Diversified miner Rio Tinto has approved a $180-million investment and begun work on its Norman Creek access project at the Amrun bauxite mine on Queensland’s Cape York Peninsula.

Although the strike at Rusal Friguia has not yet significantly affected local alumina supply, market concerns are mounting over potential supply disruptions in the short run, Mysteel Global noted.

According to US Geological Survey, the United States produced 3.35-million metric tons of primary aluminium in 1995, 1.6-million tons in 2015 and 670 000 t last year.

From March 2024 to February 2025, the Iran Alumina Company recorded a total production of 212,520 tonnes of alumina powder.

Canyon recently placed orders for locomotives from CRRC Ziyang and wagons from Texmaco Rail & Engineering.

The U.S.-Canada tariff drama of 2025 is unfolding like a slow-boil crisis. And unless diplomacy finds a shortcut soon, this might be the year aluminum becomes the unexpected symbol of inflation.

Guinea's capital, Conakry, occupies lion’s share of bauxite export in Q1’25

Impact Minerals has moved to majority ownership of the Lake Hope high purity alumina (HPA) project in Western Australia.