First Bauxite Corporation Updates Guyana Government on US$50 MM Mining Project
Canadian mining firm First Bauxite Corporation (FBX) updated Guyana’s president on a US$50 million bauxite project set to begin construction...
Latin America
Norsk Hydro Alerts Bauxite Customers of Supply Problems from Brazilian Mine
Norsk Hydro ASA yesterday issued a notice of force majeure to buyers of its bauxite, as a lack of water in the area has prevented Brazilian miner Mineração Rio do Norte (MRN) from delivering sufficient levels of ore to cover its contractual...
Jamaica’s Bauxite Levy Continues to Fund Capital Development: Finance Minister
In response to an opposition leader’s declaration that the country’s bauxite levy is “dead Act just waiting for burial,” Jamaica’s...
Jamaican Businessman Touts Revival of Alpart’s Bauxite Operations as Blueprint for Local Investment
Jamaica’s government should consider tax incentives for locals seeking to invest in domestic enterprises. Such was the advice offered by...
Events
Jamaican Pols Voice Their Optimism Over Alpart’s Restart Next Month
Telling onlookers of his satisfaction with the prospect of the Alumina Partners of Jamaica plant’s resumption of full production at its bauxite and alumina operations in a matter of weeks, Jamaica’s opposition leader Dr. Peter Phillips toured the facility at St. Elizabeth on Friday. The president of the People’s National Party was joined by fellow […]
Alpart Plans New Alumina Refinery for Jamaica
Alumina Partners of Jamaica (Alpart) is preparing to build another alumina refinery on the island according to Jamaican Finance Minister Audley Shaw. In remarks made at a town hall in St. Ann, Shaw revealed that the firm is planning to construct its second plant, which is expected to turn out two thousand metric tons of […]
Guyanese Government Reassessing Once-Thriving Bauxite Industry
The government of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana is expecting the imminent delivery of a report detailing the state of the country’s bauxite industry. “We are currently reviewing the industry to see where our reserves are and the future of the industry,” explained Guyana’s Natural Resources Minister Raphael Trotman. The report, which comes at the […]
Domestic Bauxite and Alumina Industry to Add Over 1,000 New Jobs in 2017: Jamaican Minister Henry
Growth in the bauxite and alumina trades will have added over one thousand new jobs to the Jamaican economy by year’s end according to the country’s Minister of Transport and Works. Minister Mike Henry made the revelation in the course of remarks at Thursday’s 2017/18 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives. He went on […]
EGA Among Four New Members of The Aluminum Association
The Aluminum Association announced the addition of four new members last Friday. It now counts Almexa Alumino, Emirates Global Aluminium, Linde LLC, and Material Sciences Corporation among its numbers. Almexa Alumino joins the Association as a producer member. The company is based in Cuautitlan, Mexico and operates three plants that produce aluminium plate, sheet, and […]
Zhongwang Fake Semis Prosecution May Slam The Door On Key Routes For U.S. Import Duty Avoidance
The global aluminium market has been watching the trials and travails of Chinese behemoth Zhongwang with intense interest for the past few weeks after the company and its founder Liu Zhongtian were brought up on criminal charges by the United States federal ...
Aluminium Prices Under Double Pressure: Trade Wars and Chinese Exports
Base metals prices tumbled to their lowest in several weeks at the start of August, after U.S. President Donald Trump ...
Dirty Metal – China’s Troublesome Tether Between Coal And Aluminium
The year 2019 has been a red-letter year for the aluminium sector in the People’s Republic of China. Despite trade ...
Is Rio Tinto’s ISAL smelter a bargain or a smart investment?
At least three companies (including Swiss commodity trader Glencore and German Trimet Aluminium) have expressed interest in buying Rio Tinto’s ...
