Metro Mining's Bauxite Hills operation delivered record quarterly production as lower unit costs and a broader customer base strengthen its growth profile. Metro Mining is building momentum at its Bauxite Hills bauxite mine in Queensland, with record quarterly output, lower unit costs and improving...
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,...
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Canyon's Makan and Ngaoundal bauxite research licences, which border the Minim-Martap Project in Central Cameroon, Africa, have been awarded two-year extensions. Camalco, a subsidiary of Canyon (ASX:CAY), is still waiting for an exploitation licence for the Minim-Martap research permit, but expects...
The Australia-based hi-technology and explorer-developer company, ABx Group Limited has signed a joint venture agreement with Alumin Pty Ltd (Alumin) towards the development of the Sunrise Bauxite Project, which comprises a bauxite mine at Binjour plateau and port operations at Bundaberg in...
On 18 th February 2022, the national mining company of Cameroon, Sonamines through its Director-General Serge Boyogueno, signed a memorandum of understanding with China Railways No. 5 Engineering Group Co. (CREC 5), a subsidiary of China Railways Group Ltd., to support Sonamines in the development...
The Australian bauxite exploration and mining company Metro Mining (MMI) has accomplished loading the final vessels to settle its 2021 contractual commitments of 3.1 million wet metric tonnes (WMT). However, the Brisbane, Queensland headquartered company reported that tonnage loaded in January and...
According to the recent data released by General Administration of Customs, China imported 8.73 million tonnes of bauxite in December 2021, which reflected a month-on-month increase of 13.32 per cent and a year-on-year hike of 16.4 per cent. From Australia, China imported 2.9 million tonnes of...
Rusal, a leading global Russian aluminium producer, announced its operating results for the fourth quarter of 2021 and for the 12 months ending December 31, 2021, revealing bauxite production in Q4 at 3.602 million tonnes, a decrease of 5 per cent from 3.792 million tonnes in Q3 2021. The decrease...
The official survey towards the activities for confirmation of commercial deposit of bauxite in the Nyinahin-Mpasaaso range in the Ashanti region commences. Rock shore Mining International with its partner company, Sahara Mining Consultants have processed to the site and started drilling the hills...
The Jamaica Bauxite Mining Limited (JBM) will create a multimillion-dollar commercial and industrial park near Lydford, St Ann, where the company's principal operations are based. Minister of Mining Audley Shaw stated that the project will begin this year, adding that the proposed commercial and...
The Aluminium Stewardship Initiative has reportedly certified Mineração Rio do Norte – MRN against the Performance Standard certification for bauxite mining operations and power generation at Porto Trombetas facility in State of Pará, Brazil. Their activities include the planning, mining,...
On Wednesday, February 2, Rio Tinto announced its fourth-quarter and full-year 2021 report, revealing the bauxite output in Q4 at 13.1 million tonnes, down by 6 per cent quarter-on-quarter and 2 per cent year-on-year. In the entire year, the company’s bauxite production came in at 54.3 million...
Bauxite is known as a rock made up of laterite soil and it is the primary raw material used in the production of alumina and aluminium metal. Generally, it is found in tropical regions, where intense decomposition aids in its generation. Bauxite is found in a thin layer, commonly 2–5 meters close...
The developer of the world-class Minim Martap bauxite project in Cameroon, Canyon Resources Limited has appointed Nfon (Traditional Chief) Ekoko Mukete as a Non-Executive Director of Canyon’s wholly-owned subsidiary company Camalco Cameroon S.A. Nfon Ekoko Mukete is the ‘Paramount Ruler’ of the...
The Prime Minister of Guinea, Mohamed Béavogui revealed the shocking information on the mining sector of the nation by saying, “If we trust the figures of the International Monetary Fund on Guinea, the last moments of Alpha Condé's management were catastrophic in the mining sector.” “During the...
The developer of high-technology businesses in the world of mining and minerals exploration, ABx Group has appointed Dr Mark Cooksey, the CEO of Alcore, its subsidiary, as the Chief Executive of the parent company. Following ABx prolonged leader Ian Levy decided to stand down from his present...
With only a few days till the Union Budget 2022, there has been an outpouring of proposals to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman from all corners, notably regarding Railways, which is regarded as India's "lifeline." The PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PHDCCI) has requested that bauxite be...
The Jamaican Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr Nigel Clarke has manifested that the govt. has collected $2 billion from the bauxite levy in late 2021. On 18 th January 2022, while countering the questions put forward by Phillip Paulwell, the mining spokesperson of the opposition in the...
The Deputy Minister of Lands and Natural Resources of Akufo-Addo govt. in Ghana, George Mireku Duker, who is in charge of the mining industry in the country, has delivered relief to the workers of Ghana Company (GBC) from the dismay of feasible collapse. He emphasized that the enterprise...
The localities of Tamita and Lisso in the prefecture of Boffa, Guinea has witnessed that the communities are impacted by the exploitation of bauxite by the Chinese company Chalco, as it blockaded access from the port to the conveyor remain camped in their position. The inhabitants did not aspire to...
