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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On 29th September 2021, the Athens-listed leading global industrial and energy company, Mytilineos declared its engagement as a coordinator in the European Union’s SCALE project with an experimental plant for the extraction of scandium from bauxite residue. A silvery-white metallic d-block element,...
On 30th October 2021, Sridhar Patra, the Chairman-cum-Managing Director of Nalco stated that the pre-project ventures like securing green clearance for the execution of the mining lease of Pottangi bauxite mines in Koraput district of Odisha and construction of an 18-km overland conveyor are...
Lindian Resources Limited concluded the fiscal year 2021 on a good note, with eight new highly prospective tenements added to its existing portfolio in the West African bauxite hotspot in Guinea. According to the report, Lindian secured the tenements through the Lushoto and Pare bauxite projects in...
The mining and transport minister of Jamaica, Robert Montague stated that the Government finalised an agreement with Concord Resources Holding Limited for the reinstatement of the bauxite production levy on the export of aluminium ore. On 29th September 2021, Montague said to the House of...
On 5th September 2021, following the political unrest in West African nation Guinea, which dethroned President Alpha Conde, one working official from the Russian aluminium giant Rusal commented: “Political turmoil has not disrupted the mining sector as much as some had predicted. Everything is...
On 27th September 2021, the CEO of the state mining holding firm Mining Industry Indonesia (MIND ID), Orias Petrus Moedak stated the company is looking out for an initial public offering (IPO) around the end of next year for its bauxite mining business. The CEO further added, as a controller...
According to the latest update, a team of Andhra Pradesh Mineral Development Corporation (APMDC) officials has started their journey to London for attending the upcoming hearing of a case scheduled on September 27 concerning the international arbitration raised by Ras-Al-Khaimah Investment...
The Odisha state government has put the auction of Karlapat bauxite and iron ore block on hold until further notice following a court order. The block that was called for auction is located near the Karlapat Wildlife Sanctuary, an allotted elephant corridor in Kalahandi district contemplated...
Russian aluminium giant Rusal will reportedly spell out terms for the restart of bauxite shipments in Guinea after the completion of the probe into a collision of two freight trains and the restoration of railroad tracks. The news came after a spokesperson reported this to TASS. The official said...
The global mining giant Rio Tinto has contracted EDL, the developer of world-class wind and solar projects across Australia, to expand an existing solar installation at its Weipa bauxite mines in Queensland by adding 4 MW solar power generating capacity and 4 MW/4 MWh of battery storage. The...
On 20th September 2021, Rusal operated two trains collided in Guinea's capital Conakry, resulting in killing at least one person while injuring eight others, as witnessed by local citizens. The leading producer of low carbon aluminium Rusal operates three bauxite mines and an alumina refinery in...
The political instability in the West African nation Guinea still pursued this week, though mining operations in the country continues unhampered and ports remained functional for shipment. However, the coup in Africa’s bauxite kingdom has stirred the price of aluminium to 13 years high at $3000...
The West African nation Ghana, spanning the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south has selected a wholly-owned Ghanaian company, Rocksure International as a strategic partner to develop a bauxite mine and alumina refinery in a bid to develop an industry out of its untapped aluminium ore...
National Aluminium Company Limited’s (NALCO) Panchpatmali bauxite mine has reportedly bagged the prestigious Pollution Control Excellence Award 2021 for effective and efficient pollution control measures and commendable environmental management practices. The award, conducted by the State Pollution...
The army unit head of Guinea who lead the coup, solicited the mining companies to support the development of the nation’s economy, even though he assured the industry that production would be allowed to pursue unhampered following the political turmoil on 5th September. Colonel Mamady Doumbouya,...
The primary source of aluminium production, bauxite gained its output by 1.2% in 2020, from the previous year to 371 million tonnes, as per the latest report by GlobalData. The London headquartered data analytics and consulting company GlobalData, a gold standard data provider to the world's...
On 15th September 2021, the deputy minister from Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources achieved to persuade that the Kingdom’s germinating mining sector stands as a cinch for future rewards. The mining affairs minister, Khalid Al-Mudaifer, attended the MINExpo International 2021...
The coup in Guinea that by overthrowing President Alpha Conde in the previous week, the recent military takeovers in Chad and Mali, as well as an attempted coup in Niger, is adding fuel to complicate China's inroads into the semi-arid Sahel region and parts of West and Central Africa. The larger...
