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...
Fiji
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 a cargo ship destined for the People’s Republic of China. Apete Soro, acting director of the Ministry of Lands and Mineral Resources,...
Bauxite Price Drop Has Limited Fiji’s Shipments: Minerals Minister
A drop in the global price of bauxite has taken its toll upon Fiji’s producers of the ore according to...
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 Announces First Shipment of Bauxite Ore in 2017
The island nation of Fiji shipped its first batch of bauxite ore earlier this week. According to local media, William and Goslings Operations & Logistics loaded 70 thousand metric tons of bauxite aboard its vessel, the MV Ocean Merry, at the port of Galoa in the province of Bua, located on the western coast of […]
Fiji Government Yet to Release Bauxite Royalties
Fiji’s Ministry of Lands is awaiting permission from its permanent secretary before releasing FJ$600,000 (US$283,614) in royalties from bauxite mining activities to relevant landowners. Local media inquired as to the status of such funds with deputy secretary Malakai Nalawa after they say they had been given conflicting statements regarding the timetable for release of the […]
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 ...
