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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China Hongqiao Eyes African Bauxite as Indonesia Supplies Dry Up
China Hongqiao Group Ltd. (1378), the nation’s largest non-state aluminum producer, is in talks to buy a bauxite mine in Africa to secure raw material. “We are looking to lock up resources in Africa and may make some concrete progress over the next six months,” Christine Wong, head of corporate...
Bauxite experts not in favour of redevelopment plan at Reynolds mines
Bauxite industry experts have given thumbs down to the proposed redevelopment of Reynolds mines in St Ann for ore export and construction of a coal-fired refinery, saying it is likely to impact negatively on the tourism product, which now dominates the economy of Ocho Rios. Economist Dennis...
Guinea mining license reviews deterring investors - minister
A review of mining licenses in Guinea, the world’s biggest bauxite exporter and home to the largest untapped iron ore deposit, is deterring investors in the West African country, according to its Mines Minister. “We are really eager to see this process completed very soon, because as long as it is...
Government and UC Rusal to conclude discussions on Bauxite Plants
Representatives of the world’s largest aluminum company UC Rusal, will be visiting Jamaica later this month to conclude discussions on the future of their operations at the Alpart and Kirkvine bauxite plants. Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell made the...
Indonesian ban on mineral export forces China to find other bauxite sources
China, the leader in aluminium industry is facing an increasing shortage of bauxite after the Indonesia’s mineral export ban came into effect, said Wood Mackenzie, the advisory firm. It was expected that China’s alumina refinery production would grow nearly 17 mn tons by the year 2018, followed by...
NGO cautions illegal miners against bauxite mining from Aitwa forest
A-ROCHA Ghana, a non- governmental organisation (NGO) that is into forest research, has called on the government to stop illegal miners from extracting bauxite from the Atiwa Forest. According to the NGO, the Atiwa forest is noted as a water tower, animal and vegetation forest reserve in the...
No relaxation of export duty on bauxite in Indonesia
According to Shanghai Metals Market, Indonesian government won’t be able to ease the export duty imposed on bauxite exports. Though it has been decided to cut export duty on other nickel and copper, but no such changes would occur in bauxite.
China’s Huanghua port imports bauxite from Guinea for first time
The Port of Huanghua in Hebei province imported 64,000 tonnes of bauxite, valued at $5.69 million, from Guinea for the first time, reported on April 24 by China’s General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine. Guinea, in western Africa, is rich in mineral resources, with...
China bauxite imports tumble 59.17% YoY in March on falling supply and weak demand
China imported 1.83 million tonnes of bauxite in March, down by 59.17% year-on-year due to falling arrivals and soft consumption, according to Shanghai Metals Market. The sharp drop in imports was due mainly to no shipments to China from Indonesia after its ban on ore exports, according to SMM's...
Shipment of bauxite to china expected at the end of this month
The first shipment of more than 80,000 tonnes of bauxite to China this year is expected at the end of the month. Aurum Explorations Fiji Limited Mine Manager Basilio Vanuaca said the delay is due to bad weather experienced at Nawailevu in Bua. He said the company’s aimed is to export 800,000 tonnes...
Vietnam ministry seeks more incentives for bauxite plants
The Ministry of Industry and Trade has once again called for more incentives for the country’s first two bauxite refineries, which are expected to make losses for the next few years. The ministry made the recommendation in a recent report to the National Assembly’s Standing Committee about the...
Jamaican Finance minister moves to allay fears as bauxite giant Rusal posts loss
NEWS that Russian aluminium producer UC Rusal has posted a US$3.2-billion loss for 2013 has raised fresh concerns about the future of Jamaica's bauxite industry and questions as to whether the company will resume full production here. UC Rusal owns three local bauxite alumina plants, of which only...
Indonesia bauxite ban yet to hit China
Indonesia's ban on the export of bauxite has come into being for almost over 2 months but it hasn’t impacted the Chinese imports. China’s February bauxite imports have witnessed a reduction this year. China imported 3.2 mn tons in February and 2.13 mn came from Indonesia. Bauxite imports from...
Government to settle US$33-million bauxite debt to Glencore
The massive slowdown of bauxite mining in Jamaica has led to Finance Minister Dr Peter Phillips turning up in Parliament with a withdrawal order to settle a US$33-million debt as a result of the failure of Jamaica Bauxite Mines to make good on an alumina supply agreement with Glencore. Phillips...
Kazakhstan’s aluminum reserves estimated at 809 million tons
On March 18, Bazarbay Nurabayev, the chairman of the Geology and Subsoil Use Committee of Kazakh Ministry of Industry and New Technologies said the estimated resource of Kazakhstan is 809 mn tons. "The forecasted aluminum (bauxite) resources are estimated at 809 million tons," Nurabayev said while...
Gove returns to normal operations
Operations at Rio Tinto’s Gove bauxite and alumina site have returned to normal, the miner told Metal Bulletin on Friday March 21. Rio Tinto had suspended all operations at its Gove site in Australia following the death of a worker on Tuesday February 25. "Gove operations have returned to normal....
China’s Bauxite Imports Tumble to 3.23 Million Tonnes in February
China registered a sharp drop in imports of bauxite in February due mainly to few arrivals from Indonesia, Shanghai Metals Market learnt. Inbound shipments tumbled to 3.23 million tonnes in February, down 23.86% year-on-year. Total imports were 11.23 million tonnes during the first two months of...
Xinfa Aurum Exploration Fiji awaits bauxite mining license
Xinfa Aurum Exploration Fiji, the bauxite mining company, plans to start working on a site in Bua once the government issues them a mining license. Basilio Vanuaca , the mine manager said Mataqali Naita located in Votua village in Lekutu, Bua, have agreed to provide them land for mining around 500...
