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 Water, Land and Natural Resources Ministry of Malaysia reportedly unveiled the proposed rigid standard operating procedure (SOP) for bauxite mining and export activities in Pahang on March 31. The SOP, which was uploaded in the ministry’s website yesterday, stated that the Malaysian government...
Romain GIRBAL, General Manager of IB2 , a Paris based innovative solution provider that works towards producing alumina with low grade bauxite announced the launch of an innovative and breakthrough technology for low grade bauxite refining during the Bauxite & Alumina Conference that took place in...
Metro Mining Ltd’s Managing Director Simon Finnis will talk expansion plans of Bauxite Hills Mine project with investors at the Proactive CEO Sessions in Sydney on Monday, April 8 and Melbourne on Tuesday, April 9. Simon Finnis will discuss how Metro Mining is transitioning to owner operator status...
The Queensland Parliament has reaffirmed a royalty decision on bauxite in the parliament. But the Queensland Resources Council (QRC) has raised concerns over thelegislation to amend the royalty rates on bauxite exports. The Parliament maintained the existing minimum royalty rate on bauxite for...
Miners Rio Tinto and BHP Group said today, on March 26, that they resumed operations at some facilities that were stopped because of the cyclone-hit at Australia’s northern coastline over the weekend. In response to the Bureau of Meteorology report, Rio had suspended its Weipa bauxite operations...
Canyon Resources Limited’s Managing Director Philip Gallagher has reportedly confirmed that the existing Camrail rail network located adjacent to Minim Martap Project is capable to transport commercial tonnages of bauxite to Cameroon’s largest city, Douala. This he confirmed after completing an...
The average Bauxite (6.0≤Al/Si＜7.0) price in Henan dropped RMB20 per tonne to stand at RMB530 per tonne on Monday, 25 March 2019. The average price is expected to range between RMB510-550 per tonne, as updated by Shanghai Metals Market. The average Bauxite (4.5≤Al/Si＜5.5) price stood at RMB440 per...
According to the latest data from China Customs, China’s imports of bauxite increased about 14% to stand at 9.41 million tonnes in February from 8.27 million tonnes in January. This is one of the record numbers as far as month bauxite import is concerned. Bauxite imports from Australia, Indonesia...
Gas and iron ore operations on Australia’s west coast are likely to be affected by an approaching cyclone just as a severe storm in the nation’s northeast dumps heavy rain on Rio Tinto Group’s biggest bauxite mine. The tropical cyclone Veronica is taking place at 545 kilometers (339 miles) north of...
Ghana Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia reportedly announced to the press that both Guinea and Ghana are all set to begin discussions over bilateral cooperation for developing bauxite industries, similar to trade co-operation between Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire in the cocoa sector. “You know what we are...
JAG Bhd has inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Empire Mining Sdn Bhd to set out intentions and mutual understanding in connection with the possible joint venture. The parties will look at the possibility for JAG or its nominated subsidiary to enter into joint venture with Empire Mining...
Public sector National Aluminium Company (Nalco) is reportedly eyeing Jerrela block of bauxite ore in Visakhapatnam district for allotment. The news came after Nalco Chairman and Managing Director T.K. Chand told The Hindu that company requested the Centre to allot it Jerrela block that homes huge...
Contract workers at Ghana Bauxite Mining Company Limited have reportedly demanded improved working conditions; or else, threatened to walk off the job. Labour spokesperson Issahaku Yakabu said the general condition under which they work is unsafe and retrogressive. Over the last eight years since...
Guinea is the most significant bauxite supplier to the world with 7.4 billion bauxite reserve which is about 25% of the world’s total bauxite reserves. The country accounts for 95% of African bauxite production and 15% of world bauxite production according to the latest data from the US Geological...
Once again, Canyon Resources Ltd. has reportedly identified a world-class high-grade bauxite zone within its Minim Martap project in Cameroon. The last time when Canyon had found a cluster of high-grade, low-containment bauxite trend within the same project was in November 2018. The recently-found...
Kuantan lawmaker Fuziah Salleh has reportedly urged the public to attend a dialogue session on bauxite mining standard operating procedure (SOP) on April 14. She said the public must attend the programme to meet, discuss, and voice out their opinion and concern on the matter to officials from the...
The Jamaica Bauxite Institute (JBI) is preparing to enter phase seven of the Bauxite Community Development Programme (BCDP), as said by BCDP Project Coordinator, Clarence Osbourne. Under phase seven, another tranche of funds is expected to be paid over to the Programme for its multifaceted...
According to a recent report, the Malaysian government announced that bauxite mining activities in Pahang should be on hold unless the miners conduct a study on the environmental impact of their sites. However, the date for when the environmental impact assessments (EIAs) will begin is not yet set....
