Pahang Government To Administer Bauxite Licensing Under New SOP
According to the new rules governing bauxite mining in the state, those who wish to engage in the practice must...
Malaysia
Malaysian Government To Begin Issuing Bauxite Mining Licenses By End Of January
The Malaysian government will begin to issue mining licenses to bauxite miners within the next three months according to a statement made by a federal minister today. Malaysia’s water, land and natural resources minister Xavier Jayakumar revealed to reporters at parliament earlier...
Small-Scale Test Of Bauxite Mining SOP Critical To Safe Resumption: Kuantan MP Fuziah
Though standard operating procedures (SOP) for bauxite mining have been finalized by regulators from the Malaysian government, a member of...
Malaysian Government Implements New SOP For Bauxite Mining in Pahang
The Malaysian government released standard operating procedures (SOP) for bauxite mining and export in Pahang yesterday, which the government will...
Events
Altech Reports Stage 1 Construction Nearly Complete At Johor HPA Plant
Australian innovator Altech Chemicals Ltd. updated investors regarding the state of construction at its high-purity alumina plant in Johor, Malaysia late last week. To date, the maintenance workshop building site includes external wall cladding, a ventilation and roller door, and the internal mezzanine level, which Altech plans to utilize for storage of spare parts and […]
China Planned Aluminium Scrap Ban Concerns India’s Aluminium Smelters
Restrictions soon to fall into place on scrap aluminium imported into the People’s Republic of China has aluminium producers in India concerned that the move will result in a flood of aluminium scrap washing over their country’s shores. In a step to ultimately banning their importation entirely by next year, Beijing intends to add aluminium […]
Draft Regulations For Bauxite Mining In Pahang Cap Monthly Export Total At 600,000 Metric Tons
In a move long anticipated and much awaited by Malaysia’s bauxite miners, the Water, Land and Natural Resources Ministry yesterday released a draft of the standard operating procedures (SOP) it expects to put into place to govern the practice of extracting and exporting the ore. Perhaps the biggest news to come from the draft SOP […]
Stage One Construction Well Underway At Altech’s High-Purity Alumina Plant In Malaysia
Australian innovator Altech Chemicals Ltd. updated investors on progress at its high-purity alumina plant in Johor, Malaysia on Tuesday, noting that stage 1 construction at the site continued as scheduled. Per the firm, the site has been established and fenced, and the construction office and security post have been built. Also constructed at the site […]
Malaysian Mines Ministry To Hold Public Hearings On New Bauxite Regulations
In an effort at easing the transition to bauxite production, Malaysia’s Water, Land and Natural Resources Ministry announced on Saturday that it will conduct hearings to discuss the new set of standard operating procedures (SOPs) by which bauxite miners will be expected to abide upon resumption of production at the end of next month. Per […]
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 ...
