The acquisition gives Rio Tinto control of a major undeveloped Cape York resource as it expands its existing Weipa operations and advances new mining areas. Rio Tinto is expanding its Cape York bauxite portfolio by acquiring the Aurukun bauxite project from Glencore and Mitsubishi, adding a...
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...
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The Russian aluminium company Rusal has reportedly expressed an interest in reopening its Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc., the operations of which was suspended in February 2021, resulting in hundreds of layoffs, citing industrial unrest and damage to property. On Monday, the company’s Country...
Hindalco Industries Ltd., a global leader in Aluminium, has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with UltraTech Cement Ltd., part of the same group and India’s largest manufacturer of cement and concrete, to deliver 1.2 million tonnes of red mud (also known as bauxite residue) annually to...
Emirates Global Aluminium, today, August 19, has marked a year since its first bauxite export from wholly-owned mining subsidiary Guinea Alumina Corporation. In last one year, EGA has exported over 6.1 million dry metric tonnes of bauxite ore to customers around the world, while maintaining a...
Hydro has paused operation of 244 kilometer long pipeline transporting bauxite from Hydro’s Paragominas bauxite mine to the Alunorte alumina refinery for extended maintenance, temporarily suspending production at the mine. Hydro had scheduled the replacement of two sections of the pipeline in Q3...
Joseph Hamilton, Guyana’s Minister for Labour on 17 th August’20 has prepared to lead a government delegation into talks with RUSAL. The Minister pledged RUSAL and other companies that they must allow workers from being represented by trade unions. Hamilton said: “Workers will not be denied their...
Metro Mining Limited has announced that it is moving into the planned 2020 wet season shutdown earlier than usual. The decision has been made given the ongoing pandemic of COVID-19 which continues to have an adverse impact on the market demand and price in the aluminium industry. Mining at the...
Metro Mining provides production and shipping results for July 2020. The company’s July mining was slightly ahead of budget and in line with performance achieved year to date. Metro Mining produced 501,000 wet metric tonnes (WMT) of bauxite in July, down from 505,000 tonnes in June. The...
According to a recent report, Canyon Resources Limited has announced a maiden JORC 2012 ore reserve for its Minim Martap Bauxite Project in Cameroon, West Africa. The reserve is estimated to have 97.3 million tonnes of ore at 51.1 per cent alumina and 2.3 per cent silica. This ore is based on the...
Slovakia is considered a high-income advanced economy and has a mixed economic system in which there is a variety of private freedom, combined with centralized economic planning and government regulation. Slovakia is a member of the European Union. The major industries of the nation are heavy...
Metro Mining planned to shutdown Bauxite Hills mine for wet season if further sales cannot be concluded in the next month. The company has not sold bauxite for 2020 outside the foundation Xinfa contract. “Negotiations with refineries continue to advance, however no further bauxite has been sold for...
Fitch Solutions Country Risk and Industry Research says: “New projects coming on line in key producers Guinea, Indonesia and Australia, as well as a ramp-up in Indian and Indonesian production, will drive rapid production growth of bauxite in 2021.” The bauxite mining sector of Australia...
The West African country, Guinea ranks as the world’s second-largest bauxite exporter, as said by Ibrahima Kassory Fofana, Prime Minister on 5 th July’20, during the occasion of the launch of the national convention of the People's Rally of Guinea. According to Kassory Fofana: In the last ten years...
Italy is a developed nation with extensive infrastructure, a rich cultural history, and control over several exports. Italy's manufacturing industry is very well-developed, and it is ranked sixth in the world. The nation is a significant producer of industrial minerals. The Bauxite exportation...
The country's top seven industries in order are steel, coal, iron ore, lead, zinc, manganese and aluminium. Mining output, which accounted for more than 10% of industrial production, rose by 10.4% in 2000. Bosnia and Herzegovina was a major centre for metallurgical industries in the former...
PT Cita Mineral Investindo Tbk presumes that the performance of its bauxite and alumina business will pursue to grow for the left-over 2020, despite the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. The company is yet to report its results for the first half of operational performance. During Q1 of 2020,...
The most important known bauxite deposits in Greece are estimated at around 100 million tonnes and are located in the Mt Helikon – Mt Parnassus – Mt Giona zone. Greek bauxites are of a diasporic type and are composed of 1 molecule of crystalline water per 1 molecule of alumina (aluminium oxide)....
According to a recent report, Lindian Resources has appointed Yves Occello as Non-Executive Director, with effect from July 29. Yves is joining Lindian Resources with total 45 years of experience in the bauxite and alumina industry. He previously served as Chief Operating Officer at Pechiney’s...
Australian Bauxite Limited is ready to make shipment from its Bald Hill mine near Campbell Town northern Tasmania ahead of schedule. The company will ship 35,000 tonnes of cement grade bauxite from the mine on 8 August. Australian Bauxite Limited is able to press ahead during the COVID-19 pandemic....
