Bauxite

A freight train carrying bauxite in railway carriages in Kamsar, Guinea Credit: Shutterstock / Igor Grochev
ENVIRONMENT

Beyond bauxite: Guinea's midstream hopes boosted by Russia sanctions

Investors have been wary of pouring money into Guinea’s mineral processing sector

15 April 2024

Open pit bauxite mining, portrait from Guinea. Photo: Prachaya Roekdeethaweesab
AFRICA

Strikes in Guinea on hold but mine operations still threatened

Chronic instability in the country may be preventing gains from mineral wealth

04 March 2024

Alcoa has installed a new press filtration facility in Brazil.
PROCESSING

Alcoa commissions new Brazilian processing facility

Alco has commissioned a new processing facility for bauxite residue

23 November 2022

Half of Rio Tinto's global aluminium production comes from Quebec.
PROCESSING

Geomega to build alumina waste plant

The plant will recover minerals from this waste

01 April 2022

The retrofit of VALCO aims to increase production capacity to 300,000 t/yr
PROCESSING

Ghana seeks partners for aluminium smelter upgrade

Ghana wants to utilise its bauxite resources to target the global aluminium market.

07 September 2020

The services will be provided at Alcoa’s Kwinana alumina refinery
MANAGEMENT

SRG to service Kwinana

Asset services contract confirmed with Alcoa of Australia

29 January 2020

Alcoa has ownership in seven active bauxite mines globally and operates four of them
ENVIRONMENT

Bauxite miner Alcoa joins ICMM

US aluminium company Alcoa is ICMM's 27th member company

21 November 2019

PT BAI is building a smelter-grade alumina refinery in the West Kalimantan province, Indonesia
PROCESSING

BAI taps Black & Veatch for Indonesia's first alumina refinery

Technical consultant chosen for downstream processing facility

03 October 2019

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