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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Metro Mining reports about 98% increase in bauxite production YoY to 880k WMT in June quarter
Metro Mining has released results for its June quarter and reported bauxite production of 880 thousand wet metric tonnes (WMT). The company’s June quarter bauxite shipments stood at 836 thousand Wet Metric Tonnes (WMT). Shipping levels since mid-June have exceeded the estimated annual rate of 3.5...
Tenova TAKRAF completes performance test for bauxite-carrying trains at CBG expansion project in Guinea
Tenova TAKRAF, an integrated solutions provider to the global mining, bulk material handling and minerals processing sector says that a 48-hour performance test is successfully completed for bauxite-carrying trains in Kamsar, Guinea on July 1. Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinée (CBG) has started a a...
Metro Mining updates its Bauxite Hills mine reserves to 109.5Mt; extends mine life by 3yrs
Metro Mining Limited has provided an update regarding its JORC reserves and resources for the Bauxite Hills mine following the first year of mining. The total reserve estimate for Bauxite Hills is now 109.5 million tonnes (wet), up 18.8% from 92.2 million tonnes in March 2017. This has the...
Launched! New AlCircle Report on “Red Mud (Bauxite Residue) Management: Storage & Valorisation”
AlCircle has again come up with an informative report “Red Mud (Bauxite Residue) Management: Storage & Valorisation” to provide a comprehensive, in-depth study on red mud generation, processing, disposal/storage to various valorisation aspects including material extraction and usage in various...
Workers set to resume work at Ghana Bauxite Company Limited following renegotiation
According to a recent report, Ghana Bauxite Company Limited workers at Awaso are set to resume work following a successful renegotiation with the nine-member committee. The committee was set up to ensure the re-engagement of the workers. The workers were collectively agitated over the poor work...
Nalco to diversify into merchant mining; high-end alloy and lithium battery production on the card
Nalco is looking at venturing out beyond aluminium to invest in value added segments like production of high-end alloys for space vehicles and electric cars and lithium battery production; the company chairman TK Chand said this in an interview to Economic Times. The company is also planning to...
Canyon Resources finds 8 metres at 56.76% aluminium oxide from aircore drilling on Agnes Plateau
Canyon Resources Limited continues to conduct aircore drilling over the Minim Martap Project, a World Class, Tier One Bauxite asset in Cameroon, and recently discovers high-quality results yet again, according to a report. The drilling was conducted on the Agnes Plateau from where Canyon discovered...
South32 Worsley Alumina submits revised proposal to EPA for bauxite mine expansion
According to a recent report, South32 Worsley Alumina has submitted a revised proposal to the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) stating its wish to expand Worsley bauxite mine in the South West of Australia. In the revised proposal, the Australian mining company has also mentioned that the...
Bauxite mining ban in Andhra Pradesh further clouds the future of 1.5 million-tonne Anrak alumina refinery
The announcement of withdrawal of the mining order in the Eastern Ghats by Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on June 25 has put the future of the 1.5 million-tonne Anrak alumina refinery set up by Anrak Aluminium Limited (AAL) in Visakhapatnam in dark. Bauxite mining rights were...
Metro Mining records improved bauxite production and shipment through June quarter
Metro Mining reportedly ramped up its bauxite production and shipping from Bauxite Hills Mine in Far North Queensland through the June quarter. According to the report, the company reached the budgeted operating rates and generated consistent results on a daily basis. Metro experienced some...
Australian Bauxite Limited achieves third milestone at ALCORE
Australian Bauxite Limited (ABx) announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary ALCORE Limited has started chemical refining of ABx bauxite into aluminium fluoride (AlF3), an essential electrolyte ingredient in aluminium smelters. The company has commenced the removal of silicon and iron oxides to...
Metro Mining signs a new contract with a state-owned Chinese Aluminium Group
Metro Mining Ltd has signed a new binding contract with a major state-owned Chinese Aluminium Group. The agreement with the Group covers 420,000 WMT (wet metric tonnes) of bauxite to be delivered in the H2 of 2019. It means the company has sold approximately 90% of its planned 2019 production of...
Ghana government committed to develop bauxite industry, says the Minister
The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Mr. Kwaku Asomah Kyeremeh, has reportedly assured the management of the Ghana Bauxite Company (GBC) that development of the bauxite industry is the government’s one of the top priorities and commitments. For that reason, the government would take every...
Andhra Pradesh government announced withdrawal of bauxite mining order in the Eastern Ghats
Andhra Pradesh government has decided to cancel permission given to a state run company to mine bauxite in the tribal areas of Eastern Ghats. Andhra Pradesh with 600 million tonnes or nearly 22%, of India’s bauxite reserves, has the second largest bauxite reserve after Odisha. Chief Minister YS...
Alcoa Corporation to divest 25.1% interest in rolling mill to Ma’aden
Alcoa Corporation announced the signing of amended joint venture agreement with the Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Ma’aden). Alcoa will transfer its 25.1 percent interest in the Ma’aden Rolling Company to Ma’aden. The agreement is expected to close by month end. The joint venture, created in 2009,...
Chalco selects Rizhao Port as the operator of Boffa Port project in Guinea
China’s Rizhao Port Group is reportedly chosen by Aluminium Corporation of China (Chalco) as the operator of the Boffa Port project in Guinea. The Boffa Port, part of the Boffa bauxite project, has a capacity of handling 12 million tonnes of bauxite per year. The port is expected to commence its...
Khalifa Port welcomes bauxite loaded Capesize vessel for EGA’s Al Taweelah alumina refinery
Emirates Global Aluminium, popularly known as EGA, announced today, on June 24, that the first Capesize vessel fully-loaded with bauxite has arrived to call at any GCC port at its quay at Khalifa Port in Abu Dhabi for EGA’s new Al Taweelah alumina refinery. Using Capesize vessels for importing...
JAG Berhad ends agreement to explore bauxite mining opportunities
JAG Berhad’s memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Empire Mining Sdn Bhd to jointly explore bauxite mining opportunities in Pulau Langkawi has been reportedly terminated. The group said in a filing today, "The MoU was terminated in view that the parties could not mutually agree on the terms of the...
