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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Second village council meeting also rejects Vedanta's plan of mining in Niyamgiri hills
Four days after Dongria Kondhs of Serkapadi village rejected bauxite mining in Niyamgiri hills, 33 of 36 villagers, including 23 women, of Kesarpadi in Rayagada district on Monday opposed mining in the hills, dealing another blow to Vedanta Aluminium's plans. Gram Sabhas will be held in 10 more...
Pro-mining outfit doubts over fairness of the village council meeting at Niyamgir, Odisha
A couple of days after Dongaria Kondhs of Serkapadi village unanimously rejected bauxite mining over Niyamgiri hills, Lanjigarh Vikash Parishad (LVP), an organization supporting the mining project and its beneficiary Vedanta's alumina refinery, has raised doubts over fairness of the village council...
Kalahandi tribes firmly refuse bauxite mining by Vedanta from Niyamgiri hills
In a setback to Vedanta's search for bauxite mines to feed its 1-million tonne (mt) refinery at Lanjigarh in the backward Kalahandi district of Odisha, Dongria Kondhs, the indigenous people who inhabit the plateaus of the Niyamgiri hill ranges, on Thursday made it clear that they would rather...
Vedanta restarts Lanjigarh alumina refinery plant
Vedanta Aluminium Ltd (VAL) on Thursday restarted its 1 million tonne per annum alumina refinery at Lanjigarh in Odisha, about seven months after the company had shut down the unit due to scarcity of bauxite. "We have started operations of the alumina refinery. We have to limit its capacity...
Nalco dithers over alumina supply to Lanjigarh refinery
Anticipating trouble from its workers union, the management of the state-owned Aluminium producer NALCO is deliberating whether it should supply a 'trial' amount of alumina to Vedanta Resources' refinery in Lanjigarh, Odisha. NALCO had obtained an advance from its private sector rival for the trial...
China’s Australian bauxite imports surge
China Customs data show China imported 6.15 million mt of bauxite in May, down 2.04% YoY. YTD imports through May totaled 26.72 million mt, up 9.30% YoY. China imported 3.775 million mt of bauxite from Indonesia in May, down 30.9% YoY. YTD imports from Indonesia through May were 17.39 million mt,...
US riled as Iran sources bauxite ore from EU
The US Treasury Department has announced an array of new sanctions aimed at denying Iran even theoretical access to unrefined ore that could be used to produce aluminum, since conceivably aluminum could have “military uses.” The sanctions “blacklist” the acquisition of raw bauxite ore by Iran, as...
Vedanta awaits government report to re-open Lanjigarh refinery
Vedanta Aluminium is awaiting Odisha government’s report on long-term raw material supply to its Lanjigarh alumina refinery in the state before resuming operations at its unit, that has been lying closed for the past seven months, say company sources. The aluminium firm had closed its 1 million ton...
Aluminium companies to gain from bauxite price dip on Chinese slump
Aluminium companies are likely to get a breather in the form of falling bauxite prices driven by the demand slump from China, says experts. Bauxite is usually exported from Gujarat to West Asia and China. However, recent slowdown in China and falling metal prices including aluminium, has led to a...
China imports 26.72 million mt bauxite during Jan-May 2013
China Customs data show that China imported 26.72 million metric ton of bauxite during January-May. SMM data indicate that Shandong Weiqiao Pioneering Group alone accounts for 51% of total imports. Domestic alumina producers reliant on imported bauxite include Shandong Weiqiao Pioneering Group,...
Bauxite Resources Limited. : Yankuang Cash Call Update
Further to the announcement dated 17 April 2013 regarding Yankuang Resources Pty Ltd outstanding cash calls payable to the Bauxite Alumina Joint Venture, Bauxite Resources Limited wishes to inform the market that as of 26 June 2013, these payments, including the sum owing to BRL referred to in the...
First Bauxite Corporation releases laboratory results on bauxite proppants
First Bauxite Corporation announces the positive results of conductivity testing conducted on 4 size fractions of Intermediate Strength Proppants ("Guyprop(TM)-ISP") manufactured in a laboratory, using bauxite from the Company’s 100% owned Bonasika 1 deposit, in Guyana. Stim-Lab, which conducted...
China’s bauxite imports up 10.5% YoY during January-May
China Customs data show that China imported 6.15 million mt of bauxite in May, down 0.41% YoY. YTD imports through May amounted to 26.72 million mt, up 10.5% YoY. China imported 3.775 million mt of bauxite from Indonesia in May, down 30.9% YoY, and 17.39 million mt during January-May, also down...
Ghana’s bauxite exports soar
The export of bauxite by the Ghana Bauxite Company increased significantly by 88 per cent from 400,069 tons in 2011 to 752,771 tons in 2012. “The increase in volumes contributed to a significant increase in the corresponding mineral revenue by about 113 per cent from $13,406,433 the year earlier to...
Vedanta mulls imports to revive Lanjigarh refinery
After exhausting its options to source bauxite from the domestic market, Vedanta Aluminium Ltd (VAL) is mulling importing the raw material to resume operations at its Lanjigarh refinery. The one-million alumina refinery has remained shut since December 5, 2012, on bauxite crunch and VAL has been...
Vedanta’s Lanjigarh refinery to re-open this month
After lying idle for over six months, Vedanta’s one million ton alumina refinery at Lanjigarh is gearing up to resume operations by the end of this month on hopes of bauxite supplies from private miners in Gujarat and also opening of group firm Bharat Aluminum Company Kawardah mines in...
India’s aluminium production eludes target by 16.5% in 2012-13
India’s aluminium production was lower by 16.5 per cent at 1.72 million tonne in 2012-13 fiscal as against the target of 2.06 million tonne, a senior official of the Department of Mines said. However, it was 3 per cent up compared to 1.67 million tonne produced in 2011-12, he said. “There are...
BelAZ supplies dump trucks for bauxite mining in Venezuela
The Belarusian automobile manufacturer OAO BelAZ has shipped a batch of five mine dump trucks with the carrying capacity of 90 tonnes to Venezuela, representatives of the company told BelTA. The BelAZ 75570 vehicles were sold to the company CVG Bauxilum C.A. The vehicles will be used at the Los...
