International Responsible Business Conduct (IRBC) has completed a project examining aluminium and bauxite supply chains to improve transparency and traceability in materials supporting the renewable energy transition. The project brought together wind energy company Siemens Gamesa, Dutch cable manufacturer TKF, Digital Product Passport (DPP) technology provider Minespider, and project partner Responsible Trade. The initiative mapped selected upstream aluminium and bauxite supply chains and tested secure DPPs to organise and present traceability and sustainability information across multiple supplier tiers. Explore the production, demand and consumption forecasts of bauxite and alumina in our report: " Global Bauxite & Alumina Market Forecast to 2036: Supply–Demand, Trade Flows & Price...
Mount Ridley Mines has reported 94.9 per cent gallium recovery from a third-party bauxite sample using its patent-pending Selectro process, alongside recoveries of 92 per cent aluminium and 97 per cent iron in a single low-temperature leach. The test also produced a silica-rich residue instead of conventional red mud, highlighting the technology’s potential to recover multiple metals from bauxite through one processing route. The sample was provided by Australian Silica Quartz Group from its Darling Range bauxite project in Western Australia. It comprised material collected from 16 vacuum drill samples across four holes at the Athena and Ceres prospects. Containing 80 parts per million of gallium, the sample yielded an extraction rate of 94.9 per cent into solution. Mount Ridley said this...
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As per a renowned British news media, a report has been unfolded that a mining operation owes millions in unpaid taxes and royalties to the Government of Solomon Islands. The information accumulated from a senior official, Govt. of Solomon Islands, the Asia Pacific Investment Development (APID) company and its subcontractor, Bintan Mining Solomon Islands Ltd (BMSI), have not paid taxes or royalties on over one-third of their exports in the last five years. Since 2015, the companies have been exporting bauxite from the West Rennell Islands, with 100 shipments consigned overseas. Notwithstanding, it has been unveiled that they have paid royalties for only 67 shipments out of the 100 freights during their operation. Rick Houenipwela, the former Prime Minister of Solomon Islands said: “Sadly,...
On 9 th November 2021, in an unanticipated jolt, a meeting summoned in connection with the proposed bauxite mining in Pottangi by Nalco concluded on a positive account with the village inhabitants conferring conditional support to the drive. ITDA, the Koraput Integrated Tribal Development Agency officials had issued a notification to nine villages incorporating Malkarabanda, Sipaiput, Erasantagurda, Katraguda, Pottangi, Sisaguda, Madamgandhi, Thuria and Karnajaguda for contemporary conduct of the meeting. However, this was deliberated to settle the abiding dispute between the village inhabitants and Nalco over redirection of forest land for mining under the Forest Rights Act (FRA) 2006. The affected village population of the block put forward a document of demands to be fulfilled before...
In September, producers had to pay extra money to bring their goods to market, as output prices for the Mining and Quarrying business and the Manufacturing industry both increased by 0.3 percent. The Statistical Institute of Jamaica's newest producer pricing index statistics indicated the rise in production costs (STATIN). Bauxite mining and alumina processing costs increased by 0.3 percent. It was also the primary cause of price increases in the Mining and Quarrying business. The second major group, Other Mining & Quarrying, had a 0.1 percent increase in its index. Meanwhile, the key groupings Food, Beverages, and Tobacco, as well as Chemicals and Chemical Products, each climbed by 0.5 percent, and Refined Petroleum Products, which increased by 0.2 percent, were the biggest contributors...
The quarterly results and the first nine months performance are gradually getting released for the bauxite segment, which has kept the industry highlighted, following the Guinea political unrest. However, in Guinea, Rusal produced 1.694 million tonnes of bauxite in 3Q2021, which was down by 6.77 per cent from 1.817 million tonnes a quarter earlier. Under the upstream sector, Hydro has announced a robust operation both in bauxite and alumina. Adjusted EBITDA earned from bauxite and alumina stood at NOK 1,055 million, reflecting a year-on-year rise of 83 per cent from NOK 578 million. For a new bauxite mine and bauxite export facility at the Port of Kamsar in Guinea, WEC Projects designed and constructed a desalination and wastewater treatment plant. The two projects will generate potable,...
The Members of the Cockpit Country Stakeholders Group (CCSG) have emphatically declined the Final Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) organised by the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) to permit mining in the historic section of Jamaica. Cockpit country’s mining has been a primary cause of disagreement for the residents of the area, while the government agency responsible for issuing mining rights, NEPA and environmentalists who are dynamically against bauxite mining within the boundaries of the heritage site. The CCS Group stated in a release, which says: “We are at a loss to understand how this substandard document could have been accepted by the state agency with responsibility for public health and the environment.” “We understand that deliberations on the granting of...
