International Responsible Business Conduct (IRBC) has completed a project examining aluminium and bauxite supply chains to improve transparency and traceability in materials supporting the renewable energy transition. The project brought together wind energy company Siemens Gamesa, Dutch cable manufacturer TKF, Digital Product Passport (DPP) technology provider Minespider, and project partner Responsible Trade. The initiative mapped selected upstream aluminium and bauxite supply chains and tested secure DPPs to organise and present traceability and sustainability information across multiple supplier tiers. Explore the production, demand and consumption forecasts of bauxite and alumina in our report: " Global Bauxite & Alumina Market Forecast to 2036: Supply–Demand, Trade Flows & Price...
Mount Ridley Mines has reported 94.9 per cent gallium recovery from a third-party bauxite sample using its patent-pending Selectro process, alongside recoveries of 92 per cent aluminium and 97 per cent iron in a single low-temperature leach. The test also produced a silica-rich residue instead of conventional red mud, highlighting the technology’s potential to recover multiple metals from bauxite through one processing route. The sample was provided by Australian Silica Quartz Group from its Darling Range bauxite project in Western Australia. It comprised material collected from 16 vacuum drill samples across four holes at the Athena and Ceres prospects. Containing 80 parts per million of gallium, the sample yielded an extraction rate of 94.9 per cent into solution. Mount Ridley said this...
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The Australian Bauxite miner Metro Mining has published its performance sheet of December’19 quarter, with production aligned with expectation. A downfall of 15% has been noticed when compared to the September’19 quarter, though when compared to June’19 quarters, a straight growth of 37% is reflected. The ASX-listed company on 23 rd January’20 noted that bauxite production for the quarter reached 1.2-million tonnes, down from the 1.4-million tonnes in the previous quarter, while bauxite shipments also declined from 1.4-million to 1.2-million tonnes in the same period. Metro has achieved its revised production guidance of between 3.3-million and 3.5-million tonnes, with the production of 3.5-million tonnes of bauxite for the full year ending December’19. The revenues for the December...
The Greek economy continues to face significant problems, including high unemployment levels, an inefficient public sector bureaucracy, tax evasion, corruption, and low global competitiveness, though Greece's GDP growth has also, as an average, since the early 1990s were higher than the EU average. In between all these issues, Bauxite import has shown some positive growth in Greece and the figures show a constant rise from 2017-20, with a total volume in the period accounted to 3.05 million tonnes, which amounted to $130.2 million. The economy of Greece mainly revolves around the service sector (80.6%) and industry (16%), while agriculture made up an estimated 3.4% of the national economic output in 2012. Important Greek industries include tourism and shipping. In 2017 the bauxite import...
Rio Tinto has accomplished its ramp-up of the Amrun project in far north Queensland as scheduled, strengthening the operations for better performance in the company’s bauxite division. The gross output of the company has shot up 9% in 2019 when compared with the preceding year to 55.1 million tonnes. Rio Tinto has given the credit towards the successful ramp-up of Amrun, which reached its design capacity during the December quarter. The Amrun project has driven Rio Tinto to a 21% improvement in 3 rd party shipments which accounted for 40 million tonnes of bauxite. The forecast of Rio Tinto’s 2020 production for the commodity is 55-58 million tonnes, conditional to weather and market conditions. In the Pilbara, Western Australia, Rio Tinto shipped 86.8 million tonnes of iron ore during the...
The multi-billion-dollar Ghana’s deal with China’s Sinohydro has been praised internationally as a model that the rest of Africa should adapt, to lessen the financial woes of their economies. The deal is considered as a game-changing deal, sealed by the President of Ghana, Nana Akufo Addo in 2018 with the Chinese State-owned Sinohydro Company. This a multi-billion dollar barter deal of refined Ghanaian bauxite, a mineral essential to aluminium production, in place of Chinese construction of infrastructure in the country. The deal has been strikingly elaborated as a complete departure from direct foreign currency loan from China, in exchange for infrastructure, which many African Governments easily adopt to fund their development projects at the expense of sound fiscal management of their...
Guinea Alumina Corporation SA (GAC) declared on 15 th Jan’20 that it has shipped more than one million tonnes of bauxite ore since exports began in August. The company pursues to ramp up to outreach its insignificant capacity of 12 million tonnes per year. Daniel Cornel Pop, GAC's interim CEO, said, “Our ramp-up is progressing well and our mining, rail and port facilities are operating as planned. Besides, the quality of bauxite that we produce for our customers is consistent with our objectives. These results are a source of great pride because we certainly have the best equipment, the best technologies and the best processes, but above all because we have the best employees who have succeeded in developing a positive environment where the work of the team and personal development have...
