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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Bauxite Resources Limited provides the June 2012 Quarterly Activities and Cashflow Reports
Bauxite Resources Limited provides the June 2012 Quarterly Activities and Cashflow Reports. The key points of the report are: - JORC Bauxite resources increased by 172% to 139.5Mt - New 73 Mt Felicitas bauxite resource announced - May 2012 - New 15 Mt Ceres bauxite resource announced - July 2012 -...
Fiji Bauxite export set for China
XINFA Aurum Exploration (Fiji) Limited is expected to ship out a total of 70,000 tonnes of bauxite to China at the end of next month. This was confirmed by company spokesman Basilio Vanuaca who said this was the second shipment of bauxite for this year. "Right now, the loading of bauxite is...
Bauxite and Nickel Ore import falls in China
China's imports of bauxite tumbled to the lowest level in more than three years, and those of nickel ore fell 12 percent from an all-time high in May after Indonesia, the main supplier, tightened exports. Arrivals of bauxite, the ore used to produce aluminum, tumbled to 1.02 million metric tons,...
SGAT opposes Union tribal minister's plea to stop bauxite mining
The Society of Geoscientists and Allied Technologists (SGAT) has vehemently opposed Union tribal welfare minister V Kishore Chandra Deo’s demand for stoppage of bauxite mining in Eastern Ghats. “We strongly refute observations of the Union tribal welfare minister as these are not based on facts,”...
Another Windalco spill threatens Rio Cobre
The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) was last night investigating another effluent spill, reportedly by the West Indies Alumina Company (Windalco), that affected sections of the Rio Cobre. Natalie Fearon, manager of public education and corporate communications at NEPA, last night...
Niksic Miners accept Government's offer
Workers of the Niksic-based Bauxite Mines have accepted the Government's offer related to the timeframe for payment of salaries and stopped their eight-day blockade of the company's administration building. The President of the Independent Trade Union Borislav Bojanovic said that the Government...
Rusal denies plans to shut down its Jamaican alumina plant
Russia's Rusal, the world's largest aluminum producer, denied on Friday it plans to close its last working enterprise in Jamaica and lay off 600 workers, Izvestia daily newspaper reported. The Jamaica Observer reported this week that Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining Phillip...
Ewarton Bauxite plant shutdown to claim 600 jobs
Nearly 600 Jamaicans will be forced to join the unemployment line later this year as Russian aluminium giant UC Rusal moves to shut down its Ewarton plant in St Catherine. Mining Minister Phillip Paulwell, in a statement to the House of Representatives yesterday, said he was "verbally advised" on...
Niksic-based Bauxite Mines future depends on employees
The future of the Niksic-based Bauxite Mines depends to a large extent on its employees and whether they will accept the proposal of the government representatives, the company's management said. The Bauxite Mines CEO Milorad Djurovic has invited the Independent Trade Union and workers to accept...
Noranda Jamaica Bauxite Partners Football League kicks off in St Ann
A total of 40 teams will this year participate in the Noranda Jamaica Bauxite Partners (NJBP) Football League. The teams, which are drawn from the company's operating areas of Alexandria, Brown's Town and Discovery Bay, are playing for cash prizes of $300,000 and trophies. Matches in the league...
Tribal Affairs Minister urges Andhra Pradesh Governor to act against bauxite mining
Three months after Union Tribal Affairs Minister V. Kishore Chandra Deo wrote to Andhra Pradesh Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan, urging him to exercise his constitutional powers to cancel the permission given for bauxite mining in Visakhapatnam as it was fuelling left- wing extremism there, the latter...
Neksan's bid for Bauxite Mines still under uncertainty
The Government was not able to give its position on the bid for a takeover of the Bauxite Mines Niksic, submitted by the Neksan company, because there was no common position of the workers and the management. The Government said that two trade unions of the company had completely opposite opinions...
LIGNITE Ltd withdraws its applications for three Collie coal exploration licences
LIGNITE Pty Ltd has withdrawn its applications for three Collie coal exploration licences, covering an area stretching from Collie Burn through Collie townsite to Allanson. Despite the withdrawal, Collie objectors will be back in the Warden’s Court next month to fight moves by Premier Coal and...
Brinda Karat (CPI) to protest against bauxite mining in Visakhapatnam
Polit Bureau member of the CPI (M) Brinda Karat will visit Visakha Agency on July 9 and 10 to participate in an agitation against bauxite mining and in a programme demanding a better deal to primitive tribal groups (PTGs). On July 11, she will lead a protest against the Collectorate here demanding...
China Imported 24,470 Thousand tons of Bauxite from Jan. to May
According to the data from China Customs, China imported 6,274 thousand tons of bauxite in May. From Jan. to May, China imported a total of 24,473 thousand tons of alumina and the amount increased to 42.4% from the last year. According to statistics, China imported 5,564 thousand tons of bauxite...
Indonesia issues mining export permits to 22 firms so far
Indonesia has awarded mineral export permits to 22 firms since it introduced curbs on such shipments in May, a trade ministry official said on Tuesday, after the restrictions triggered panic buying by customers in key buyers Japan and China. Indonesia, one of the world's leading metals exporters,...
Gold and bauxite help 1st quarter GDP growth
According to the Ghana Statistical Service, the total value of goods and services produced in Ghana grew by 8.7% in the first quarter of 2012, relative to that of 2011. A newsletter from the GSS shows that the Industry sector was the main reason for this growth. Gold and bauxite production led the...
Dominican Republic resumes bauxite exports with shipments for Canada
A ship with 12,000 tons of bauxite sets course toward Canada from Cabo Rojo Port today, which marks the resumption of the mineral’s extraction and export, to benefit nearly all sectors in the impoverished community on the border with Haiti. The cargo ship which brought the wind turbines for the...
