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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Lindian Resources Limited has reportedly received approval for raising a fund of up to $1.3 million from professional and sophisticated investors to be used to undertake the company’s inaugural drilling programme at the Gaoual Bauxite Project in Guinea. The $1.3 million includes $200,000 from Lindian’s Chairman Asimwe Kabunga, but subject to shareholders’ approval. This follows the recent completion of due diligence and the issuing of the notice to proceed with acquiring up to 75 per cent of the Gaoual Bauxite Project. With the fund raised, together with the existing $1 million loan facility, will ensure Lindian to be capable to undertake its upcoming inaugural drilling programme at the Gaoual Project. The programme is scheduled to commence in the fourth quarter of 2019. Commenting on the...
Canyon Resources Limited has reportedly acquired a fund of $4 million for the pre-feasibility study (PFS) development stage of Minim Martap Bauxite project in Cameroon. Canyon has successfully raised the fund by way of a private placement of shares to sophisticated and professional investors at an issue price of 16 cents per share. Phillip Gallagher, Canyon’s Managing Director, said: “We are extremely pleased with the support we have received in the capital raising. Canyon is now funded to complete a PFS and move our global tier-one Minim Martap Bauxite Project into the next stage of development.” The Minim Martap Project is located in the Adamawa region of Cameroon, adjacent to Canyon’s existing Birsok Bauxite Project. Canyon Resources recently discovered 8 metres at 56.76% aluminium...
Metro Mining has released results for its June quarter and reported bauxite production of 880 thousand wet metric tonnes (WMT). The company’s June quarter bauxite shipments stood at 836 thousand Wet Metric Tonnes (WMT). Shipping levels since mid-June have exceeded the estimated annual rate of 3.5 million tonne. This was a commendable performance considering the fact that ex Tropical Cyclone Trevor in early-April delayed the commencement of operations in 2019 and shipment was disrupted due to unfavourable sea conditions. Daily shiploading rates averaged over 15,000 WMT per day, including a daily record of 20,835 WMT from June second week. Bauxite Hill mine is on track to meet its current production and shipping guidance of 3.3-3.5M WMT for 2019. Metro Mining reported Sales Revenue (gross)...
Tenova TAKRAF, an integrated solutions provider to the global mining, bulk material handling and minerals processing sector says that a 48-hour performance test is successfully completed for bauxite-carrying trains in Kamsar, Guinea on July 1. Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinée (CBG) has started a a production expansion project at its bauxite mine in Kamsar, Guinea in order to increase bauxite exports to 18.5 million tonne per annum. During the 48-hour period, more than 1,560 wagons, equal to the weight of 12 individual complete trains, carrying bauxite were successfully unloaded. Andreas Papst, Tenova TAKRAF Senior Project Manager, said: “I would like to personally thank all colleagues, including our partners on the client’s side, for their strong willingness to collaborate and solid...
Metro Mining Limited has provided an update regarding its JORC reserves and resources for the Bauxite Hills mine following the first year of mining. The total reserve estimate for Bauxite Hills is now 109.5 million tonnes (wet), up 18.8% from 92.2 million tonnes in March 2017. This has the potential to extend mine life by approximately 3 years to 2037, at the expanded run rate of 6 million tonnes per annum. The increase in reserve is largely due to additional conversion of resources to reserves and change in moisture assumption from 10% to 12%. Metro’s Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Simon Finnis said: “We are pleased to report the increase in Reserve, effectively extending the mine life of Bauxite Hills, and the greater level of confidence in the total Resource. There has...
Rio Tinto reported a 1 per cent increase in bauxite production to 13.4 million tonnes in the second quarter of 2019. Production was up 5 per cent quarter-on-quarter. Bauxite production increased 1 per cent year-on-year to 26.1 million tonnes in the first half of 2019. “Production at managed operations increased by 2%, with the ramp-up of Amrun progressing despite weather related impacts in the first quarter. This was partly offset by lower production from the nonmanaged Porto Trombetas (MRN) JV in Brazil,” Rio Tinto said. “The expansion project at CBG, a non-managed JV in Guinea, experienced a slower than expected ramp-up, but is now delivering at target run-rates.” The third-party shipments of 9.5 million tonnes were achieved in the second quarter of 2019, eight per cent higher than the...
