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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In 2017, Bel Air Mining was established in Guinea and now in 2021, it is in a deep financial crisis. The Guinean subsidiary of Alufer Mining Ltd., which exploits bauxite in the Boffa region, has been severely affected due to the recent slash in prices and the increase in freight and restrictions...
The world’s largest bauxite exporting nation, Guinea has made an astonishing entry in the 2019 Fraser Institute ranking, crowing first in the world in terms of mining potential. Notwithstanding, the poor discernment of its mining policies obstructed the country from appearing in the top 10, in...
One of the world's largest exporters of metallurgical bauxite, operating mines located in the northwest of the Republic of Guinea, Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinée (CBG) has paid a total of $471 million during 2015 and 2019, as reported by the senior officials from the Ministry of Mines and...
The Self-reliant India movement, a vision drawn by Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India to make India a global manufacturing hub and aluminium industry is all set to play a key role in the movement. Presently, the worldwide manufacturing sectors like aerospace, space exploration, national...
Bonasika Bauxite, a direct shipping ore (DSO) project, whose development has been initiated in Guyana. Guyana Industrial Minerals (GINMIN), a subsidiary of First Bauxite Corporation, remains the project developer. As per the plan, Bauxite from the Bonasika project will undergo mining and...
Phillip Gallagher, the Managing Director of Canyon Resources and Rick Smith, the new Camalco Director-General hosted a visit on 25 th January 2021, to the Minim Martap Project site by His Excellency Gabrielle Ndoko, the Minister of Mines – Govt. of Cameroon, the Secretary of State to the Minister...
Camalco, the subsidiary company of Canyon Resources with headquarters in Perth Western Australia, has appointed Rick Smith as Director-General of Camalco. Since March 2020, Smith has been working with Canyon Resources as Chief Development Officer and has agreed to accept the role of DG at Camalco...
Leonardo DiCaprio, the eminent Hollywood celebrity who acted in movies like Titanic, Blood Diamond and many other movies, has called on the Govt. of Ghana to ensure the 'Atewa Forest' remains safe. On his Twitter handle, the world-renowned actor indicated that the Forest in Ghana is one of the...
Dr Sakoba Keita, Head of Guinea's National Health Security Agency, said: “Guinea has entered an Ebola ‘epidemic situation’ with seven cases confirmed, including three deaths.” On 14 th February 2021, the health officials confirmed that at least three people have died in Guinea and several others...
On 14 th February 2021, Guinea’s Minister of Mines and Geology paid a visit to the Balaya bauxite mining site in the prefecture of Kindia, before proceeding to the inauguration of the new bridge located in the locality of Féréfou, under the sub-prefecture of Friguiagbè. The minister was accompanied...
The bauxite mining company Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinée SA (CBG) is likely to take forward the long-due dispute settlement with local communities over the resettlement of a bauxite mine. According to a report, now Rio Tinto has provided expertise to CBG to help settle the dispute, which has...
RUSAL has announced that the management of the Company's Representative office in Guinea has been awarded the Guinea Best Company Awards for its contribution to the fight against COVID-19 and socially responsible policy during the pandemic. The Guinea Best Company Awards event is organised annually...
Norsk Hydro the globally integrated aluminium giant has been sued by a group of communities in Brazil. Around 40,000 Brazilians are involved in the lawsuit against Norwegian aluminium producer, as they stated, it is toxic waste pollution the company is causing in northern Brazil. The communities...
Rusal, a leading global aluminium producer, has announced operating results for the fourth quarter of 2020 and full-year ending on December 31, revealing that its bauxite production decreased in Q4 by 7.6 per cent Q-o-Q to stand at 3.539 million tonnes. In Q3, bauxite output was at 3.829 million...
BMW Group, Tetra Pak and Schuco International KG, the three global manufacturing companies have countered to agitate over the usage of aluminium produced from bauxite mined at the Atewa Forest in Ghana. The global manufacturers have communicated in letters their stand to the Concerned Citizens of...
It has been now declared that more than 1 billion tonnes of bauxite are detected in the mining towns of Minim, Martap, Ngaoundal and Makan in the Adamawa region, Cameroon. It emerges from the research work of the Australian mining company Camalco, a subsidiary of Canyon resources as reported on 25...
On 28 th January 2021, the US-based Big Data Analytics Company Palantir Technologies announced that it has signed a multi-year enterprise agreement for its ‘Foundry Platform’ with global mining and metal giant Rio Tinto. Palantir Technologies software will integrate raw data from a multitude of...
Metro Mining is projecting a positive year ahead with sales expected to progress, including 2.3 million tonnes under an offtake agreement with Xinfa. The company is also satisfactorily placed in terms of financial position for 2021, led by the robust bauxite deliveries during the June and September...
