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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Queensland Government approves NAIF’s $4.75 million loan facility for Metro Bauxite Stage 2 Expansion
The Queensland Treasury has reportedly informed Metro Mining Limited that the State Government has decided to not exercise veto right regarding the Metro's Bauxite Hills Mine Expansion proposal. In late 2019, the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility (NAIF) had announced to offer a Loan...
The “Corona” outbreak: US $ 2 billion Sinohydro Bauxite deal in Ghana set for more delay
Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) declared that: “outbreak of COVID- 19 is currently hitting Ghana’s economy as there are indications that aspects of the Sinohydro deal will be delayed.” CDD-Ghana has raised concerns regarding the need for the government to initiate socio-economic...
JISCo’s dust control project at bauxite/alumina waste disposal area receive nod from political reps
JISCo Alpart Jamaica’s efforts to contain dust pollution from the bauxite/alumina waste disposal area, popularly known as the red mud lake, have received guarded thumbs up from political representatives. The news came after the Member of Parliament for St Elizabeth South Eastern Frank Witter told...
AUMUND all set to deliver conveyor technology to Mytilineos S.A.
Aumund Fördertechnik GmbH, the German-based producer of conveying technology will be delivering an arched plate conveyor to Mytilineos S.A. in Agios Nikolaos on the Gulf of Corinth (Greece). The location, at which the Mytilineos metallurgy and technology group operates a plant, produces aluminium...
Amid “Corona “catastrophe: Australian Bauxite ramps up its Bald Hill production to support fertilizer production
The Australian mining and metal company Australian Bauxite has started to increase its production to support fertilizer production in Tasmania. The Australian securities exchanges listed (ASX) Australian Bauxite company declared that it has started the delivery of 800 tonnes of its special...
Lindian Resources confirms bauxite extensions at Gaoual Project in Guinea
Lindian Resources has communicated by stating the confirmations of significant extensions to its high-grade conglomerate bauxite resource at the Gaoual Bauxite Project in Guinea, West Africa. The company reported at the beginning of the month that they located two new areas of conglomerate bauxite...
EGA’s Al Taweelah Refinery records 1.1 million tonnes alumina output: Sheikh Hamdan at DH annual meeting
In the annual general meeting of DUBAL Holding LLC, on Wednesday, March 25, H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai and Minister of Finance, praised the company’s good operational performance during 2019. He also mentioned Dubal’s 50 per cent subsidiary firm EGA and its...
Vedanta’s Jamkhani coal block expected to help company reduce aluminium production cost
Coal production from Jamkhani coal block is expected to take Vedanta an inch closer to its goal to reduce aluminium production cost to US$ 1,500 per tonne. Vedanta Limited had acquired the Jamkhani coal block with 220 million tonnes deposits at competitive auctions in Odisha. An increase in...
Metro Mining to resume mining at Bauxite Hills in mid-April due to COVID-19 challenges apart from the wet season
Metro Mining has made public that it will resume mining at the Bauxite Hills Mine in early April’20, as formulated, with the first vessel to commence loading two weeks later. In general mining operations activities are kept in halt at the Bauxite Hills during the December-March wet season period....
Canyon Resources on course for Minim Martap Bauxite project PFS in the second quarter amid COVID-19 epidemic
Canyon Resources Ltd is relentless of development at its 100% owned Minim Martap Bauxite Project in central Cameroon, Africa, with the conveyance of the Pre-Feasibility Study (PFS) on course. The study of the maiden ore reserve for the project is anticipated to be delivered in the second quarter of...
VIASEE sent a petition to the Prime Minister of Vietnam for Bauxite mining solution
Vietnam Association of Environmental Economics (VIASEE) has just sent a petition to Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on strategies and solutions for Bauxite mining, promoting the development of the aluminium industry in the Central Highlands. The contribution of ideas toward the construction and...
Investment opportunities in Ghana are extensive, primarily Bauxite and Aluminium Industry: GIPC
Yofi Grant, the CEO of the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) said: “the government’s flagship programme One District One Factory (1D1F) presents unlimited opportunities for both internal and external investors to thrive.” Yofi Grant’s communicated that the 1D1F drive incorporated with other...
Ghana seeks African Development Banks' investment in the integrated Aluminium industry
The Vice-President of Ghana, Mahamadu Bawumia stated: “The African Development Bank’s (AfDB) support for Ghana has boosted its government’s efforts to consolidate the economy”. Bawumia, during the welcome session of a team executive directors and senior officials of the African Development Bank on...
The China-Guinea $20 billion bauxite deal might be a risky loan for Guinea: NRGI
The Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI), an independent non-profit organization dedicated towards improving countries' governance over their natural resources to promote sustainable and inclusive development, publicizes that “Natural resource-backed loans are loans surrounded by secrecy”....
Canyon Resources appoints experienced bauxite executive Rick Smith as Chief Development Officer
Canyon Resources Limited has appointed senior bauxite executive Rick Smith as Chief Development Officer of the company. Rick Smith will focus on supply chain, offtake and strategic partner negotiations for Canyon’s Minim Martap Bauxite Project in Cameroon. Smith has more than 35 years’ experience...
The multi-billion dollar Sinohydro Bauxite deal got affected by “Coronavirus”: Ministry of Roadways, Ghana
Kwasi Amoako-Atta, The Minister of Roads and Highways, Ghana, announced that the epidemic of the deadly Coronavirus in China has pertained a blow to the multibillion-dollar bauxite-for-infrastructure deal. The Chinese Government would allot out US$2 billion to bankroll a lot of infrastructural...
CHINALCO’s first shipment from Boffa Bauxite project arrives in China
The discharge ceremony for the first shipment of bauxite from Chinalco’s Boffa bauxite project in Guinea was held in the Rizhao port in Shandong province on 26 th February’20. The company announced that the transportation mission was completed by M.V. QU SHAN HAI under COSCO Shipping bulk, which...
Bonasika Bauxite mine in Guyana gets started mining exploitation: First Bauxite Company
The US-based First Bauxite’s subsidiary company Guyana Industrial Minerals Inc. (GINMIN), on 21 st February’20, started its mining operation and processing plant at Bonasika mine, Essequibo Islands-West Demerara region. A $100 million investment assurance can enhance it to a world-class operation....
