Ghana’s Chamber Of Commerce Lends Support To Government’s Bauxite Plans
Ghana’s chamber of commerce announced their support for the country’s plan for bringing its significant bauxite ore to market last...
Africa
Guinea’s Bel Air Bauxite Mine Makes First Ore Shipment
Guinea’s Bel Air bauxite mine is complete and its first shipment to Chinese buyers has been made. So said the African Finance Corporation (AFC) on Wednesday. AFC said that the mine, which was finished on time and on budget, will have a...
Ghana’s Parliament Signs Off On Deal With Chinese Firm To Trade Bauxite Ore For US$2 Billion In Infrastructure Improvements
The Ghanaian parliament passed late last week an agreement with the People’s Republic of China’s SynoHydro Corporation to build US$2...
CITIC Subsidiary Plans Twin Aluminium Wheel Plants For Morocco
Hebei’s CITIC Dicastal Co., Ltd. announced a plan to invest €350 million (US$408 million) to build two factories to produce...
Events
Proposed U.S. Tariffs On Aluminium Automotive Parts May Trigger Lawsuit – South African Government
With the threat of a global trade war looming large on the horizon, South Africa’s government warned the United States that it could face litigation should it go forward with new tariffs on aluminium-based products. South Africa’s Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies told domestic media late last week that his government may take the […]
Ghana’s VP Calls Upon United States To Partner On Bauxite Development Project
In a speech delivered at a conference between the two countries’ governments, Ghana’s Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia called upon United States Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross to aid in bringing the African nation’s fledgling bauxite ore sector into global prominence. Speaking at the inaugural U.S.-Ghana Business Forum late last week, Bawumia said that the United […]
EGA’s Construction of Bauxite Operations in Boké Reaches Half Completion
Emirates Global Aluminium PJSC’s (EGA) operations in Guinea reached 50 percent construction completion this week, with the firm announcing the same on Tuesday. Operating in-country under the auspices of Guinea Alumina Corporation, EGA is employing 4,000 Guineans to complete the US$1.4 billion project. The firm says first production is expected to commence early next year. […]
Rusal Restarts Operations At Guinea’s Friguia Alumina Refinery
Russian Federation aluminium giant U.C. Rusal announced yesterday the reopening of operations at Guinea’s Friguia Alumina Refinery. Per the company, the restart is a product of a 2016 agreement with the Guinean government that will see the facility ramp up production to between 550 thousand and 600 thousand metric tons per annum within a year […]
Ivory Coast Firm Partnering with Sumitomo in US$375 MM Bauxite Project
Ivory Coast miner Lagune Exploitation Afrique revealed to financial media earlier this week that it is negotiating with a subsidiary of Japan’s Sumitomo Group to develop an Ivorian bauxite outcropping by building mining operations and twin alumina refineries totaling US$375 million. Per Chief Executive Officer Moumouni Bictogo, the Benene deposit, which is located in the […]
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 old tradition, a one-day field trip for conference delegates was organized to the Aluminium of Greece (AoG) plant, some 180 km from ...
International Aluminium 2019 Conference – Key Takeaways
The FastmaketsMB aluminium conference is the sequel to the Metal Bulletin aluminium conferences, which have traditionally been one of oldest ...
Electric Vehicles (EVs): outlook for sales and aluminium demand
After last year’s electric vehicles (EVs) sales increase of 72% year/year, to 2.02 million, this year’s growth is expected to ...
Are Things Finally Looking Up For The Aluminium Market?
Base metals prices recovered sharply in the first half of September, after a seasonal slump in August, as investors and ...
