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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China's Guizhou province attracts aluminium producers with its bauxite deposits and industry friendly policies
According to industry experts Southwest China's Guizhou province is becoming the preferred destination for aluminium producers because of industry friendly policies and availability of bauxite. The current bases in central and eastern China are slowly shifting to other destinations because of...
Metro Mining reports 7.45% increase in bauxite production in August
Metro Mining provides update on production and shipping results for the month of August. The company reported bauxite production of 476 thousand wet metric tonnes (WMT) in August, up 7.45% from 443 thousand WMT in July. Production in the first two months of this quarter came in at 919 thousand WMT....
Noranda insists on finding a balanced solution to bauxite mining in Cockpit Country through dialogues
Noranda Jamaica Bauxite Partners has said that they are willing to talk with community stakeholders on the subject of bauxite mining in Cockpit Country. However, they insisted on their mining rights on the land officially marked outside the Cockpit Country Protected Area (CCPA). Lance Neita,...
Alunorte, Hydro and Ministério Público file joint petition Federal Court to lift DRS2 embargoes
A press release from Hydro says Alunorte, Hydro and Ministério Público Federal filed a joint petition to the Federal Court in Belem yesterday to lift the embargoes on the new bauxite residue deposit area - DRS2, which lies suspended since March 1, 2018 after a court order. The petition came after...
Russia concentrates on Guinea bauxite sector to rekindle its economic and diplomatic ties with the country
Russia has been trying to rekindle Soviet-era relationships with governments across the African continent and build new ties. While China is dominating as an economic power in the African continent spreading its investment in the mining and infrastructure sector, Russia is building up its own role...
Pahang landowners urge state government to expedite bauxite mining approval process
Landowners in Pahang have requested the state government to intervene in issuing bauxite mining approvals as the moratorium has been lifted now. According to Sungai Lembing assemblyman, Datuk Md Sohaimi Mohamed Shah, landowners in the bauxite mining area are dissatisfied with the delay in issuing...
Johor government says it has not received any update on the reported JV bauxite project in Kota Tinggi
The Johor government in Malaysia said it has not received any bauxite mining application on Felda land in Kota Tinggi. The statement came after a report that private investment firm Via East West Capital (VEWC) had signed an MoU with The One Minerals Mining Sdn Bhd (TOMM) for a 7,000 acres of...
Private investor VEWC to fund RM1.47 billion for bauxite mining project in Malaysia
Private investment firm Via East West Capital (VEWC) has reportedly signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with One Minerals Mining Sdn Bhd to provide funding of RM1.47 billion for 7,000 acres of bauxite mining area in Johor. As per the report, the investment firm will initially give US$50...
Canyon finds high-quality results from aircore drilling at Ngaoundal within Minim Martap Bauxite Project
Canyon Resources Limited has recently found high-quality results from aircore drilling at Ngaoundal within Minim Martap Bauxite Project, a World Class, Tier One Bauxite asset in Cameroon. Results averaged 43.5% aluminium oxide and 1.05% silicon dioxide for the 49 aircore holes drilled at the three...
Indonesian mining official denies any news on bringing forward mineral export ban from 2022
There has been a buzz in the metals market that Indonesia might bring forward a planned ban on mineral ore exports from 2022. However, a key Indonesian mining ministry official said that there is no speculation on whether the government might bring forward a planned ban on mineral ore exports from...
Metro’s bauxite production, shipments increased 3.8% and 24% M-o-M in July
Metro Mining has released results for the month of July and reported bauxite production of 443 thousand wet metric tonnes (WMT) and shipments of 463 thousand wet metric tonnes (WMT). This marks a month-on-month growth of 3.8 per cent in production and 24 per cent in shipments, bringing the total...
Guinea Alumina Corporation announces its first export of bauxite ore
Guinea Alumina Corporation (GAC) announced on August 4 that its first ship loaded with metallurgical-grade bauxite sailed from transhipment location near the company’s port in Kamsar to world markets. This marks the first bauxite ore exports from GAC and the beginning of commercial production for...
Latest SOP document for bauxite mining in Pahang ready to be finalised, says Ministry
The Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for bauxite mining and export in Pahang, Malaysia, is ready to be finalised, bringing miners one step closer to resuming bauxite ore extraction activities. Such was the announcement by Water, Land and Natural Resources Minister Dr. A. Xavier Jayakumar on...
Rio Tinto reports strong bauxite and alumina performance in H1 2019; underlying EBITDA and bauxite volume up
Rio Tinto has released H1 2019 results. Though aluminium business suffered due to lower aluminium prices, it was stable from an operational perspective. Bauxite and alumina section performed better in comparison to primary metal. Bauxite volumes rose following the completion of Amrun with third...
Tasmanian fertiliser-grade bauxite sales increasing, says ABx in its Q2 report
Australian Bauxite Limited posted increasing sales of Tasmanian fertiliser-grade bauxite in its second quarter report. The company said in the report that superphosphate fertiliser made by acid processing bauxite from the Bald Hill Mine near Campbell Town gained strong sales. In early June, about...
President of DR Congo invites Engineers and Planners for commercial bauxite mining
President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, popularly known as DR Congo, Mr. Felix Tshisekedi has reportedly invited Engineers and Planners to start commercial bauxite mining in the area. Mr. Felix has also sought support from Engineers and Planners to build the capacity of the power sector...
Lindian Resources to raise fund for inaugural drilling programme at Gaoual Bauxite Project
Lindian Resources Limited has reportedly received approval for raising a fund of up to $1.3 million from professional and sophisticated investors to be used to undertake the company’s inaugural drilling programme at the Gaoual Bauxite Project in Guinea. The $1.3 million includes $200,000 from...
Canyon Resources obtains $4 million for Minim Martap Bauxite Project’s PFS development stage
Canyon Resources Limited has reportedly acquired a fund of $4 million for the pre-feasibility study (PFS) development stage of Minim Martap Bauxite project in Cameroon. Canyon has successfully raised the fund by way of a private placement of shares to sophisticated and professional investors at an...
