Chalco Ships First Bauxite From Boffa Mines In Guinea
Aluminum Corp of China Ltd (Chalco) earlier this week commenced the first shipment of its inaugural batch of bauxite ore...
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Emirates Global Aluminium Ships One Millionth Metric Ton Of Bauxite Ore From Guinea Operations
Emirates Global Aluminium PJSC (EGA) announced last week that its subsidiary Guinea Alumina Corporation has shipped one million metric tons of bauxite ore from the west African nation since production began in August. Per the firm, the US$1.4-billion project is continuing to...
First Shipment By Chalco Of Bauxite From Guinea Mine Scheduled For Early December
Aluminum Corp of China Ltd (Chalco) said earlier this week that it has queued up its inaugural bauxite ore shipment...
Bauxite Operations Back To Normal In Guinea After Deadly Political Protests
Normal operations have resumed at bauxite mines in Guinea after several days of unrest that led to slowed production, as...
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China Bauxite Imports Fall By 6 Percent In August Thanks To The Rains In Africa
Adverse weather conditions are to blame for the drop in imported bauxite ore by buyers in the People’s Republic of China, as rainy weather in Guinea hampered exports of the aluminium precursor to the Middle Kingdom in August. According to data released this week by the country’s customs department, China imported 9.04 million metric tons […]
China Imports Of Bauxite Ore Rose By 24.9 Percent In 2019 Through July
As improvements to low-temperature alumina production continue by refiners in the People’s Republic of China, the country’s thirst for overseas bauxite increases. Such was the story told by Customs data released on Sunday that showed a 24.9 percent jump on the year in imported bauxite in the year’s first seven months. Customs data on HS […]
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 […]
EGA Greets Region’s First-Ever Capesize Vessel To Khalifa Port In Abu Dhabi
Yesterday, Emirates Global Aluminium PJSC (EGA) greeted the arrival of the region’s first fully-laden Capesize vessel at its quay at the Khalifa Port in Abu Dhabi. The arrival marks the beginning of bauxite shipments to fuel the new alumina refinery in Al Taweelah. The bulk ore carrier is the biggest ever to dock at a […]
Worker Strikes in Guinea Paint Dark Picture for Chinese Bauxite Operations
A strike at CDM-China’s bauxite mine in Guinea’s Telimélé prefecture came to an end on April 16, after workers had laid down their tools six days prior in protest over poor living and working conditions. The Chinese company and the workers signed a memorandum of understanding, with CDM-China agreeing to meet 19 general points demanded […]
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 and industry experts from all over the world to hear and exchange information on latest developments related to base metals and their ...
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 ...
Aluminium of Greece (AOG): is the Pechiney spirit still alive?
Between September 24-25, FastmarketsMB organized its annual aluminium conference in Athens. A day before the conference, in accordance with an ...
International Aluminium 2019 Conference – Key Takeaways
The FastmaketsMB aluminium conference is the sequel to the Metal Bulletin aluminium conferences, which have traditionally been one of oldest ...
