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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Bauxite mining ban extends by three more months in Malaysia
<p>Datuk Seri Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar, the natural resources and environment minister has announced on Thursday December 22 that bauxite mining ban is extended by another three months effective from 31 December at a press conference.</p> <p><img style="vertical-align:...
Environment Minister happy with the progress of cleanliness operations in Kuantan mining sites
<p>On a positive update on the bauxite mining situation in Malaysia, Natural Resources and Environment Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar has expressed content on the progress of cleanliness operations in Kuantan mining sites before the expiry date of the bauxite-mining ban on Dec 31...
Alcoa secures first major export contract to supply bauxite from Western Australia mine
<p>Alcoa Corporation, the world’s largest bauxite miner, today announced that Alcoa World Alumina and Chemicals (AWAC) has secured its first major third-party contract to supply approximately 400,000 bone dry metric tons (bdmt) of bauxite from its Huntly mine in Western Australia (WA),...
Guinea witnesses a surge in bauxite exports value in 2016, followed by Australia and Brazil
<p>The year 2016 has been a year of transition for the global bauxite industry. While the sector fared slightly better than the alumina and aluminium industries- both of which faced severe pricing woes since 2016 beginning, numerous changes in the rankings, rather fluctuations, were noted as far as...
Top five countries with highest bauxite reserves in the world
Bauxite has been a priority sector for the upstream aluminium value chain players for some time now. The supply certainty of the ore plays a crucial role in controlling the logistics cost of the sector which in turn helps in optimising the overall cost of production of aluminium. With China’s...
Marcventures acquires new bauxite mine in Surigao, Philippines
<p>A nickel miner Marcventures Holdings Inc. in Philippines has signed a deal to acquire a bauxite mine located in Samar area in Surigao along with a new nickel mine in Surigao del Sur. The newly acquired mines are adjacent to its existing operations facilitating a merger among the operating...
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...
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...
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...
Canada's bauxite imports estimated to decline 5.6% YoY in 2016
<p>Canada is one of the lowest cost aluminium producers in the world. The three major aluminium producers here are Alcoa, Aluminerie Alouette, and Rio Tinto. However, bauxite is not mined in this North American country; it is only refined here. The aluminium-bearing ore is shipped from across the...
Malaysia exported 24 million tons of bauxite to China in 2015, up 650% YOY
<p>Malaysia is one of the world’s top bauxite producers and a leading supplier of bauxite to China’s aluminium industry after Indonesia banned ore export in 2014. Over the last two years the amount of bauxite shipped from Malaysia to China increased almost one hundred fold making...
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...
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...
China diversifies bauxite sources while imports decline 2.8% YoY in Sept 2016
<p>China diversified its bauxite imports sources in September this year in order to meet the rising demand from the domestic alumina industry, reported Shanghai Metals Market. In spite of shrinking imports of aluminium ore from Australia and Guinea, shipments from India, Fiji and Solomon Islands...
Indian bauxite export drops after levying of 20% export duty on bauxite
<p>India has a total bauxite resource of 3,480 million tons( according to UNFC system) which includes 593 million tonnes reserves and 2,887 million tonnes remaining resources. By grades, about 84% resources are of metallurgical grade. Odisha alone accounts for 52% of country's resources of...
Australia's total bauxite export estimated to reach 23.25 million mt in 2016 up 12.7% YoY
<p>The demand for quality Australian bauxite is on the rise. Globally, vertically integrated aluminium companies are looking at Australia-wide opportunities to tap their bauxite reserves either by starting mining operations there in the country or by sourcing the ore through imports. There are...
