After signing a five-year deal with the Saudi Arabian Mining company (Maaden), the Saudi Canadian Mining Services mobilized major capital equipment worth $14 million to Az Zabirah North Zone Kaolin & Bauxite Project for the execution the contract, Arab News reported.
The Chief Executive Officer at the Saudi Canadian company said that it had already completed [...]

Russian aluminum giant United Company RusAl said Monday it was considering establishing a bauxite and alumina processing complex in Indonesia.
Media quoted representatives of Indonesian mining company Antam as saying earlier Monday that there were plans for a joint project with UC RusAl to set up a plant in the southeast Asian country at a cost [...]

Russia-based Rusal, which already owns a 20 per cent stake in Gladstone’s Queensland Alumina (QAL), is actively investigating establishing a refinery and smelter in the state as part of its stated expansion plans.
It comes as Russian companies actively increase their presence in Australia, Russian steel giant Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works notifying the Federal Government [...]