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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PT Inalum building an alumina refinery in Mempawah, West Kalimantan
PT Indonesia Asahan Aluminium, better known as Inalum, is reportedly building an alumina refinery in Mempawah, West Kalimantan, the completion of which will save the company’s raw materials costs reaching US$200 million, said Executive Advisor Oggy A. Kosasih on Saturday, May 18. In addition, the...
Ghana starts search for strategic investors for its bauxite and aluminium sector
Ghana has been focusing towards developing its bauxite sector into a full-fledged aluminium industry and looking for domestic and international investors. The Ghana Integrated Aluminium Development Corporation (GIADEC) has started the process towards the engagement of strategic investors in...
Metro Mining’s bauxite supply unaffected by Chinese refinery closure
Metro Mining Limited has responded to Chinese media reports about the temporary closure of Alumina refinery capacity following environmental audits by Chinese authorities. According to reports, Xinfa Group’s Shanxi Jiaokou Refinery is one plant impacted by the closure. Xinfa source 100 per cent of...
Rio Tinto's Amrun project to drive Australia's growth as the leading global bauxite supplier in the coming decade
According to the latest report from Consultancy group Fitch Solutions, Australia is set to drive growth in the global bauxite sector, currently holding 12 of the 29 new bauxite projects. Rio Tinto’s Amrun project is expected to drive Australia’s global bauxite business. “While bauxite accounts for...
Australia, Guinea & Indonesia to lead bauxite mining till 2029: Source says
Global bauxite production is expected to rebound this year with new projects coming up in Guinea and Australia and with some expansions across India and Indonesia. Consultancy group Fitch Solutions notes that Australia is currently holding 12 of the 29 new bauxite projects, which is more than any...
ABx confirms production and shipment of 32,447 tonnes of cement-grade bauxite
On May 8, 2019, Australian Bauxite Limited (ASX:ABx) confirmed that it produced and loaded 32,447 tonnes of cement-grade bauxite onto the customer’s ship at Bell Bay Port. This was in the upper range of the contracted tonnage target of 30,000 to 33,000 of cement bauxite grade which ABX had achieved...
Bauxite miner PT Gunung Bintan Abadi's export permit cancelled, says Ministry
The Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry of Indonesia has officially cancelled the export permits of five mining companies as they failed to show progress in developing smelters as per the prevailing laws and regulations. The five mining companies are PT Surya Saga Utama, PT Genba Multi Mineral,...
Guinea to increase country's energy production to facilitate bauxite refining in the country
Guinea government is focusing on increasing its energy production capacity by about four fold over next six years in order to help bauxite mining companies refine their bauxite locally, an announcement from the energy minister recently stated. Guinea is Africa’s biggest producer of bauxite and the...
SMB-Winning consortium's railway line in Guinea to start transporting bauxite from June 2019
The international SMB-Winning consortium which is building a railway service for Guinea bauxite industry investing US$3 billion made the announcement on Friday that Guinea’s new railway line will be ready to transport bauxite by June 2021. The project also aims to exploit new bauxite deposits in...
Shanxi Aluminium restarts construction of its bauxite mining project after a decade halt
According to the latest update from Shanghai Metals Market, State Power Investment Corporation Shanxi Aluminium has recommenced its bauxite mining project in Kuancaoping Town of Ningwu County on Saturday, April 20. The news came after it was released on the Ningwu government website on Tuesday,...
Alufer starts engineering studies to evaluate expansion of Guinea Bel Air bauxite mine
Guinea’s independent mineral exploration and development company Alufer Mining has started detailed engineering studies on its Bel Air bauxite mine in Guinea. The study will evaluate its proposed plan to expand bauxite production to ten-million tonnes a year. The company said on Wednesday that the...
Indonesia's Antam to apply for additional bauxite export quotas for 2019
According to a Reuters report, Indonesia’s PT Aneka Tambang (Antam), a mining company owned by the state is planning to request for additional export quotas for nickel ore and bauxite for 2019. This was announced by Aneka Chief Executive Arie Prabowo Ariotedjo on Wednesday. He said that PT Aneka...
Metallica Minerals conducting investigation into barge loading facility to enable bauxite export from Urquhart Project
The Australia-based minerals exploration company Metallica Minerals Limited (ASX: MLM) announces that it has undertaken an investigation along with its joint venture partner into access arrangements for a barge loading facility (BLF) to allow exporting bauxite from the Urquhart Bauxite Project. The...
Cosco signs ten 210,000 dwt newcastlemax bulkers construction contract with Chalco
Chinese state-run shipping giant Cosco has reportedly signed a contract to construct up to ten 210,000 dwt newcastlemax bulkers to support its long-term shipping project with Aluminium Corporation of China (Chalco). This order, consisted of eight firm vessels and two optional vessels, is Cosco’s...
Future of bauxite and alumina sector looks promising in Jamaica, says Phillip Paulwell
Jamaica's Member of Parliament Phillip Paulwell opines in the 2019/20 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives that the bauxite and alumina sector in Jamaica remains positive as the industry’s future looks promising based on the increasing demand worldwide. He also expressed satisfaction for...
Rio Tinto reports 8% QoQ rise in bauxite production in Q1 2019
Rio Tinto announced first quarter 2019 production results. Bauxite production stood at 12.8 million tonnes in Q1 2019, up one per cent from the same period of 2018. “Increased production capacity following the expansion of Amrun in Queensland was partly offset by weather events throughout the...
Bald Hill mine produces and stockpiles 31,600 tonnes of bauxite at Bell Bay port ahead of schedule
Australian Bauxite Limited had produced 31,600 tonnes of bauxite from its Bald Hill mine as reported on Monday 9 April. With this, the company has achieved the target of 30,000 to 33,000 of cement-grade bauxite 3 weeks before the contract date of 1 May 2019. Production still continues at the Bald...
Canyon Resources discovers 70 additional bauxite plateaux using LiDAR survey
Seventy additional bauxite plateaux have been recently discovered by Canyon Resources Limited across three permits at Minim Martap project, according to Proactive Investors report. Canyon used a light imaging, detection and ranging (LiDAR), and high-resolution ortho-photographic survey to identify...
