First Capesize Vessel Departs Guinea Alumina Corporation Facilities In Kamsar
Emirates Global Aluminium PJSC (EGA) announced over the weekend the departure of the inaugural Capesize vessel from its bauxite mining...
Africa
First Payment On Infrastructure-For-Bauxite Deal Made By China To Ghana
After talks last weekend between representatives of the two governments, Ghana confirmed that it is going ahead with a US$2-billion deal with the People’s Republic of China to exchange infrastructure improvements in the West African country for bauxite ore. According to Ghanaian...
Bauxite Operations Back To Normal In Guinea After Deadly Political Protests
Normal operations have resumed at bauxite mines in Guinea after several days of unrest that led to slowed production, as...
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...
Events
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 state of Guinea under the auspices of Guinea Alumina Corporation (GAC). Per EGA, the commencement of bauxite ore shipments marks the beginning of the company’s status as an integrated aluminium major. The opening of this […]
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 a A$1.3 million stock placement. Per the firm, the placement consisted of the sale of 81.25 million fully-paid ordinary shares that were marketed primarily to professional and sophisticated investors. A 1:1 option will also be […]
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 metric tons according to numbers released by the International Aluminum Institute on Monday. Per the Institute’s numbers, June’s production was down on the month by 180 thousand metric tons on the month and 80 thousand […]
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 […]
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 ...
