Category: bauxite

Greenwash Claim as Miner Pledges to Stay Away From Town

Environmentalists have dismissed a pledge by alumina giant Alcoa not to mine near a tourist town home to ancient Jarrah forests. The company says it will not seek to mine within three kilometres of Dwellingup, in the Darling Range southeast of Perth, committing to an exclusion zone across its bauxite mining lease more than four…


Communist China’s Grand Strategy for a Small African Country (Part 2)

In addition to its rich reserves of iron ore, the Republic of Guinea also holds 7.4 billion metric tons (pdf) or one-fourth of the world’s total reserves of bauxite, the main source of aluminum. Data provided by Western Securities show that in 2020, Guinea exported 82 million metric tons of this important mineral, of which 64 percent was…


The Chinese Regime’s Growing Economic Footprint in Guinea: Part 2

News Analysis In addition to its rich reserves of iron ore, the Republic of Guinea also holds 7.4 billion metric tons (pdf) or one-fourth of the world’s total reserves of bauxite, the main source of aluminum. Data provided by Western Securities show that in 2020, Guinea exported 82 million metric tons of this important mineral, of which 64…