Metro Mining Increases Bauxite Hills Reserve Estimate By 18.8 Percent
Australia’s Metro Mining Ltd. updated investors on its reserves and resources yesterday, one year on from commencement of operations at...
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China Imports Of Bauxite Ore Rose By 24.9 Percent In 2019 Through July
As improvements to low-temperature alumina production continue by refiners in the People’s Republic of China, the country’s thirst for overseas bauxite increases. Such was the story told by Customs data released on Sunday that showed a 24.9 percent jump on the year...
State And Federal Officials Meet To Discuss Malaysia’s Continuing Ban On Bauxite Mining
The Malaysian federal government is slated to meet with representatives of the government of the state of Pahang in the...
Weeks After Cyclone, Metro Mining Extracted 8,167 WMT of Bauxite Ore Per Day in June
Australia’s Metro Mining Ltd. updated its investors on the company’s just-ended second quarter yesterday. In the second quarter, Metro mined...
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Metro Mining’s Inaugural Bauxite Shipment Arrives in Qingdao
Australia’s Metro Mining Ltd. announced yesterday the safe arrival and provisional payment for its debut shipments from operations at Bauxite Hills Mine. Per the firm, two shipments totaling 123 thousand metric tons of bauxite ore arrived safely at the dock in Qingdao, China on May 20. Representatives from Shandong Xinfa Aluminium Group were on hand […]
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 […]
Pacific Bauxite to Raise A$3.5 MM for Exploration in Solomon Islands Projects
Australian miner Pacific Bauxite Limited announced late last week the securing of up to A$3.5 million (US$2.6 million) in funding sufficient to allow the firm to carry out an “aggressive” exploration effort at both bauxite sites it operates in the Solomon Islands. The firm says it received commitments of A$2.5 million (US$1.9 million) via a […]
EGA Inks Fifteen-Year Transshipment Agreement With Louis Dreyfus Company for Guinean Bauxite
UAE aluminium smelter Emirates Global Aluminium PJSC announced yesterday a new 15-year agreement with Louis Dreyfus Company B.V. (LDC) subsidiary LD Ports & Logistics to transship bauxite from the Republic of Guinea. Separately, LDC subsidiary Louis Dreyfus Armateurs and Abu Dhabi Ports executed an agreement to form a joint venture to assist in the project. […]
Nalco Mulling Move Into Guinea’s Bauxite Trade
Reporting from domestic media indicates that India’s National Aluminium Company Limited (Nalco) is investigating the possibility of gaining a foothold in the significant bauxite ore assets in the West African country of Guinea. Chairman and managing director Tapan Kumar Chand told an Indian newspaper earlier this week that bauxite mining may not be the only […]
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 ...
