Imported bauxite prices in China moved slightly higher last week amid improved activity in the spot market. No trend-level shift emerged on the supply-demand side. Although rainy-season disruptions and elevated freight rates continued to weigh on Guinea's export volumes, the country's weekly...
Recently, domestic alumina spot and futures prices have weakened in tandem, and market sentiment has become more cautious. According to Mysteel research, China's operating alumina capacity has reached 99 million tonnes per year, the highest level so far this year. New commissioning and technical...
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China is bracing its position as a key player in the global minerals market, with a sharp focus on bauxite, a critical raw material for aluminium production. In the first nine months of last year alone, China's bauxite imports surged by 20 per cent, among other minerals, a judicious progress to...
Aluminium is an essential component of the global economy, and this week, the upstream sector witnessed some significant events. For instance, India's bauxite mining sector has grown in the non-ferrous segment, achieving an output of 23.93 million tonnes in FY 2023-2024. As of April 2024,...
Chinese enterprise State Power Investment Corp. (SPIC) sparked excitement at the beginning of the calendar year as it announced a heavy-duty alumina refinery to be established in Guinea. The newest project was announced after it successfully carried out bauxite production in the West African...
Arrow Minerals Limited is pleased to report more outstanding assays from its first drilling program at the Niagara Bauxite Project in Guinea. The project is located within trucking distance (~100km) of the multi-user Trans-Guinean Railway. Arrow has already completed the first pass of baseline...
Arrow Minerals Limited (ASX: AMD) is pleased to report more outstanding assays from its maiden drilling program at the Niagara Bauxite Project in Guinea. The project is located within trucking distance (~100km) of the multi-user Trans-Guinean Railway. Arrow has already completed the first pass of...
Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and Guinea-Bissau's President Umaro Sissoco Embaló held a joint press conference, as the Kazinform News Agency reported via Akorda. During the conference, the two leaders shared a joint statement highlighting the outcomes of their bilateral discussions....
The World Bank identified aluminium as the 'high-impact, cross-cutting metal'. As a result, today's world intensely competes over securing bauxite ore, the raw material used to produce aluminium. "I read... that every clay bank was a mine of aluminium and that the metal was as costly as silver. I...
A shipment of Chinese diesel locomotives was spotted at the Zhanghuabang cargo terminal in Shanghai Port on December 10, 2024, ready for dispatch to Conakry, the capital of Guinea. This batch of ten locomotives is specifically designed to handle heavy loads and accommodate various track types,...
The West African nation Guinea, one of the leading bauxite producers and the world's top bauxite exporter, intends to channel a portion of the revenue generated from mining the world’s largest iron ore reserve into a sovereign wealth fund. According to Planning and International Cooperation...
The ASX-listed company, Arrow Minerals Limited, has published reports on further outstanding assay results from its maiden drilling program at the Niagara Bauxite Project in Guinea. Strategically located approximately 100 km from the multi-user Trans-Guinean Railway, the project offers significant...
Victor Tan is the CEO of TOP International Holding. As CEO, he leads the company’s strategic direction and drives growth for the company. Founded in 2014, TOP has grown exponentially over the years. Under his leadership, TOP became Malaysia’s biggest bauxite exporter in 2015 and pioneered anchorage...
On Monday, November 4, Chinalco and the Republic of Guinea-Bissau signed a framework agreement for cooperation on mineral resources at Guinea-Bissau's Ministry of Natural Resources. The signing ceremony was attended by Yang Renhuo, China's Ambassador to Guinea-Bissau. Guinea-Bissau is a tropical...
Tianshan Aluminum Company has actively disclosed updates regarding its investor relations. Following the successful equity acquisition of local mining companies in Guinea, the company is steadily advancing its region's bauxite mining and shipment project. The project has now entered the large-scale...
Arrow Minerals (ASX: AMD) has affirmed mineralisation, as hypothesised earlier, over a 2-kilometre strike, resulting from its first drilling at the Niagara Bauxite Project in Guinea. Image Source: S Purohit (@subhapurohit) / X Emphasised intersections include 7 metres at 47.1 per cent aluminium...
Guinea and China celebrated a historic milestone on October 4, 2024, as they commemorated 65 years of the reestablishment of their diplomatic relations. This enduring partnership, a cornerstone in sub-Saharan Africa, has thrived through collaboration in critical sectors such as education, health,...
China's dependence on imported bauxite is a significant factor in the nation's superior ranking in alumina and primary aluminium production. The sheer volume of raw material required to maintain this ranking cannot be met by domestic sources alone. Therefore, any disruption in bauxite supply has a...
In 2024, Ukraine heightened its aluminium ore and bauxite concentrate import Y-o-Y by 46.8 per cent in physical terms during the time period of January to October. The cumulative imports accounted for this year towered at a whopping 19,842 thousand tonnes. As stated in the statistical report...
On November 12, 2024, the Forces Vives coalition of Guinean opposition groups, civil society organisations, and activists called for establishing civilian rule by January 1, 2025. The junta, which came to power through a coup in 2021, had initially proposed a two-year transition to elections,...
