Maaden secures $1b in oversubscribed financing as Saudi mining push accelerates
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 joins Jindal Steel as COO
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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Make in India: NALCO, BEML join hands to launch heavy ripper dozers for bauxite mining
India’s navratna PSU and leading aluminium manufacturer National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) and Bharat Earth Movers Limited (BEML) jointly unveiled state-of-the-art heavy earth moving machineries at the latter’s Kolar Gold Field Complex on August 28. The HEMM BD475-1 Ripper Dozer is built...
Exton Cubic Group accuses EPA of unfair treatment on bauxite mining halt
Exton Cubic Group that has been directed Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to halt mining operations at Nyinahini bauxite franchise in Ashanti district, has accused the EPA of not giving it a fair hearing over the bauxite prospecting deal in the Tano-Offin Forest Reserve in the Ashanti Region....
Minerals Commission directs Exton Cubic to halt operations at Ghana's Nyinahin bauxite concession
After Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Ghana’s Minerals Commission has now directed Exton Cubic Group Limited to halt mining operations at Nyinahini bauxite concession overlooking Tano Offin Forest reserve in Ashanti district. Exton Cubic shall obtain the “necessary approvals and permits as...
SOI Global to restart bauxite mining in Late September 2017
<p>According a report from Shanghai Metals Market, India origin SOI Global is expected to resume bauxite production in late September. The Company is engaged in trading of various industrial Minerals, Chemicals, Agro- Commodities & Fertilizers.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img...
EPA restricts Exton Cubic Group to undertake bauxite mining in Ghana
<p>The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has not granted the EPA permit to Exton Cubic Group Limited to undertake prospecting of bauxite at Nyinahini in the Atwima Mponua District of the Ashanti Region. Exton Cubic Group Limited restricted from entering the Nyinahin bauxite deposit area.</p>...
Bauxite and other mineral exports to put Guinea’s growth on the fast track, IMF predicts
<p>After having recovered from the widespread health impact of the Ebola epidemic Guinea is now on a stable growth trajectory. The country is expected to grow at 6.7 per cent rate (real growth) in 2017 piggybacking <a title="News"...
Gujarat government to auction nine limestone & bauxite mines
<p>Gujarat government has made a decision to auction nine limestone and bauxite mines in the next 6-9 months. This was conveyed by a mining official from the state of Gujarat.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img style="vertical-align: middle;"...
Chalco plans big investment in Guinea bauxite project
<p>The mines minister of Guinea revealed that China’s Aluminium Corp of China (Chalco) has formed an intention to invest huge amount of money in bauxite project in Guinea. Chalco will spend $500 million for production of bauxite in the country from 2018, according to a report from...
Global bauxite mining market to remain lucrative through 2021
<p>As aluminium increasingly becomes the metal of choice for OEMs across industries bauxite mining stands to grow at a commendable per annum rate through 2021. According to the latest study by Persistence Market Research, the global bauxite market will grow significantly during 2016-2021.</p> <p...
Jamaica's bauxite export almost halves in H1 2017; H2 outlook not encouraging either
<p>Jamaica is yet to get its due from its bauxite mining industry. The country with a sizeable bauxite reserve amounting to 2 billion tonnes ranks fifth after Guinea, Australia, Brazil, and Vietnam as one of the world’s top countries with rich bauxite reserves. As per 2014 U.S. Geological...
Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission to halt bauxite exports
<p>The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) will examine the ports to restrict the export of bauxite in the country. MACC has been investigating illegal bauxite mining activities for weeks. MACC deputy chief commissioner (operations) Datuk Azam Baki said the halt would be difficult but...
Bauxite mining plan in Kerala’s Kadaladipara hits a roadblock
<p>The proposed bauxite mining and clay mining plan at India’s Kadaladipara in Kinanoor-Karinthalam panchayat in Kasaragod district in Kerala hit a roadblock after the public hearing was called off last Saturday, August5, due to a mass protest by the local people.</p> <p>The district...
Indigenous-owned bauxite mining operation & training centre open in Northern Territory
<p>An Indigenous owned mine training centre and bauxite mining operation developed by Gumatj Corporation in Northeast Arnhem Land with support from Rio Tinto was opened at the 19th annual Garma Festival.</p> <p>The Gulkula Regional Training Centre and Gulkula bauxite mining operation are owned...
BMI Research projects 49 million tonnes bauxite production in India by 2021
<p>India's bauxite production is expected to increase from 22.08 million tonnes in 2016 to 49.4 million tonnes by 2021, says a BMI Research report.</p> <p>According to a BMI Research report, India's bauxite production is expected to rise from 22.08 million tonnes in 2016 to 49.4 million tonnes by...
Top five bauxite mining companies in Australia
<p>The global economic growth is estimated to underpin solid demand for aluminium, and hence the significance of bauxite as the ore for the white metal. Australia is geared to serve world demand for bauxite especially from China.</p> <p>Australia, the world's largest producer of bauxite, accounts...
Illegal bauxite mining is unstoppable despite moratorium in Pahang
<p>Despite a year and a half-long ban on bauxite mining, the exports of bauxite are mounting for months in Pahang. The illegal mining activities, unless regulated, will continue in the future. The moratorium on bauxite mining in Pahang is currently in place until December 31, 2017.</p>...
India’s top court orders revision of National Mineral Policy by 2017 end
<p>The Supreme Court of India has directed the government to consider revising the National Mineral Policy by December this year so as to better regulate the domestic mining sector which includes coal, iron ore, bauxite mining along with other industrial minerals. The revision would also stop...
SAR’s phosphate and bauxite transport up 27% in H1 2017
<p>Saudi Railways Company (SAR) reported that it transported 4.06 million tonnes of phosphate and bauxite in the first half of 2017, an increase of 27 per cent. SAR’S mineral trains carried 3.21 million tonnes of phosphate and bauxite in the first half of 2016.</p> <p><img...
