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...
Guinea
EGA Ships 100th Load Of Bauxite Ore From Guinea Operations
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...
Chinese Logistics Firm Completes Site Visits At Several Lindian Bauxite Projects In Guinea
China Railway Seventh Group recently visited Lindian Resources Limited’s bauxite project and related infrastructure in Guinea as a follow up...
Rusal Delivers 10 Thousand Doses Of COVID-19 Vaccine To Guinea
Russian Federation aluminium titan U.C. Rusal announced on Thursday that it has delivered a batch of Sputnik V vaccine to...
Events
Lindian Inks Memo With Chinese Rail Firm On Infrastructure At Guinea Bauxite Projects
Australian mineral exploration firm Lindian Resources Limited announced last week the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with state-owned China Railway Seventh Group Co. Ltd (CRSG) on establishing infrastructure for its bauxite projects in Guinea. Per the terms of the agreement, CRSG and Lindian will work toward a solution to bringing the bauxite ore harvested […]
French Court Awards Alteo To Guinea’s United Mining Supply
A French court awarded control of specialty alumina producer Alteo to Guinean logistics firm United Mining Supply (UMS) last week. UMS was Alteo’s final remaining candidate in the running for acquiring the troubled firm, which suffered a significant drop in business due to the lately-volatile aluminium sector. The Marseilles-based firm filed for bankruptcy about a […]
Rusal’s Port At Taressa, Guinea Granted IMO Identification Number
Russian Federation aluminium titan U.C. Rusal obtained last week a unique International Maritime Organization (IMO) identification number for its Guinean mining port Taressa. The assignment followed a successful registration of the port with the IMO’s Global Integrated Shipping Information System (GISIS). The port facilities at Taressa are part of the COBAD SA infrastructure, which supports […]
EGA Lends Valuable Assistance To COVID-19 Hospital In Guinea
Earlier this week, Emirates Global Aluminium PJSC (EGA) wholly-owned subsidiary Guinea Alumina Corporation (GAC) inaugurated the Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Field Hospital in the Guinean capitol Conakry. The facility will aid the country in responding to the local effects of the coronavirus pandemic. EGA said the field hospital was built in a record 30 days […]
Lindian Begins Screening Tests At Gaoual Bauxite Mine
Australian mineral exploration firm Lindian Resources Limited began screening tests of the bauxite resources at its Gaoual mine in the African country of Guinea this week, marking the firm’s next step in bringing the bauxite ore on site to the commercial market. According to Australian media, Lindian personnel are performing both dry and wet screening […]
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 ...