According to a recent report, Ghana Bauxite Company Limited workers at Awaso are set to resume work following a successful renegotiation with the nine-member committee. The committee was set up to ensure the re-engagement of the workers. The workers were collectively agitated over the poor work conditions at Ghana Bauxite Company Limited and the meagre salaries they get. The Western Regional and Industrial Relations Officer of Construction and Building Materials Workers Union Mr. Richard Asamoah Mensah told Citi News that the committee was working on a memorandum with the workers. “We have been able to cover the collective agreement with the memorandum of understanding of which we are going to sit again in two weeks times. We have had an increase of workers and bonus for the workers,...
The bauxite mine of National Aluminium Company Ltd (NALCO), located in the picturesque Koraput district of Odisha, has bagged the coveted ‘Golden Peacock Environment Management Award’ for the year 2019 for setting global benchmarks in Environmental Management. NALCO received the award at a ceremony held in Bangalore on the occasion of the 21st World Congress on Environment Management and Climate Change. NALCO CMD Dr. Tapan Kumar Chand, said, ‘Bauxite mining is environmental friendly as it replaces land with herbs and shrubs with lush green forest. After bauxite mining, land becomes fertile to support thick green vegetation. What matters is to nurture and nourish. NALCO gives focus on nature, nurture and future.’’ Panchpatmali Bauxite Mine has received the award in recognition of its...
Canyon Resources Limited continues to conduct aircore drilling over the Minim Martap Project, a World Class, Tier One Bauxite asset in Cameroon, and recently discovers high-quality results yet again, according to a report. The drilling was conducted on the Agnes Plateau from where Canyon discovered 8 metres at 56.76% aluminium oxide and 1.63% silicon dioxide, 10 metres at 53.50% aluminium oxide and 2.08% silicon dioxide, and 8 metres at 53.30% aluminium oxide and 1.50% silicon dioxide, all from the surface. Canyon’s chief geologist Dr. Alexander Shaw said, “The most recent drilling results from the Agnes plateau are very pleasing and confirm that Canyon’s drilling may be contributing to the improvement of the scale and grade of the Minim Martap resource.” He also said, “A number of holes...
According to the Statistical data from ABAL, the aluminium industry association of Brazil, the country’s total bauxite production from January to December 2018 dropped 16% to 32 million tonnes from 38 million tonnes in 2017. It was mostly driven by production drop in Norsk Hydro’s bauxite mine at Paragominas, PA. While the mine produced 11.4 million tonnes of bauxite in 2017, it dropped to 6.2 million tonnes in 2018, due to the disruptions that happened because of the leakage in red mud pond at Alunorte refinery. From March2018, the Paragominas mine and the Alunorte refinery started to operate with 50% of its capacity due to a court order. The bauxite mines that contributed to the total production are Alcoa’s Poços de Caldas (MG) and Juruti (PA) mine, Companhia Brasileira de Alumínio’s...
According to the latest USGS release on Bauxite and Alumina in the First Quarter of 2019, imports of crude and dried bauxite by the U.S. in Q1 2019 were 748,000 tonnes, 14% less than the revised total of 873,000 tonnes in the fourth quarter of 2018. However the volume 7% more than the revised total of 698,000 tonnes in the first quarter of 2018. According to the revised US Geological Survey report, the US imported about 3.5 million tonnes of bauxite in 2018, slightly up from 2017. At this quarterly rate the total bauxite import for 2019 is likely to be around 3 million tonnes. Jamaica continued to be the largest bauxite exporter to the US in Q1 2019 contributing 498,000 tonnes or 67%of the total import. Brazil followed with 157,000 tonnes or 21% of the total. Export from both the...
According to a recent report, South32 Worsley Alumina has submitted a revised proposal to the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) stating its wish to expand Worsley bauxite mine in the South West of Australia. In the revised proposal, the Australian mining company has also mentioned that the expansion of the bauxite mine would require two river crossings over the Hotham River and involve clearing up to 7119.5 hectares of native vegetation. The updated proposal also includes the development of a contingency mining area and maintenance work at the refinery, as well as the development of associated mine and support infrastructure. The Environmental Protection Authority has kept the proposal open for masses’ suggestions and advice whether the proposal should be assessed and at what...