Rusal, the world’s largest aluminium producer outside China, has announced its operating results for the third quarter of 2021, ended September 30. The company revealed that its bauxite production dropped 1.1 per cent Q-o-Q from 3.836 million tonnes to 3.792 million tonnes in 3Q2021. In total nine months, the production amounted to 11.429 million tonnes, up by 1.2 per cent from 11.298 million tonnes. Alumina output in Q3 remained essentially unchanged at 2.064 million tonnes, while the total production from January to September grew 2.1 per cent year-on-year from 6.040 million tonnes to 6.167 million tonnes. In Guinea, Rusal produced 1.694 million tonnes of bauxite in 3Q2021, which was down by 6.77 per cent from 1.817 million tonnes a quarter earlier. Rusal’s bauxite output in Russia...
The Australian listed company that is focussed on the development of the 100% owned Minim-Martap Bauxite Project, a direct shipping ore (DSO) project development opportunity in central Cameroon, Canyon Resources Limited has updated the shareholders on the progress of development on the bauxite project in Cameroon. The Company has secured formal written notification from the Ministry of Mines in Cameroon towards the commencement of the process of the negotiation for a mining convention for the project. However, once finalised, the Mining Convention shall spell out all the key terms of the Project between the Company and the State across all areas, including justification and scope of the project, taxes, State participation in the Project, social and environmental obligations, conditions of...
Hydro has announced in its quarterly results today that it has already reached the 2021 improvement target of NOK 5.1 billion during the third quarter of 2021 (ended on September 30), driven by global demand recovery and fiscal stimulus. As per the result revealed by Hydro, the company has achieved a 33 per cent hike in revenue from NOK 27,516 million in Q3 2020 to NOK 36,710 million in Q3 2021. On a quarter-on-quarter basis, it grew 6 per cent from NOK 34,559 million. Total revenue in nine months amounted to NOK 103,221 million compared to NOK 84,468 million a year ago. Adjusted EBITDA in Q3 2021 gained 100 per cent year-on-year from NOK 3,100 million to NOK 7,219 million. In nine-month time, it stood at NOK 18,998 million, an increase of 95.77 per cent from NOK 9,704 million. Under the...
On Friday, October 22, Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) made it public that MYTILINEOS has been successfully accredited against the ASI Performance Standard to carry out production, sourcing, stewardship of aluminium for their Bauxite mining activities at the Delphi Distomon site. The certification is also enabled for the refining, smelting, and casthouse activities at the Aluminium of Greece Plant; Port Facilities at the Aluminium of Greece Plant, Mytilineos corporate headquarter in Athens. The activities can produce more than 198,000 tonnes of aluminium, 860,000 tonnes of alumina, and 630,000 tonnes of bauxite each year. The ASI Certification programme is the first comprehensive voluntary sustainability standard initiative for the aluminium value chain, and it was developed with...
For a new bauxite mine and bauxite export facility at the Port of Kamsar in Guinea, WEC Projects designed and constructed a desalination and wastewater treatment plant. The two projects will generate potable, process, and fire water, as well as treat effluent from the port camp and activities. Despite facing some unique and challenging obstacles, both projects were completed successfully. The Guinea Alumina Corporation (GAC) bauxite mine, worth US$1.4 billion, is a greenfield project in Guinea's northwest area. Between the cities of Boké and Sangaredi, the mining firm holds a 690-square-kilometer bauxite concession with deposits estimated to be approximately 400 million tonnes. The bauxite, which is needed to make aluminium, is mined and carried by rail to the Port of Kamsar, where it is...
This week, the bauxite industry started with the news that, Rio Tinto has reportedly renewed the partnership with the Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC) for the next three years, meaning the former will invest more than $2 million to continue research & development in bauxite and tailings processing technologies. This marks a 25-year union between the two organisations, particularly in the area of bauxite and tailing treatment technologies and alumina manufacturing. To know more: https://www.alcircle.com/news/rio-tinto-renews-partnership-with-uqac-for-3-years-to-continue-r-d-in-bauxite-and-alumina-manufacturing-71663 This was followed by the news that, Guinea mining sector attracting US$6.2 billion investment within 5 years of time. The West African nation that recently faced a...
