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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SOI Global to restart bauxite mining in Late September 2017
<p>According a report from Shanghai Metals Market, India origin SOI Global is expected to resume bauxite production in late September. The Company is engaged in trading of various industrial Minerals, Chemicals, Agro- Commodities & Fertilizers.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img...
EPA restricts Exton Cubic Group to undertake bauxite mining in Ghana
<p>The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has not granted the EPA permit to Exton Cubic Group Limited to undertake prospecting of bauxite at Nyinahini in the Atwima Mponua District of the Ashanti Region. Exton Cubic Group Limited restricted from entering the Nyinahin bauxite deposit area.</p>...
Federal Government approves Metallica Minerals ’ Urquhart bauxite project
<p>Metallica Minerals has set the first step towards the development of its Urquhart bauxite project in Queensland as it has received l environmental approval for the project from the federal government. </p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img style="vertical-align: middle;"...
Week in Review: the top newsmakers from global bauxite sector
<p>As aluminium increasingly becomes the metal of choice for OEMs across industries bauxite mining stands to grow at a commendable per annum rate through 2021. According to the latest study by Persistence Market Research, the global bauxite market will grow significantly during 2016-2021.</p> <p...
Gujarat government to auction nine limestone & bauxite mines
<p>Gujarat government has made a decision to auction nine limestone and bauxite mines in the next 6-9 months. This was conveyed by a mining official from the state of Gujarat.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img style="vertical-align: middle;"...
Saudi Arabia's bauxite import estimated to drop in 2017
<p>Saudi Arabian aluminium industry is growing immensely in last few years after the country decided to venture out of the oil sector to develop a parallel non-oil economy.</p> <p>{newsStudioGallery}</p> <p>A joint venture between the Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Ma’aden) and Alcoa...
Chalco plans big investment in Guinea bauxite project
<p>The mines minister of Guinea revealed that China’s Aluminium Corp of China (Chalco) has formed an intention to invest huge amount of money in bauxite project in Guinea. Chalco will spend $500 million for production of bauxite in the country from 2018, according to a report from...
Global bauxite mining market to remain lucrative through 2021
<p>As aluminium increasingly becomes the metal of choice for OEMs across industries bauxite mining stands to grow at a commendable per annum rate through 2021. According to the latest study by Persistence Market Research, the global bauxite market will grow significantly during 2016-2021.</p> <p...
Anrak moves NCLT after AP government declines bauxite supply for its alumina refinery
<p>In what is considered the first instance involving a joint venture with a foreign government arm seeking insolvency, Anrak Aluminium, the joint venture between India's Penna group and UAE's Ras Al Khaimah Investment Authority (RAKIA), has moved the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT).</p>...
Jamaica's bauxite export almost halves in H1 2017; H2 outlook not encouraging either
<p>Jamaica is yet to get its due from its bauxite mining industry. The country with a sizeable bauxite reserve amounting to 2 billion tonnes ranks fifth after Guinea, Australia, Brazil, and Vietnam as one of the world’s top countries with rich bauxite reserves. As per 2014 U.S. Geological...
Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission to halt bauxite exports
<p>The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) will examine the ports to restrict the export of bauxite in the country. MACC has been investigating illegal bauxite mining activities for weeks. MACC deputy chief commissioner (operations) Datuk Azam Baki said the halt would be difficult but...
Australian Bauxite and Rawmin apply for grant to fund Binjour Bauxite Project
<p>Australian Bauxite Limited (ABx) has announced through a press release that it has partnered with marketing partner Rawmin to apply for a grant from the Australian government for funds to develop its Binjour Bauxite Project in the Wide Bay Burnett region of central Queensland.</p> <p>The...
Bauxite mining plan in Kerala’s Kadaladipara hits a roadblock
<p>The proposed bauxite mining and clay mining plan at India’s Kadaladipara in Kinanoor-Karinthalam panchayat in Kasaragod district in Kerala hit a roadblock after the public hearing was called off last Saturday, August5, due to a mass protest by the local people.</p> <p>The district...
Indigenous-owned bauxite mining operation & training centre open in Northern Territory
<p>An Indigenous owned mine training centre and bauxite mining operation developed by Gumatj Corporation in Northeast Arnhem Land with support from Rio Tinto was opened at the 19th annual Garma Festival.</p> <p>The Gulkula Regional Training Centre and Gulkula bauxite mining operation are owned...
BMI Research projects 49 million tonnes bauxite production in India by 2021
<p>India's bauxite production is expected to increase from 22.08 million tonnes in 2016 to 49.4 million tonnes by 2021, says a BMI Research report.</p> <p>According to a BMI Research report, India's bauxite production is expected to rise from 22.08 million tonnes in 2016 to 49.4 million tonnes by...
Top five bauxite mining companies in Australia
<p>The global economic growth is estimated to underpin solid demand for aluminium, and hence the significance of bauxite as the ore for the white metal. Australia is geared to serve world demand for bauxite especially from China.</p> <p>Australia, the world's largest producer of bauxite, accounts...
India’s top court orders revision of National Mineral Policy by 2017 end
<p>The Supreme Court of India has directed the government to consider revising the National Mineral Policy by December this year so as to better regulate the domestic mining sector which includes coal, iron ore, bauxite mining along with other industrial minerals. The revision would also stop...
Rio Tinto's bauxite earnings drop in H1 2017 despite higher volume
<p>Rio Tinto reports four per cent increase in bauxite production in the first half of 2017 at 24.2 million tonnes in comparison to the same period of 2016. The increase was driven by record production at both Gove and Weipa bauxite mines.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img...
