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...
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...
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UC RUSAL cuts bauxite production in Q3 2017 to utilize available inventory, alumina up QoQ
UC RUSAL, the leading global aluminium producer has announces operating results for the third quarter 2017. In Q3 2017, consolidated bauxites output of Rusal decreased by 11.3% QoQ to stand at 2,742 thousand tonnes. The Company covered alumina refineries consumption needs using the available...
US import of bauxite up 20% QoQ in the second quarter of 2017; YoY import drops 33%
According to the latest USGS release on Bauxite and Alumina in the Second Quarter 2017 , imports of crude and dried bauxite by the U.S. in the second quarter of 2017 were 945,000 tonnes, 20% more than those in the first quarter of 2017 that imported 790,000 metric tons of bauxite in the first...
Rio Tinto’s bauxite production up by 4% in Q3 2017
Rio Tinto announced the production results for the third quarter of 2017. The company registered a four per cent increase in bauxite production in the third quarter. Rio Tinto’s bauxite production was 12.9 million tonnes for a second consecutive quarter. This was due to strong production at Weipa...
Week in Review: Top news from global bauxite sector
A weekly recap to bring you up-to-date information on bauxite industry across the world .Bauxite industry witnessed a number of development last week .Here’s all you need to know: EGA signs agreement with Queensland University to research on use of bauxite residue to make soil Emirates Global...
Exton Cubic files legal suit over cancellation of bauxite lease
Exton Cubic Limited filed a suit at the High Court for revoking company’s Nyinahini mining lease to undertake prospecting of bauxite in the Ashanti Region. The company said, “the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources acted ultra vires [beyond] his statutory powers when he revoked Exton Cubic...
Vedanta reports strong second quarter for aluminium; alumina production affected by bauxite supply issues
Vedanta Resources Plc releases Production report for the Second Quarter and Half Year ending 30th September 2017. Aluminium business reported record quarterly aluminium production. Smelters continue to ramp up through the quarter maintaining a current run-rate of 1.6 mtpa (excluding trial run...
China Mineral Processing Ltd to commence calcined bauxite production in Q4 2017
The leading Chinese calcined bauxite producer China Mineral Processing Ltd (CMP) has announced the commencement of operations at its newly erected calcination plant in Guizhou, South West China in November this year. Despite ongoing environmental crackdowns and output reduction, the company has...
Australia and Malaysia’s bauxite exports to China drop while Brazil exports grow MoM in Aug
China, the now largest aluminium market in the world accounting for about 50 per cent of the world’s total output, is a voracious consumer of bauxite. The Asian giant sources its aluminium ore from all the leading bauxite producing countries of the world with Guinea topping the list as the largest...
Rusal’s restart of operations at Guinea’s Dian-Dian bauxite mine imminent
Russian Federation aluminium behemoth UC Rusal told domestic media yesterday that plans are in the works to commission the 3-million-metric-ton-per-annum Dian-Dian bauxite mine in the African country of Guinea by next spring. Yakov Itskov, Rusal’s alumina business director, told Russian News Agency...
Brazil’s bauxite export is projected to increase in H2 2017
Brazil is the third-largest producer of bauxite in the world. The top destinations where Brazil exports its bauxite are: United States, Canada, China, Europe, South America, and many more. The country exported 1,644,831 tonnes of bauxite to China during the first seven months of this year....
Hydro issues force majeure notice due to production problems at MRN
Hydro has issued a notice of force majeure to its bauxite customers as Hydro will not receive the full contracted volumes from its supplier, MRN, due to lower production at the bauxite mine. This will affect Hydro's bauxite deliveries to customers. MRN, where Hydro has a 5% ownership and additional...
Australian Bauxite Ltd completes shipment ahead of schedule
Australian Bauxite Limited announced the delivery of 30,000 tonne bauxite from its Bald Hill Bauxite mine, Campbell Town, Northern Tasmania. The customer will pay 90 per cent of the invoice value immediately and the remainder on proof of weight. “Because this delivery has been completed 3 weeks...
Indonesia bauxite export estimated to increase in H2 2017
Indonesia has significant reserves of bauxite and has become a major exporter to China. The country exported 50,295 tonnes of bauxite to china in the first seven months of this year. Indonesia’s export of bauxite is projected to increase in the second half of 2017. Kendawangan and Tayan mines are...
Marcventures merges with two mining firms
Marcventures Holding Inc, engaged in mineral development in the Philippines, is merging with Asia Pilot Mining Philippines Corp (APMPC) and BrightGreen Resources Holdings Inc (BHI) in a deal valued at $22.1 million (P1.125 billion). The company plans to issue a total of 1.125 billion shares priced...
Bauxite prices in China register slow rise in Henan and Shanxi throughout August
Despite tight bauxite supply in Shanxi, due to environmental scanning, local market prices for bauxite rose slightly over August and September. According to Shanghai Metals Market report, the average price for Bauxite for August and September has not registered much change. The average prices of...
Malaysia giving Guinea, Australia a tough competition as China’s emerging bauxite supplier
<p>Bauxite supplies from Malaysia to China grew at the highest rate in July 2017 though it dropped during the period from January to July. Other top bauxite exporting countries to China struggled to catch up with Malaysia’s export growth rate, revealed export-import data released by General...
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>...
Bauxite and other mineral exports to put Guinea’s growth on the fast track, IMF predicts
<p>After having recovered from the widespread health impact of the Ebola epidemic Guinea is now on a stable growth trajectory. The country is expected to grow at 6.7 per cent rate (real growth) in 2017 piggybacking <a title="News"...
