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...
Alcoa has moved its proposed acquisition of South32's bauxite, alumina and aluminium interests forward with a US SEC filing, with the transaction carrying an implied enterprise value of up to USD 5.6 billion. Alcoa Corporation has filed a Form S-4 registration statement with the US Securities and...
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The latest Customs data showed that China’s bauxite imports in the first six months of 2019 came in at 56.63 million tonnes, after expanding by 39.26 per cent from the same period last year. Greater domestic production of alumina and tighter supply of the ore could be the two reasons for this...
The Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for bauxite mining and export in Pahang, Malaysia, is ready to be finalised, bringing miners one step closer to resuming bauxite ore extraction activities. Such was the announcement by Water, Land and Natural Resources Minister Dr. A. Xavier Jayakumar on...
Rio Tinto has released H1 2019 results. Though aluminium business suffered due to lower aluminium prices, it was stable from an operational perspective. Bauxite and alumina section performed better in comparison to primary metal. Bauxite volumes rose following the completion of Amrun with third...
The global export-import data found that Ukraine is incessantly recording a rise in bauxite import over the past few years. In 2016, the country imported 2.4 million tonnes of bauxite, which in 2017 increased to 4.8 million tonnes, representing a 100 per cent growth. Further extending the rise,...
Metro Mining has released results for its June quarter and reported bauxite production of 880 thousand wet metric tonnes (WMT). The company’s June quarter bauxite shipments stood at 836 thousand Wet Metric Tonnes (WMT). Shipping levels since mid-June have exceeded the estimated annual rate of 3.5...
According to a recent report, Ghana Bauxite Company Limited workers at Awaso are set to resume work following a successful renegotiation with the nine-member committee. The committee was set up to ensure the re-engagement of the workers. The workers were collectively agitated over the poor work...
According to the Statistical data from ABAL, the aluminium industry association of Brazil, the country’s total bauxite production from January to December 2018 dropped 16% to 32 million tonnes from 38 million tonnes in 2017. It was mostly driven by production drop in Norsk Hydro’s bauxite mine at...
According to the latest USGS release on Bauxite and Alumina in the First Quarter of 2019, imports of crude and dried bauxite by the U.S. in Q1 2019 were 748,000 tonnes, 14% less than the revised total of 873,000 tonnes in the fourth quarter of 2018. However the volume 7% more than the revised total...
According to a local media update from Jamaica, total bauxite exports from Jamaica in 2018 increased by 26.5 per cent to just over 10 million tonnes. It was the first increase in export registered since 2014. The higher volume of exports was driven by an expansion in the bauxite equivalent of...
Metro Mining Ltd has signed a new binding contract with a major state-owned Chinese Aluminium Group. The agreement with the Group covers 420,000 WMT (wet metric tonnes) of bauxite to be delivered in the H2 of 2019. It means the company has sold approximately 90% of its planned 2019 production of...
The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Mr. Kwaku Asomah Kyeremeh, has reportedly assured the management of the Ghana Bauxite Company (GBC) that development of the bauxite industry is the government’s one of the top priorities and commitments. For that reason, the government would take every...
Romania’s estimated imports of bauxite increased 37.54 per cent on the year in 2018. The country procured 1.819 million tonnes of bauxite from the global market last year. Sierra Leone continued to remain the top bauxite supplier to Romania. Sierra Leone supplied 1.814 million tonnes of bauxite in...
After recording a month-on-month rise in April 2019, China’s bauxite import in May declined 4.59 per cent from April to come in at 9.71 million tonnes, according to China Customs data. In April 2019, China’s bauxite import was at 9.77 million tonnes after rising 24.5 per cent from a month ago. On a...
JAG Berhad’s memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Empire Mining Sdn Bhd to jointly explore bauxite mining opportunities in Pulau Langkawi has been reportedly terminated. The group said in a filing today, "The MoU was terminated in view that the parties could not mutually agree on the terms of the...
Aluminium Stewardship Initiative announced that it issued certification to Hydro’s Paragominas bauxite mine and Alunorte alumina refinery against the Performance Standards and the Chain of Custody Standard. The certification covers both the production sites and the alumina from Alunorte originating...
According to the global export-import data, bauxite import by Romania is likely to drop 6 per cent year on year in 2019 to stand at 1.7 million tonnes. Until last year, the country’s bauxite import continued rising since 2016. From 986,348 tonnes in 2016, Romania’s bauxite import in 2017 rose to...
For outstanding financial and production achievements over the past four years, the CMD of National Aluminium Company Limited, Dr. Tapan Kumar Chand, has been honoured with the ‘Global Indian Business Leader’ award on June 17, 2019. On behalf of Dr. Chand, Nalco DGM (Corporate Communication)...
Metro Mining Ltd has recommenced operations for the 2019 operating year and completed activities relating to the expansion of production at the Bauxite Hills Mine. The installation of duplicate screening infrastructure and integration of new 7,000t barges and tripleset trailers have resulted in a...
