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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Bauxite Resources Ltd (BRL) has released its September 2018 Quarterly Report. The report updates on its ongoing projects and future plans. The company continued work on silica sand projects at Albany, Esperance and Gingin and hard-rock quartz projects in Halls Creek, South West WA and Far North...
On releasing Norsk Hydro’s third quarter results, the company’s president and CEO Svein Richard Brandtzæg said, "The third quarter reflected our continued challenges at Alunorte and increased raw material costs, while higher aluminium and alumina prices, as well as strong Energy results,...
Australian Bauxite Limited (ABx) revealed yesterday that its wholly-owned subsidary ALCORE Limited recently completed the design phase of its Stage 1 project to produce aluminium fluoride (AlF 3 ), putting it ahead of the firm’s original production schedule. Per ABx’s press release, ALCORE is now...
Global miner Rio Tinto announced production results for the third quarter of 2018. The company’s bauxite production in Q3 2018 was one per cent lower than the corresponding quarter of 2017, with strong production at Weipa offset by lower production at the non-managed Sangaredi and Porto Trombetas...
Croatia’s import of bauxite from the global market is estimated to drop 3.46 per cent year on year in 2018. Turkey continued to remain the top bauxite supplier to Croatia throughout 2017.According to recent statistics, bauxite import by the country from Turkey stood at 43620 tonnes in 2017, up 17...
Metro Mining has published a detail operational report for the September quarter. Total September quarter shipments totalled 822,000 tonnes, more than double the amount shipped in the June quarter (399,000t). The Bauxite Hills mine operated close to budgeted monthly production and shipping levels...
Project generator Altus Strategies has agreed to sell off its 50% stake in the Birsok bauxite project in Cameroon. The company generated £3 million (US$3.96 million) in shares and a US$1.50 per tonne royalty. Canyon Resources bought the 50% stake in the project and became the existing joint venture...
Australian Bauxite Ltd (ASX:ABX) marketing and investor relations manager Julie Young speaks to Proactive Investors about the bauxite producer’s operations and the development of its patented process technology. The patented technology is held by ABX subsidiary ALCORE Limited and can convert raw...
The imports of bauxite by Czech Republic have been fluctuating for the last three years. Bauxite imports in 2017 were 29282 tonnes, 43% less than 51577 tonnes in 2016. The country’s total bauxite import in 2018 is expected to reach 31514 tonnes, registering a growth of 8 per cent from 2017....
Emirates Global Aluminium, an aluminium conglomerate equally owned by Mubadala Development Company of Abu Dhabi and Investment Corporation of Dubai, has announced that it expects first export from its bauxite mine in Guinea to take place in the second half of 2019. The announcement came following...
France’s bauxite import is found growing quarter-on-quarter this year for feeding its domestic alumina refineries. Alteo is one of the leading producers of non-metallurgical alumina in France. The company has three alumina refineries in France: the alumina refinery in Gardanne, a white fused...
Australian mineral exploration company Lindian Resources Limited (Lindian) has received three mining licences from the Tanzania Mining Commission over Lushoto Bauxite Project in Tanzania. The granted licences PL 11176/2017, PL 11177/2017 and PL 11178/2018 cover an area of 53.2 km² and include the...
The Guinean government is ensuring that bauxite mining companies working in the country do not harm the environment, Prime Minister of the Republic of Guinea Ibrahima Kassory Fofana told Sputnik regarding a recent rights watchdog report on the dangers of such mining. The Human Rights Watch...
According to a press update from Metro Mining, in mid-September, Bauxite Hills shipped its one millionth tonne of ore since the commencement of operations in April 2018 representing an excellent operational achievement.By the end of September total shipments stood at 1.22 million wet metric tonnes....
Concord Resources Limited (Concord) has acquired an equity position in New Day Aluminium Holdings LLC, the parent company of Noranda Bauxite and Alumina, according to news reported by Jamaica Observer. Concord is a global resources merchant focused on the supply chain and risk management of...
Rio Tinto’s Gove Operations has reportedly bagged a prestigious recognition for being a world-class bauxite producer in the global aluminium industry at the 2018 Chief Minister’s Northern Territory Export and Industry Awards. Rio’s Gove Operations, located on the Gove Peninsula in North East Arnhem...
As per the report on September 24, production at the New Day Aluminium Limited bauxite plant was put on hold, as almost 200 hourly-paid workers went on strike for approximately four hours. The enraged workers reported that they had no choice but to protest because of the consistent delays in...
China was the largest importer of Indonesian bauxite in 2017. Around 12,94,112 tonnes of bauxite was shipped from Indonesia to China last year. Indonesia’s export of bauxite to China is estimated to drop in 2018. Total export is estimated to be around 853317 tonnes. Indonesian government has...
