CBG Says Alumina Refining In Guinea Is Possible If The Conditions Are Right
A Guinean state-owned bauxite miner said last week that domestic alumina refineries are possible in the near future, but they...
Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinée
Lindian Resources Advances Gaoual Bauxite Project with MOU
Lindian Resources is set to commercialize its Gaoual bauxite project in Guinea, signing a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for a potential sales agreement with the recognized miner, Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinée (CBG). Lindian has pledged to finalize a feasibility study for...
Guinean Government Seeks Bauxite Miners’ Plans For Domestic Alumina Refineries
The Guinean government last week asked companies operating bauxite mining operations to present plans for refining alumina within its borders...
Lindian On Cusp Of Production At Guinean Bauxite Reserves
Australian mineral exploration firm Lindian Resources Limited is on the verge of bringing its vast bauxite ore resources into production...
Events
Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinée Joins ASI
Aluminium Stewardship Initiative welcomed Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinée to the fold of members this week, boosting the organization’s membership to 174. CBG operates a bauxite mining project in Sangarédi in Guinea’s northwestern reaches. It currently ships about 16 million metric tons of high-grade bauxite ore to third-party buyers around the world. The firm was […]
First Capesize Vessel Departs Guinea Alumina Corporation Facilities In Kamsar
Emirates Global Aluminium PJSC (EGA) announced over the weekend the departure of the inaugural Capesize vessel from its bauxite mining subsidiary in Guinea. Berge Bulk’s ore carrier MV Berge Rosa departed from Guinea Alumina Corporation’s facilities at Kamsar bound for an unnamed buyer in India. The vessel set sail with 173 thousand metric tons of […]
Tenova TAKRAF Unloads Over 1,560 Wagons Of Bauxite Ore During 48-Hour Test At Guinea Expansion Project
Italian firm Tenova S.p.A.’s German subsidiary TAKRAF GmbH announced earlier this month the successful offloading of one dozen complete trains of bauxite ore in under 48 hours at Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinée’s (CBG) expansion project in Kamsar, Guinea. The feat, which was completed just after midnight Guinea time on July 1, consisted of unloading […]
Guinea President Alpha Conde Assumes Oversight Of State Mining Company
Guinean’s president Alpha Conde will be taking a more active role in the country’s bauxite industry with the assumption of oversight duties of the national mining firm by his office announced on Friday. Per an announcement read on state-owned media outlet Radio Television Guineene, Alpha Conde’s office now operates Societe Guinneenne du Patrimoine Minier (Soguipami) […]
EGA Train Delivers First Guinean Bauxite Ore Shipment To The Coast
UAE aluminium smelter Emirates Global Aluminium PJSC (EGA) announced yesterday the departure of the first train loaded with bauxite from subsidiary Guinea Alumina Corporation’s mine and its safe arrival to port facilities on the coast. The milestone three-hour, 55-mile journey consisted of 80 railcars loaded with 6,800 metric tons of raw bauxite ore. The ore […]
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 ...
