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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A member of the Concerned Citizens of Atewa, Oteng Adjei, at a press conference on Thursday has charged the President, Nana Akufo-Addo to break his silence on government’s decision to mine bauxite in the Atewa forest. According to the group, the President has refused to respond to an earlier...
Normality has been restored at New Day Aluminium (Jamaica) Limited since when it received order from the Industrial Disputes Tribunal (IDT), on Friday, July 6, 2018, for hourly paid workers to end a week-long-go slow. The workers had been on go-slow since June 28, supporting the University and...
Ghana Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia has requested the United States through the Secretary for Commerce Wilbur Ross, to consider partnering with Ghana for developing a strong bauxite industry in the country. While delivering a speech at the US-Ghana business session, Mahamudu explicitly said that...
Africa is contributing about 32% of the global bauxite resources. It’s an irony that some of the poorest countries in the world possess the richest bauxite reserves. Africa, though poorly explored as of date, does possess some of the richest reserves of Gibbsitic bauxite. The known reserves are...
Bauxite mining operators and settlers in Bukit Goh, Malaysia, which once used to be a lucrative spot for bauxite mining activities, are still resting in the uncertainty over bauxite mining, even after the mining moratorium ended on June 30. The previous government had extended the moratorium seven...
UAE-based Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA), jointly owned by Mubadala Development Company of Abu Dhabi and Investment Corporation of Dubai, has signed a deal with Vedanta to supply bauxite from its mine in Guinea. Under the long-term agreement, EGA will start providing the ore to Vedanta from the...
According to the data published by the Statistical Institute of Jamaica-STATIN in its Producer Price Index Report, bauxite production in May declined in Jamaica as a result of the Jamaican dollar losing value to the US currency. The Producer Price Index measures the average change in selling prices...
Metro Mining has announced detailed production and shipping results for the June Quarter. The company’s Bauxite Hills Mine in Queensland has experienced a steady ramp-up and is approaching the budgeted operating rates and achieving consistent results on a daily basis. Image Source:Metro Mining...
According to the international export-import statistics, bauxite export from Montenegro was estimated at 1.26 million tonnes in 2017. The country exports bauxite mainly to China, Czech Republic, Bosnia Herzegovina, Hong Kong, Poland, Slovakia and Serbia. China is the largest bauxite market for...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved $24 million for Guinea to support the economy of the bauxite-producing West African nation, the Finance Ministry said on Wednesday. Guinea, whose economy has been hit by low global commodities prices, reached a deal with the IMF in December giving...
Aggreko Australia Pacific has completed the project of upgradation of 20MW power station at Rio Tinto’s Amrun bauxite project in Far North Queensland. Aggreko had received $100 million contract to build and operate a power station at the company’s project in June las year. The new power station has...
Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA), which is building $1.4 billion bauxite mine in Guinea, announced that it has completed 50 per cent work on the project. EGA is currently developing a bauxite mine and associated export facilities in the Republic of Guinea, West Africa. First bauxite exports from...
Guyana, one of the world’s leading bauxite producers, has delivered about 1.45 million tonnes of bauxite to the global market in 2017. The country’s bauxite shipments increased 36 per cent year-on-year last year. Guyana’s main exports are: sugar, gold, bauxite, aluminium, rice, shrimp and timber...
Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) announced it has received first shipment of 61,450 tonnes of bauxite from Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinée for the commissioning of its under-construction Al Taweelah alumina refinery. Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinée will supply some five million tonnes of bauxite...
Australian Bauxite Limited (ABx) advised the global market yesterday that the reserves at the Binjour Project site are now estimated to total 37 million metric tons, 51 percent above previous estimates for the project. ABx says the results are gleaned from samples taken from over nine hundred drill...
Rio Tinto, one of the world’s largest metals and mining corporations, has reported the receipt of vital infrastructure pieces for its US$2.6 billion Amrun bauxite project on Cape York Peninsula, Queensland. The infrastructure pieces include 550t stacker and 1700t reclaimer, which arrived after 16...
Sanctions-hit Russian aluminium giant Rusal has started exporting bauxite from the Dian-Dian bauxite deposit in Guinea’s Boké Province. The exports follow the completion of the first stage of development of the bauxite deposit. With an annual capacity of 3 million tonnes, Dian-Dian is the world's...
Metro Mining Ltd. has received an approval for a trading halt as it sets a target to raise US$17.5 million through a share placement priced at 20 cents. Funding from the placement is likely to boost Metro’s working capital position during production ramp-up and product sale negotiations while...
