Ghana puts bauxite, lithium and iron ore in the spotlight to woo Australian capital
Ghana has stepped up efforts to attract Australian investment into its growing critical minerals sector, pitching the country as a stable and reform-driven destination for mining and value-added mineral development at the 2026 Africa Down Under (ADU) Summit in Perth. The Ghanaian delegation was led...
Alcoa prices $2.6b senior notes for South32 bauxite, alumina and aluminium deal
Alcoa Corporation has set the price for a USD 2.6 billion senior notes offering to help finance the cash consideration for its proposed acquisition of South32’s bauxite, alumina, and aluminium assets . Along with the cash on hand, this debt is expected to provide permanent funding for the...
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Mining projects in Australia await the end of wild rivers laws
Miners are dusting off plans to develop Cape York, buoyed by the prospect that Queensland would scrap laws protecting "wild" rivers and boost economic activity across the peninsula. Bauxite miner Cape Alumina is assessing the viability of its $1.2 billion Pisolite Hills project, which was stalled...
Alumina Limited shares reveals a potential bearish trend
Analyzing the price chart for Alumina Limited has revealed a potential bearish inside day candle pattern. Yesterday's price range of $2.87 and $2.92 is within the prior day's high and low of the day. This trading action often signifies indecision by bulls and bears to drive prices higher or lower...
Policy proposal developed to protect WA agriculture from mining
A policy proposal to protect agricultural communities in WA from mining has been submitted to the State Government. The proposal has been developed by the Residents for Responsible Mining, a community group based at Chittering, about an hour north of Perth. The group was formed three years ago in...
Nation should adopt Westren Australia's gas reservation policy: AWU
A Westren Australia-style gas reservation policy should be adopted by the rest of the nation, one of the country's biggest trade unions says. The mining state's former premier Alan Carpenter introduced the policy in late 2006, requiring 15 per cent of gas from offshore projects to be set aside for...
Anti-mining group urges Redman to extend mining ban in Australia
A South West anti-mining action group has called on local MP and Agriculture and Food Minister Terry Redman to back a proposal it claims would protect the Warren-Blackwood electorate from strip mining for bauxite. Mr Redman recently backed Mines Minister Norman Moore’s blocking of coal mining in a...
Bauxite Resources Limited announces new bauxite resource at Western Australia
Bauxite Resources Limited announces the initial Resource for the Ceres deposit, part of its emerging Williams bauxite project area in southwest, Western Australia. The resource is situated on a number of large farms north of Williams, located 150km south of Perth, close to the Perth-Albany highway...
Indian Aluminum Producers hit by electricity subsidy in China and Australia
Recent distortions in the international aluminum markets, some of them caused by subsidies granted by the Chinese and Australian governments to domestic aluminum smelters, have indirectly had a negative impact on Indian aluminum producers. Industry majors may not have said this openly, but a...
Australian Bauxite Limited updates on Tasmanian Bauxite Project
Emerging bauxite exploration and development company, Australian Bauxite Limited has received laboratory and exploration results from drilling and surface exploration at its newly consolidated 11 Tasmanian exploration tenements totalling 1,897 square kilometres in central Northern Tasmania (Figure...
AWS aluminium window and door systems for green schools
The Elevate range of aluminium window and door systems from Architectural Window Systems was used for the glazing work at Gungahlin College in Canberra to achieve thermal performance and ventilation goals. Many classrooms across Australia are badly designed resulting in students and teachers having...
Australia's former ambassador to China criticises Rio Tinto’s Chinese bribery scandal
Australia's former ambassador to China Geoff Raby has called Rio Tinto Ltd.’s Chinese bribery scandal a breach of "corporate governance," the first time he has commented on the issue nearly one year after stepping down from the diplomatic post, according to The Australian. "I will always be a bit...
Newman pushes for Rio Tinto bauxite mine at Cape York
Queensland Premier Campbell Newman has vowed to overhaul laws to allow Rio Tinto to proceed with its $1.4 billion South of Embley bauxite mine at Cape York. Mr Newman, who also announced a six-month action plan at the Liberal National Party annual convention in Brisbane on Friday, said his...
Rio Tinto to cut manpower at central Queensland mine
Rio Tinto says jobs will go at a central Queensland mine as the company battles falling coal prices. The mining giant says it is looking at ways to reduce its costs at its Clermont Coal Mine, west of Mackay, to improve competitiveness as the price of thermal coal drops. "A review is underway and...
BHP considers withdrawal from aluminium and nickel
Australian-based Mining giant BHP Billiton - the world's largest diversified miner - is considering a withdrawal from aluminum and nickel operations as part of a general retreat from non-profitable side projects by key mining players. “The Financial Times” reported that according to some unnamed...
4,000 jobs on offer for Hydro's Kurri Kurri workers
Hydro Aluminium is ramping-up efforts to find jobs for employees at its Kurri Kurri aluminium smelter with 69 companies holding an employment expo on the site tomorrow. The smelter will close in the coming months putting about 350 workers out of a job. Hydro's Human Resources spokesman Trevor Hall...
Rio Tinto to increase production of iron ore, copper, bauxite and alumina
Diversified giant Rio Tinto has reported production increases for its iron-ore, copper, bauxite and alumina and coking coal operations during the second quarter ended June. He noted that the quarter under review was influenced by the global economic conditions, and market sentiment, which dropped...
Citigroup Lowers Alumina Limited to "Sell" rating
Alumina Limited was downgraded by research analysts at Citigroup from a “neutral” rating to a “sell” rating in a report released on Monday. Shares of Alumina Limited opened at 2.78 on Monday. Alumina Limited has a 52 week low of $2.72 and a 52 week high of $9.87. The company has a market cap of...
Bauxite Resources Limited updates on Strategy and Outlook
Bauxite Resources Limited is a minerals explorer with two joint venture bauxite projects in the Darling Range in Western Australia. Bauxite Resources is the largest exploration licence holder in the Darling Range covering approximately 24,000 km2. With its Chinese joint venture partners, Bauxite...
Newman to help Rio by cutting red, green tape
Rio Tinto Ltd's $1.4 billion South of Embley bauxite mine in Cape York will be helped along by a change in the laws, Queensland Premier Campbell Newman has said, according to The Australian Financial Review. Mr Newman said he would streamline red and green tape for mining laws in Queensland, but...
