Ashapura targets INR 100 billion bauxite revenue opportunity as Guinea volumes rise
Ashapura Minechem is preparing for its next phase of growth by expanding its Guinea bauxite operations while shifting its Indian business towards higher-value mineral products. The company is targeting 15 million tonnes of annual bauxite volumes by FY28, a level management believes could generate...
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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VALCO CEO urges govt to help them process bauxite into alumina
The acting Chief Executive of the Volta Aluminium Company (VALCO), Mr Dan Achampong, has challenged the government to make VALCO process the country’s bauxite into alumina, to reduce the cost of aluminium. He said this will help create over two million jobs and also make the aluminium industry a...
Collector lifts ban on bauxite transportation
South Goa collector N D Agrawal on Friday revoked the suspension of transportation of bauxite ore from Nakeri-Betul to the MPT following a clarification from department of mines and geology that the Supreme Court ban on mining does not extend to bauxite mining. Agrawal on Thursday had directed the...
Bauxite ore mine in Bua on progress
The mining of two mineral commodities is progressing well says the Mineral Resources Department director Mr Malakai Finau. As senior staff from the department visited project sites for inspection & monitoring purposes, Mr Finau highlighted the achievements of the Nawailevu Bauxite site in Bua....
Rare Earth Elements Plant in Jamaica to be operational by next week
The multi-million dollar Rare Earth Elements Pilot Plant located on the grounds of the Jamaica Bauxite Institute (JBI) in Hope Gardens, St. Andrew, has been completed and is slated to be fully operational by the end of next week. This was disclosed by Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and...
Legality of bauxite mining comes under scanner in Goa, India
The legality of bauxite mining at Nakeri-Betul has now come under the scanner of the south Goa district administration following clashes between groups of truckers engaged in the transportation of bauxite ore from the mine to the Mormugao port trust (MPT) over some transportation issues. South Goa...
Bauxite Resources publishes Sept 2013 quarterly activities and cashflow report
Bauxite Resources Limited continues to focus primarily on the exploration and evaluation of bauxite prospectivity in BRL's extensive tenement holding in Western Australia's Darling Range, the largest bauxite and alumina producing region in the world. Highlights: - Bauxite resources of Bauxite...
Vedanta seeks an alternate bauxite mine from Odisha Govt
Vedanta Resources today said it has sought an alternate bauxite mine from Odisha government to run its Lanjigarh alumina refinery, which is staring at uncertain future due to local tribals rejecting the proposal to carry out mining in the Niyamgiri hills. “We want very strongly that the state...
Bauxite Resources withdraws Bindoon bauxite project
The decision by Bauxite Resources Limited (BRL) to not proceed with the Bindoon Bauxite Mining Proposal brings to an end a period of uncertainty, according to MLA Shane Love. BRL had anticipated a mining operation at North Bindoon of up to two million tonnes of bauxite per annum over five years....
Paulwell to tour rare elements project site at Jamaica Bauxite Institute
The Rare Earth Elements Pilot Project site, located on the grounds of the Jamaica Bauxite Institute (JBI) in Kingston is complete and will be toured by Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Phillip Paulwell on Tuesday. Japan-based Nippon Light Metal (NLM) in collaboration with the JBI...
Vedanta Aluminium aims to triple capacity despite alumina shortage
Vedanta Aluminium Ltd will triple its capacity by 2015 to 2.3 million tonnes to cater for an expected surge in demand in India, its managing director said, even though its inability to source enough alumina at home has forced it to import the raw material. The company, a unit of London-listed...
Vedanta moves Project Monitoring Group for Lanjigarh refinery expansion
Mining conglomerate Vedanta Group has approached Prime Minister's Project Monitoring Group, which was established to fast track stalled large investment projects, seeking environment clearance for expansion of its Lanjigarh alumina refinery in Odisha to 6 million tonnes. The Project Monitoring...
Shandong Nanshan Aluminum puts up $5b for Bintan bauxite smelter
China’s Shandong Nanshan Aluminum had allocated at least $5 billion to build a facility to process bauxite in Bintan, Riau Islands, Industry Minister M.S. Hidayat has announced. “They already started the project with a purchase of 1,000 hectares of land,” the minister said after a meeting with the...
Tribal welfare body bans bauxite mining in Vizag, India
The decision by the AP Tribes Advisory Council not to allow bauxite mining in the Vizag Agency might be the last nail in the coffin for the long-pending controversial issue in this part of the state. The Council passed a unanimous resolution on Tuesday banning bauxite mining. Cancellation of lease...
Bauxite production to boost Ghana mining sector
The value of the Ghana’s mining sector is anticipated to reach US$774million in 2017, up from US$669 million in 2012, as bauxite and gold production see substantial increases, B&FT has gathered. “This is a significant break from the past decade, when the mining sector value barely rose as gold...
Chalco Guizhou puts Maiba Bauxite Mine into full operation
Aluminum Corporation of China Ltd (Chalco)’s Guizhou branch put its Maiba bauxite mine, which has a designed capacity of 500,000 tpy, into full operation this month. Maiba mine’s operation can be seen as ``milestone’’ for Chalco Guizhou to move from open-pit mining to underground mining, the...
Bauxite Resources Limited publishes annual report
During the year Bauxite Resources Limited focused on the development of its bauxite interests in Western Australia with the objective of commercial development of bauxite and alumina capacity to support a developing market in China. Achievements during the financial year were: - Exceptional...
Bauxite Resources withdraws EPA application for mining proposal
Bauxite Resources Limited today announces that its joint venture with Yankuang, Bauxite Alumina Joint Ventures ("BAJV"), has withdrawn its Environmental Protection Authority ("EPA") referral for its Mining Proposal at North Bindoon. The North Bindoon Referral anticipated a mining operation of up to...
Aziana Limited extends bauxite mineralisation in Madagascar
Aziana Limited has extended the area of known bauxite mineralisation in the Esama region of its Manantenina project in Madagascar. The first of the company’s exploration test pits on the Soanomeiny returned an 8 metre thickness of gibbsite grading 45% AvAl2O3 and 1.2% RxSiO2. The contiguous area of...
