Lindian Obtains Trio Of Mining Tenements For NE Tanzania Bauxite Project
Australian mineral exploration firm Lindian Resources Limited announced yesterday the granting of a trio of bauxite ore mining tenements at...
Africa
Select South African Aluminium And Steel Producers Win Reprieve From Trump Tariffs
Certain aluminium and steel producers from the Republic of South Africa have been granted exemptions to the Trump adminstration’s blanket tariffs according to South Africa’s Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). According to the DTI, the U.S. Department of Commerce issued waivers...
Proceeds From Bauxite Mining Will Benefit The Ghanaian People: MP Asiamah
Responding to concerns raised by his constituency, MP Isaac Kwame Asiamah went on record earlier this week to promise that...
Ghanaian Think Tank Counsels Caution On Bauxite Deal With China
Opposition continues to mount against the US$2-billion bauxite-for-infrastructure deal between the government of Ghana and the People’s Republic of China’s...
Events
China’s Plan To Mine Bauxite Beneath Ghana’s Forests Criticized By Group Of 65 Civil Society Organizations
A group of over five dozen civil society organizations (CSOs) spoke out against plans by the People’s Republic of China to develop Ghana’s bauxite resources on the grounds of societal and environmental concerns. The group of 65 CSOs, which include 37 Ghanaian groups, 11 from elsewhere in Africa, and 17 from other continents, stated their […]
Infrastructure Improvements Outweigh All Other Concerns Over Bauxite Deal With China – Ghana PM Osei Owusu
Debate continues to rage over the proposed US$2-billion deal between the west African republic of Ghana and the People’s Republic of China that would have China’s Sinohydro Group Limited gain access to Ghana’s significant bauxite resources in exchange for badly-needed infrastructure improvements. Earlier this week Ghana’s First Deputy Speaker of Parliament Joe Osei Owusu told […]
Ghana’s Minority Leader Calls On IMF To Review Bauxite Deal With China
Pushback is increasing against a deal between the governments of Ghana and the People’s Republic of China over a US$2-million deal to trade Ghanaian bauxite ore for the construction of badly-needed infrastructure in the country by China, as Thursday saw Ghana’s minority leader call for the deal to be reviewed by the International Monetary Fund […]
Ghana Politician Counsels Renegotiation Of US$2 Billion Bauxite Deal With China
A former Ghanaian state official is speaking out against the US$2 billion bauxite deal his government negotiated with the People’s Republic of China on the grounds that the deal is excessively one-sided. Former Chief Executive Officer of the State Enterprises Commission Dr. Camynta Baezie is calling upon Accra to renegotiate the deal with a view […]
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 production capacity of 5.5 million tons of high-grade bauxite ore per annum. In […]
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 ...
