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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Fight against “COVID-19”: Bel Air Bauxite mining in Guinea continues to support the cause
Bel Air Mining SAS, a member of the Alufer Mining Limited group, developer and producer of bauxite in the prefecture of Boffa, endures supporting local communities and local health centres as well as employees with material and technical support in prevention against the spread of the Covid-19...
Bauxite shipping line in Guinea appoints Bernt Christensen as new Chairman of Guinea Shipping Corporation
Guinea Shipping Corporation (GSC) has announced the appointment of Bernt Meldgaard Christensen as the company’s new executive chairman. Christensen succeeds his brother Henrik, who founded the company in 2010 and passed away recently. Christensen said: “Henrik had the vision to build a shipping...
Lindian Resources Managing Director Shannon Green resigns within 12 months of his term
Lindian Resources’ Managing Director Shannon Green has resigned from the company and stated due to personal reasons. Still, he will remain at the company until the end of June’20 to ensure a smooth leadership transition. Shannon joined Lindian Resources only 12 months ago from bauxite development...
Chalco’s executive demands bauxite-rich Shanxi to become major aluminium production hub
An executive from a closed smelting unit of state-run Aluminum Corporation of China Limited, popularly known as Chalco, has demanded bauxite-rich Shanxi to become a major aluminium production hub. China is by far the world’s biggest producer and consumer of bauxite, the main ore source of...
Metro Mining: “Keeps an eye” on the market forth Bauxite Hills Mine expansion stage-2
Metro Mining Ltd continues to watch closely the market situations forth deciding to formally proceed with stage-2 expansion at the Bauxite Hills Mine in Far North Queensland in Australia. In April’20, the company was instructed by the Queensland Treasury that the Queensland State Government would...
Equatorial Guinea Ministry of Mines signs first five mining contracts with three companies
Equatorial Guinea’s Ministry of Mines and Hydrocarbons (MMH) has reportedly signed five mining contracts for the first time in its history. This followed the heels of the conclusion of the country’s inaugural mining bidding round last year. The contracts have been signed with three different...
Laboratory testing by Lindian Resources confirms high-grade alumina at Gaoual Project
Lindian Resources Limited has reportedly confirmed that laboratory testing of extensions to the Bouba conglomerate bauxite plateau within the Gaoual Project has discovered high-grade alumina averaging more than 50 per cent. Earlier this year, resource drilling along the Bouba Plateau had confirmed...
Guinea Minister of Mines: Iran a competent partner for the development of mining projects
Abdoulaye Magassouba, Minister of Mines and Geology, Guinea stated that: “Iranian companies are capable partners for the development of mining projects.” On 15 th May’20, the Guinea minister while speaking in a video conference with Iranian Deputy Minister of Industry, Mine and Trade Khodadad...
Chalco Chairman Lu Dongliang resigns from his position
Aluminum Corp of China Ltd, Chalco, declared on 14th May’20 that its Chairman Lu Dongliang had resigned from his position. The previous President of the company Ao Hong has been put in temporary charge. Lu Dongliang has informed the board of Chalco, the listed arm of state-owned aluminium firm...
ABx reports its biggest sale of cement grade bauxite; Company is optimistic for the future
Australian Bauxite Limited (ABx) announced that it had been a successful tenderer to deliver a shipment of cement grade bauxite. It shipped 35,000 tonnes plus or minus 10 per cent from Bell Bay, which marked the company’s biggest sale yet of seaborne cement grade bauxite. Being optimistic about the...
Political stand-off hampering bauxite labour talks in Guyana
The current political stand-off has been constantly hampering the progress of labour talks. This situation is also creating an abstraction of an order for Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc (BCGI) and the Guyana Bauxite and General Workers Union (GB&GWU) to enter into arbitration to resolve a...
Metro Mining produces 415,000 WMT of bauxite in April
Metro Mining published production and shipping results for the month of April. The company said this has been the best start to the year for both mining and shipping. Metro Mining produced 415,000 wet metric tonnes (WMT) of bauxite and shipped 245,000 wet metric tonnes (WMT) at the Bauxite Hills...
Australian Bauxite observes Tasmanian job augmentation through a cement grade deal
Australian Bauxite Ltd. declared that its negotiations for its next cement grade shipment were well advanced, as a bauxite miner is working towards a Tasmanian job augmentation through a cement grade shipment deal. ABx stated in its March quarterly report: "The potential for early commencement of...
“Jamaicans should take stock of the costs and benefits of the bauxite/alumina industry”: Michael Stewart, MP
Michael Stewart, Member of Parliament for Manchester Southern says: “Jamaicans should take stock of the costs and benefits of the bauxite/alumina industry,” following more bitter complaints about its negative effects. The residents of Rose Hill on the Manchester Plateau, at the heart of Stewart's...
Zhenjiang Shipyard delivers two series of pusher and towing tugs used for bauxite mining in Guinea
Zhenjiang Shipyard has reportedly completed building two series of pusher and towing tugs for a bauxite mining project in Guinea, Africa, as of May 3, after returning to full production in April following slower production in Q1 2020 due to COVID19 restrictions. In total, Zhenjiang Shipyard in...
Lindian Resources confirms high-grade conglomerate bauxite at Gaoual Bauxite Project in Guinea
Lindian Resources Limited provided an update on the assaying and digestion test work on the drill sample derived from the Bouba Conglomerate Bauxite Plateau and Mamaya Plateau at Gaoual. The company said laboratory XRF analyses confirmed the high-grade conglomerate bauxite at the project. Lindian...
Nick Allan joins Canyon Resources Limited as new CFO & Company Secretary
Canyon Resources Limited has reportedly appointed a new Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary named Nick Allan with an immediate effect. The appointment of Mr Allan followed the resignation of John Lewis, the former CFO/Joint Secretary of Canyon Resources. Nick Allan is a chartered...
Bauxite projects contribute to Vietnam's Central Highlands development: Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc
The two pilot bauxite projects in Lam Dong and Dak Nong provinces have remarkably contributed to the Central Highlands' development in recent years. On 16 th April’20, the Prime Minister of Vietnam, Nguyen Xuan Phuc at a meeting in Hanoi said: “This is a premise to consider the expansion of bauxite...
