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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Metro Mining Limited has provided an update regarding its JORC reserves and resources for the Bauxite Hills mine following the first year of mining. The total reserve estimate for Bauxite Hills is now 109.5 million tonnes (wet), up 18.8% from 92.2 million tonnes in March 2017. This has the...
Nalco is looking at venturing out beyond aluminium to invest in value added segments like production of high-end alloys for space vehicles and electric cars and lithium battery production; the company chairman TK Chand said this in an interview to Economic Times. The company is also planning to...
The bauxite mine of National Aluminium Company Ltd (NALCO), located in the picturesque Koraput district of Odisha, has bagged the coveted ‘Golden Peacock Environment Management Award’ for the year 2019 for setting global benchmarks in Environmental Management. NALCO received the award at a ceremony...
According to the Statistical data from ABAL, the aluminium industry association of Brazil, the country’s total bauxite production from January to December 2018 dropped 16% to 32 million tonnes from 38 million tonnes in 2017. It was mostly driven by production drop in Norsk Hydro’s bauxite mine at...
According to a recent report, South32 Worsley Alumina has submitted a revised proposal to the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) stating its wish to expand Worsley bauxite mine in the South West of Australia. In the revised proposal, the Australian mining company has also mentioned that the...
The announcement of withdrawal of the mining order in the Eastern Ghats by Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on June 25 has put the future of the 1.5 million-tonne Anrak alumina refinery set up by Anrak Aluminium Limited (AAL) in Visakhapatnam in dark. Bauxite mining rights were...
Metro Mining reportedly ramped up its bauxite production and shipping from Bauxite Hills Mine in Far North Queensland through the June quarter. According to the report, the company reached the budgeted operating rates and generated consistent results on a daily basis. Metro experienced some...
Andhra Pradesh government has decided to cancel permission given to a state run company to mine bauxite in the tribal areas of Eastern Ghats. Andhra Pradesh with 600 million tonnes or nearly 22%, of India’s bauxite reserves, has the second largest bauxite reserve after Odisha. Chief Minister YS...
JAG Berhad’s memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Empire Mining Sdn Bhd to jointly explore bauxite mining opportunities in Pulau Langkawi has been reportedly terminated. The group said in a filing today, "The MoU was terminated in view that the parties could not mutually agree on the terms of the...
According to a recent report, the Anglo-Australian mining corporation, Rio Tinto, has temporarily suspended the operation at its Gove Operations bauxite mine last week after Electrical Trades Union (ETU) delegates discovered improper lighting condition at the ship loading facility. ETU Northern...
Noranda Bauxite organised an Agriculture Education Industry Exposition at the Port Rhodes Sports Complex in Discovery Bay, St Ann, Jamaica on May 30 to demonstrate how agricultures and education sector can be developed and boosted by the bauxite industry. Bauxite industry in Jamaica has the...
Rio Tinto has disclosed additional information in relation to its global tailings facilities in its website in line with its commitment to disclose information about its practices. Rio Tinto, in its website, defines tailings as “residues created as part of mining, refining, smelting and water...
Hydro on Monday announced the signing of an agreement with the Federal University of Pará (UFPA). The agreement will lead to research to improve operations in Barcarena and Paragominas, as well as community development there. On May 31, Hydro’s companies in Brazil - Mineração Paragominas, Alunorte...
Metro Mining Ltd has recommenced operations for the 2019 operating year and completed activities relating to the expansion of production at the Bauxite Hills Mine. The installation of duplicate screening infrastructure and integration of new 7,000t barges and tripleset trailers have resulted in a...
Nyinahin residents and the surrounding communities in the Ashanti region in South Ghana believe that bauxite mining in that area will cause serious harm to their lives and thus, reportedly expressed dissatisfaction with the government’s aluminium ore mining plans. The residents claimed that the...
Metro Mining Limited’s new non-executive director Fiona Murdoch has reportedly demonstrated her faith in the company’s bauxite strategy while making a first purchase in the company of 150,000 ordinary shares on June 5 for the total value of $20,050. Murdoch has more than 28 years of experience in...
Noranda Bauxite, located in St Ann, Jamaica has been appreciated by Mining Minister Robert Montague for optimum use of reclaimed bauxite lands for farming and the storage of water. Noranda Bauxite, now owned by Dada Holdings mines bauxite in St Ann and ships worldwide for both metallurgical and...
Ghana’s president Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo assured that the government’s plan to mine bauxite in the Atewa forest, the country’s largest natural rainforest, would not harm the environment. He said this during the Sustainable Ocean Industries Conference in Ghana. He said that the latest mining...
