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 Ltd. restarts bauxite mining with strong anticipation of an increase in demand
As the wet season in Australia from November 2018 to April 2019 comes to an end, Metro Mining Limited has reportedly geared up and resumed bauxite mining at the Bauxite Hills Project in Far North Queensland. The company this year expects to be able to build on the success of its first operation...
Lindian Resources inks agreement with KB Bauxite to acquire Gauoal Bauxite Project
Lindian Resources announced that it signed an exclusive option agreement with KB Bauxite Guinea Sarlu and its sole shareholder Guinea Bauxite Pty Ltd, in a bid to acquire the Gauoal Bauxite Project. The project spanning over 332 square kilometres is strategically located close to essential...
Fluor sets 450 tonnes rotating assembly at GAC’s bauxite mine project
The Guinea Alumina Corporation’s (GAC) bauxite mine project has reportedly achieved a major construction milestone. Engineering and construction firm Fluor Corporation, which has been serving as the African project’s engineering and programme management partner, has safely set the car dumper...
NALCO achieves ever-highest bauxite production at Panchpatmali Mines in FY2018-19
National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) has posted its year-round achievements for fiscal 2018-19, where it mentioned about recorded capacity production of bauxite at Panchpatmali Mines totalling 74.14 lakh tonnes, which is the highest since inception. The transportation of the ore has also been...
Australian Bauxite executes MoU with Tianshan Aluminium for the sale of bauxite
Australian Bauxite Limited has announced that the company has executed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Tianshan Aluminium for the supply of 0.5 to 1.5 million tonnes of bauxite per year from Binjour Project, Queensland. Australian Bauxite’s Marketing Partner, Rawmin Mining and Industries...
Malaysia government presents proposed SOP for bauxite mining; sets limit for monthly exports
The Water, Land and Natural Resources Ministry of Malaysia reportedly unveiled the proposed rigid standard operating procedure (SOP) for bauxite mining and export activities in Pahang on March 31. The SOP, which was uploaded in the ministry’s website yesterday, stated that the Malaysian government...
IB2 announces launch of a breakthrough technology for low grade bauxite refining at Bauxite & Alumina Conference
Romain GIRBAL, General Manager of IB2 , a Paris based innovative solution provider that works towards producing alumina with low grade bauxite announced the launch of an innovative and breakthrough technology for low grade bauxite refining during the Bauxite & Alumina Conference that took place in...
Metro Mining to present expansion plans of Bauxite Hills Mine at Proactive CEO Sessions
Metro Mining Ltd’s Managing Director Simon Finnis will talk expansion plans of Bauxite Hills Mine project with investors at the Proactive CEO Sessions in Sydney on Monday, April 8 and Melbourne on Tuesday, April 9. Simon Finnis will discuss how Metro Mining is transitioning to owner operator status...
Rio Tinto and BHP Group resume operations at some of their facilities after cyclone
Miners Rio Tinto and BHP Group said today, on March 26, that they resumed operations at some facilities that were stopped because of the cyclone-hit at Australia’s northern coastline over the weekend. In response to the Bureau of Meteorology report, Rio had suspended its Weipa bauxite operations...
Canyon Resources confirms existing rail network capable to transport Minim Martap bauxite ore
Canyon Resources Limited’s Managing Director Philip Gallagher has reportedly confirmed that the existing Camrail rail network located adjacent to Minim Martap Project is capable to transport commercial tonnages of bauxite to Cameroon’s largest city, Douala. This he confirmed after completing an...
China’s bauxite import up about 14% to stand at a record 9.41 million tonnes in February 2019
According to the latest data from China Customs, China’s imports of bauxite increased about 14% to stand at 9.41 million tonnes in February from 8.27 million tonnes in January. This is one of the record numbers as far as month bauxite import is concerned. Bauxite imports from Australia, Indonesia...
Rio Tinto suspends its Weipa bauxite operations after cyclone Trevor made a landfall
Gas and iron ore operations on Australia’s west coast are likely to be affected by an approaching cyclone just as a severe storm in the nation’s northeast dumps heavy rain on Rio Tinto Group’s biggest bauxite mine. The tropical cyclone Veronica is taking place at 545 kilometers (339 miles) north of...
Ghana and Guinea to discuss over bilateral cooperation for developing bauxite industries
Ghana Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia reportedly announced to the press that both Guinea and Ghana are all set to begin discussions over bilateral cooperation for developing bauxite industries, similar to trade co-operation between Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire in the cocoa sector. “You know what we are...
JAG inks MoU with Empire Mining for bauxite mining
JAG Bhd has inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Empire Mining Sdn Bhd to set out intentions and mutual understanding in connection with the possible joint venture. The parties will look at the possibility for JAG or its nominated subsidiary to enter into joint venture with Empire Mining...
Nalco eyeing Jerrela block of bauxite ore in Andhra Pradesh
Public sector National Aluminium Company (Nalco) is reportedly eyeing Jerrela block of bauxite ore in Visakhapatnam district for allotment. The news came after Nalco Chairman and Managing Director T.K. Chand told The Hindu that company requested the Centre to allot it Jerrela block that homes huge...
Ghana Bauxite Company workers demanding improved working conditions
Contract workers at Ghana Bauxite Mining Company Limited have reportedly demanded improved working conditions; or else, threatened to walk off the job. Labour spokesperson Issahaku Yakabu said the general condition under which they work is unsafe and retrogressive. Over the last eight years since...
Tension at Lanjigarh alumina refinery subsides after mutual discussion
According to a recent report, the tension between locals and authorities of Vedanta alumina refinery at Lanjigarh in Kalahandi district has subsided today on March 19, after a mutual discussion between the two parties. The tension had taken place on Monday, March 18, after Rengalpali villagers...
Bauxite export by Guinea estimated to grow 13% YoY in 2019; China to remain the top importer
Guinea is the most significant bauxite supplier to the world with 7.4 billion bauxite reserve which is about 25% of the world’s total bauxite reserves. The country accounts for 95% of African bauxite production and 15% of world bauxite production according to the latest data from the US Geological...