The Guinea coup leader turned interim President of the West African nation, with the authorities, after showing their intention to tidy out the financials of the former government, by establishing an Audit Committee that will be responsible for investigating the financial misconduct of the Alpha Condé regime, must also now scrutinize the Guinean mining cadastre. The strategic committee will officially review all the mining contracts signed under the Condé era. The directory needs to review agreements targeted to the Bauxite mining, Nimba Project and Iron Sectors of Simandou blocks 1 and 2 where a company was backed by the son of Alpha Condé took over with fanfare. The steadfastness of President Alpha Condé in the mining sector, sponsored by his close acquaintances had tainted the entire...
On 19 th October 2021, the President of Indonesia, Joko Widodo stated the country is planning to put brakes on the export of all crucial raw commodities in an attempt to entice investment in onshore resource processing and job creation. The world’s largest island nation, Indonesia has banned a number of crude ore exports including nickel, tin and copper in a bid to vitalize downstream industries, comprising the manufacturing of batteries for EV and the aluminium industry. Presently, the Indonesian government is conducting a feasibility study for the downstream of other commodities with a long-term vision of no longer just selling just raw materials, the President said in the village of Bebatu on Borneo Island. The President added: “A new policy would hopefully emerge next year. Don’t be...
Rio Tinto has reportedly renewed the partnership with the Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC) for the next three years, meaning the former will invest more than $2 million to continue research & development in bauxite and tailings processing technologies. This marks a 25-year union between the two organisations, particularly in the area of bauxite and tailing treatment technologies and alumina manufacturing. This partnership with Rio Tinto allows UAQC to build up its position and also that of the region among the world leaders in aluminium research and development. According to Mohamed Bouazara, UQAC's Vice-Rector, Research, Creation, and Innovation: "A partnership like this guarantees a certain stability in the development of our aluminium research and helps maintain cutting-edge...
According to reports, the Government of India informed the state of Andhra Pradesh that it has no involvement in the international arbitration brought by the Ras-Al-Khaimah Investment Authority (RAKIA) over the cancellation of a Bauxite supply deal between Andhra Pradesh Mineral Development Corporation (APDMC) and ANRAK Aluminium Limited. The Centre, which is also a party in the arbitration petition, is said to have chastised the State administration for withdrawing the arrangement without alerting the Centre while the matter is being heard in a London court. Based on a MoU signed with the Andhra Pradesh Mineral Development Corporation (APMDC) for bauxite mining, Ras Al-Khaimah Investment Authority (RAKIA) and the Penna Group collaborated to build an alumina refinery in Makavarapalem in...
According to the third-quarter results of 2021 (ended on September 30) released by Rio Tinto, the company’s bauxite production stood at 13.967 million tonnes, up by 2 per cent quarter-on-quarter but down by 3 per cent on the year due to equipment reliability issues and overruns on planned shutdowns at our Pacific operations.. From January to September, Rio Tinto’s total bauxite production amounted to 41.231 million tonnes, 4 per cent lower than a year ago. Bauxite third party shipments increased year-on-year by 6 per cent to 10.091 million tonnes in Q3 2021 but remained essentially unchanged than the previous quarter. In nine months, Rio’s bauxite shipments totalled 28.608 million tonnes, down by 5 per cent from the same period last year. Rio Tinto Chief Executive Jakob Stausholm, said:...
The West African nation that recently faced a political crisis, Guinean’s mining sector has attracted $6.2 billion of investments in the span of five years which signifies 2015-2020. Hence it kept the nation’s economy resilient amid the epidemic Ebola and Covid-19 pandemic. Out of the $25 billion of outstanding investments commitments, $6.4 billion has already been invested in the sector, of which 97% or $ 6.2 billion USD during the above said period alone. According to Boké Mining Company (SMB), the investment figures comprise several mining operations and the accomplishment of crucial works in the mining sector during the five-year phase. The project of the Santou-Dapilon railway that appended to a set of investments made between Boffa and Boffé amounted to $3 billion. The investments...
Gideon Boako, an aide to Mahamudu Bawumia the Vice President of Ghana, revealed that around three-quarters of Ghana’s bauxite reserve were sold to another company by John Dramani Mahama, the former President of Ghana. The company, to whom Ghana’s bauxite reserve was sold, is associated with Ibrahim Mahama, the brother of Dramani Mahama. According to Gideon, within less than a month of his exit from office and losing the 2016 election, the Mahama administration sold the Nyinahin reserve which includes around 75 percent of the bauxite reserve in Ghana to Exton Cubic, associated with Ibrahim Mahama. “But for the intervention of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government that cancelled the deal, Ghana would have been the worse for it,” said Gideon Boako on Net2 TV’s The Seat Show. “Atewa has...
