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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Bauxilum to invest USD 48 million to improve operations at Los Pijiguaos mine
BNamericas reported that Venezuelan state bauxite and alumina company Bauxilum will spend more than USD 48 million to increase bauxite output at the Los Pijiguaos mine. Mr José China president of Bauxilum said that the plan involves spending USD 28.8 million to purchase inputs and parts to upgrade...
Students Receive Scholarship Grants from Bauxite Company
Sixty one students from schools in St. Ann were recently awarded for their outstanding performance in the 2011 Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT). The awards ceremony, hosted by Noranda Jamaica Bauxite Partners, was held on August 9 at the Runaway Bay Heart Hotel, where the awardees were presented...
Orissa's huge mining sector under RTI scanner
The Orissa State Information Commission wants more transparency in mining sector in the state, in view of allegations of rampant irregularities and corruption. The commission has directed the government to display all relevant information on mining on the departmental website after it received...
Rio Tinto Alcan Weipa bauxite mine expansion a boon for Far North
THE $1.5 billion Rio Tinto Alcan bauxite mine expansion at Weipa has wide reaching economic, employment and export benefits which have been underestimated by the business community.
Suriname eying US$3.5B of investments
With four big investments in Suriname planned for the coming three to four years, the country must start preparing now to fully benefit from these financial injections. The labor market in particular must be made ready, says Henk Ramdien, retired managing director of bauxite company Suralco. On...
Ord River Resources reports MoU for Laos alumina off-take sale agreement signed
Ord River Resources (ASX: ORD) has reported that Sino Australian Resources (SARCO) and China Non-Ferrous Metal Industry’s Foreign Engineering & Construction (NFC) have signed a second Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for sale of alumina from the Laos Aluminium JV Project. SARCO and NFC will enter...
Ord River Resources reports MoU for Laos alumina off-take sale agreement signed
Ord River Resources (ASX: ORD) has reported that Sino Australian Resources (SARCO) and China Non-Ferrous Metal Industry’s Foreign Engineering & Construction (NFC) have signed a second Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for sale of alumina from the Laos Aluminium JV Project. SARCO and NFC will enter...
Ord River Resources reports MoU for Laos alumina off-take sale agreement signed
Ord River Resources (ASX: ORD) has reported that Sino Australian Resources (SARCO) and China Non-Ferrous Metal Industry’s Foreign Engineering & Construction (NFC) have signed a second Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for sale of alumina from the Laos Aluminium JV Project. SARCO and NFC will enter...
WINDALCO slapped with enforcement notices over fish kill
The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) has served three enforcement notices on bauxite company, WINDALCO, over the discharge of industrial effluent into Old Johns Gully in Ewarton, St Catherine. The release of noxious substance, which caused the death of several fishes, prompted NEPA...
CB&I receives Saudi Arabian tank contract
CB&I has been awarded a storage tank project, valued in excess of US $60 million, by the Ma’aden Bauxite and Alumina Company. The project is a part of the Integrated Aluminium Complex in Ras Al-Khair, Saudi Arabia.
After Jairam, Vedanta in a patch-up mode with MoEF
Withdraws petition from green tribunal, makes fresh plea for Lanjigarh project. Nearly a month after Jairam Ramesh took over as the rural development minister, the Vedanta Group is trying to patch up with the Ministry of Environment & Forests (MoEF) to get its projects fast-tracked. Vedanta...
Bauxite survey in Jharkhand stopped after protest by villagers
The survey to assess the exact reserve of bauxite in Jharkhand has been stalled due to protests by villagers fearing displacement. According to a map of the Geological Survey of India and the data available with the Remote Sensing Study, the state especially the western part has bauxite reserves...
SC issues notice to environment ministry on mining in Niyamgiri
The Supreme Court on Monday issued a notice to the MoEF on a petition by the Orissa Mining Corporation accusing Jairam Ramesh of withdrawing environment clearance to Vedanta for bauxite mining in Niyamgiri hills just a day before he was taken out of MoEF.
NPP to ensure full exploitation of Nyinahin Bauxite deposits
Nana Akufo-Addo, Presidential Candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has promised to ensure the mining of the huge bauxite deposits at Nyinahin, if given the mandate to lead the nation. Nana Akufo-Addo, who is touring the Atwima-Mponua Constituency, as part of his countrywide listening...
The Biggest Coal, Electricity and Aluminium Project in China South-western Officially Launched
Guizhou province, one of the three richest areas in bauxite, domestic largest bauxite exploitation and integration of coal, electricity and aluminum project, namely CPI Guizhou Zunyi coal, electricity and aluminum project, has recently come into operation. It would be the largest modern aluminum...
Vietnam: Potential to Be a Major Aluminum Producer
Rich in largely untapped natural resources and able to benefit from a low cost labor force, Vietnam has enjoyed 10-percent growth rates (although it has also suffered 11 percent inflation rates last year). The country has never been a major metals producer, but that could be about to change....
Vietnam: Potential to Be a Major Aluminum Producer
Rich in largely untapped natural resources and able to benefit from a low cost labor force, Vietnam has enjoyed 10-percent growth rates (although it has also suffered 11 percent inflation rates last year). The country has never been a major metals producer, but that could be about to change....
Vietnam: Potential to Be a Major Aluminum Producer
Rich in largely untapped natural resources and able to benefit from a low cost labor force, Vietnam has enjoyed 10-percent growth rates (although it has also suffered 11 percent inflation rates last year). The country has never been a major metals producer, but that could be about to change....
