Violent Protests Rock Bauxite Mine In SW Ghana
Workers at a bauxite mine in southwest Ghana staged violent protests earlier this week to call attention to poor working...
Africa
Government Increases Security At Ransacked Bauxite Mine In SW Ghana
The fallout from violent protests at a bauxite mining operation in southwest Ghana continues as the mine’s management company called upon the government to arrest and prosecute those responsible for property destruction during the course of Monday’s unrest. Ghana Bauxite Company’s general...
Locals Say They’ve Been Shut Out Of Bauxite Concessions By Ghana Government
Ghana’s government is fending off accusations made by locals in the southwestern portion of the country that they were not...
Bauxite Mining In Atewa Forest Will Be Mindful Of Local Flora And Fauna: Ghana’s President Akufo-Addo
Bauxite mining in the Atewa forest would be carried out in a responsible fashion that would not put the area’s...
Events
EGA Inks US$750 Million Funding Deal For Guinea Bauxite Mine Project
Emirates Global Aluminium PJSC (EGA) revealed on Tuesday that its wholly-owned subsidiary Guinea Alumina Corporation (GAC) closed a US$750-million financing deal to fund one of the country’s biggest-ever greenfield mining project. Per EGA, the loan has a 12- to 14-year tenor and is funded by a combination of development finance institutions, export credit agencies, and […]
Ghana Government Seeking Proposals From Investors For Bauxite Ore Mining Projects
In a bid to maximizing its native mineral wealth to improve domestic infrastructure, the Ghanaian government has begun to solicit bids from investors for solutions to enhancing the country’s bauxite ore production and refining process. Earlier this week the chief executive officer of Ghana Integrated Aluminium Corp Michael Ansah made the announcement, noting that offers […]
Guinea’s New Bauxite Railway To Begin Operation In Summer Of 2021
According to the consortium constructing a new railway in Guinea for transportation of bauxite ore, the line will begin moving product to the coast by June 2021. Such was the message from Guinean miner Societe Miniere de Boke (SMB) and Singaporean shipping titan Winning Shipping on Friday regarding progress on the US$3 billion project. The […]
Guinea To Quadruple Electrical Output Over Next Six Years To Encourage Bauxite Refining: Energy Minister
In an effort at encouraging mining firms to refine bauxite ore harvested in country domestically, the Guinean government announced late last week that it plans to quadruple energy output over the coming half-dozen years. Speaking on the periphery of a mining conference on Friday, Guinea’s energy minister Cheick Taliby Sylla said that the key to […]
Alufer Studying Expansion Of Bel Air Bauxite Mine To 10 Million MTPA
Independent mining firm Alufer Mining Limited announced yesterday the commencement of detailed engineering studies at the Bel Air bauxite mine to determine the feasibility of expanding production to 10 million metric tons of bauxite ore per annum. Per a press release issued by the firm yesterday, operations at the site are on pace to produce […]
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 ...