Lindian secured their interest in the Gaoual project, Guinea in April after signing an agreement with KB Bauxite Guinea SARLU and its sole shareholder Guinea Bauxite Pty Ltd. Lindian Resources initiated drilling at two locations where the land has been sanctioned for Gaoual Bauxite Project, West Africa. The presence of premium-grade conglomerate bauxite occurrence has been confirmed. The first two holes which were drilled in alignment with the Bouba Plateaux in Guinea were strategically planned to deliver primary support for the validation of the occurrence at depth as well as grade confirmation of samples using a portable X-ray fluorescent (XRF) reader. The digging of the holes could not be completed due to some mechanical errors with the rig. The indicative average grade for each was...
Bosai Minerals Group Guyana Inc. (BMGGI), has assured to carry out an ultra-dynamic dust collection measures. The residents of Linden are poised to enjoy extra relief from the dust pollution caused by the Chinese bauxite mining company. This is according to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Director-General, Vincent Adams, who communicated that while the EPA acknowledges that Bosai has put much effort and resources into mitigating dust pollution over the years, it is not yet enough. Adams has also told that the implementation of monitoring mechanisms, to ensure that emissions meet prescribed standards, will accompany the additional measures to combat dust pollution.
Guinea’s bauxite-aluminum industry is undergoing a significant expansion of investment, concession agreements, and in-country mining and refining operations. Emirates Global Aluminium's Guinea Alumina Corporation (GAC) project is likely to boost the industry further, being one of the largest Greenfield investments in Guinea in the last 40 years, involving US$1.4 billion for the development. In August 2019, the first bauxite ore exports from GAC had taken place, marking the completion of EGA’s strategic upstream expansion in the aluminium value chain. So, with all these new investments and expansions in Guinea, the country is more likely to record a growth in bauxite exports. According to the international trade data, Guinea in 2020 is expected to export 66.15 million tonnes, up 3 per cent...
The first time in a decade, Bauxite mining company Alcoa, at their mines near Pinjarra, Western Australia, has been offering nine-year-long traineeships and has recruited 2 peoples from Rockingham for the job. It has been published that more than 1300 peoples have applied for the traineeship program, but Jesse Horsley and Lisa Clements are the 2 lucky ones to cut. Alcoa Australia’s Huntly Bauxite mine manager Brett Hodges said the traineeships would provide valuable experience in the industry. “These traineeships are a great opportunity for people in our communities who are either changing careers or newly entering the workforce.” He also added, “The new recruits represent the future of our company and the industry.” Post a two-week onboarding program in January, the recruits will get...
The new state Govt. of Maharashtra, India, led by Uddhav Thackeray has delivered a push in the mining activity by issuing fresh guidelines for the auction of tonnes of bauxite dumps. Maharashtra has enormous dumps of bauxite. As per the new policy guidelines issued by the industries department, the dumps are proposed to be auctioned on “as is where is” basis. The rule will be applied for the disposal of mining dumps of major mineral outside the “legal mining areas”. The new guidelines, issued on 8 th January’20, have come as uncertainty continues over the fresh extraction of ore in the country. Besides the disposal of low-grade ores and overburdened dumps on government and private land and forest areas, the guidelines are also meant to give the mining industry a push. It also comes at a...
Chiefs of Tano-Offin holds accountable the Ghana Integrated Aluminium Development Corporation (GIADEC) of ambiguity in its operations and plans as far as the mining of bauxite in the Nyinahin forest reserve in the Ashanti Region is concerned. In a statement of protest jointly signed by Nana Tabbri Gyansa III, Mpasaso Omanhene -I; Nana Kusi Amankwaa Marfo II, Nkawie Paninhene; and Nana Apofo Twumasi III, Mpasaso 11hene, said: “In principle, we are not against the mining of the bauxite” but noted that the “steps taken so far by GIADEC have not been transparent”, adding: “This has further left us in the dark. Our only source of information has been the media”. The chiefs, in a statement copied to the Chief of Staff at the Office of the President Nana Akufo-Addo; the Chairman of the...
