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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The President of the nation on South America’s North Atlantic coast, Guyana, Dr Irfaan Ali, had a dialogue with his neighbouring country Brazil in regards to the oil and gas industry and bauxite mining before the visit of Jair Bolsonaro, the President of the largest country in South America, which...
Indonesian President, Joko Widodo stated that the government will continue to enforce the restriction on the export of raw mining commodities. “After nickel, [we will ban] bauxite export. The regulation is being finalized. We are preparing a smelter,” said Joko Widodo. Following bauxite, the...
In December 2021, Robert Montague, the Transport and Mining Minister of Jamaica formally commissioned Belle Tierre Reservoir in St. Ann into the service. The waterbody was built by Noranda Jamaica Bauxite Partners, at an estimated cost of US$800,000. The rainwater harvesting facility is located on...
The opposition party of the Caribbean island nation, Jamaica’s People National Party said that they are dismayed with the decision of the Natural Resources Conservation Authority (NRCA) to accord a permit for the bauxite mining of lands that are part of the Cockpit Country in St Ann via Special...
On Monday, January 3, the Chief Executive Officer of the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), Peter Knight announced the decision of the Natural Resources Conservation Authority (NRCA) in a press conference. The announcement revealed that Noranda Bauxite Company has finally received...
Carlos Pinglo has been named Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary of First Bauxite Corporation ("First Bauxite" or the "Company"), succeeding Ian Fodie. Mr Fodie's services are appreciated, and the Company wishes him well in his future pursuits. First Bauxite is a Canadian mineral...
Noranda Bauxite, Atlantic Alumina and Jamaica Bauxite Mining Limited made public the launch of Operation Discovery Tree, a project with a purpose to proliferate the forested areas in the parish of St. Ann. Operation Discovery Tree will incorporate the development of a tree nursery on selected lands...
Paul Lennon, the Chairman of the board at Australian Bauxite Limited, claims that a Tasmanian miner pursuing high technology has developed two "major prospects with tremendous upside potential in the near future." Shareholders of Australian Bauxite Limited voted decisively on Thursday to alter the...
China’s demand for imported bauxite is expected to rise by about 20 per cent year-on-year in 2022, backed on increasing demand for the raw material from domestic alumina producers, pointed out the state-owned research agency Antaike. China’s alumina producing capacity using imported bauxite is...
The globally diversified mining and metals company producing bauxite, alumina, aluminium among other commodities, South32 with its headquartered in Perth, Western Australia secured $1.4 billion (R22.5bn) in commitments from financiers until 2026, manifesting its new credit facility as a...
Compared to the aluminium smelters in West Asia, which benefit from low-cost natural gas, and those in Europe and Canada which benefit from hydropower, India's white metal production is solely dependent on significantly more expensive coal-fired energy. However, this country has a distinct edge...
This week the bauxite industry was in the news for a limited number of incidents. To begin with, Guinea Alumina Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA), announced on December 6, 2021 that it had awarded a critical mining contract to a Guinean firm, GPC, as the...
The United States imported 881,000 tonnes of crude and dried bauxite in the third quarter of 2021 (ended September 30), which reflected a hike of 147,000 tonnes or 20.03 per cent quarter-on-quarter, found the latest date of the US Census Bureau. In the second quarter of the year, the United States...
The leader in global aluminium production and also one of the largest companies in the UAE, Emirates Global Aluminium has inked a three-year agreement with China’s Bosai Minerals Group for the supply of bauxite from the West African nation, Guinea. The agreement states that EGA will supply Bosai...
China's aluminium sector, the world's largest, is growing increasingly reliant on foreign supply of the ore needed to produce the metal, highlighting the country's long-term reliance on imported raw materials. Alumina, an intermediate substance created from bauxite ore, is used to make the...
Canyon Resources reportedly plans to release the bankable feasibility study for its Minim Martap bauxite project in January 2022, including improving rail production capacity and developing a superior port handling facility. Fresh modelling from West African rail engineering consultant Vecturis has...
The Australian securities exchange registered firm Canyon Resources Limited announced that, through its wholly-owned Cameroon subsidiary Camalco Cameroon SA, it has attended four formal sessions with the Government of Cameroon to negotiate terms of the Mining Convention for the Minim Martap Bauxite...
On 6 th December 2021, Guinea Alumina Corporation, the wholly-owned subsidiary of Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) publicized that it has awarded a crucial mining contract to a Guinean firm GPC, as the metallurgical-grade bauxite export company aspires to expand its contribution to the economy of...
