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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Zhenjiang Shipyard has reportedly completed building two series of pusher and towing tugs for a bauxite mining project in Guinea, Africa, as of May 3, after returning to full production in April following slower production in Q1 2020 due to COVID19 restrictions. In total, Zhenjiang Shipyard in...
Ecuador is a country straddling the equator on South America’s west coast. Ecuador's economy has been one of the most stable in the Latin American continent. The country has enjoyed a healthy economy supported by the dollarization regime the country uses the US dollar for its currency—and high oil...
Motorola Solutions is supporting Rio Tinto to pursue delivery towards its consumers while safeguarding people and communities during the COVID-19 pandemic. The two multinational companies have joined hands to design and roll-out a back-up communications solution for Rio Tinto Aluminium’s Integrated...
The fight against COVID-19 is nowadays a global concern, and therefore, a priority for States and socio-professional organizations. Elite Mining Guinea SA offered a large batch of sanitary kits to the National Health Security Agency and food supplies to the communities impacted by its activities in...
The National Aluminium Company Ltd. (NALCO), the Indian state-owned aluminium production Company, on 18 th April’20, made public that it has obtained the mining lease of Angul’s Utkal-D coal block. The permission has been granted by the Odisha state government and a notification has been issued on...
An Anglo-Australian multinational and the world's second-largest metals and mining corporations, Rio Tinto, has released the operational results of the first quarter of 2020, mentioning that its bauxite production has increased year-on-year by about 8 per cent to stand at 13.8 million tonnes. But...
Metro Mining Ltd announced that the first ship for 2020 has arrived at Skardon River. The ship, Vialli, commenced loading on the morning of 14 April. This shipment is the first this year to foundation customer Xinfa who will purchase approximately 2.0 Million DMT (dry metric tonnes) under existing...
Eurasian Resources Group (ERG), one of the leading producers of diversified natural resources, has declared on 14 th April’20, to shut down one of its bauxite mines for three months. The bauxite mine has been the supply feedstock to its alumina plant in Pavlodar, Kazakhstan. Eurasian Resources...
According to a recent report, Achinsk Alumina Refinery in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, is currently using a batch of BelAZ-7555V haulers. The batch, consists of six 55-tonne haulers, was delivered to Achinsk Alumina Refinery, part of Rusal Achinsk, by Krasnoyarsk-BelAZService in March. As per the...
Aluminum is the world’s second-most-used industrial metal, second only to steel. Mexico’s long-running mining tradition dates back to colonial times, and despite the historically large and continuing importance of the mining industry and the fact that Mexico leads in the production of several...
The main minerals mined in Sierra Leone other than bauxite are diamonds, rutile, gold, iron and limonite, though diamond mining makes the highest revenue in the overall mining sector. Diamond mining in Sierra Leone has been seen as one of the key factors for instability in the country and one of...
JISCo Alpart Jamaica’s efforts to contain dust pollution from the bauxite/alumina waste disposal area, popularly known as the red mud lake, have received guarded thumbs up from political representatives. The news came after the Member of Parliament for St Elizabeth South Eastern Frank Witter told...
Aumund Fördertechnik GmbH, the German-based producer of conveying technology will be delivering an arched plate conveyor to Mytilineos S.A. in Agios Nikolaos on the Gulf of Corinth (Greece). The location, at which the Mytilineos metallurgy and technology group operates a plant, produces aluminium...
The Australian mining and metal company Australian Bauxite has started to increase its production to support fertilizer production in Tasmania. The Australian securities exchanges listed (ASX) Australian Bauxite company declared that it has started the delivery of 800 tonnes of its special...
Today, as a result of separate actions by the Premier of Quebec and the President of South Africa to contain the spread of COVID-19, Rio Tinto will slow down some of its operations. At Richards Bay Minerals (RBM) in South Africa Rio Tinto will curtail production in compliance with a directive from...
Coal production from Jamkhani coal block is expected to take Vedanta an inch closer to its goal to reduce aluminium production cost to US$ 1,500 per tonne. Vedanta Limited had acquired the Jamkhani coal block with 220 million tonnes deposits at competitive auctions in Odisha. An increase in...
Metro Mining has made public that it will resume mining at the Bauxite Hills Mine in early April’20, as formulated, with the first vessel to commence loading two weeks later. In general mining operations activities are kept in halt at the Bauxite Hills during the December-March wet season period....
Iran’s aluminium production capacity is expected to reach 775,000 tonnes in the current Iranian calendar year (ends on March 19 th ). The figure clearly states 60% more than the previous year. As per the reports of the country’s national development plan for the mining sector and based on the...
