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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SBDT calls for quality evaluation of EPC+F/EPCF contractors for Leguetera bauxite mine
SBDT (Société des Bauxites de Dabola–Tougué) company established and located in Republic of Guinea (Conakry) has put up an announcement in relation to operational requirements for their Leguetera bauxite mine in Dabola. Guinea’s Société des Bauxites de Dabola-Tougue (SBDT) is constructing a bauxite...
Australia Bauxite Ltd reports progress on ALCORE bauxite mining project
According to the report, Tasmanian miner, Australia Bauxite Ltd has pulled up its socks to inaugurate its bauxite refining project ALCORE, at Bald Hill near Campbell Town. The work is progressing in full swing and is expected to supersize the miner’s profits from bauxite once established. Chief...
Mining operations delayed at Metro’s Bauxite Hills Mine project
Bauxite mining operations, which was due to commence during the week beginning 2nd April, has been delayed by up to one week due to arrival of Tropical Cyclone Nora. However, the 2018 production target for the project remains unchanged, Metro Mining reported today. "Tropical Cyclone Nora is...
Ghana government to rescind plans to mine bauxite in Atewa Forest, says Group
A group calling itself the Concerned Citizens of Atewa Landscape has urged Ghana government to rescind plans to mine bauxite in the Atewa Forest Reserve. Three major river bodies, Ayensu, Densu and Birim, will be affected if bauxite mining activities are allowed in the region, citifmonline...
Odisha Mining Corporation to e-auction bauxite next month
Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC), a state run mining entity, is all set to conduct the first ever national e-auction for bauxite in April. The deadline for registration to participate at the national auctions for bauxite is March 23. At the national e-auction, OMC will directly deal with the...
Bauxite mining paid $1.7m revenue to the Fiji landowners
Mineral Resources Minister of Fiji Faiyaz Koya says that payments of $1.7m revenue were paid to the landowners in Nawailevu, Bua and Naibiulu and $781,000 was paid to the government. Bauxite is mined from 408 hectares of prospective zones in the Nawailevu area in Bua and part of the Naibulu East...
Environment Minister says SOP for bauxite mining at Pahang to be ready by June
Amidst the uncertainty over the restarting of mining operations in Pahang, Natural Resources and Environment Minister Datuk Seri Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar announced that the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for bauxite mining activities in Pahang is expected to be completed by June 2018. He added...
ANTAM targets 126% increase in bauxite production in 2018
State-owned diversified miner PT Aneka Tambang (ANTAM) announced plans to significantly increase production and sales of bauxite in 2018.The company targets 126 per cent increase in production and 90 per cent increase in sales this year. The company aims both production and sales volume of bauxite...
Government releases seized mining equipment to Exton Cubic
All the mining equipment belonging to Exton Cubic Group Limited, which was seized on the instruction of the Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei Mensah, and the District Chief Executive of the Atwima Mponua District, has been released. Simon Osei Mensah has directed the regional police command to...
India’s Ministry of Mines to auction 10 bauxite blocks by April
Ministry of Mines is set to auction around 10 bauxite blocks in the month of March and April, 2018 in a bid to enhance India’s aluminium production, a senior government official said. Mines Secretary Arun Kumar said: “We are well endowed with bauxite reserves and I am aware that some industries are...
Court to rule on Exton Cubic suit against Ashanti Regional Minister next month
High Court has set February 5, 2018, to give a ruling on in a suit filed against Ashanti Regional Minister by Exton Cubic Group over the seizure of their mining equipment. The Attorney General yesterday explained to the High Court Human Rights Court Division that the State needs more time in Exton...
Odisha government amends long-term linkage policy for bauxite
The State Cabinet in its meeting held yesterday, February 21, has approved the amendment of the long-term linkage policy to facilitate bauxite linkage. Chief Secretary Aditya Prasad Padhi said 70 per cent of the saleable stock of bauxite will be made available for long-term linkage and the balance...
OMC to start Kodingamali bauxite mine operations in two months
Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC), a state run mining entity, has announced that they have received all clearances for Kodingamali bauxite mine and expects to commence operation at the mine in two months. "We have all clearances in place for Kodingamali. Hopefully, mining activity will take off in...
Government to return seized mining equipment to Exton Cubic
Government has decided to release the seized mining equipment belonging to Exton Cubic following the cancellation of revocation order of bauxite mining lease. The company’s bauxite mining lease was revoked by the Lands and Natural Resources Ministry in September last year. The mining equipment was...
UWC to supply freight cars for RUSAL’s Dian-Dian bauxite project
Research and production corporation United Wagon Company (UWC) will supply 114 hopper cars to the Republic of Guinea. UWC won an international tender organized by RUSAL, one of the world’s largest aluminium producers. Freight cars will be used to transport bauxites from Dian-Dian deposit in the...
Exton Cubic welcomes court’s decision on revocation of bauxite mining license
Exton Cubic Limited has welcomed High Court decision allowing the company to explore bauxite in the Ashanti Region. Godwin Edudzi Tamakloe, a member of the company’s legal team told Citi News that the company is happy with the court’s verdict. The Accra High Court on Thursday, 8 February 2018,...
Jamaica hopes to realize full potential of bauxite reserves through a proposed industrial park
The Jamaican government has signed an agreement with China's Gansu Provincial government to develop a $6 billion industrial park and Special Economic Zone around the JISCO/ALPART alumina refinery in Nain, St Elizabeth so that they can generate optimum revenue from their bauxite reserves. A press...
High court quashes government’s decision to cancel Exton Cubic’s bauxite mining lease
High Court on Thursday has cancelled ministry of lands and natural resources minister John Peter Amewu’s revocation of bauxite mining lease of Exton Cubic. The Accra High Court’s decision indicates that the company can now explore bauxite in the Ashanti Region. Justice Kweku Ackah-Boafo said that...
