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 Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, India, YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, sanctioned an order to cancel bauxite mining in Visakhapatnam District. The order cancelled bauxite mining lease in 3,030 acres of land, in the forest areas of Visakhapatnam, awarded to Andhra Pradesh Mineral Development Corporation...
More than 200 employees and community leaders from Noranda Bauxite Company's plant in the Cockpit Country protested in front of the headquarters of Jamaica Environment Trust (JET) yesterday against a campaign to stop Noranda’s mining operations outside the protected area. The demonstrators said...
Metallica Mineral’s Quarterly report for the period ended 30 June 2019 has given an update on the company activities and development during the quarter. The miner’s Urquhart Bauxite Project, located 5 km southwest of Weipa on the western coast of the Cape York Peninsula, which is a region renowned...
As shown by the latest US Geological Survey data on bauxite and alumina imports in the second quarter of 2019, the United States imported 1.03 million tonnes of crude and dried bauxite, up 38 per cent from Q1 2019 and 13 per cent from the same period last year. With this, the US' total bauxite...
It has been reported that the Odisha government is yet to put the state’s bauxite blocks into auction. According to the Ministry of Mines website, till now, six bauxite blocks have been offered for competitive bidding this year and those are all located in Maharashtra. Odisha government has not put...
Indonesia has announced that it would ban exports of nickel from the country from 1 January 2020 next year, two years ahead of the slated timeline. Local media report also says that Indonesia is also considering expediting its ban on bauxite exports. Luhut Pandjaitan, coordinating minister of...
The average Bauxite (4.5≤Al/Si＜5.5) price in Shanxi stood at RMB 440 per tonne on Monday, down RMB 10 per tonne or 2.22 per cent, after remaining flat since July 31 at RMB 450 per tonne. The average price is expected to stay within a range of RMB 390-RMB 490 per tonne. The price of bauxite remains...
With the enforcement of the standard operating procedure (SOP) for bauxite mining and export in Pahang, interested parties can now apply for mining licence, Water, Land and Natural Resources Minister Dr Xavier Jayakumar said. The miners need to adhere to the SOP in order to get the approval from...
Australian Bauxite Ltd published the half yearly report for the period ending June 30, 2019. The company reported a $1.57 million loss for the half‐year ended 30 June 2019. Revenue stood at $2.08 million, up from $95,000 in the corresponding period last year. Australian Bauxite shipped 32,477...
The Malaysian government has finalized the standard operating procedure (SOP) for bauxite mining and export activities in Pahang with immediate effect. Water, Land and Natural Resources Minister Dr A. Xavier Jayakumar said the SOP was finalized after discussions with various stakeholders including...
According to industry experts Southwest China's Guizhou province is becoming the preferred destination for aluminium producers because of industry friendly policies and availability of bauxite. The current bases in central and eastern China are slowly shifting to other destinations because of...
Metro Mining provides update on production and shipping results for the month of August. The company reported bauxite production of 476 thousand wet metric tonnes (WMT) in August, up 7.45% from 443 thousand WMT in July. Production in the first two months of this quarter came in at 919 thousand WMT....
According to the latest data from China Customs, China’s imports of bauxite increased 3.8 per cent month-on-month to 9.66 million tonnes in July 2019. China had imported 9.3 million tonnes of bauxite in June. Imports rose 32.7 per cent from 7.28 million tonnes in July 2018. {newsStudioGallery}...
Noranda Jamaica Bauxite Partners has said that they are willing to talk with community stakeholders on the subject of bauxite mining in Cockpit Country. However, they insisted on their mining rights on the land officially marked outside the Cockpit Country Protected Area (CCPA). Lance Neita,...
Russia has been trying to rekindle Soviet-era relationships with governments across the African continent and build new ties. While China is dominating as an economic power in the African continent spreading its investment in the mining and infrastructure sector, Russia is building up its own role...
According to a recent report, the Jamaica government is in talks with stakeholders in the vital bauxite industry over falling prices of bauxite/alumina globally. The news came after Mining Minister Robert Montague officially reported about this. He said meetings have already been held with...
Landowners in Pahang have requested the state government to intervene in issuing bauxite mining approvals as the moratorium has been lifted now. According to Sungai Lembing assemblyman, Datuk Md Sohaimi Mohamed Shah, landowners in the bauxite mining area are dissatisfied with the delay in issuing...
The Johor government in Malaysia said it has not received any bauxite mining application on Felda land in Kota Tinggi. The statement came after a report that private investment firm Via East West Capital (VEWC) had signed an MoU with The One Minerals Mining Sdn Bhd (TOMM) for a 7,000 acres of...
