International investor interest in Ghana’s bauxite industry has intensified, with Coal India becoming the latest overseas company to evaluate opportunities in the country as it seeks to diversify beyond coal and secure mineral assets abroad. The Indian state-controlled miner’s interest remains at...
Alcoa has moved its proposed acquisition of South32's bauxite, alumina and aluminium interests forward with a US SEC filing, with the transaction carrying an implied enterprise value of up to USD 5.6 billion. Alcoa Corporation has filed a Form S-4 registration statement with the US Securities and...
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Metro Mining Limited, the Brisbane-based miner in Australia, shipped 753,101 wet metric tonnes (WMT) of bauxite from its Bauxite Hills operation in Queensland during August. The figure marked a 6 per cent year-on-year increase and a solid improvement from July’s 714,000 WMT. Despite losing a few...
The state of Kerala is on the cusp of entering India's bauxite mining sector, with plans advancing to auction off what are being described as among the richest new deposits discovered in the country in three decades. Found in the Kasaragod district, the high-grade bauxite deposits are poised to...
This week the upstream sector of the aluminium industry, comprising alumina, bauxite and primary aluminium has seen limited but strong incidental happenings that can change the dynamics of the aluminium industry in the coming days. To begin with, following EGA’s footstep Arrow Minerals has also...
Trading for bauxite mine rights in North China's Shanxi has been brisk this year. Nine deals for exploration and exploitation rights have been completed so far in 2025, with a combined transaction value exceeding RMB 24.9 billion (USD 3.5 billion), according to auction results released on the...
Arrow Minerals, the West Africa-focused bauxite explorer, has announced that it's putting a hold on operations at its Niagara bauxite project in Guinea. The reason is the ongoing dispute about whether its mining permits are valid. The Australian miner reported this in its September 8 half-year...
Odisha’s mineral-rich Rayagada district is once again at the centre of debate over how far industrial growth can go without damaging local lives and fragile ecosystems. The operations of Utkal Alumina International Limited (UAIL), a key player in the state’s bauxite industry, have drawn fresh...
Odisha has emerged as the cornerstone of India’s aluminium industry, accounting for 59 per cent of the country’s bauxite reserves, primarily located in the Eastern Ghats. The state hosts integrated operations encompassing bauxite mining, alumina refining , and aluminium smelting, led by major...
Canyon Resources is strategically pushing forward in the global bauxite market, with its Minim Martap project in Cameroon taking centre stage. CEO Peter Secker describes this project as "the largest high-grade undeveloped bauxite deposit worldwide". The company is positioning this asset as a prime...
Rubix Resources has recently signed a non-binding agreement with Nyos Metals and Yoro Metals to leverage the bauxite projects of Cameroon and the Republic of Congo. This is quite a major step, especially when Rubix is all set to expand its portfolio in untapped bauxite mines across Central Africa....
The Union Environment Ministry has delayed its decision on Vedanta Limited's proposal to divert more than 700 hectares of forest land in Rayagada and Kalahandi districts in Odisha, for the Sijimali Bauxite Mines. The delay is, according to government records, related to pending issues concerning...
Over 100 mining licences were cancelled in Guinea, where big names like EGA have made headlines. But how many China-owned firms have been the target of Guinea’s ‘mine here, refine here regime’? The answer is a big-n-bold ZERO. The only report that deep search found when AL Circle was investigating...
Terra Goyana Mining (TGM), one of the largest bauxite producers in Brazil, is leading the way with sensor-based sorting (SBS) technology in bauxite beneficiation, establishing a benchmark for mineral research, development, and commercialisation. TGM represents 5.5 per cent of Brazil's national...
Canyon Resources has confirmed the significant economic potential of its Minim Martap bauxite project in Cameroon, after completing a definitive feasibility study (DFS). The Australian miner has also begun early works on the project, which started in July. The definitive feasibility study (DFS)...
A key announcement has been made by one of the biggest mining companies of Australia, Canyon Resources Limited, a bauxite development and exploration company, regarding the results of a definitive Feasibility Study alongside an upgrade in the ore reserves for the ongoing Minim Martap bauxite...
Metro Mining, an Australian mining and exploration company, has shown a strong turnaround for the first half of 2025, ending on June 30. The report directly reflects the company's expansion at the Bauxite Hills operation, where the shipment record rose to 1.9 million wet tonnes. The firm's earnings...
Leader of the We Invest in Nationhood (WIN) party, Azruddin Mohamed, has pledged to build an aluminium plant and a glass factory in Linden, Guyana, as part of his campaign to revive Region 10’s struggling economy. Speaking at a well-attended rally on Wednesday night, he declared, “This region needs...
Maaden Bauxite and Alumina Company (MBAC), a subsidiary of Maaden, one of the world's fastest-growing mining companies, has entered into a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Emerge. Emerge is a joint venture between Masdar, a global leader in clean energy, and EDF Power Solutions, renowned for...
Guinea exported 99.8 million tonnes of bauxite in the first half of 2025, a sharp 36 per cent rise from 73.4 million tonnes in the same period of 2024. That figure is almost equal to the country’s entire output in 2022. The rise is a result of strong run, with exports up 19.6 per cent in 2023 to...
