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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CRU launches new bauxite long term market outlook
CRU, independent commodity industry analysts and management consultants in the global metals, mining and fertilizer industries, have launched their new Bauxite Long Term Market Outlook, which provides detailed forecasts of the global bauxite industry. CRU’s team of industry experts has compiled the...
Indian Chief Minister evades direct reply on bauxite mining ban
Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy evaded giving an assurance on the State Government banning bauxite mining in the Scheduled Areas while two Union Ministers Jairam Ramesh and Kishore Chandra Deo urged the State Government to cancel the MoU entered into on the subject as they were in violation of...
Bauxite mining operations at a standstill at Nawailevy in Bua due to adverse weather
The adverse weather conditions in Vanua Levu have affected bauxite mining operations at Nawailevu in Bua. Bauxite mine manager Basilio Vanuaca said operations had come to a standstill as a result of the bad weather experienced in the Northern Division. "We will resume normal operations during fine...
Opposition stages walk out over BALCO illegal mining case
The main opposition Congress on Wednesday staged a walk out in the Chhattisgarh Assembly accusing the BJP government of shielding Bharat Aluminum Company Ltd (BALCO) officials in an illegal mining case. Raising the issue through his starred question, Congress legislator Mohammed Akbar asked whether...
National Green Tribunal denies Hindalco forest clearance to transport bauxite mined from Maharashtra
The National Green Tribunal has dismissed Hindalco's plea challenging the Maharashtra government's refusal to grant it three more months, after expiry of its forest clearance, to transport around 1.6 lakh tonnes of bauxite mined from Kolhapur district. A bench headed by Justice V R Kingaonkar also...
Court orders liquidation of MAL
State-owned liquidator Nemzeti Reorganizációs Nonprofit is to take over the management and operation of Hungarian alumina maker MAL after a court has ordered the company to be liquidated based on a claim submitted by one of the creditors, the National Development Ministry (NFM) said on Wednesday....
Bauxite mine in Bua earned about $15million from bauxite export
The bauxite mine in Bua has raked in about $15million from the exported 300,000 tonnes of bauxite so far. Mine manager Basilio Vanuaca in an interview with this newspaper yesterday said a tonne of bauxite cost about $F50.00. "We have so far sent six shipments to China last month from the Northern...
India’s FM proposes 10% export duty on bauxite in 2013 Budget
2013 Union Budget of India has proposed to levy 10 per cent export duty on bauxite, a raw material for making aluminium. The FM's proposal to impose a 10% export duty on bauxite on an ad valorem basis is likely to discourage exports of an important raw material for aluminium industry. It will thus...
Dongria tribes vow not to leave Niyamgiri for mining
Water, land and forest are our own. No Government can mine in our hill. We have been praying our ancestral land and hill for decades and we are living here because of them. If Niyamgiri is allowed to mine, there will be conflict and bloodshed. We won’t allow bauxite to be transported from the...
China bauxite imports set new record with an increase of 67.59%
According to Chinese customs data.the country imported bauxite 5,137,200 tons,which increased 67.59% comparing with the same period a year ago. Based on the detailed analysis of the data ,The import volume from India increased 28.84% year-on-year, rising to 3,039,000 tons, The import volume from...
Odisha villagers propose to pay Rs 35 crore to government to halt Hindalco's bauxite mining plans
Villagers protesting against Hindalco's plan to mine bauxite at Mali Parbat in the Koraput district in Odisha have come up with a unique proposal that offers to compensate the state for its loss in revenue from royalty. Forty one villages from the district, two thirds of whose largely tribal...
Odisha government to discuss alumina refinery issue with VAL tomorrow
Odisha government has called Vedanta Aluminium for a meeting tomorrow on supply of bauxite to the company's closed alumina refinery in the state amidst several representations by local people to reopen the plant. The meeting has been called by a high-level ministerial committee, which was set up...
Worried community meets CM on Vedanta closure
The community affected by the closure of the Vedanta alumina refinery at Langigarh met Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik during his recent visit at Biswanathpur in Kalahandi district urging him to intervene in the plant closure issue. Three delegations representing members of displaced families, people...
Norsk Hydro Sees Opportunities In Brazil Bauxite Exports
Norwegian aluminum producer Norsk Hydro sees "interesting" opportunities in China's growing import markets for bauxite and alumina, while global markets for aluminum metal remain oversupplied, Chief Executive Svein Richard Brandtzaeg said Tuesday. "China's still short on bauxite production," Mr....
Bauxite Resources Limited appoints New CEO
Bauxite Resources Limited is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Peter Canterbury as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Executive Director. Mr Canterbury joins Bauxite Resources from Sundance Resources Ltd., where he has been the CFO for the past six years. He played a critical role in...
Fourth quarter aluminium performance down at Eurasian Natural Resource
FTSE 100-listed metal mining company Eurasian Natural Resources has acknowledged that its aluminium division operated below capacity in the fourth quarter of the year, whilst production of saleable copper declined against the corresponding period in the previous year. In the three months ended...
Government’s current PR stunt on bauxite industry fails to fool the bauxite community in Guyana
The current public relations stunt by the Government of Guyana on matters relating to the bauxite industry have not and will not fool the communities and workers whose lives are directly affected by bauxite. December 2012 marked three years since the Bauxite Company of Guyana Incorporated (BCGI)...
Chalco's Alumina Production hit by Bauxite Export Ban from Indonesia
Aluminum Corporation of China Ltd (Chalco) confirms lower alumina production by 1.7 million tons following Indonesian bauxite export ban. “As the downturn of the aluminum market continued, the prices of aluminum decreased by 7% as compared with the corresponding period of the preceeding uear. The...
