bauxite

Ghanaian Presidential Challenger Promises Domestic Aluminium Industry

Ghanaian Presidential Challenger Promises Domestic Aluminium Industry

Ghanaian opposition presidential candidate Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo told voters this week that the government would begin to take advantage of its bauxite ore deposits by initiating a domestic aluminium industry. “The time has come for us to move our industrial development...

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Events

ABx Posts Strong Numbers for the First Half of 2016

ABx Posts Strong Numbers for the First Half of 2016

Sydney’s Australian Bauxite Limited released results for the first half of 2016 on Monday. The firm turned in significantly better numbers in the half compared to the first half of 2015. ABx reported a revenue for the half of just under A$4 million, an improvement year-on-year from last year’s total of A$911,098. The firm’s profit […]

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Miners to Pay Cost for Dedicated Road in Pahang

Miners to Pay Cost for Dedicated Road in Pahang

The Kuantan government decided last week that the cost of constructing a dedicated road for transporting bauxite from Bukit Goh to the Port of Kuantan will be paid by the mining operators. Pahang’s Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Adnan Yaakob indicated that, based upon his consultation with the state’s Land and Mining Office, the road is […]

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State Government to Supply Bauxite to Vedanta Refinery in Odisha

State Government to Supply Bauxite to Vedanta Refinery in Odisha

Odisha’s state government will be supplying raw material to the Vedanta alumina refinery at Lanjigarh in Kalahandi district from the government-owned Kodingamali bauxite mines in Koraput district. At present the state-owned Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC) holds the mining lease to the bauxite mines in question. “We will make arrangements for bauxite supplies to the Vedanta […]

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ABx Ships Second Bauxite Load from Bald Hill Mine

ABx Ships Second Bauxite Load from Bald Hill Mine

Australian Bauxite announced yesterday that it has loaded and shipped the second batch of cement-grade bauxite from Bell Bay in Tasmania. The shipment in question, which consists of 35,913 metric tons of bauxite ore, was mined from the firm’s Bald Hill mine. ABx says the shipment was loaded in a record time of 45 hours, […]

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Rio Tinto’s First-Half Aluminium Production at Record Levels

Rio Tinto’s First-Half Aluminium Production at Record Levels

Anglo-Australian mining titan Rio Tinto reported financial results for the first half of 2016 yesterday. The firm credits strong performances in bauxite and aluminium as contributing to their strong performance in the half. “Rio Tinto has generated net cash from operating activities of $3.2 billion and reported underlying earnings of $1.6 billion, against a backdrop […]

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