An Australian Bauxite subsidiary has lodged the mining lease application for the new Sunrise Bauxite Project to develop the Binjour deposit. The $15 million project is expected to create 55 direct full-time jobs, with up to 150 indirect job in the Wide Bay Burnett district from pit to port. Development costs are fully-funded by ABX’s marketing partner Rawmin Mining of India, subject t...
Metro Mining has reported a record shipping month in June, with a total of 536,454 wet metric tonnes loaded on ocean-going vessels for export from its Cape York bauxite operation. Combined with the strong performances in April and May, it means Bauxite Hills output has exceeded upper forecasts for the quarter by 14 per cent (or 150,688WMT). “We have exceeded expectations throughout the en...
The Bauxite Hills operation is loading its first ship of the year, the Vialli, at the port of Skardon River on Cape York after the mine’s wet season break. The shipment, which commenced loading on April 14, is the first this year to foundation customer Xinfa – who will purchase about two million dry metric tonnes in 2020. Owner Metro Mining says the year is off to an excellent s...
Australian Bauxite will lodge a mining lease application in early 2020 for the Binjour project, 115 km south-west of Bundaberg. The company announced today (December 16) that the board of directors had given the green light to proceed. The project is fully funded by Australian Bauxite’s marketing partner, Rawmin Mining of India, and is expected to cost $10-$12 million to bring online....
The proposal to mine at Binjour will go before Australian Bauxite’s Board next month, with a mining lease application to be lodged early 2020 if it gets the green light. The operation, 115km south-west of Bundaberg, would employ 45-55 people if it goes ahead and have a mining life of more than 15 years. The company behind the southern Queensland bauxite project is already producing bauxit...
Metro Mining has reported a bumper quarter for its Bauxite Hills mine on Cape York, shipping 1.415 million wet metric tonnes of bauxite. The shipments exceeded the forecast budget by 13 per cent in the September quarter, keeping the company on track to meet its 2019 production and shipping guidance of 3.3-3.5 million WMT. Engineering modifications on the overland conveyor system at the Barg...
Gladstone Ports Corporation will investigate the feasibility of hosting a 1Mtpa bauxite facility at the Port of Bundaberg. The ports corporation has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Australian Bauxite, as it advances its Binjour project. Australian Bauxite chief operating officer Leon Hawker said the mining project was located 115km southwest of the Port of Bundaberg. â€...
Metro Mining is enjoying a strong sales pipeline from its Bauxite Hills mine, as it signs a new contract with a Chinese refinery operator. The new agreement with a major State-owned Chinese aluminum group covers tonnage of 420,000 WMT (wet metric tonnes), all for delivery in 2019. It means the Metro has sold about 90 per cent of its planned 2019 production of 3.3-3.5 million WMT from the C...
Rio Tinto has completed commissioning of the $2.6 billion Amrun bauxite mine on the Cape York Peninsula, with an official opening today to mark the achievement. The mine and associated processing and port facilities will replace production from Rio Tinto’s depleting East Weipa mine and increase annual bauxite export capacity by about 10 million tonnes. Minister for Resources and Northern ...
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