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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Lindian identifies high alumina grade maiden resource for Bouba Plateaux at Gaoual Bauixte Project
According to a recent report, Lindian Resources has spotted a readily mineable maiden resource with high alumina grade for the Bouba Plateaux at its Gaoual Bauixte Project in Guinea. The resource, first estimated by Cube Consulting, was based on 874 metres of drilling from 131 shallow holes. The...
COVID-19 Relief: Noranda Bauxite together with United Way of Jamaica distributes food and care packages in St Ann
A team of top executives from United Way of Jamaica (UWJ), a charitable organisation, recently paid a visit to St Ann to join forces with Noranda Bauxite for distributing food and care packages to several institutions and individuals. Noranda is associated with United Way Jamaica for the past 35...
Hydro Alunorte signs an agreement with UFPA for sustainable research on the use of bauxite residue
Hydro announced that Alunorte and the Federal University of Pará (UFPA) signed an agreement in June for research on the feasibility of producing low-carbon cement from bauxite residue. The project is part of an agreement between Hydro and UFPA signed in 2019 to develop cement from a mixture of...
Ghana’s Ambassador to China assures: GIADEC will ensure utmost gains from Bauxite mining
Edward Boateng, Ghana’s Ambassador to China, has assured that due process is being followed by the Ghana Integrated Aluminium Development Corporation, GIADEC, to ensure that Ghana benefits sufficiently from the expected bauxite mining. Government’s plan to mine bauxite in the Atewa Forest Reserve,...
Norsk Hydro: Production restored at Paragominas bauxte mine and Alunorte alumina refinery
Power supply to Hydro’s Paragominas bauxite mine, in the state of Pará in northern Brazil, has been reportedly restored, allowing the production at the mine to recommence. The three transmission towers that overturned, leading to a power outage and temporary production halt at Paragominas mine,...
Canyon Resources Ltd completes pre-feasibility study for the Minim Martap Bauxite Project in Cameroon
Canyon Resources Ltd announced that the company has completed a pre-feasibility study for the Minim Martap Bauxite Project in Cameroon, West Africa. The company confirmed project’s ability to produce high-quality, low-contaminant bauxite over a long mine life of at least 20 years via a multi-stage...
Multotec Process Equipment: Precise sampling solution for Guinean Bauxite producer
Precision sampling is vital to the success of the valuable bauxite industry in the West African country of Guinea, and Multotec Process Equipment’s high-precision sampling equipment is playing its role genuinely. In recent times Multotec has delivered two tariff sampling plants to a major bauxite...
Iran secretly producing aluminium powder for using in missile programme: Reuters Report
An investigative report published by the Reuters News Agency on Wednesday, June 24, claimed that Iran had been secretly producing aluminium powder for using in missile programme. On the basis of testimony from a former Iranian government official and documents, former senior Tehran official shared...
Bauxite resources from Chalco’s Boffa mine project soon to arrive at a Chinese port
Aluminium Corporation of China Limited, popularly known as Chalco, has reported in a written statement that it is all set to send its shipment from a bauxite mine in Boffa, Guinea. A large ocean-going ship laden with high-quality bauxite from Boffa will soon arrive at the Fangchenggang port in the...
Production at Hydro’s Paragominas bauxite mine and Alunorte alumina refinery affected due to power outage
Hydro’s production at Paragominas bauxite mine is at a temporary halt due to power supply cut as three power transmission towers overturned on Saturday, June 20. Repair work has started and regular power supply to Paragominas is expected to resume within the next two to three weeks. The Paragominas...
Former Indian union energy secretary EAS Sarma seeks independent investigation into illegal bauxite mining
Former Indian union energy secretary EAS Sarma has appealed for an independent investigation by Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) and Special Enforcement Bureau (SEB) into the alleged illegal mining of bauxite in East Godavari and Visakhapatnam districts. In a letter addressed to the principal secretary...
Shandong Port Group to form a JV with Rizhao Port, bauxite port project at Boffa to get management services
According to a recent report, Shandong Port Overseas, a unit of Shandong Port Group, has inked a Memorandum of Understanding with Rizhao Port to jointly develop international markets. As per the deal signed, Shandong Port Overseas will set up a joint venture with Rizhao Port - Shandong Port...
Australian Bauxite Limited: Production in full swing at Bald Hill Bauxite Project
Australian Bauxite Limited has announced that mining and screening operations are well advanced at its Bald Hill mine, Tasmania. Trucking to port has started to assemble the next cargo of cement-grade bauxite to its customer’s specifications. Australian Bauxite has secured sales contracts for...
COVID-19 Operational Update: Hydro’s bauxite production during April-May records a sweeping rise of 94%
Hydro has revealed a volumetric update for its business areas for April and May, ahead of the complete second-quarter financial results. The company shows it manufactured 1,760 tonnes of bauxite during April-May compared to 910 tonnes during the corresponding period last year. This means Hydro’s...
Govt. of Jamaica: $544 million to be drawn out from CDF for bauxite budgetary support
The Government of Jamaica is to draw out just over half a billion dollars from the Capital Development Fund (CDF) to deliver budgetary aid to the Jamaica Bauxite Institute (JBI) and the bauxite community development programme this fiscal year. An order, under the Bauxite (Production) Levy Act,...
Guinea Alumina Corporation provides economic support to local communities during COVID-19
Guinea Alumina Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA), provides humanitarian and economic support to local communities in Guinea in their fight against COVID-19, Emirates Global Aluminium said in its press release. The company provides medical equipment to the...
Saudi Arabia moving to build a non-oil economy, bauxite mining to play key role
On 9 th June’20, Saudi Arabia’s cabinet has approved a new mining law that has an objective to accelerate foreign investment in the sector as part of efforts to diversify its economy away from hydrocarbons. Bandar Alkhorayef, Minister of Mining and Industry said: “The new law facilitates investor...
Ministry of Mining, Jamaica: Receives vesting powers to speed up titling of bauxite lands
The Jamaican Minister of Transport and Mining Robert Montague stated that his ministry has been given the go-ahead to use vesting powers to assist long-suffering families on bauxite lands to receive titles for the properties. Montague, opening the 2020/21 annual sectoral debate in the House of...