A slew of indirect tax incentives have been seeking by The Federation of Indian Minerals Industries (FIMI) to strengthen the fading mining industry. The submission of a list of changes in indirect tax levies on various minerals and mining products by FIMI in a memorandum to the Ministry of Finance, pursuing their incorporation in the country’s budget to be placed before the Indian Parliament next month. FIMI has solicited scrapping of the 15% export tax on bauxite. It has requested that Indian having 3.896 billion tons of bauxite reserves and being the fifth largest in the world, with 84% of the reserves being of the metallurgical grade used mainly for alumina extraction is essential to have excellent conservation of these bauxite reserves. The as large volume of aluminium smelters been...
The Aluminium Corporation of China Ltd., CHALCO, shipped the first cargo of bauxite from its Boffa mine in Guinea, as per a company spokesman confirmed on 7 th January’20. Alumina is produced from a rock known as bauxite, which is then refined to make aluminium metal. As on 7 th January’20, it has been reported that the first 55,000 tonnes cargo left Guinea on 5 th January’20, onboard Cosco Shipping Bulk’s Qu Shan Hai vessel. The ship is bound to the port of Rizhao in eastern China’s Shandong province as Chalco has alumina refining in Shandong. It was reported officially from Chalco’s parent company Chinalco in November’19 that the first shipment from Boffa mine which is slated to eventually produce 12 million tonnes of bauxite per year, starting from early December’19. “The mining...
The Jamaican Minister of Sports, Olivia Grange, lauded Noranda Bauxite for its excellent contribution to sports development in St Ann. According to Grange, this is “demonstrated by the 30-plus community teams that participated in the 2019 Noranda Community football league." The sports minister’s communication were carried in a message, which is delivered by Zavia Mayne, the Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security in a recent function in Discovery Bay, which saw 11 major St Ann sorts bodies thanking the Noranda bauxite company for its “ consistent support and sponsorship over many years”. Mayne is also the Member of Parliament for South West St Ann where the Noranda bauxite company is located. Grange said that her ministry has been emphasizing a ‘sports for all...
According to a report on December 31, Anil Agarwal-led Vedanta Limited declared that it would bid in the impending rounds of auctions for bauxite and iron ores, while looking forward to the government’s action towards restructuring the import duties of primary aluminium, scrap and downstream products. Besides, Vedanta is also evaluating a proposal to buy the government’s 53.29 per cent stake in Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) and residual stake in Hindustan Zinc Limited. Currently, Vedanta has 64.92 per cent stake in Hindustan Zinc Limited, which is valued at INR 56,817 crore, while the government has a stake of 29.85 per cent worth INR 26,449 crore. Mr Agarwal expects the Indian government to open more coal blocks for commercial mining, as it will significantly raise the...
Canyon has been initiating a strong position over significant high-grade bauxite resources in Cameroon in recent years. Canyon Resources Ltd freshly published a scoping study supporting a simple and successful mining operation in two junctures at its Minim Martap Bauxite Project in Cameroon. Stage one is presumed to be a self-supporting bauxite mining operation with an ordinary, low cost and fast track path to market by using the preceding railway and port infrastructure. The second stage is expected to unbolt higher export volumes and lower operating costs via the fixture of the Kribi railway extension which authorizes access to a deep-water port. Guinea is considered as powerhouse country in the seaborne bauxite trade, delivering more than 50% of the work supplies and much of this is...
The members of the All India Kisan Sangh (AIKMS) and Progressive Organization of Women (POW) have urged the Government to take back the land allotted to Jindal South West Aluminium in S Kota Mandal in Vizianagaram district for Bauxite mining. Numerous people’s organization demanded the government to take the lands, as the bauxite mining on this land is already cancelled by the government itself. Under the cultivation of the Adivasi, Dalit and Bahujan farmers in Kiltampalem, Mulaboddvara and Mushidipalli panchayats in S Kota Mandal the government has taken over the land. The government has cancelled the mining GO and allotment of bauxite blocks to the Jindal group also stands cancelled, communicated by M Venkateswar, Vice-President of International Federation of Trade Unions (IFTU).
The Orissa High Court has directed the Secretary of State Mines department to consider and persuade within six weeks, the representation filed by Kodingamali Surakshya Manch to stop illegal mining from Kodingamali bauxite mines in Laxmipur area of Koraput district. The division bench of Chief Justice KS Jhaveri and Justice KR Mohapatra issued the direction while disposing of a PIL filed by Kodingamali Surakshya Manch on August 7 th , 2018 by President Pradeep Kumar Bagh. The court expected the Secretary of the department to consider and dispose of the representation which Bagh had filed on April 19, 2018. When it yielded no result, Bagh had turned to the High Court. Bagh had sought a probe by the State CID-Crime Branch or CBI into illegal excavation and transportation from the bauxite...
