March 28, 2022

Rusal can’t access alumina from Australia JV as pressure builds

Rusal owns a 20% stake in Queensland Alumina, which is operated by Rio Tinto.

March 26, 2022

Africa’s top bauxite exporter Guinea posts 4% rise in shipments

Despite endemic levels of poverty, Guinea vies with Australia as China’s largest supplier of bauxite.

March 25, 2022

Guinea expands role in mining sector with plan to ship exports

The world’s top bauxite exporter has a law that gives it the right to ship 50% of mining companies’ exports, but it hadn’t put it into effect until now.

March 20, 2022

Australia bans alumina exports to Russia, sources coal for Ukraine

Australia has imposed an immediate ban on exports of alumina and aluminum ores, including bauxite, to Russia.

March 15, 2022

Rusal’s Jamaica operations to continue as usual, minister says

Rusal, which is not under sanctions by the US, runs a bauxite and alumina production complex in Jamaica.

March 11, 2022

Billionaire Friedland banks on Liberia’s railway to tap Guinean iron

He wants to begin development of Nimba, near Liberia’s border and estimated to hold 1 billion tonnes of high-grade iron ore, next year.

March 6, 2022

Soil bacteria reveal it takes about 40 years to rehabilitate former mine sites

Effective rehabilitation can set up a predictable trajectory of recovery, Flinders University researchers say.

March 3, 2022

Copper close to record, zinc at 15-year high, nickel nears $28,000 as metal price rally gains momentum

Industrial metals "are just waking up" to the supply risk from Ukraine-Russia war, low stockpiles and soaring energy costs.

February 16, 2022

South32 profit soars on recovery in commodity prices

Underlying earnings for the half-year ended Dec. 31 came in at $1 billion, beating a consensus estimate of $987.5 million.

February 10, 2022

Indonesia suspends operations of more than 1,000 miners

President Joko Widodo last month revoked the permits of more than 2,000 companies due to poor compliance.