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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Metallica Minerals identifies three logistics solutions to ship bauxite from Urquhart project
Metallica Minerals, an Australian bauxite developer, announced the company has identified three alternative logistics solutions to deliver bauxite from its Urquhart bauxite project. Metallica will finalise the solution and release an updated pre-feasibility study for the project by the end of...
Indonesia weighs on bauxite royalty rule changes on increased output from West Kalimantan
Indonesian government is weighing on the proposal of the bauxite-rich province of West Kalimantan for change in royalty rules after the recent increase in bauxite production. According to a statement from the coordinating ministry for maritime affairs in charge of mining, the central government is...
Chalco postpones its Boffa bauxite project launch to Q1 2020
According to a recent report, Aluminium Corporation of China, also known as Chalco, has postponed the launch of its Boffa bauxite project in Guinea until at least the first quarter of 2020. The news came after Chalco’s official declared it on Thursday, October 10. The construction of the project is...
Lindian Resources ready to start drilling program at Gaoual bauxite project in Guinea in December
African-focussed, Perth-based listed explorer, Lindian Resources, is looking at its newly acquired Gaoual bauxite project in the north-western corner of Guinea in West Africa, of which it owns 51%. Recent due diligence and field examinations show that bauxite deposit contains the high value, very...
CAO to convene dispute resolution process for a land grabbing complaint against bauxite miner CBG
Guinea has been facing a number of socio-political issues related to bauxite mining as the bauxite industry gets embroiled between the contradictory needs of economic development and environmental and land related concerns of the communities affected by bauxite mining. The west-African country has...
Metro steps closer to its 2019 production guidance with 5% MoM growth in bauxite production in September
On Thursday, October 3, Metro Mining Limited reported September quarter results, with which it assured that it is well-positioned to meet 2019 production guidance of 3.3 million tonnes to 3.5 million tonnes of bauxite. As per the report, the company mined 1.42 million tonnes in the quarter from...
Canyon Resources releases resource upgrade for its Minim Martap Bauxite Project in Cameroon
Canyon Resources released a resource upgrade for its Minim Martap Bauxite Project in Cameroon on Friday, September 27. The company reported 62% increase in total tonnage and 850% increase in the Indicated Resource component. The project now has a total resource estimate of 892 million tonnes with...
Bauxite Resources releases reports for FY 2029 and updates on its JV with HD Mining
Bauxite Resources released reports for the financial year ending 30 June 2019. Over the year, the Company’s focus was on continuing to explore and maintain the valuable bauxite assets held in the joint venture with HD Mining. According to the JV, HD Mining must fund 100% of exploration and...
Brazilian federal court lifts final embargo on Alunorte’s new bauxite residue disposal (DRS2)
Norsk Hydro announced that The Brazilian federal court lifted the final embargo on Alunorte’s new bauxite residue disposal (DRS2) under a criminal lawsuit on Thursday, September 26th. This allows the alumina refinery to resume activities of installation and commissioning at DRS2, ending a 19-month...
ABx steps closer to supplying high-value aluminium fluoride to Australian aluminium smelters
Australian Bauxite Limited (ABx) is a step closer to selling high-value aluminium fluoride to Australian aluminium smelters, as its subsidiary ALCORE has proven to be able to chemically refine the company’s bauxite and its components into aluminium fluoride and several other valuable co-products....
Andhra Pradesh CM sanctions order to cancel bauxite mining lease in Visakhapatnam agency area
The Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, India, YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, sanctioned an order to cancel bauxite mining in Visakhapatnam District. The order cancelled bauxite mining lease in 3,030 acres of land, in the forest areas of Visakhapatnam, awarded to Andhra Pradesh Mineral Development Corporation...
Aluminium production in Shanxi during January-August declined 19 per cent YoY: NBS
Data from the Shanxi branch of National Bureau of Statistics showed on Monday, September 23, that the aluminium production in the province came in at 530,000 tonnes during January-August, down 19 per cent year on year. Output in August stood at 70,000 tonnes, down 25 per cent from the same period...
Federal Court lifts embargo on Alunorte's DRS2 under the civil lawsuit on September 20
Norsk Hydro announces with a press release that The Federal Court in Belém, Brazil lifted the embargo on Alunorte's new bauxite residue disposal (DRS2) under the civil lawsuit on September 20. It is to be noted that Alunorte is still subjected to another embargo on DRS2 under a criminal lawsuit....
Noranda employees protest at JET headquarter against campaign to stop bauxite mining around Cockpit Country
More than 200 employees and community leaders from Noranda Bauxite Company's plant in the Cockpit Country protested in front of the headquarters of Jamaica Environment Trust (JET) yesterday against a campaign to stop Noranda’s mining operations outside the protected area. The demonstrators said...
Metallica Mineral report for June quarter says no development on Urquhart Bauxite Project yet
Metallica Mineral’s Quarterly report for the period ended 30 June 2019 has given an update on the company activities and development during the quarter. The miner’s Urquhart Bauxite Project, located 5 km southwest of Weipa on the western coast of the Cape York Peninsula, which is a region renowned...
Odisha delays bauxite auction fearing tepid response; mulls reserving the blocks for OMC
It has been reported that the Odisha government is yet to put the state’s bauxite blocks into auction. According to the Ministry of Mines website, till now, six bauxite blocks have been offered for competitive bidding this year and those are all located in Maharashtra. Odisha government has not put...
Pahang miners must adhere to SOP in order to get bauxite mining approval; MP suggests trial run
With the enforcement of the standard operating procedure (SOP) for bauxite mining and export in Pahang, interested parties can now apply for mining licence, Water, Land and Natural Resources Minister Dr Xavier Jayakumar said. The miners need to adhere to the SOP in order to get the approval from...
Australian Bauxite’s revenue soars to $2.08 million in the half‐year ended 30 June 2019
Australian Bauxite Ltd published the half yearly report for the period ending June 30, 2019. The company reported a $1.57 million loss for the half‐year ended 30 June 2019. Revenue stood at $2.08 million, up from $95,000 in the corresponding period last year. Australian Bauxite shipped 32,477...
