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...
A Guinean state-owned bauxite miner said last week that domestic alumina refineries are possible in the near future, but they...
The Ghanian government is actively searching for partners to rehabilitate the aluminium smelter operated by state-owned Volta Aluminum Company (VALCO)....
The Guinean government has extended the deadline for bauxite firms to present plans for construction of in-country alumina refineries by...
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 […]
Russian aluminium giant Rusal said earlier this week that a strike at its Compagnie des Bauxites de Dian Dian (COBAD) operation is illegal. Union leaders at COBAD said operations at the plant have come to a halt in protest of the working conditions and pay at the site. Union leader Yamoussa Bangoura told Reuters that […]
The Guinean government last week asked companies operating bauxite mining operations to present plans for refining alumina within its borders by May of this year. The interim government that took power via coup in September has opted to take a harder line against foreign corporations mining in Guinea, reversing the previous government’s friendly attitude to […]
Newly-released shipping data shows that Russia’s UC Rusal has shipped the first bauxite ore from its operations in West Africa in almost a month. Data from Refinitiv indicates that an ore transport ship with ties to Rusal loaded a larger ore ship that left Kamsar in Guinea on Tuesday. Although sanctions against Russian businesses have […]
Egyptian aluminium extruder Delemar Aluminium said this week that it plans on doubling its investment in the domestic market over the next five years and doubling to 40 percent its exports in 2022. Delemar’s CEO Mahmoud Haroun said it is also weighing an initial public offering next year in the Egyptian Exchange (EGX) in addition […]
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