Bauxite Mining

Terri Irwin to fight wildlife reserve mine

Mining company Cape Alumina has lodged a mining lease application for an area that encroaches on the 135,000ha Bertiehaugh Cattle Station, which was purchased by an Irwin family company with the help of a Federal Government grant after Steve Irwin’s death in 2006. Renamed the Steve Irwin Wildlife Reserve after the late Crocodile Hunter, the land... 

Indonesia denies reports of possible coal export quotas

Indonesia has denied that it will set a quota for coal exports as it wants to reserve the coal for future use. The reports had prompted rising interest in the country’s natural resources from energy-hungry China and India. The reports were baseless and the new mining law likely to be passed by Parliament by June would in fact provide more certainty... 

Larry W. Holley Named President of Gramercy Alumina and St. Ann Bauxite

Century Aluminum Company and Noranda Aluminum Holding Corporation announced today that Larry Holley has been named president and general manager of Gramercy Alumina, LLC and St. Ann Bauxite Limited, effective May 8, 2008. “We are delighted with Larry’s appointment,” said Century’s chief operating officer Wayne R. Hale. “His... 

Whinnen Resources Acquires Option for African Bauxite Project

Whinnen Resources Limited (Whinnen, the Company) (ASX: WWW.AX) is pleased to announce that it has entered into a conditional agreement to acquire 85% of the Fongo Tongo Bauxite Project in the Republic of Cameroon in Africa, for a total consideration of US$8 million. Payment will comprise US$4 million cash and US$4 million in shares, and will be subject... 

Indonesia plans to limit mining areas

Indonesia plans to limit the area that metal and coal miners can explore to prevent domination by a few companies, a legislator said on Monday, a move analysts said could hurt already poor levels of investment. Indonesia has some of the world’s largest deposits of coal, copper, tin, nickel and gold, and is keen to earn more from the sector, particularly... 

International Mining & Machinery Exhibition 2008 (IMME 2008)

The 9th International Mining and Machinery Exhibition, organised by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) In association with Ministry of Mines, Ministry of Coal, Government of India, focuses on the opportunities, both international and national, provided by the shift of mining companies towards customer satisfaction and expectations. It examines till... 

Mitsui Mining plans 11 pct rise in H1 zinc output

Japan’s Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co plans to produce 123,300 tonnes of zinc in the first half of the year ending in March 2009, up 10.9 percent from a year earlier. The plan reflects an expected boost from Hachinohe Smelting Co, an affiliated zinc and lead smelter that had been under maintenance over the past year, and increased capacity from... 

Fresh trouble may further delay UAIL project

The Rs 4,000-crore alumina refinery project of Utkal Alumina International Ltd (UAIL) in Kashipur, Rayagada district, seems destined to be further delayed. The project, which has been hanging fire for the last 16 years, is facing fresh trouble from local inhabitants. ”Work on the site has stopped for the last three weeks as project-affected people... 

Sand making machine, Sand maker

Sand Making Machine (namely PCL Vertical shaft impact crusher) is of high-power and low-consumption, which is designed depending on several year’s hard work and study of mechanical mining equipment. Sand Making Machine absorbed the advanced technology of the same products of Barmac Company of America, now is of the international level. Sand Making... 

Chhattisgarh earns Rs.7 billion in mineral royalty

Chhattisgarh has earned around Rs.7 billion royalty on coal, bauxite and iron ores during the first nine months of the current fiscal 2007-08, officials here said Monday. The state, which has nearly 18 percent of the country’s total coal deposits and about 20 percent of nation’s iron ore reserves, earned Rs. 8.32 million royalty revenue...