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...
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...
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According to a report on Thursday, January 14, Metro Mining is planning to recommence its operations at the Bauxite Hills mine project, which was shut for the wet season from mid-September 2020. The operation is expected to resume in April 2021 for deliveries restarting under the existing 7 million...
The Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc. (BCGI), a subsidiary of RUSAL, as reported is remaining on the discussions stage with the government, following the five months negotiations on a possible restart of operations at its Kurubuka mines in Region 10. Parmanand Persaud, the spokesperson for the...
iB2, the innovative technology developer, for the production of Alumina from low-grade bauxite will soon initiate feasibility studies for the construction of an alumina plant in China's Shanxi province, with Anne Lauvergeon as Chairman of the board. Yves Occello, CEO of the French company, has two...
On 1 st January 2021, the Winning Consortium Railway Guinea (WCRG) concluded, the work relating to the assembly of the main structure of the two large stacker-reclaimers of the railway line from Dapilon (Boké) to Santou (Télimélé) in the administrative region of Boké across the locations of the...
On 4 th January 2021, the Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Dharmendra Pradhan delivered a letter to Prahlad Joshi, Coal and Mines Minister proposing him to increase the production capacity of Nalco’s Aluminium smelter plant at Angul. Pradhan in his letter has urged Joshi to take...
The mining sector of Guinea in 2020 has been able to withstand the COVID-19 pandemic and the electoral crises, which have been declared as a black year for the West African nation. It is the mining sector that has enabled the economy to repress the shocks caused by this unusual health crisis....
It has been after long five years without mining activity, the initial test ship left for the United States loaded with bauxite on 29 th December’20 from the port of Cabo Rojo in Pedernales. As per our report, the port of Cabo Rojo regained economic life with a ship that took 9000 tonnes of Bauxite...
Abu Dhabi Ports’ flagship Khalifa Port commenced its South Quay operations with the newly launched facility. The first shipment carrying bauxite harboured at the new port is destined for Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA)’s Al-Taweelah alumina refinery. Alfred Oldendorff, the bulk carrier, the first...
The Andhra Pradesh state government in India is considering acquiring the Ras-Al-Khaimah Investment Authority’s (Rakia’s) stake in Anrak Aluminium joint venture. This is an effort to settle the dispute after several years under international arbitration. However, the state government lately...
Canyon Resources Limited announced the execution of a bankable feasibility study (BFS) contract with leading Chinese engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) firm Changtian International Engineering Corporation of MCC (MCC-CIE), for the development of Stage 1 of Canyon’s Minim Martap bauxite...
The government of the Indian State Andhra Pradesh is wholly prepared to permit Anrak Aluminium Limited to commission its alumina refinery at Rachapalli, Makavarapalem in Visakhapatnam. V Vijaysai Reddy, MP, North Andhra Pradesh affairs, said: “The government has been planning to allow Anrak...
The contended bauxite mining issue returns in the prominence with condemnation forthcoming to over the fresh bids to consider operationalizing the Anrak Alumina Refinery in Visakhapatnam district of Andhra Pradesh. Anrak Aluminium Limited, a company floated by Ras-al-Khaimah and Penna Group in 2013...
ASX-listed high-grade bauxite developer Lindian Resources has reportedly received a nod from the Guinea Ministry of Mines to acquire a 61 per cent stake in the strategic Woula bauxite project. Lindian sees Woula as a potential bauxite producer given its direct shipping ore capability and the close...
Aluminium Stewardship Initiative has reportedly welcomed Mineração Rio do Norte – MRN as a new Production & Transformation member, bringing the total number of ASI Members to 147. Mineração Rio do Norte, the largest Brazilian bauxite producer, was formed by an association of domestic and foreign...
The first bauxite mine of Ivory Coast has resumed its operations; subsequently, it was suspended for months due to election-related violence, as stated by the CEO on 5 th December’20. The mine started its operation previous year in the east-central Moronou region is a centrepiece of Ivory Coast's...
The President of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo has stated that a bauxite company will soon commence work at Nyinahin in the Atwima Mponua District in the Ashanti Region, which will benefit for all. While addressing a durbar at Nyinahin at the end of his three-day campaign tour of the region,...
Abstract: Guinea with bauxite potential of about 40 billion tons is the largest aluminium ore exporter in the world today. During 2019, the country exported about 70 million tons of bauxite, which is likely to exceed 110 million tons by 2021. This may substantially change the present bauxite market...
Guinea Alumina Corporation (GAC), bauxite mining subsidiary of Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA), has built a field hospital for COVID-19 in a record time of only 30 days, in association with Tamouh Healthcare and Dubai-based manufacturer Weatherhaven. The Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Field Hospital has...
