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 Malaysian government has once again reportedly decided to extend the moratorium until March 31, 2019, and thus, the wait continues for bauxite mining and export activities in Pahang. The Water, Land and Natural Resources Ministry announced that this extension of moratorium followed an agreement...
A cyclone is expected to hit the north coast of Australia’s Queensland state Weipa on Tuesday and affect Rio Tinto’s Weipa bauxite mine while disrupting shipping, reported the weather bureau. The Port of Weipa, which handles Rio’s bauxite mine as well as general cargo, remained shut for the third...
Metro Mining Ltd has achieved its production guidance for 2018 and has shipped 2,037,106 Wet Metric Tonnes (WMT) from its Bauxite Hills mine. The 33rd and final vessel for 2018, MV Sadlers Wells, completed loading on the 28 December and has departed for China. Despite suspending ship loading...
The bauxite market in the year 2018 had been found following a steady pace. There were some developments and expansions on existing mines, while some notable deals and new projects crossed the path across the world. The price in the China market also displayed steadfast growth throughout the year,...
The Windalco bauxite plant in Ewarton, St. Catherine, is reportedly witnessing a growing tension between its management and the production workers over outstanding retroactive salary payments. The workers, represented by the Union of Clerical, Administrative and Supervisory Employees (UCASE), even...
According to Shanghai Metals Market, prices of bauxite remained high as of Tuesday, December 25, buoyed by winter stockpiling across alumina producers amidst growing bauxite supplies after the output resumption at some miners in Shanxi and Henan. As of December 25, bauxite with alumina/silica ratio...
Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, MP for Juaboso and Deputy Minister for Lands and Resources, is pleading with the government to save the Atewa Forest from destruction as China’s Sinohydro Corporation prepares to build roads under the $2 billion bauxite barter deal, according to a report by MyJoyOnline....
According to a report, Aurum Exploration (Fiji) Limited is eyeing to resume bauxite shipment in the first half of 2019. It is thus, looking for options in terms of securing buyers for its bauxite resource. In an interview, the Minister for Lands and Mineral Resources Ashneel Sudhakar said...
Vasco locals have reportedly demanded strict action against the trucks transporting bauxite ore because of increasing dust pollution in the town. They have even threatened to hit the streets themselves in case they are not heard and the situation continues to prevail. The locals claim that the...
According to the latest USGS release on Bauxite and Alumina in the Third Quarter 2018, imports of crude and dried bauxite by the U.S. in Q3 2018 were 922,000 tonnes, slightly more than the revised total in the second quarter of 2018 and the third quarter of 2017. Imports of crude and dried bauxite...
Ghana President Akufo Addo has assured his countrymen that the infrastructure deal with China in lieu of bauxite does not mean a compromise with Ghana’s sovereignty. He considers it to be a pure business transaction and the Asian giant is not going to take over various sectors of Ghan’s economy....
Balco’s Mainpat Bauxite Mines under Sarguja district has reportedly celebrated Annual Safety Function with a lot of grandeur. Besides participating in multiple activities like quiz, drawing, planting trees, and essay writing, Balco officers, employees, and contract workers took an oath to adopt a...
Above a month after identifying a cluster of high-grade, low-containment bauxite within the existing resource at Minim Martap Project in November, Canyon Resources Limited has now reportedly started initial aircore drilling and exploration campaign at the site. Canyon’s own aircore drill rig and a...
Marcventures Holdings, Inc. reported that the company’s Bauxite Mining Project in 6 municipalities of Western Samar contains 73.2 million Wet Metric Tonnes (WMT) of measured and indicated resources of bauxite. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, Marcventures said the deposit could...
Australian Bauxite Limited has confirmed a sale of 30,000 tonnes of bauxite from its Bald Hill Bauxite Project, Campbell Town, Northern Tasmania. The company announced through its press release that it had been the successful tenderer for its next sale of seaborne cement-grade bauxite to be...
Bauxite industry has witnessed a number of developments last week. Here is a round-up of the most important news stories on the bauxite sector from the week gone by: Construction of EGA’s bauxite mining project reaches 75 per cent The construction of Emirates Global Aluminium’s (EGA) bauxite mining...
The first shipment of bauxite from Rio Tinto’s $2.6 billion Amrun bauxite project in Queensland has arrived at the Port of Gladstone. More than 80,000 tonnes of bauxite were loaded onto the vessel RTM Weipa for departure from the Western Cape York Peninsula on December 3, achieved six weeks ahead...
The construction of Emirates Global Aluminium’s (EGA) bauxite mining project in the Republic of Guinea has reached almost 75 per cent, reported the company itself. Developed by EGA’s subsidiary Guinea Alumina Corp (GAC), the total budget of the project is around US$1.4 billion, the largest...
