Alcoa prices $2.6b senior notes for South32 bauxite, alumina and aluminium deal
Alcoa Corporation has set the price for a USD 2.6 billion senior notes offering to help finance the cash consideration for its proposed acquisition of South32’s bauxite, alumina, and aluminium assets . Along with the cash on hand, this debt is expected to provide permanent funding for the...
Rio Tinto adds Aurukun's 8 tpa bauxite opportunity to growing Cape York pipeline
The acquisition gives Rio Tinto control of a major undeveloped Cape York resource as it expands its existing Weipa operations and advances new mining areas. Rio Tinto is expanding its Cape York bauxite portfolio by acquiring the Aurukun bauxite project from Glencore and Mitsubishi, adding a...
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New report provides details on the global bauxite mining market
<p>A new Research report by Orbis Research delivers detail insight into the bauxite mining market covering a global industry A new Research report by Orbis Research delivers detail insight into the bauxite mining market covering a global industry overview, trends, growth and size. The report also...
First bauxite bulk sample sails from EGA Guinea project to China
<p>Emirates Global Aluminium today announced that the first bauxite bulk sample shipment from its mine under development in the Republic of Guinea has left from the port of Kamsar, bound for bauxite customers in China.<br /><br />The shipment of 55,000 tonnes is an important milestone in...
Rio Tinto awards $160 mln worth Amrun bauxite contracts to Civmec
<p>Developmental work at Rio Tinto's Amrun bauxite project is gathering pace. The global metals and mining giant has awarded a $160 million worth works contract for the $2.6 billion worth bauxite project in North Queensland's Weipa to Civmec. The construction firm will build a bauxite processing...
Hydro appoints new Executive Vice President for Bauxite and Alumina
<p>Silvio Porto is appointed new Executive Vice President Bauxite and Alumina, and member of Hydro's Corporate Management Board. The change is effective as of December 13, 2016.<br /><br />Silvio Porto comes from the position as Chief Operational Officer (COO) in Bauxite and Alumina. He joined...
December 11 marks 40 years of bauxite workers strike in Guyana
<p>This year marks 40 years since 42 striking bauxite workers were tear-gassed in a cell at the Linden Police Station. Only a handful of people about six are around in Linden; the rest are scattered or deceased. It was a most traumatic and ugly experience that left a bitter taste in the...
Balco plans bauxite mining expansion in Chhattisgarh
<p>Bharat Aluminium Company Limited (Balco) is planning to step up its bauxite mining operations in India in order to address the raw material crises it has been facing at its alumina refining facility. Presently, the Vedanta controlled aluminium company is producing 2 million tonnes of bauxite in...
Xinfa Aurum's bauxite mining expansion at Nawailevu in full swing
<p>Fiji's leading mineral development company Xinfa Aurum Exploration is making steady progress towards expanding its bauxite mining operations further north in Vanua Levu. The company has already secured additional Special Prospecting License in Nawailevu, Bua and Naibulu East Mine, in Dreketi,...
Kuantan Port readies itself to handle bauxite shipments in a 'sustainable' way
<p>The Kuantan Port Consortium Sdn Bhd (KPC) says the port facilities have been upgraded to handle bauxite shipments if the government decides to lift the moratorium on mining in the state on December 31.<br /><br />“KPC has spent a lot of money on improving facilities to ensure the situation...
Metro Mining Ltd wins the battle for Gulf Alumina Ltd
<p>Metro Mining Limited has won additional 57.3% of Gulf Alumina shares after increasing its offer. Following the final settlement Metro Mining will hold 96% shares of Gulf.<br /><br />Metro used to hold 39.3% shares of Gulf being the largest single shareholder of the company. Metro increased its...
2016 presidential candidate promises development of bauxite and aluminium industry in Ghana
<p>The 2016 presidential election of Ghana is round the corner and candidate of the New Patriotic Party, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has promised Ghanaians that if his party comes into power in the December 7 elections, he would make industrialization his prime agenda for Ghana.<br /><br...
Metro Mining Ltd: Update on Moly Mines offer to Gulf Alumina
<p>Metro Mining Ltd has provided an update on the Moly Mines Ltd offer to Gulf Alumina. Metro said today that it wishes to advise that yesterday Moly Mines Ltd announced that it had received notice from the Australian Securities Exchange advising that it will exercise its discretion under...
Pahang still not free from bauxite mining pollution
<p>Unregulated bauxite mining seems to have affected the environment of Pahang too deeply than it was initially thought to be. A recent audit report by the Department of Environment (DOE) revealed that high concentration of heavy metal was detected in the river water in Kuantan's bauxite mining...
Andhra University research suggests adopting eco approach to bauxite mining
<p>A recent study done by Geo-scientists and researchers of Andhra University, titled 'Bauxite mining in Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh, Possible Environmental Implications and Measures for Environmentally Friendly Mining,' has highlighted the environmental implications of open cast bauxite mining...
Villagers in Fiji to invest in bauxite mining project for the betterment of the community
<p>As an encouraging step towards the building of a bauxite mining industry in Bua and the development of infrastructure around the project, villagers have agreed to invest in a proposed bauxite project.<br /><br />A large sum of $1.8 million is to be invested for the third bauxite mine in Bua....
EGA set to load first bauxite sample to China from its Guinea mine
<p>As confirmed by the Chief Executive Officer of Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) on Tuesday Nov 22, the company is processing the loading its first sample shipment of bauxite from its Guinea mine to China.<br /><br />Guinea Alumina Corporation S.A. (“GAC”) is a mining development...
Report cites Niyamgiri bauxite project as one of the $179 billion worth of projects in India to be affected by land disputes
<p>According to a latest report by the Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI), a global coalition of non-profit organisations, and the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), almost 80% of land conflicts arise out of development and industrialisation processes.<br /><br />Over US $179 billion...
The FY 2016 saw 27% growth in bauxite mining in India: Ministry of Mines
<p>The Indian Mining and Machinery Exhibition organised by CII in Kolkata, India came to an end on November 19 2016. The exhibition reflected the positive growth being observed in the mining sector in India.<br /><br />Balvinder Kumar, secretary ministry of mines said on the context of the...
Odisha likely to fail March 2017 deadline for arranging bauxite supplies for Vedanta
<p>The state government of Odisha had taken up the issue of working out local bauxite supplies for Vedanta’s loss-making alumina refinery at Lanjigarh where it had left in 2013. The state-run mining company Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC) had renewed attempts to start bauxite mining...
