Guinean Government Extends Deadline For Alumina Refinery Plans After None Are Submitted
The Guinean government has extended the deadline for bauxite firms to present plans for construction of in-country alumina refineries by...
Republic of Guinea
CBG Says Alumina Refining In Guinea Is Possible If The Conditions Are Right
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...
Workers At Rusal Mine In Guinea Declare Strike
Russian aluminium giant Rusal said earlier this week that a strike at its Compagnie des Bauxites de Dian Dian (COBAD)...
EGA Awards US$34 MM Guinea Bauxite Mining Contract To Domestic Firm Guinéenne de Prestation et de Construction
Emirates Global Aluminium PJSC’s (EGA) wholly-owned subsidiary Guinea Aluminium Corporation awarded a major contract to a domestic construction firm as...
Events
Lindian On Cusp Of Production At Guinean Bauxite Reserves
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 […]
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 Guinea. The Sputnik V vaccine is the first registered vaccine against the novel coronavirus, or COVID-19. A delegation of Russian government officials and Rusal representatives delivered the batch of 10 thousand doses of Sputnik V […]
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 […]
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 ramp up production at the site. Though they did not mention the project’s […]
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 from mines in the West African country of Guinea. According to a Chinese ship-tracking website, the first 55 thousand metric tons of bauxite from the project left port on Sunday secured in the cargo holds […]
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 ...
