Construction of Bx Stockyard for Guangxi Huasheng Complete
10/06/20 | Bauxite
Sohu News Guangxi Huasheng’s bauxite stockyard in Fangchenggang, covers an area over 110,000 square meters, and is the largest modern bauxite stockyard in Asia. Huasheng refinery is reliant on imported bauxite for alumina refining, and its first imported bauxite shipment from Guinea arrived Yunyue Diaojiang wharf, Fangchenggang Port on 3…
Elite Mining Guinea to Start Bx Mining Nov. 2020
05/06/20 | Bauxite
Cnal News Elite Mining Guinea, a new bauxite miner in Guinea designed with 10 mtpy mining capacity is set to commence operations in November 2020. The company has set a target of 1 mln t of bauxite output for 2020 with 500 kt per month in November and December respectively.…
MNR: National Geological Exploration Results of 2019
03/06/20 | Bauxite
Cnal News MNR (Ministry of Natural Resources) published the ‘2019 National Geological Exploration Results of China’. The exploration results of 418 mineral deposits in China show that new inferred resources of coal have increased by 9.05 bln t, iron ore 210 mln t, copper 1.06 mln t, manganese ore 21.59…
Xiaoyi Huaqing: 100 kt of Bx from Captive Mines in July
02/06/20 | Bauxite
Asian Metal News Shanxi Xiaoyi Huaqing refinery is preparing to begin mining at its captive bauxite mines in mid-June and it is targeting 100 kt output for July 2020. The company’s bauxite mines have estimated resource reserves of 40 mln t, and is designed with 4 mtpy mining capacity. After…
Ivory Cost: First Bx Shipment to China
02/06/20 | Bauxite
Shanghai Nonferrous Metals News On 29 May 2020, the Director-General of the Autonomous Port of Abidjan (PAA), Mr. Hien Yacouba SIE, witnessed the launch of the first shipment of 20 kt of bauxite, from the bulk terminal. The cargo is bound for China, from mines operated by the company Lagune…
Guinea AGB2A: 204 kt of Bx Shipment to China
02/06/20 | Bauxite
30th May: Guinea’s AGB2A reported the successful completion of loading its first bauxite cargo of 203.5kt (wet) bound for China. The company completed construction of its own port in 2019 and the automated terminal has increased loading efficiency significantly. Source
Guangxi Jingxi Tianyang: 249 mln t of Prospective Bx Resources
29/05/20 | Bauxite
Alu News A geological exploration report of sedimentary bauxite resources in Jingxi Tianyang has passed expert assessment organized by the Guangxi Natural Resources Bureau. The report shows two sedimentary bauxite deposits with five target exploration spots. Total long-term prospective bauxite resources in Tianyang Jingxi are estimated at 249 mln t.…
Zhenjiang Shipyard Group Delivers 11 Vessels to China COSCO
28/05/20 | Bauxite
Shanghai Nonferrous Metals News Jiangsu Zhenjiang Shipyard Group has delivered two push boats (3,600 HP) to China COSCO Shipping Group, marking the full delivery of 11 working vessels to China COSCO. COSCO will use these vessels for bauxite transports of its Guinea project. Source
China’s Bx, Aa and Al Imports in April 2020
27/05/20 | Alumina, Aluminium, Bauxite
Cnal News China imported 9.94 mln t of bauxite in April 2020, up 2% y-o-y but down 1% m-o-m. Guinea remains the largest bauxite supplier to China with 4.82 mln t of exports accounting for 48.51% of total monthly imports. Australia and Indonesia follow with 2.89 mln t and 2.02…
