Latest Bauxite News

Metro Mining Limited achieved record quarterly bauxite shipments with improved cost efficiency, yet a recent operational outage and river constraints have prompted a downward revision of its 2025 production forecast.

Rio Tinto reported robust third quarter 2025 production results, highlighted by record outputs in bauxite and copper, and an upgraded bauxite production forecast. Key projects like Simandou and Oyu Tolgoi continue to progress on schedule, underpinning the company’s growth trajectory.

ABx Group reports outstanding impurity removal results from bulk sample tests at its Deep Leads rare earth project, retaining over 98% of critical rare earths and advancing towards a mixed rare earth carbonate product sample in late 2025.

ABx Group’s subsidiary ABx3 has received a $2.7 million investment from Good Importing International, granting GII 70% ownership to develop the Sunrise Bauxite Project in Queensland. This funding kickstarts a 12–24 month program targeting regulatory approvals and mine planning, with further investment options on the horizon.

Brazilian Rare Earths Limited (ASX – BRE) has announced a maiden JORC-compliant Mineral Resource Estimate for its Amargosa Bauxite-Gallium Project in Bahia, Brazil, revealing a substantial deposit with high-quality bauxite and significant gallium content.

Western Yilgarn Limited has raised $698,000 through a share placement to fund exploration and development at its key bauxite-gallium projects, backed by updated resource estimates confirming substantial alumina deposits.

Power Minerals confirms a high-grade carbonatite hard rock intrusion at its Santa Anna Rare Earth Elements Project in Brazil, with promising grades and ongoing drilling aimed at defining a maiden resource estimate.

WestStar Industrial’s subsidiary SIMPEC has landed a $115 million contract to expand residue filtration capacity at Alcoa’s Pinjarra Alumina Refinery, marking a key growth milestone.

Canyon Resources is fast-tracking its Minim Martap bauxite project in Cameroon, backed by a $140 million debt facility and a $215 million equity raise, aiming for production start in early 2026. The Definitive Feasibility Study confirms strong economics with a project NPV exceeding $830 million and an IRR of 29%.

Canyon Resources has raised A$215 million through a strategic equity package to fast-track its Minim Martap bauxite project and deepen its investment in Camrail, with key backing from Cameroon's largest financial services group.

Western Yilgarn Limited has announced the discovery of significant surface cobalt-copper-nickel-lead-manganese mineralisation at its Ida Holmes Junction Project in Western Australia, with rock chip samples returning high-grade cobalt assays up to 1.68%.

VBX Limited reports promising low-silica bauxite discoveries at East Kalumburu A near its flagship Wuudagu project, alongside key strategic appointments and ongoing drilling programs advancing the project towards a targeted DFS completion in early 2026.