
WEEKLY: Guinea shipments surge but freight costs keep China bauxite spot split, prices pinned in tight band
China's domestic ore prices held steady last week. In Shanxi, a limited volume of relatively lower-grade domestic ore was concluded under long-term contracts at approximately RMB 530 per tonne. In Henan, the expected increase in domestic ore output has yet to materialise, leaving the supply-demand...
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...
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HC dismisses four petitions of state govt on bauxite mining?
... The Gujarat High Court has dismissed four petitions moved by the state government on ground of suppression of facts and slapped a penalty of Rs 50,000 to be paid to the individual respondents. ... and export of bauxite and controlling the mineral's export from Gujarat by the state government.

State talks on bauxite
... GOVERNMENT officials yesterday met landowners of the much talked about bauxite mining program in Bua to discuss lease issues. ...

Bauxite Resources Limited (ASX:BAU) To Receive A$6.1 Million Reimbursement From Yankuang Resources
... Bauxite Resources Limited (ASX:BAU) To Receive A$6.1 Million Reimbursement From Yankuang Resources Perth, Jan 28, 2011 (ABN Newswire) - Bauxite Resources Ltd (ASX:BAU) ("BRL" or "the Company") announces that in conjunction with its agreement to form a joint venture with Yankuang Resources...

Vedanta illegally mining in Yercaud: Experts
...Clinching facts about the illegitimacy of Vedanta’s continued bauxite mining activity in Yercaud even after closing down its aluminum plant in Mettur and consequent loss to the government was reported in a report released by a fact-finding team of the Social Research, and Legal Advocacy Society...

Bauxite Resources Limited (ASX:BAU) Shareholder Letter
... Bauxite Resources Limited (ASX:BAU) is pleased to release the following letter to its shareholders. Dear Shareholder ...

Research and Markets: China Alumina Industry Report, 2010
... Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "China Alumina Industry Report, 2010" report to their offering.Alumina, extracted from bauxite, gets chiefly used in the production of aluminum (electrolytic aluminum). China abounds in bauxite resources spreading in Guangxi (26.9%), ...

Steel Guru : Update on exploitation of <em>Bauxite</em> ore in India <b>...</b>
... Out of 3289 million tonnes of the total bauxite resources, 118 million tonnes (4 %) is ... South American Silver provides project update ...

Firm to lose mining lease in Ratnagiri
... Hindustan Times about a city firm illegally mining bauxite ore at Sakhari Velas village in Ratnagiri have prompted the district collector to ask the state government to cancel the company’s mining lease. ...

Leopards easily defeat Bauxite Miners, 68-44
... The Leopards easily defeated the Bauxite Miners, 68-44, on Friday in Bauxite. The Leopards were slow getting started but made up for that from the second quarter on. Malvern held a three point lead at the end of the first, 13-10. ...

Guinea’s Mineral Output Rises on Stability, Demand
... Output of bauxite, the ore used in aluminum, rose 15 percent to 12 million metric tons, the Conakry-based ministry said in a statement handed to reporters in the capital today. ... and alumina rose to 564,000 tons, from 393,000 in the same period of 2009.

Guinea’s Mineral Output Rises on Stability, Demand
... Output of bauxite, the ore used in aluminum, rose 15 percent to 12 million metric tons, the Conakry-based ministry said in a statement handed to reporters in the capital today. ... and alumina rose to 564,000 tons, from 393,000 in the same period of 2009.

Firm flouted mining laws, says collector
... Hindustan Times exposed the illegal mining of bauxite ore in ecologically sensitive Ratnagiri district in Konkan, the district collector has indicted Mumbai firm, Ashapura Minechem Limited, for violations. Ratnagiri collector MB Gaikwad confirmed that he had submitted a report to the government...

State to review 54 mines in Konkan
...A series of reports in the Hindustan Times on illegal mining of bauxite in Ratnagiri, has alarmed the state government, which has ordered a review of all mines operating in the ecologically rich but fragile districts of Sindhudurg and Ratnagiri. Admitting to a lack of coordination between...

Illegal mining: State asks collector to explain
...Taking serious note of Hindustan Times' reports on illegal mining of bauxite ore in Ratnagiri in the ecologically fragile Konkan region, the state government on Tuesday said it would take swift action in the matter and asked the district collector for an explanation...

Anti-pollution body knew of illegal mining
...The state pollution control board had initially stopped Ashapura Minechem Limited from illegally mining bauxite ore at Sakhari Velas village at Ratnagiri, 215kms south of Mumbai, but subsequently granted the company consent to mine...

The Minister should test the bauxite dispute issues at arbitration
... The dispute between GB@GWU and RUSAL was allowed to drag on for over a year and the Ministry of Labour should take some responsibility since the issues fall within the grievance procedure under the Collective Labour Agreement and should be treated as such. ....

Nadir flays RUSAL-owned bauxite company for `gross disregard’
... the RUSAL-owned bauxite company accusing it of gross disregard for the laws of Guyana following its refusal to attend a meeting with the union, GBGWU, and warned that compulsory arbitration could be invoked. ...

Russian bauxite company snubs industrial dispute meeting
... The RUSAL-owned Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc. (BCGI) Inc. today failed to show up at a scheduled meeting between the Guyana Bauxite & General Workers Union (GB&GWU) and the Assistant Chief Labour Officer. ...

