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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2nd Global Bauxite Conference 2016 to be held in Bali, Indonesia, on 29-30 June
Global Bauxite Conference 2015 took place in Kuala Lumpur at the end of June last year. Thanks to the participation of leading companies like Alcoa, Gunvor, Hydro, Itochu, Mitsui, Rio Tinto, Sojitz, South32, UC RusAl, etc. and also the great support from organizations like AZ China, Guinea...
Bauxite Resources announces completion of Yankuang transaction with sale of Fortuna
Bauxite Resources Limited announced that it has now received from Mercator Metals Pty Ltd a duly executed Deed of Variation & Assumption which was required to complete the assignment of the bauxite rights held for the Fortuna deposit to Yankuang Resources under the Sale & Purchase Agreement dated...
Australian Bauxite secures 5,000 tonnes non-met supply deal
Australian Bauxite Ltd announced that it has completed the first sale of 5,000 tonnes non-metallurgical grade bauxite from its Bald Hill mine operations in Tasmania to an unknown buyer for use in the cement and fertiliser markets. The sale is significant, not only because it is rare to hear of...
Tasmanian bauxite miner in maiden sale
Tasmania's newest miner has locked in its maiden shipment after losing $1.04 million last year. Australian Bauxite Limited has had its first 40,000 tonne shipment from its Bald Hill Mine, near Campbell Town, ready since early December. However, the price crashed and a sale deal did not proceed. On...
Pahang law enforcement agencies extend bauxite checkpoint operations
Pahang law enforcement agencies along with Pahang police will continue with operations on bauxite mining at nine checkpoints in line with the extension of the mining moratorium period. State police chief Sharifuddin Ab Ghani said the checkpoints which operated 24 hours a day were to ensure that...
Mixed reactions to extension of Pahang bauxite mining moratorium
Pahang federal government’s decision to extend the moratorium on bauxite mining by three more months is viewed as a move in the right direction for the people’s well-being. Pahang Menteri Besar Adnan Yaakob welcomed the decision and thanked the federal government for taking the move. “It is the...
Malaysia extends bauxite ban
The Malaysian bauxite export ban has been extended by an additional three months to July 15, 2016. The extension was announced Friday, last week, by Natural Resources and Environment Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar at a press conference. In announcing the ban, Dr Wan Junaidi made...
'Kuantan MP wants moratorium on bauxite mining extended
Kuantan MP Fuziah Salleh wants the three-month moratorium on bauxite mining in the state be extended until a more comprehensive standard operating procedure (SOP) is put into place. Fuziah also urged that existing licences for bauxite mining activities be cancelled and new applications be made...
Mozambique Government concerned at lack of market for bauxite
The Mozambican government is concerned at the lack of a market for the bauxite mined in the central province of Manica.Last year, Manica produced 4,985 tonnes of bauxite, a 47 per cent increase on the 3,386 tonnes produced in 2014. But much of this production remains unsold because of the...
Alcoa signs bauxite supply contracts worth more than $350 million
Alcoa, the world’s largest bauxite miner, today announced that Alcoa World Alumina and Chemicals (AWAC) has secured multiple bauxite supply contracts valued at more than $350 million over the next two years. Under the contracts, the Company will supply bauxite to external customers from three of...
'Berserk' aluminium boom signals bauxite bonanza for China's quarry
Key aluminium ingredient bauxite is shaping up as China's newest obsession in its mission to secure raw materials and once again minerals-rich Australia is a major target. China's investment in Australia's mining industry plunged, along with the global commodities rout, dropping in 2015 to the...
India’s Supreme Court rejects bauxite mining in Odisha’s Niyamgiri Hills
India’s Supreme Court ruled on April 1, Friday last week, that it could not issue an order for bauxite mining to begin in Odisha without getting input from local governments and other stakeholders in the area. The court required that the Odisha Mining Corporation add the fourteen gram sabhas (local...
Pahang miners point to compliance and seek resumption of bauxite trade
The Pahang Mining Operators Association (PPMNP) said Tuesday that it has submitted standard operating procedure proposals on bauxite mining to Pahang’s Mentri Besar (chief executive) and Kuantan Port authorities, but they have yet to receive a response. PPMNP’s vice president, Yap Soon Huat,...
Indian bauxite exporters clamour for removal of export duty
Bauxite exporters in India are clamouring for removal of export duty on the ore similar to a cut in duty for iron ore in the budget. Higher duties have led to a sharp fall in India's share in the export market in recent years with Australia and Malaysia increasing their share. "We are losing out to...
Guinea and Burkina Faso to take back unused mining permits
Guinea and Burkina Faso plan to take back hundreds of unused mining permits for re-auction, ministers said this week, as governments try to reignite interest in the sector amid a downturn. Permits awarded in recent years that are not being used for exploration or production should be made available...
India's Warna Minerals files petition against illegal bauxite mining by a Mumbai firm
In a twist to the ongoing issue over bauxite mining in Shahuwadi tehsil in the district, India's Kolhapur-based Warna Minerals on Monday filed a petition in the Bombay high court claiming that it had sought all the permissions, but a Mumbai firm illegally carried out mining at the site. The hearing...
Bauxite price recovering slowly amid tight global supply and rising demand from China
The tightening of global supply of bauxite and a rise in demand from Chinese alumina refineries are helping drive the price of bauxite back up. In May 2014, it was at a high of $US78.30 ($104) per tonne before heading for a steady decline; and now direct-shipped, high quality baxuite is worth...
New SOP on bauxite mining sent to Malaysian federal govt.
<p>The proposed improved standard operating procedure on bauxite mining has been completed and sent to the federal government, said Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Adnan Yaakob, in Kuantan, Malaysia.<br /><br /> He said the SOP, which was produced with the cooperation of all relevant agencies in the...
