concerns from other nations. Bara Krishna Hasibuan, the Indonesian Trade Ministry's...
Mundra Aluminium Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Adani Enterprises incorporated in December 2021, is selected as the preferred bidder for the Kutrumali bauxite block by the Odisha government. The news came after the company received a letter of intent dated February 27, 2023, from the Odisha...
