EGA Ships First Bauxite From Guinea Mines
Emirates Global Aluminium PJSC (EGA) announced yesterday the first exports of bauxite ore from its mines in the West African...
Africa
Ghana Bauxite Authority Urged By Domestic NGOs To Seek ASI Certification
A domestic NGO is urging the Ghanaian aluminium authority to pursue certification by the Aluminum Stewardship Initiative (ASI) in order to ensure that its efforts at extracting and marketing its wealth of bauxite ore is done in a safe and responsible manner....
Lindian Secures Funding For Drilling At Gaoual Bauxite Project In Guinea
Australian mineral exploration firm Lindian Resources Limited announced last week the successful funding of bauxite drilling operations in Guinea via...
Global Aluminium Production Falls To 5.25 Million Metric Tons In June
Global aluminium production fell in June, as the worldwide total of smelted primary aluminium last month came to 5.25 million...
Events
Head Of GIADEC Visits Site Of Bauxite Miner Riots In SW Ghana
The head of Ghana’s aluminium promotion and development body traveled to a mine in the country’s southwest last week to ensure that the recent labor unpleasantness has been put behind it. Michael Ansah, Chief Executive Officer of Ghana Integrated Aluminium Development Corporation (GIADEC), traveled to Ghana Bauxite Company Ltd.’s (GBC) mine in Awaso at the […]
Tenova TAKRAF Unloads Over 1,560 Wagons Of Bauxite Ore During 48-Hour Test At Guinea Expansion Project
Italian firm Tenova S.p.A.’s German subsidiary TAKRAF GmbH announced earlier this month the successful offloading of one dozen complete trains of bauxite ore in under 48 hours at Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinée’s (CBG) expansion project in Kamsar, Guinea. The feat, which was completed just after midnight Guinea time on July 1, consisted of unloading […]
Management And Labor Reach Accord At Ghana Bauxite Company Mine One Month After Devastating Riots
Laborers at the Ghana Bauxite Company Limited mine in Awaso are back on the job after management and a nine-member workers’ committee came to an agreement regarding improvements in pay and working conditions. The labor situation is a vast reversal at the mine, which was rocked only a few weeks ago by violent riots that […]
Canyon Resources Reports High-Quality Samples At Bauxite Test Sites In Cameroon
Perth-based mineral miner Canyon Resources Limited announced this week the discovery of quality, high-grade bauxite at its Minim Martap Bauxite Project in Cameroon. Domestic media reported the firm’s findings, which include 8 meters at 56.76% aluminium oxide and 1.63% silicon dioxide, 10 meters at 53.50% aluminium oxide and 2.08% silicon dioxide, and 8 meters at […]
Ghana Government Promotes “Open Door” Policy For Domestic Bauxite Trade
Ghana’s aluminium promotion and development body is attempting to foster greater communication between the state and various stakeholders in order to ensure that its bauxite ore reserves are utilized to the most beneficial extent possible. Last week the Ghana Integrated Aluminium Development Corporation (GIADEC) announced to local media the implementation of an “open door” policy […]
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 businesses and policymakers to accelerate decarbonization efforts. However, with COVID-19 disrupting lives and economies in an unprecedented manner, countries across the globe ...
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 ...
Aluminium of Greece (AOG): is the Pechiney spirit still alive?
Between September 24-25, FastmarketsMB organized its annual aluminium conference in Athens. A day before the conference, in accordance with an ...
