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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Canyon discovers 250.9 million tonnes of high-grade bauxite zone within Minim Martap
Once again, Canyon Resources Ltd. has reportedly identified a world-class high-grade bauxite zone within its Minim Martap project in Cameroon. The last time when Canyon had found a cluster of high-grade, low-containment bauxite trend within the same project was in November 2018. The recently-found...
Fuziah urges people to attend discussion session next month on bauxite mining SOP
Kuantan lawmaker Fuziah Salleh has reportedly urged the public to attend a dialogue session on bauxite mining standard operating procedure (SOP) on April 14. She said the public must attend the programme to meet, discuss, and voice out their opinion and concern on the matter to officials from the...
Jamaica Bauxite Institute initiates phase seven of the Bauxite Community Development Programme
The Jamaica Bauxite Institute (JBI) is preparing to enter phase seven of the Bauxite Community Development Programme (BCDP), as said by BCDP Project Coordinator, Clarence Osbourne. Under phase seven, another tranche of funds is expected to be paid over to the Programme for its multifaceted...
Bauxite mining activities in Pahang to be on hold for environmental impact assessments, says Ministry
According to a recent report, the Malaysian government announced that bauxite mining activities in Pahang should be on hold unless the miners conduct a study on the environmental impact of their sites. However, the date for when the environmental impact assessments (EIAs) will begin is not yet set....
EGA's Guinea Alumina Corporation to secure US$700 to US$750 million financing for its new bauxite project in Guinea
A subsidiary of Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA), Guinea Alumina Corporation is about to secure financing of US$700 to US$750 million for a new bauxite project in the Republic of Guinea, EGA’s chief financial officer Danny Dweik told Reuters on Monday, March 11. He confirmed that the financing is...
EGA’s 2018 net profit declines 64% and adjusted EBITDA 33% despite surge in revenue
Emirates Global Aluminium has announced its annual financial report of 2018, where it is found that the UAE’s biggest industrial company outside the oil and gas sector has earned a net income of AED 1.2 billion ($325 million), 64 per cent down from AED 3.3 billion ($900 million) in 2017. This havoc...
Metro Mining takes MBA and honours degree graduate Fiona Murdoch on board
Metro Mining has reportedly appointed MBA and honours degree graduate Fiona Murdoch to its board. Murdoch is delighted to be joining the board and looking forward to contributing skills to ensure that Metro maximises all available opportunities, said herself according to the report. Giving her...
Rio Tinto completes commissioning of $1.9 billion Amrun bauxite mine
Rio Tinto has completed commissioning of the Amrun bauxite mine in Queensland, Australia. The company said that the mine and associated processing and port facilities will replace production from Rio Tinto’s depleting East Weipa mine. Rio Tinto will increase annual bauxite export capacity by around...
Lindian Resources to add tenements into its bauxite portfolio
Lindian Resources Ltd announced that it had lodged applications for two additional tenements with a total area of 96.85 square kilometres. The new applications follow the identification of new areas of high-grade bauxite mineralisation across both the PL/13400/2018 and PL/13564/2019 tenements...
EGA and VITO to intensify research on the potential use of bauxite residue for construction applications
Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) announced that it will intensify research partnership with VITO NV, the European research and technology organisation, to find uses of bauxite residue for the UAE construction industry by further developing two of the potential applications identified in the first...
Russian media reports suspension of bauxite mining in Guyana by Rusal; workers deny claims
Russian news agency, Sputnik, reported yesterday, March 3 that the parent company of Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc. (BCGI) RUSAL has suspended their bauxite operation due to the on-going strike by the workers. The media report also confirmed moving of all mining equipment to a warehouse after...
Bosai invests US$23 million for expanding its bauxite operations
Chinese-owned Bosai Minerals Group Guyana Inc. is reportedly investing US$23 million as part of its expansion plan for Linden, Region 10, bauxite operations. The news arrived after Bosai made the announcement on Friday morning, March 1, which also said that this expansion would create additional...
Bauxite mining unlikely to restart next month, says Kuantan MP
Kuantan MP Fuziah Salleh reportedly said that bauxite mining activities are unlikely to resume in a month’s time. Explaining further, she said that the mining activities look difficult to restart in next one month time because Pahang government has not yet made standard operating procedure (SOP)...
Water, Land and Natural Resources Ministry of Malaysia to hold a public hearing on new bauxite mining SOP
The Water, Land and Natural Resources Ministry of Malaysia said in a statement that the government would be holding a public hearing and engagement with all parties on the new bauxite mining Standard Operating Procedure (SOP). The ministry said this initiative is taken to improve the SOP that...
Ghana seeks investors to develop its bauxite sector into an integrated aluminium industry
Developing an integrated aluminium industry with the help of private investors from all around the globe is the goal of Ghana’s government. Such was the message from President Nana Akufo-Addo to Parliament late last week, assuring that a request for proposal would be sent out by the end of...
Major piece of equipment arrives for EGA’s bauxite mining project in Guinea
Emirates Global Aluminium announced that the final major piece of equipment for its under-development bauxite mining project has arrived in Guinea. The Barge Loader will now be installed at the end of the mining project’s 1.5 kilometre pier, where it will load bauxite ore into self-propelled barges...
Metro Mining Limited's expansion plans on track to meet 3.5 million wmt bauxite production during 2019
Metro Mining Limited plans to expand bauxite production its Bauxite Hills project in Far North Queensland by 17% to 3.5 million wet metric tonnes (wmt) during 2019, a news report from proactiveinvestors AUSTRALIA says. In its half-yearly report for the period ending December 31, 2018, the company...
Residents at bauxite-mining areas in Kuantan under constant health examination: Says health minister
Malaysia health minister Dzulkefly Ahmad reported that his ministry is constantly monitoring the health of residents who live around bauxite-mining areas near Kuantan. He said the monitoring is carried out by obtaining regular health reports from various health and medical facilities in the area....
