Significant developments in the bauxite industry over the past year have resulted in 15 per cent growth in Jamaica's mining sector for the October to December 2017 quarter. King noted that "the benefit of trade is imports, not exports, it is access to products that lower your cost in your own resources than it
Yunnan Aluminum <000807.SZ> is also due to build plants in its home province and Baise Mining Group is adding new capacity in Guangxi. The companies did not respond to requests for comment. There were already signs of a ramp-up in December, when China's aluminum output defied the winter cuts
The four-day meet up is one of the world's largest conventions for the mining industry with over 1,000 exhibitors and 24,000 attendees from around the world. Trade-war fears. U.S. President Donald Trump has promised details on his proposed tariffs on steel and aluminum imports to the United States this
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian metals and mining companies face relatively little harm from any introduction of U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, analysts and company representatives said on Friday. Russia's top two steelmakers and its leading aluminum producer saw their share prices fall after
There are other jobs dependent on steel and aluminum manufacturing. Mining of bauxite, the rock that aluminum is made of, isn't really done much in the U.S. anymore, but there are just under 5,000 iron miners in the U.S. (80 percent of them in Minnesota), plus a few thousand miners of the metallurgical
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday the United States would impose tariffs of 25 per cent on steel imports and 10 per cent on imported aluminum next week. At a meeting with U.S. industry officials at the White House, Trump vowed to rebuild American steel and aluminum
FILE PHOTO: Aluminium bars are seen in a shop of Kazakh mining company Eurasian Resources Group's (ERG) Kazakhstan Aluminium Smelter JSC (KAS) factory in Pavlodar, Kazakhstan February 20, 2018. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov. ERG said the main markets for its aluminum were Russia,
An exchange-traded fund that tracks the metals and mining sector rallied on Thursday, after President Donald Trump said would institute tariffs on imports of steel and aluminum next week. The SPDR S&P Metals & Mining ETF XME, +2.50% gained 3.31% in volatile trading and was on track for its biggest
"Meeting CSA W47.2 was a time consuming process, but we felt it was important to meet our customers' needs for aluminum work." Aluminum has gained favour with industry leaders as it is lightweight and wear-resistant. "Many of our clients in forestry, mining, and government agencies, prefer aluminum for
"More than 42,000 mine and factory workers worldwide had to inhale McIntyre Powder between 1943 and 1980. It was basically a gas chamber. I am trying to document their health issues and find answers about what the aluminum dust did to their bodies, their brains, their lives," said a statement on
South Africa is one of the top ten producers of aluminum, of alumino-silicates, chrome ore and ferro-chromium. While holding the world's largest reserves of gold, platinum-group metals and manganese ore, the country has considerable potential for the discovery of other world-class deposits in areas yet to
LONDON/MOSCOW (Reuters) - Mining giant Glencore's deal to buy aluminum from Rusal will be renewed from 2019, but the tonnage is likely to be much
Norsk Hydro, a bauxite and aluminum mining and refining company also known as "Hydro" whose majority and controlling shareholder is the Norwegian government, has been accused by the Brazilian government of a toxic waste spill from holding basins at its Hydro Alunorte facility. The operation, located
DUBAI: Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA), one of the world's largest aluminum producers, reported a 59 percent increase in 2017 net profit, thanks to strong
DUBAI: Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA), one of the world's largest aluminum producers, reported a 59 percent increase in 2017 net profit, thanks to strong
"A lot of the industry is looking at exploring for that copper so it can meet that future demand," she said. Mining operations in B.C. also supply other materials that are used in cleaner vehicles, such as aluminum and steelmaking coal. To help take advantage of potential growth, the province has set up a task
Once complete, Al Taweelah alumina refinery in Abu Dhabi and GAC, our bauxite mining project in the Republic of Guinea, will deliver value for decades to come as well as create further long-term growth opportunities for EGA." Work on EGA's $3.3 billion Al Taweelah alumina refinery project is 76 per cent
Norsk Hydro has offered Rio Tinto (ASX, LON:RIO) $345 million for the mining giant's aluminum plant in Iceland, as part of the Norwegian firm's efforts to
NICKEL: Two of Russia's richest men could trigger a complicated auction known as a "shootout" in a bid to end their long-running battle for control of mining giant Norilsk Nickel (Nornickel). * CHALCO SHARES: Shares in Aluminum Corp of China Ltd , known as Chalco, slumped by the maximum permitted
Hecla Mining Company, together with its subsidiaries, discovers, acquires, develops, produces, and markets precious and base metal deposits worldwide. The company has market cap of $1.53 billion. The firm offers unrefined gold and silver bullion bars to precious metals traders; and lead, zinc, and bulk