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.

January 19, 2025

South32 beats manganese output estimates as Australian operations restart

South32 has undertaken a phased restart of manganese mining activities at its GEMCO project.

January 16, 2025

Greek Metlen expands alumina output to extract critical mineral gallium

The company plans to launch gallium production in 2027 and eventually produce 50 tons a year.

January 15, 2025

Saudi Arabia to scale up lithium expansion as it diversifies from oil

State oil giant Aramco and Saudi mining company Ma’aden have joined forces to explore and produce energy transition minerals.

January 2, 2025

Chinese firm to build Guinea’s biggest alumina processing plant

The refinery will have the capacity to produce 1.2 million tons of alumina per year by the end of 2027.