Bauxite Top Stories

Top 50 mining companies in 2022: coal, lithium win big, China investors lose out

Commodity prices are always volatile, but in 2022 metal and mining markets reached new levels of turbulence, as the pandemic played out in China and the Ukraine war upended global energy.

Frik Els | January 9, 2023 | 11:16 am

Indonesia confirms bauxite export ban to proceed as scheduled

The measure, which led to a dispute at the World…

Reuters | December 21, 2022 | 7:56 am

China may extend state iron ore buying strategy to lithium

If successful in iron ore, the mandate of China's new…

Frik Els | December 13, 2022 | 10:37 am

Most Australian mine workers dissatisfied with their jobs – report

A recent report led by researchers at Curtin University found…

Staff Writer | November 30, 2022 | 5:05 am

Mali forms new state-owned miner

The company, Société de Recherche et d'Exploitation Minière du Mali…

Staff Writer | November 18, 2022 | 6:28 am

Indonesia state mining holding firm eyes end-2022 IPO for Inalum

The State-Owned Enterprises Ministry is currently in the process of separating MIND ID and its bauxite business, known as Inalum, into two entities.

Reuters | September 27, 2021 | 7:24 am

Mick Davis walks away from Guinea investment vehicle he founded

Lingering difficulties to secure a route to market for Zogota’s iron ore prompted the mining veteran's decision.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 24, 2021 | 3:53 am

Alcoa to restart aluminum plant in Brazil

Alumar, fully curtailed since 2015, is set to produce its first molten metal in the second quarter of next year.

Bloomberg News | September 21, 2021 | 9:47 am

Bauxite trains operated by Rusal collide in Guinea, killing one

The two trains operated by Russian aluminum giant collided in Conakry on Monday.

Reuters | September 20, 2021 | 7:39 am

Ghana signs $1.2 billion deal to develop its bauxite resources

Government has picked Rocksure International as a strategic partner to build a mine and refinery.

Bloomberg News | September 17, 2021 | 8:45 am

Guinea’s junta urges miners to help break “resource curse”

The coup exacerbated concerns about supply constraints that have pushed aluminum prices to the highest level in 13 years.

Bloomberg News | September 16, 2021 | 1:54 pm

Shanghai aluminum near a 13-year high as Guinea unrest stokes supply woes

Guinea is China's biggest supplier of bauxite.

Reuters | September 8, 2021 | 8:17 am

Home: Guinea coup adds bauxite to aluminum’s supply concerns

The political upheaval catches the aluminum raw materials chain at a vulnerable moment with alumina prices already surging higher due to refinery problems.

Reuters | September 7, 2021 | 7:14 am

Aluminum price jumps again as Guinea coup adds to supply worries

Aluminum climbed to the highest in more than a decade after a coup in Guinea fueled concerns over raw material supplies.

Bloomberg News | September 6, 2021 | 10:30 am

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