Saudi Arabian Mining Co. (Maaden) has secured USD 1 billion in inaugural international syndicated credit facilities, with strong demand from global lenders highlighting confidence in the company's expansion strategy and Saudi Arabia's broader mining ambitions. Maaden has secured USD 1 billion in...
Vedanta Aluminium veteran Rajiv Kumar has been appointed Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Jindal Steel after completing a successful stint as Chief Executive Officer of Vedanta Aluminium. Kumar, who brings more than three decades of experience in the metals and mining industry, will now oversee the...
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The President of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo has stated that a bauxite company will soon commence work at Nyinahin in the Atwima Mponua District in the Ashanti Region, which will benefit for all. While addressing a durbar at Nyinahin at the end of his three-day campaign tour of the region,...
Abstract: Guinea with bauxite potential of about 40 billion tons is the largest aluminium ore exporter in the world today. During 2019, the country exported about 70 million tons of bauxite, which is likely to exceed 110 million tons by 2021. This may substantially change the present bauxite market...
Guinea with bauxite potential of about 40 billion tonnes is the largest aluminium ore exporter in the world today. During 2019, the country exported about 70 million tonnes of bauxite, which is likely to exceed 110 million tonnes by 2021. This may substantially change the present bauxite market and...
Guinea, the West African nation is now the world's second-largest producer of bauxite, as per the latest World Bank ranking, Guinea is ahead of China and is now behind Australia. The bauxite production in Guinea increased from 59.6 million tonnes in 2018 to 70.2 million tonnes in 2019. According to...
According to a recent report, environment and community groups in Jamaica are planning to challenge the government’s bauxite mining permission in Puerto Bueno area in the courts backed by the Office of the Public Defender. The latter will offer legal aid to stakeholders of Puerto Bueno Mountain, in...
Karnataka state chief secretary T M Vijay Bhaskar has directed Dakshina Kannada district administration and the mines and geology department to look into the complaint on illegal transportation of red bauxite from the district. The complaint was filed by former minister B Ramanath Rai, following...
Lindian Resources, the Australian Securities Exchange-listed West African Bauxite mining company has received “green signal” from the Ministry of Mines, Govt. of Guinea towards the conclusion of the acquisition of the massive, undeveloped Lelouma bauxite project in Guinea. The Perth-based mining...
Hon. Culwick Togamana, Minister of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology have supported the decision to decline the development of a bauxite mine on Wagina Island. Richard Pearshouse, Head of Crisis and Environment, Amnesty International, said: “This is a hard-won victory...
Julien Balkany, the Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors at Sarmin Bauxite Limited, confirmed that it entered into a definitive investment agreement with Lindian Resources of Australia on September 23, 2020. The agreement represents the sale of 75 per cent of shares of Sarmin Bauxite to Lindian...
On 2 nd November’20, Vickram Bharrat, Minister of Natural Resources, Guyana, announced that he has already met with investors those are looking to develop the Tarakuli bauxite deposit located just over 10 miles away from Orealla (East Berbice/Corentyne). Natural Resources Minister, Bharrat along...
On 26 th October’20, Jamaican Bauxite mining company, Jamalco mobilised work crews and equipment to remove a train that derailed between the communities of Rymesbury and Gravel Hill in Clarendon amid the recent heavy rains. On the crash site late Monday afternoon, Jamalco representatives were...
Marcventures Holdings Inc. (MHI) is reportedly set to develop a bauxite mining property in Samar, once approved by the Mines and Geosciences Bureau. This will make MHI the only firm in the Philippines with bauxite as a mineral commodity. According to MHI president Isidro Alcantara, the company has...
AMAG has recently received the ASI Chain of Custody Standard Certification for its comprehensive sustainability activities towards the supply chain of the aluminium industry. This certification from the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative plays a crucial role for the assurance of transparency and...
Increasing bauxite imports in India has caused an estimated forex loss of over $400 million in the last five years and missed opportunities to generate mass scale employment, a recent report found. This is despite India having the world’s fifth-largest coal and bauxite reserves, which are the two...
Robert Montague, minister of transport and mining of Jamaica, said that mining communities across the island would be able to benefit from more than $60 million allocated under the Bauxite Community Development Programme (BCDP). Speaking at the launch of Phase Seven of the programme on October 13,...
The governing board and management of the Ghana Integrated Aluminium Development Corporation (GIADEC) has organised and inaugurated 19-member committees for various bauxite communities in Asiakwa (Atewa) in the Eastern Region, Awaso in the Western North Region, Nyinahini and Mpasaaso in the Ashanti...
Founded in 2001 and ASX-listed, Australian Mines Ltd. is seeking to evolve new aluminium alloys using scandium, which will be sourced from the Sconi project in Queensland. The mining company has allied with Victoria-based Deakin University’s Institute for Frontier Materials for the project, which...
Rating agency ICRA fears that consumption of non-ferrous metals, including aluminium, will shrink significantly this year as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the agency, the pandemic has taken a severe toll on the global automobile, construction, and electrical machinery...
