Africa

GAC Becomes First Plant In Guinea To Win Aluminium Stewardship Initiative Performance Standard Certification

GAC Becomes First Plant In Guinea To Win Aluminium Stewardship Initiative Performance Standard Certification

The Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) announced this week the certification of Guinea Alumina Corporation SA (GAC) under its Performance Standard V2 (2017). The ASI certification of GAC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Emirates Global Aluminium PJSC (EGA), is the organization’s first-ever certification...

Events

Canyon Resources Signs MOU With Port Authority Of Douala On Development Of Infrastructure

Perth-based mineral miner Canyon Resources Limited signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Port Authority of Douala this week to develop infrastructure at Port of Douala-Bonabéri in the African country of Cameroon. Per Canyon Resources, the MOU lays out the groundwork upon which Canyon Resources and the Port Authority may partner on developing and upgrading […]

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 purchased the shares from Mitsubishi subsidiary MCA Metals Holding. The sale boosted IDC’s […]

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 declare the land a national park. Last week Daryl Bosu, deputy national director for A ROCHA, told domestic media that the forest had previously been a national park, and the push to return it to […]