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...
A Guinean state-owned bauxite miner said last week that domestic alumina refineries are possible in the near future, but they will require a significant capital and innovative investment to realize. Speaking to the Africa CEO Forum in Abidjan, Compagnie des Bauxites de...
The Guinean government last week asked companies operating bauxite mining operations to present plans for refining alumina within its borders...
Australian mineral exploration firm Lindian Resources Limited is on the verge of bringing its vast bauxite ore resources into production...
Aluminium Stewardship Initiative welcomed Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinée to the fold of members this week, boosting the organization’s membership...
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 […]
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 […]
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) […]
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 […]
The new year will see a rise in production of both bauxite and alumina from the world’s largest miner. Such was the news from a production report released by Anglo-Australian mining titan Rio Tinto Group late last week. In 2019 the company expects to produce between 8.1 million and 8.4 million metric tons of the […]
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