Strikers At Rusal’s COBAD Bauxite Mine In Guinea Win Concessions On Pay And Working Conditions
A strike at Russian aluminium firm UC Rusal’s Guinea operation Compagnie des Bauxites de Dian-Dian (COBAD) concluded last week after...
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...
A strike at Russian aluminium firm UC Rusal’s Guinea operation Compagnie des Bauxites de Dian-Dian (COBAD) concluded last week after...
Russian aluminium giant Rusal said earlier this week that a strike at its Compagnie des Bauxites de Dian Dian (COBAD)...
The Guinean government last week asked companies operating bauxite mining operations to present plans for refining alumina within its borders...
Emirates Global Aluminium PJSC (EGA) announced this week the signing of a three-year agreement with China’s Bosai Minerals Group to supply the firm with bauxite ore from its operations in the West African state of Guinea. EGA did not give specific details of the agreement, indicating only that it would supply “several million tonnes” of […]
Emirates Global Aluminium PJSC’s (EGA) wholly-owned subsidiary Guinea Aluminium Corporation awarded a major contract to a domestic construction firm as it continues to fulfill the promises made to enhance the Guinean economy. GAC awarded the US$34-million mining contract to Guinéenne de Prestation et de Construction, which the firm estimates to be among the biggest contracts […]
Although Indonesia is currently mulling a ban on the export of bauxite ore, the Chinese government expects to mitigate any losses by increasing imports by Guinea. Such was the message relayed last week by state-run research firm Antaike. The announcement came just days after Indonesian President Joko Widodo said his government is strongly considering limiting […]
Australian mineral exploration firm Lindian Resources Limited is on the verge of bringing its vast bauxite ore resources into production according to the firm’s chairman, who was interviewed by industry media last week. Asimwe Kabunga said that the over one billion metric tons of bauxite ore reserves the firm has in the Republic of Guinea […]
Emirates Global Aluminium PJSC (EGA) shipped its one hundredth load of bauxite ore from its operations in the West African country of Guinea earlier this month. EGA said in a press release that its subsidiary Guinea Alumina Corporation has shipped 16.4 million metric dry tons since operations commenced at the US$1.4 billion project in the […]
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 ...
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Base metals prices reacted positively to the progress registered in the latest round of US – China trade talks in ...