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 Ministry of Finance and the Public Service has now advised Auditor General Pamela Munroe Ellis that Chinese outfit Jinquan Iron and Steel Company, which operates the Alpart plant in St Elizabeth, has been granted a waiver of the bauxite production levy for five years. Munroe Ellis had raised...
Metro Mining Ltd will increase bauxite production from Bauxite Hills Mine to 3.5 million wet metric tonnes to meet customer demand. The company plans a series of initiatives and will be predominately implemented in Q1 of 2019 during the planned wet season shutdown at Bauxite Hills and long lead...
According to a Wall Street Journal report, Chinese Cosco Shipping Cop. is in discussion with shipyards in China to order about 25 large ships to ship bauxite from the West African country of Guinea to China for using in the alumina refineries. The development is an extension of a plan by state...
WZ Satu Bhd has reported results for the fourth quarter ended Aug 31 and blamed overrunning costs at two big projects and a huge damage incurred in the group’s mining business due to mining ban in Malaysia for the losses made in this quarter. WZ Satu Bhd which started as WZ Steel Berhad and assumed...
With the year-on-year increasing demand for aluminium all around the globe, Germany is reportedly heading towards the hike in aluminium production. According to the German Association of the Aluminium Industry (GDA), the country during the period January to June 2018 produced some 666,700 tonnes of...
Bauxite Resources Ltd (BRL) has released its September 2018 Quarterly Report. The report updates on its ongoing projects and future plans. The company continued work on silica sand projects at Albany, Esperance and Gingin and hard-rock quartz projects in Halls Creek, South West WA and Far North...
Croatia’s import of bauxite from the global market is estimated to drop 3.46 per cent year on year in 2018. Turkey continued to remain the top bauxite supplier to Croatia throughout 2017.According to recent statistics, bauxite import by the country from Turkey stood at 43620 tonnes in 2017, up 17...
Project generator Altus Strategies has agreed to sell off its 50% stake in the Birsok bauxite project in Cameroon. The company generated £3 million (US$3.96 million) in shares and a US$1.50 per tonne royalty. Canyon Resources bought the 50% stake in the project and became the existing joint venture...
The imports of bauxite by Czech Republic have been fluctuating for the last three years. Bauxite imports in 2017 were 29282 tonnes, 43% less than 51577 tonnes in 2016. The country’s total bauxite import in 2018 is expected to reach 31514 tonnes, registering a growth of 8 per cent from 2017....
France’s bauxite import is found growing quarter-on-quarter this year for feeding its domestic alumina refineries. Alteo is one of the leading producers of non-metallurgical alumina in France. The company has three alumina refineries in France: the alumina refinery in Gardanne, a white fused...
The Guinean government is ensuring that bauxite mining companies working in the country do not harm the environment, Prime Minister of the Republic of Guinea Ibrahima Kassory Fofana told Sputnik regarding a recent rights watchdog report on the dangers of such mining. The Human Rights Watch...
A press release from Norsk Hydro confirms that the federal environmental agency IBAMA authorised alumina refinery Alunorte on October, 5th, to utilize its state-of-the art press filter technology in the processing of bauxite residues. This will extend the life of its DRS1 bauxite residue disposal...
According to a press update from Metro Mining, in mid-September, Bauxite Hills shipped its one millionth tonne of ore since the commencement of operations in April 2018 representing an excellent operational achievement.By the end of September total shipments stood at 1.22 million wet metric tonnes....
As per the report on September 24, production at the New Day Aluminium Limited bauxite plant was put on hold, as almost 200 hourly-paid workers went on strike for approximately four hours. The enraged workers reported that they had no choice but to protest because of the consistent delays in...
China was the largest importer of Indonesian bauxite in 2017. Around 12,94,112 tonnes of bauxite was shipped from Indonesia to China last year. Indonesia’s export of bauxite to China is estimated to drop in 2018. Total export is estimated to be around 853317 tonnes. Indonesian government has...
China Customs data reveals that increased bauxite exports by Guinea to China after the rainy season has rebounded China’s bauxite imports in August. As per the data, China imported 7.89 million tonnes of bauxite in August, 8.4 per cent up from 7.28 million tonnes in July. China Customs data found...
According to the international export-import statistics, bauxite export from Solomon Islands is estimated to stand at 1.9 million tonnes in 2018, up 19 per cent YoY. The country has a great potential of bauxite. China is the largest bauxite market for the country. On a quarterly basis, Solomon...
According to the latest USGS release on Bauxite and Alumina in the Second Quarter 2018 , imports of crude and dried bauxite by the U.S. in Q2 2018 were 917,000 tonnes, 41% more than the volume of 651,000 tonnes in the first quarter of 2018. On a YoY basis, import of bauxite is up 13% from the...
