May 11, 2025

Norway’s wealth fund to engage Rio Tinto, South32 over environmental concerns

The council pointed to concerns over the companies' involvement in the Mineração Rio do Norte joint venture, a significant bauxite mine in the Amazon rainforest.

May 11, 2025

Column: A gallium lens on China’s minerals dominance and how to break it

The price of gallium has been rising ever since China started restricting exports of the exotic metal in August 2023.

May 9, 2025

Guinea moves to cancel mining rights of non-compliant companies

President Doumbouya instructed his government to withdraw permits from mining companies that don’t respect their legal commitments to the country.

May 7, 2025

Rio Tinto extracts first gallium from Quebec operations

The gallium was recovered from material produced at Rio Tinto’s alumina refinery in Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean.

May 7, 2025

Guinea moves to cancel EGA’s mining licence

Emirates Global Aluminium operates one of the largest bauxite mines in Guinea.

April 22, 2025

China alumina exports surge to seven-year high as surplus widens

Overseas sales of the raw material for smelting aluminum more than doubled from a year earlier to 300,000 tons, according to the latest Chinese customs data.

March 28, 2025

China tightens rules on alumina expansion to tackle overcapacity

Companies won’t be allowed to build new alumina plants in heavily polluted areas, according to an aluminum industry development plan.

March 14, 2025

Rusal to buy 50% stake in Indian alumina refinery owner in stages

The company lost about 40% of its alumina supplies after Australia halted exports to Russia.

February 24, 2025

New Indonesia sovereign wealth fund to invest $20 billion in projects

Investments include more than 20 projects in nickel, bauxite and copper processing.

February 6, 2025

Glencore poaches alumina trader from Gunvor

Gunvor mostly trades oil and other energy products, but has recently forayed into metals.