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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Iran eyeing Australian bauxite reserves to aid domestic aluminium capacity expansion
<p>Iran is stepping up its initiatives to procure bauxite for its domestic aluminium industry. In a bid to boost the country's aluminium production, the Persian Gulf country is mulling options to secure bauxite supplies from Australia as its Guinea bauxite project remains held up as of now. <br...
IBAAS outlines the outcome of 2016 Goa Symposium for the India Ministry of Mines
<p>IBAAS 2016, the fifth annual conference of the International Bauxite Alumina & Aluminium Society, was organized jointly with the Indian Institute of Metals, during September 26- 28, 2016, at Goa, India. The topic for the symposium was ’Aluminium Industry - The Evolving Asia-Pacific...
World bauxite trade valued at $3.07bln in 2015
<p>According to the recently published Research and Markets report, the global aluminium ore and concentrate trade amounted to 3,077 million USD in 2015, exhibiting noticeable fluctuations over the period under review. A significant drop in 2009 was followed by volatile recovery over the next four...
RUSAL reports improved bauxite production in third quarter 2016
<p>UC RUSAL, the leading global aluminium producer, announces its operating results for the third quarter 2016. In the bauxite segment, the company reports substantial growth in bauxite output in Q3 as well as the first nine months.<br /><br />In Q3, 2016, bauxite output totaled 3,211...
ABx Q3 Results: Bauxite sales & new opportunities continue to grow
<p>Australian Bauxite Limited has released its sales and production results for the third quarter of the current financial year. The mining company said it is selling bauxite into fertiliser and cement markets at prices higher than the currently over-supplied metallurgical bauxite market....
Indonesian govt to allow provisional bauxite exports under revised rule
<p>The Indonesian government has come up with a revised version of a regulation on coal and mineral resources activities in the country, which is likely to mark a change in the licensing regime bringing flexibility in mineral exports. Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry secretary-general Teguh...
Bauxite likely to be a key growth driver for Alcoa after the split
<p>Alcoa is betting big on bauxite as the key growth factor that would drive the company after the split, observed an analyst at Market Realist. Until now, Alcoa would consume a major percentage of bauxite that it produces for its captive alumina operations. In the financial year 2015-2016, the...
Bauxite mining ban in Pahang could extend up to 2018, says Environment Minister
<p>According to a report from Malaysian Reserve, the moratorium on bauxite mining in Pahang may extend until 2018. Natural Resources and Environment Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar cites the huge stockpile for the aluminium ore as a reason for this extension. <br /><br />Despite...
Threat of closure still not there for Goa bauxite miners
<p>Bauxite mining in Goa is free of uncertainties related to possible closure that is looming large over the bauxite mines in Maharashtra, assured sources in the Indian mines ministry. According to them, bauxite mines in the coastal state are located at a safe distance away from the ecologically...
Indonesian bauxite producer seeks export ban relaxation
<p>A bauxite miner in Indonesia will approach the government with the request to allow export of the aluminium ore and grant a yearly quota of 40 million metric tons, reported industry sources. The move would ease the country's current ban on all mineral ore exports imposed two years back. <br...
Indonesia takes a U-turn on bauxite export ban relaxation
<p>Indonesia has decided not to lift the ban on bauxite exports that it had imposed two years back, the country's minister said yesterday. This comes just days after the ministry had considered doing away with mining restriction in order to raise extra cash from the sector.</p> <p>Indonesia imposed...
Jamaican mining industry performance drops due to reduced activity at Noranda bauxite plant
<p>The mining and quarrying industry of Jamaica put up a somewhat subdued performance in the June quarter, reported Statistical Institute of Jamaica. The final arbiter on national output Statin stated in its report that "reduced activities at the Noranda Bauxite plant in Jamaica" was responsible...
Ma’aden subsidiary kick-starts commercial production at alumina refinery
<p>A subsidiary of Saudi Arabian Mining Co (Ma'aden) announced Sunday that commercial production at its new bauxite mine and alumina refinery has begun and export of some of this output could take off any time in the coming quarters.<br /><br /><img style="vertical-align: middle; display: block;...
China’s bauxite import rises month-on-month in August
<p>According to Scrap Monster China, about 4.46 million tons of bauxite was imported by China in August 2016. The import surged 22.7% from July 2016, as shown by the latest China customs statistics. This shows China is in no plan to cut down its aluminium production in recent times.<br /><br />The...
China's bauxite import shrinks 1.8% YoY in August to stand at 4,457,660mt
<p>China's total import of bauxite in the month of August declined marginally by 1.8 per cent year-on-year to stand at 4,457,660 million tonnes, while it grew 3.86 per cent during January-August period from the same period previous year, revealed the General Administration of Customs data released...
Bauxite Resources Limited released its yearly review for 2016
<p>Robert Nash, Chairman of Bauxite Resources Limited presented the YEAR IN REVIEW to the company shareholders. In the report he discussed the substantial changes the company went through the Financial Year ending 30 June 2016.<br /><br />The most significant change the company underwent was the...
Australia Further Chips Away Malaysia’s Share in China Bauxite Imports, SMM Reports
<p>Australia remains the biggest winner in competing bauxite market share in China, while imports from Malaysia, the once big supplier, was hit badly by local mining ban, SMM learned.</p> <p>Australia, Guinea and Brazil remained the top three bauxite suppliers to China in July. Imports from...
China bauxite reference price fell 4.3% over the week to close at US$46.5/dmt
<p>CBIX fell 4.3% (US$2.1/dmt) over the week to close at US$46.5/dmt. Lower ViU-priced cargos from Brazil and Guinea failed to offset lower priced Malaysian material.<br /><br />In the wake of the extended Malaysian mining ban, sources close to Chinese refineries importing bauxite say they are...
