South32’s Profit Rises By 35 Percent In FY 19-20’s Front Half
Australian metals miner South32 Limited released results for the first half of FY 2018-19 on Thursday, turning in production numbers...
Australia
Despite Rains, Metro Mining Carries Out Improvements At Bauxite Hills Mine
Australia’s Metro Mining Ltd. updated investors regarding operations at Bauxite Hills Mine yesterday, detailing the events that have taken place over the wet season and since the firm’s announced transition to the site’s owner-operator. Per the press release, Metro ended mining operations...
ABx Prepares Next Custom Bauxite Ore Shipment At Bald Hill
Australian Bauxite Limited (ABx) reported to investors yesterday that operations at the Bald Hill Bauxite Project have ramped up in...
Rio Tinto Promises Carbon-Free Smelting Technology At Tiwai Point
New Zealand’s Tiwai Point Aluminium Smelter is in line to possibly become the world’s first carbon-free aluminium smelter after a...
Events
Site Preparation Begins For Altech’s High-Purity Alumina Plant In Western Malaysia
Australian innovator Altech Chemicals Ltd. said yesterday that the firm’s Development Order for its high-purity alumina (HPA) plant in Malaysia has received all necessary approvals from the state, and the establishment works at the plant’s site have begun. Per Altech, activity currently ongoing at the site includes hoarding of the site; establishment of a site […]
Alumina Production By Rio Tinto Projected To Rise To 8.4 Million Metric Tons In 2019
The new year will see a rise in production of both bauxite and alumina from the world’s largest miner. Such was the news from a production report released by Anglo-Australian mining titan Rio Tinto Group late last week. In 2019 the company expects to produce between 8.1 million and 8.4 million metric tons of the […]
Tellus Granted Permits For New Kaolin Mine In Western Australia
An Australian firm announced late last week that it had been given government approval to begin construction of a kaolin mining operation in the southwestern portion of the country. Sydney’s Tellus Holdings advised investors that it now has in hand the environmental approvals necessary to conduct mining operations at Coolgardie, 350 miles east of Perth. […]
With Production Guidance Achieved, Metro Mining Transitions To Owner/Operator Of Bauxite Hills
Australia’s Metro Mining Ltd. shipped 2,037,106 wet metric tons (WMT) in 2018 and, according to the firm, met production guidance for the year as it closes operations at Bauxite Hills for the coming rainy season. Metro advised investors in a press release yesterday that the 33rd and final shipment for the year left the docks […]
Fiji’s Aurum Seeking Next Bauxite Sale By Mid-2019
According to Fiji’s Minister for Lands and Mineral Resources Ashneel Sudhaka, Aurum Exploration (Fiji) Limited is in the process of searching for buyers for its bauxite resources, eyeing the resumption of shipments within the next six months. “There are potential buyers but the catalyst for finalising a bauxite sale agreement is the bauxite quality,” explained […]
Aluminium Industry Riding To Higher Demand In Electric Vehicles
This is an exciting time indeed for aluminium consumption, with demand for this highly versatile metal continuing to rise to dizzying heights with every new estimate. Among the brighter stars in the consumption constellation continues to be that of electric vehicles. As ...
Leaders Emerge In The Aluminium Industry’s Race To Zero Carbon
One of the aluminium industry’s major goals continues to be the production of metal in a manner that emits the ...
Aluminium Market Update: Why Are Aluminium Prices Lagging Behind Other Base Metals?
Base metals prices have recovered significantly since January’s lows after news that the US and China are inching closer to ...
The Venezuela Blackout Spells Doom for its Aluminium Industry
After Venezuela’s energy supply failed on March 8th, the directors of the CVG together with the presidents of each company ...
