Canyon Resources Reports Positive Sampling Results At Makan Bauxite Permit In Cameroon
Perth-based mineral miner Canyon Resources Limited said last week that initial exploration at its Makan Bauxite Permit has been promising...
Africa
South African Government Increases Ownership Share Of Mozal Aluminium
The South African government has increased its stake in the largest sub-Saharan aluminium smelter in Africa this week. The Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa (IDC) exercised its pre-emptive rights earlier this week to purchase another 8.445 percent of Mozal Aluminium. IDC...
Ghana Environmental Group Criticizes Bauxite Mining Plan For Atiwa Forest
A Ghanian environmental group is calling upon the country’s government to block bauxite mining at the Atiwa forest and instead...
ASI Certifies First Aluminium Plant In Sub-Saharan Africa At Mozal’s Maputo Smelter
The Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) announced this week the ASI Performance Standard V2 (2017) Certification with Provisional status of Mozal...
Events
South32 Aiming To Double Green Aluminium Production By Late 2023
Australian metals miner South32 is well on its way to becoming a global, diversified metals firm thanks to the significant changes the firm has undergone in the past year, noted the company’s chief development officer Simon Collins in a virtual conference held last week. Collins told the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada online conference […]
CBG Says Alumina Refining In Guinea Is Possible If The Conditions Are Right
A Guinean state-owned bauxite miner said last week that domestic alumina refineries are possible in the near future, but they will require a significant capital and innovative investment to realize. Speaking to the Africa CEO Forum in Abidjan, Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinée (CBG) CEO Souleymane Traoré said that the two necessary parties were already […]
Ghana Government Seeks Partner For Revitalization Of VALCO Aluminium Smelter
The Ghanian government is actively searching for partners to rehabilitate the aluminium smelter operated by state-owned Volta Aluminum Company (VALCO). Such was the message conveyed by Ghana Lands and Natural Resources minister Samuel Jinapor at the Africa CEO Forum conference earlier this week. Per Jinapor, Ghana is seeking to make a fully-integrated aluminium industry to […]
Guinean Government Extends Deadline For Alumina Refinery Plans After None Are Submitted
The Guinean government has extended the deadline for bauxite firms to present plans for construction of in-country alumina refineries by another ten days last week, pushing back a deadline that lapsed at the end of last month. According to the country’s ruling junta, part of the rationale for the extension is a lack of interest […]
Strikers At Rusal’s COBAD Bauxite Mine In Guinea Win Concessions On Pay And Working Conditions
A strike at Russian aluminium firm UC Rusal’s Guinea operation Compagnie des Bauxites de Dian-Dian (COBAD) concluded last week after a week and labor’s concessions on salary and working conditions. The COBAD strike, which commenced on 26 May, sought a bump in pay as well as certain improvements to the mine for the benefit of […]
Biden Infrastructure Bill A Big Boon To Aluminium Industry: Norsk Hydro VP Mike Stier
Earlier this month the United States Congress passed into law President Joe Biden’s US$1.2 trillion infrastructure package. The Investing in a New Vision for the Environment and Surface Transportation in America Act (or the INVEST in America Act) will allocate US$550 billion ...
The Net-Zero Shift Starts With Low Carbon Aluminium
2020 was supposed to be “year of climate action”, with the Glasgow COP26 acting as a major milestone for both ...
Aluminium at the LME Week – Key Takeaways
Between October 28 and November 1st, London hosted the traditional London Metals Exchange (LME) Week gathering of analysts, brokers, traders ...
Aluminium Market Oversupplied, Demand Growth Flat
Base metals prices reacted positively to the progress registered in the latest round of US – China trade talks in ...
