Bound for Chinese Shores, Fiji Ships First Load of Bauxite in 2018
The Fijian government announced earlier this week that its first load of bauxite this year is currently being loaded onto...
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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...
Fijian Bauxite Miners Stockpiling Ore and Await Price Rise: Mining Secretary Finau
Although global bauxite prices have declined in recent months, Fijian government officials say that miners will continue to mine the...
Year’s First Bauxite Shipment Earns Fiji Government US$1.4 MM
Fiji’s first bauxite shipment of 2017 netted the government US$1.4 million dollars, bringing the total earnings from bauxite sales since...
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Fiji Confirms First Bauxite Shipment of the Year
The Fijian government confirmed its first shipment of bauxite in 2016 on Wednesday. Fiji’s Acting director of the Mineral Resources Department Apete Soro told local media that the first shipment of the year left the Fijian port of Bua last month, bound for refineries in the People’s Republic of China. “I can confirm that the […]
Fiji to Resume Bauxite Sales Next Month
The Fijian government confirmed this week that it will resume bauxite ore exports next month. A stagnant market for the ore has frustrated efforts to sell for the past year. According to Apete Soro, acting director for mines at the Department of Mineral Resources, the firm of Aurum Exploration Fiji Ltd has secured an overseas […]
Biden Infrastructure Bill A Big Boon To Aluminium Industry: Norsk Hydro VP Mike Stier
Earlier this month the United States Congress passed into law President Joe Biden’s US$1.2 trillion infrastructure package. The Investing in a New Vision for the Environment and Surface Transportation in America Act (or the INVEST in America Act) will allocate US$550 billion ...
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 ...
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 ...
