Metro Mining builds bauxite momentum with record output, lower costs and broader sales
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...
Ghana’s 920Mt of bauxite reserves catch global investors’ attention amid aluminium push
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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Marcventures Holdings set to develop a bauxite mine Samar
Marcventures Holdings Inc. (MHI) is reportedly set to develop a bauxite mining property in Samar, once approved by the Mines and Geosciences Bureau. This will make MHI the only firm in the Philippines with bauxite as a mineral commodity. According to MHI president Isidro Alcantara, the company has...
Australian Aluminium Council welcomes “VBX Limited”, the first member in category of Bauxite explorers and mine proponents
The Australian Aluminium Council has welcomed the VBX Limited as a new member. In 2020, the Council created a new membership category, enabling bauxite explorers and mine proponents to join the Council. VBX is the first member of this category. VBX is the proponents of the Wuudagu Bauxite Project...
AMAG receives ASI Chain of Custody Standard Certification for comprehensive sustainability activities
AMAG has recently received the ASI Chain of Custody Standard Certification for its comprehensive sustainability activities towards the supply chain of the aluminium industry. This certification from the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative plays a crucial role for the assurance of transparency and...
Sustainable bauxite mining required in India to meet estimated aluminium demand growth to 12 MTPA by 2030
Increasing bauxite imports in India has caused an estimated forex loss of over $400 million in the last five years and missed opportunities to generate mass scale employment, a recent report found. This is despite India having the world’s fifth-largest coal and bauxite reserves, which are the two...
Jamaica mining communities to benefit from $60 million under Bauxite Community Development Programme
Robert Montague, minister of transport and mining of Jamaica, said that mining communities across the island would be able to benefit from more than $60 million allocated under the Bauxite Community Development Programme (BCDP). Speaking at the launch of Phase Seven of the programme on October 13,...
Alcoa made a record bauxite shipment of 12 million-plus in Q3'20 in tandem with robust production at Huntly and Willowdale mines
Alcoa Corporation made a record third-party shipment of 12 million-plus dry metric tonnes of bauxite during the third quarter of 2020 ended on September 30, backed on robust production year to date at Alcoa’s Huntly and Willowdale bauxite mines. Boosted by this result, Alcoa’s bauxite shipments are...
Govt. of India plans another effort to construct satellite port at Betul in Goa, majorly for Bauxite export
Mormugao Port Trust said three years after that it has shelved plans for the satellite port at Betul, following people’s protests; the Central government has made another effort to construct a satellite port there through Sagarmala V project. As per the industry report, a new multipurpose terminal...
GIADEC sets up 19-member committees for bauxite communities in Atewa, Awaso, Nyinahini and Mpasaaso
The governing board and management of the Ghana Integrated Aluminium Development Corporation (GIADEC) has organised and inaugurated 19-member committees for various bauxite communities in Asiakwa (Atewa) in the Eastern Region, Awaso in the Western North Region, Nyinahini and Mpasaaso in the Ashanti...
Lindian Resources: Non-Executive Director Mathew Bull resigns
The ASX-listed Australian company with a portfolio of high-grade bauxite assets on both the West and East coasts of Africa, Lindian Resources has announced that one of its non-executive directors has stepped down from his role. On 8 th October’20, Lindian Resources revealed that Matthew Bull will...
Minim Martap Mineral Resource estimate upgraded to over 1 billion tonnes
Canyon Resources has announced that Minim Martap Bauxite Project in Cameroon, West Africa estimate upgraded to over 1 billion tonnes following the integration of results from the Physical Testing Programme. The 1 billion tonne resource represents only 12 bauxite plateaux of the Minim Martap Project...
Lindian Resources reveals Mineral Resource Estimate of its newly-bought Lelouma Bauxite Project in Guinea
Mining stock Lindian Resources (LIN) has announced an update about its recently bought Lelouma Bauxite Project in Guinea. In late September, Lindian acquired a controlling stake in the bauxite project by signing an agreement to buy 75 per cent of its owner Sarmin Bauxite. The deal is, however,...
Time to mine Bauxite in Atewa and plans are far advanced: Nana Akufo-Addo, President of Ghana
The President of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo stated that plans are far advanced to exploit bauxite resources at Atewa in Abuakwa South of the Eastern Region. Nana Akufo-Addo said: “The state-owned Ghana Integrated Aluminium Development Corporation (GIADEC) is determined to develop the bauxite mine to...
Canyon’s advanced metallurgical programme finds +90% available alumina in Minim Martap Bauxite Project
An advanced metallurgical programme conducted by Canyon Resources Limited on alumina samples from Minim Martap Bauxite Project in Cameroon shows consistent +90% available alumina. The outcomes of the testing confirm the presence of very high grade bauxite in the project and high rates of conversion...
Launched! AlCircle’s new report ‘‘Global Bauxite Industry Insights’’
AlCircle has strengthened its Sector Focus Report portfolio with the launch of new report- ‘ ‘Global Bauxite Industry Insights’’. The report promises to provide a deep insight into bauxite mining process, types and characteristics of bauxite, key players in bauxite mining, bauxite markets, upcoming...
Lindian Resources to acquire the world-class Lelouma Bauxite Project in Guinea
On 23 rd September’20, Lindian Resources announced that it has signed a binding agreement to acquire a 75% interest in Sarmin Bauxite Limited, a private company that holds the rights for the Lelouma Bauxite Project in Guinea. Lindian will get the opportunity to earn a 75% stake in the 847 million...
Canyon Resources appoints Peter Su as Non-Executive Director
Canyon Resources Ltd has appointed Peter Su as a Non-Executive Director, following the successful $10m equity placement in the Company. Canyon’s Chairman, David Netherway said, “I am pleased to welcome Peter Su to the Canyon Resources Board of Directors. Peter has shown his support for the Company...
Metro’s shipment from Bauxite Hills Mine continues to increase amidst slow mining activities
Even amidst the slowdown in mining activities at the Bauxite Hills Mine, Queensland, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Metro Mining Limited has not witnessed any dive in its shipments. Rather the company’s shipments have continued to grow, having August shipping rates returned to the levels...
VALCO looks-out for partners to upgrade aluminium smelter in Ghana
Ghana is looking for domestic or international partners to support the restoration and upgrading the state-owned Volta Aluminum Company’s (VALCO) smelter, to reach its production capacity of 300,000 tonnes per year by 2025. The Ghana Integrated Aluminum Development Corporation (GIADEC) has conveyed...
