Mineral production from mining and quarrying sector in May grew 3.3 per cent at Rs 6,503 crore as compared to that in the preceding month.
The production figures did not include atomic and minor minerals.
Production in May was higher by three per cent over the same month of the last year, an official release said.
The mineral [...]

Orissa Steel and Mines Minister Padmanabha Behera today dismissed charges that the state government had become embroiled in a Rs 50,000 crore scam by signing an agreement with Vedanta Aluminum Limited (VAL) to provide it 150 million tonnes of bauxite through captive mining.
“The allegation that the Orissa Mining Corporation (OMC) agreed to hand over bauxite [...]

Excel Maritime Carriers Ltd (NYSE: EXM), an owner and operator of dry bulk carriers and a provider of worldwide seaborne transportation services for dry bulk cargoes, announced today that after the close of the market on Thursday, July 27, 2006 it will release its results for the second quarter and six month period ended June [...]

China has upgraded one hydropower dam in blackout-prone Guinea, the world’s top exporter of the aluminium ore bauxite, and plans to modernise another, state radio and diplomatic sources said on Wednesday.
China has ramped up investment and diplomatic activity in Africa as it seeks new supplies of energy and raw materials to fuel its fast-growing economy.
State [...]

Workers in Linden laid off by Omai Bauxite Mining Inc (OBMI) for two months because of the competition from cheap bauxite produced by China are pessimistic about the chances of the company restarting operations in September and consequently of rehiring them.
News that the company was seeking investors to buy into operations was not a cause [...]

The Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc (BCGI) has submitted an application for an environmental authorisation for the extraction of bauxite from approximately 3,400 acres of land on the East Bank of the Berbice River near Hururu Village.
The company is making an investment of US$18.6M with a projected annual turnover of US$60.8M. It is envisaged to [...]

WASHINGTON GROUP International Inc. (WGII) has been awarded two contracts to take over the entire bauxite mining operations for West Indies Alumina Company (WINDALCO) for the next decade.
With the two awards announced last Thursday, Washington Group will be mining and delivering approximately one-third of Jamaica’s annual bauxite production of around 15 million tonnes. The full [...]

Works Superintendent of the Brass, Aluminium and Cast Iron Foundry Ltd (BACIF) Rondel Ally has told Stabroek Business that the local foundry can match the quality of the fabricated components being imported by Brazilian miners operating in Guyana and that the company is seeking to improve its share in that market.
“There is an increasing Brazilian [...]

Mineral production from mining and quarrying sector in April 2006 increased 4.31 per cent at Rs 6,251 crore, as compared to the corresponding month in the previous year, with coal contributing 41 per cent to the total revenues.
Coal contributed 41 per cent to the total revenue generated at Rs 2,560 crore. Petroleum (crude) at Rs [...]

Asian Mineral Resources Ltd. received Vietnamese government approval for its reserve estimates at a property that may become the site of the first nickel mine in the Southeast Asian nation.
The Ban Phuc property in the northern Vietnamese province of Son La holds proved and probable contained nickel resources of 24,240 tons at a grade of [...]