According to a local media update from Jamaica, total bauxite exports from Jamaica in 2018 increased by 26.5 per cent to just over 10 million tonnes. It was the first increase in export registered since 2014. The higher volume of exports was driven by an expansion in the bauxite equivalent of alumina by 45 per cent to 6.9 million tonnes. This increase offset the decline recorded in the volume of Crude Bauxite export. The volume of Crude Bauxite exported was at 3.33 million tonnes in 2018, slightly below 2017. There was a decline in the volume exported to North America. In 2018, Jamaica exported 2,570,000 tonnes of bauxite to the US, a drop from 2,590,000 tonnes in 2017. The country remained the leading exporter to the U.S. and North America. It exported 498,000 tonnes of bauxite to the...
Metro Mining reportedly ramped up its bauxite production and shipping from Bauxite Hills Mine in Far North Queensland through the June quarter. According to the report, the company reached the budgeted operating rates and generated consistent results on a daily basis. Metro experienced some unexpected adverse swell conditions in late May, which, however, gradually improved and returned to expected conditions around the middle of June. Then on, the Australian mining company’s daily ship loading rates averaged over 15,000 wet metric tonnes (WMT) per day, including a daily record of 20,853 WMT. In the month of April, Metro’s bauxite mining had averaged at 124,000 tonnes, which in May and June increased to 329,000 tonnes and 427,000 tonnes. With that, Metro’s total bauxite mining in June...
Australian Bauxite Limited (ABx) announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary ALCORE Limited has started chemical refining of ABx bauxite into aluminium fluoride (AlF3), an essential electrolyte ingredient in aluminium smelters. The company has commenced the removal of silicon and iron oxides to create a clear solution containing the aluminium fluoride that will be produced by a crystalliser-still stage in coming days, Australian Bauxite said. The third milestone was achieved at the ALCORE Research Centre in Berkeley Vale, Central Coast NSW. The company now focuses on designing the optimum blend of bauxite and reagents for the ALCORE mini-production plant. ABx CEO, Ian Levy commented: “The ALCORE Research Centre has created a laboratory with the highest standards of safety, equipment and...
Metro Mining Ltd has signed a new binding contract with a major state-owned Chinese Aluminium Group. The agreement with the Group covers 420,000 WMT (wet metric tonnes) of bauxite to be delivered in the H2 of 2019. It means the company has sold approximately 90% of its planned 2019 production of 3.3 to 3.5 million WMT. Metro’s Managing Director Simon Finnis said; “We are delighted to have finalised a new off-take agreement with a major State-Owned Chinese Aluminium Group whom, we believe, has the capacity to be another long term off-take partner. We have now successfully sold approximately 90% of Metro’s planned 2019 production. This agreement highlights the particular interest being seen from refineries located in the inland provinces where supply of domestic bauxite has been hindered by...
The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Mr. Kwaku Asomah Kyeremeh, has reportedly assured the management of the Ghana Bauxite Company (GBC) that development of the bauxite industry is the government’s one of the top priorities and commitments. For that reason, the government would take every measure to ensure the safety of all workers at the Bauxite Company. The Minister said this when he visited the GBC in Awaso on Wednesday, June 26, to have discussions with the management and staff of the company, following a protest by the workers for improved working conditions. The Minister ensured the workers on behalf of the government for good working conditions and living wages. He called on both staff and management to return to the negotiating table and come out with a satisfactory...
Andhra Pradesh government has decided to cancel permission given to a state run company to mine bauxite in the tribal areas of Eastern Ghats. Andhra Pradesh with 600 million tonnes or nearly 22%, of India’s bauxite reserves, has the second largest bauxite reserve after Odisha. Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy announced the withdrawal of the mining order on Tuesday, June 25, issued by the previous N Chandrababu Naidu government in November 2015. Reddy announced the decision against bauxite mining at a two-day conference of district collectors and top police officials in Vijayawada. The previous order allowed AP Mineral Development Corporation mining rights in 1,212 hectares of lands in Visakhapatnam district. “There is no point in bauxite mining when the local tribals are opposing it....
