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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Alumina prices surge on bauxite tariff
The ex-factory price of alumina from Aluminium Corporation of China Limited (CHALCO),China's largest producer of the metal, rose to 2,900 yuan ($455.33) per ton Friday, up 3.6 percent compared with the previous day. The company claims that its bauxite supplies have been affected by Indonesian...
Bauxite miner makes traditional visit in Bua
Bauxite mining company Aurum Exploration last week led a traditional visit to chiefs in Bua on Vanua Levu seeking their blessings for the bauxite loading already in progress in the area. Bauxite mine manager Basilio Vanuaca said the traditional visit was made to the chiefs, qoliqoli (fishing...
First Day of Garhwa bandh affects bauxite supply
The first day of indefinite bandh called by Garhwa Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Gover issues like acute power crisis, dilapidated condition of NH-75 and water woes evoked good response from its residents on Monday, as the entire business establishment remained shut and traffic came to a...
China to import 60,000 tonnes of bauxite from Fiji
LOADING of the 60,000 tonnes of bauxite in the province of Bua in Fiji is expected to be completed next week. Bauxite mine manager Basilio Vanuaca said the MV Yon Shun would load 60,000 tonnes of bauxite valued at $2.1 million a month. However, he said it was not clear when the ship would leave for...
Increased Regional Demand for Aluminum to Boost Bauxite Production
Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: GBI Research’s new report, ‘Bauxite Mining Market in Asia-Pacific to 2020 - Increased Regional Demand for Aluminum to Boost Bauxite Production’ provides key information and analysis for the Asia-Pacific...
Odisha and Andhra Pradesh Bauxite Mining might face a Total Ban
The rich bauxite resources of Odisha and Andhra Pradesh might not see the light of the day if Union tribal minister V Kishore Deo has his way. Bauxite mining in Odisha and Andhra Pradesh faces an uncertain future with Union tribal minister V Kishore Deo shooting off a letter recently to ESL...
First Bauxite Corporation Announces Non-Brokered Private Placement
First Bauxite Corporation announces that the Company is proceeding with a non-brokered private placement (the "Private Placement") to Resource Capital Fund V LP and certain entities comprising the Pacific Road Resources Funds for up to 22,641,510 units (the "Units") at a price of $0.53 per Unit to...
Protesters bring an end to railway blockade in Guinea
Ex-employees of Guinean bauxite company CBG, a joint venture with Alcoa and Rio Tinto , have ended a railway occupation that was starving its factory of bauxite supplies for processing, company officials said on Monday. The week-long blockade was in protest at what the former staff said was a...
Guinea bauxite factory supply gets affected by pension protests
A railway occupation by former employees of Guinea's state bauxite company CBG, a joint venture with Alcoa and Rio Tinto, is starving its factory of ore supplies for processing, senior company officials told Reuters on Wednesday. "It has prevented us from supplying the factory since Monday," said...
Government to ease Ewarton bauxite woes
There are indications that the government may be stepping in to offer some reprieve to the owners of the Ewarton bauxite plant in St. Catherine. The cost of production and the decreased demand for alumina has continued to take a toll on the company. The high cost of electricity has also been blamed...
Demand for alumina and bauxite to get a boost
The global market for Bauxite and Alumina is forecast to reach 211.3 and 76.2 million metric tons, respectively, by the year 2017. With global economy on the growth path post recession, both production and consumption levels are expected to display a positive trend, spurred by rising demand from...
Chinalco Hosts Seminar on Mining Technology and Bauxite
Chinalco hosted a seminar on mining technology and bauxite recently. Director of Chinalco Science and technology department Zhang Jilong attended the meeting. The recent tax imposition on Bauxite export by Indonesia is giving rise to many questions among the industry players of the Chinese...
Andhra Pradesh govt gets special powers to cancel bauxite mining lease
Center takes keen interest on the issue of bauxite mining and the growing Maoist violence on the Andhra-Odisha border. For the first time, the Centre has urged the governor to use his special powers in Scheduled Areas to cancel bauxite mining leases given in Andhra Pradesh's Vishakhapatnam...
Coal Ash an alternative for bauxite!
Necessity gives rise to invention and the scarcity of domestic bauxite reserve in China is making people from aluminium industry think about an alternative. Yin Zhonglin who is the director of Chalco Zhengzhou Research Institute Alumina Institute said at the World Aluminum Raw Materials Summit 2012...
Indonesia will proceed with a ban on exports of raw minerals
Indonesia will proceed with a ban on exports of raw minerals, with some exemptions for miners that plan to build local processing facilities, and will publish details of the rule May 6. “Miners will still be allowed to export after meeting some requirements, including obtaining permits, Edi...
Industrial Disputes Tribunal steps in at Noranda Bauxite
Labour Minister, Derrick Kellier has referred the dispute between Noranda Bauxite Limited and the University and Allied Workers’ Union (UAWU) to the Industrial Disputes Tribunal for resolution. The referral follows a breakdown in conciliation talks which went on for hours at the labour ministry...
China imports of bauxite, nickel ores seen up in April
China's March data for bauxite and nickel ore confirmed Chinese importers rushed to buy the two materials ahead of a possible export ban in key supplier Indonesia and imports in April may be even bigger. China is the world's leading consumer and producer of nickel and aluminium. Bauxite is used to...
Lanjigarh ban may spur Sterlite-Nalco alumina deal
Sterlite Industries is in talks with state-owned National Aluminium Company (Nalco) to source alumina for its Vedanta Aluminium plant. The flagship company of Vedanta Resources Plc is also looking at importing alumina in order to ramp up the capacity of its Lanjigarh plant in Orissa to 2 million...
