
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 discharge ceremony for the first shipment of bauxite from Chinalco’s Boffa bauxite project in Guinea was held in the Rizhao port in Shandong province on 26 th February’20. The company announced that the transportation mission was completed by M.V. QU SHAN HAI under COSCO Shipping bulk, which...

United Company Rusal has announced its fourth-quarter and full-year results of 2019 ending December 31, revealing that its bauxite production in the fourth quarter stood at 4.026 million tonnes, up 2 per cent from 3.948 million tonnes in the third quarter. In the full year, the company’s bauxite...

The National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL), a Government of Guyana holding company, has paid the salaries for February to the 326 workers sacked by the Rusal-owned Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc (BCGI). RUSAL, one of the world’s largest producers of aluminium has suspended...

According to China customs data, the country in the entire year of 2019 imported 100.66 million tonnes of bauxite, compared to 82.57 million tonnes in 2018. This means the year saw an increase of 21.91 per cent in the import volume, exceeding the 100 million tonnes level for the first time. The...

The US-based First Bauxite’s subsidiary company Guyana Industrial Minerals Inc. (GINMIN), on 21 st February’20, started its mining operation and processing plant at Bonasika mine, Essequibo Islands-West Demerara region. A $100 million investment assurance can enhance it to a world-class operation....

The President of Ghana H.E. Akufo-Addo announced that by the end of 2020, Ghana Integrated Aluminium Development Corporation (GIADEC) would decide to enter a joint venture partnership with investors for exploration of Ghana’s bauxite reserves. During the 2020 State of the Nation Address in...

The Australian junior mining company Canyon Resources provided the initial results of the final exploration phase, which was launched in September’18 of Minim-Martap and Ngaoundal bauxite deposits in northern Cameroon. Camalco, the Cameroonian subsidiary of Canyon resources, pinpointed 65 bauxite...

Gulkula Mining Company has reportedly received a Performance Standard provisional certification from Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASIS) for its bauxite mine operation on the traditional lands of the Yolngu people in East Arnhem in Australia’s Northern Territory. Gulkula commenced operations in...

The long-awaited exploitation of Minim-Martap Bauxite deposit in Northern Cameroon could be started in 2022. This wish has been rendered by the Project Manager, James Durant in Minim on 13 th February’20. The project its hand over by the Cameroonian government to Australian junior mining company...

Guinea Alumina Corporation (GAC) has a mining concession of 690 km2, in the region of Boké, a city located in the northwest of Guinea, exactly in the locality of Tinguilinta. To meet the standards of the International Labor Organization and those of the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the...

There are currently five bauxite mines in Australia providing feedstock for the seven alumina refineries, which in turn supply alumina to the six Australian aluminium smelters and the export market. Demand for bauxite is growing at a faster rate than the growth in global industrial production. In...

The Netherlands’ bauxite export is tending towards an upswing; total bauxite export volume was recorded at 219,453 tonnes during 2017-20. In 2017 the total bauxite export volume stood at 58,540 tonnes, while in 2018 Netherlands bauxite export volume was recorded at 39,993. A steep fall of 31.68%...

Guinea Alumina Corporation has been honoured with the Project Finance International’s prestigious global “Multilateral Deal of the Year” award for its ground-breaking project financing. The news came after EGA officially announced the receipt of the award by both EGA and GAC’s Management at PFI’s...

Southern Cross Electrical Engineering has reportedly secured a contract of $18 million to complete refurbishment work at Rio Tinto’s Gove Peninsula bauxite mine in the North East Arnhem Land site. The work also includes isolating and re-routing electrical and hydraulic services to the mine. The...

Bumech signed a 29-year contract with Montenegro’s Uniprom Metals for bauxite extractions at Niksic mine. Nikšić represents the largest bauxite reserve in Montenegro and one of the largest in Europe, having estimated reserves of 135.2 million tonnes. Bumech has raised the production of bauxite by...

Brazil, the largest South-American country with one of the largest bauxite reserves in the world has shown nosedive in bauxite export during 2017-20. Bauxite is the third-largest natural resource in Brazil, with 2.6 billion tonnes of the reserve. The Paragominas bauxite mine is located in the east...

According to the global export-import data, India’s estimated imports of bauxite climbed 27.13% from 2018 and 47.53% from 2017 to stand at 2.39 million tonnes in 2019. The country has been following an upward pattern for bauxite import. Guinea was the top supplier of the ore to India in 2019....

Rusal, one of the colossal aluminium producers in the world publishes the decision to suspend its bauxite mining operations in Guyana, as the unrest continues. The company has delivered written notices of termination to 326 employees. Following the illegitimate and serious actions, that has gone...