Bauxite ore, a key component in the production of aluminum, was first discovered in the United States near Hermitage, Ga., in 1883; the largest deposits, however, were soon to be found in Arkansas. In ...

Guinea’s fast-growing bauxite mining industry is threatening the livelihoods of thousands of Guineans, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Mining has destroyed ancestral farmlands, ...

In Sunday's column, I wrote about the monumental changes seen in Saline County since my father grew up there during the Great Depression. In the 1940 census, when my dad was still in high school at ...

Brazilian Rare Earths Limited (ASX: BRE) (OTCQX: BRELY / BRETF) is pleased to announce its intention to demerge its 100%-owned Amargosa Bauxite–Gallium Project (Amargosa) into a newly formed ...

Proposed railway line in Odisha sparks tribal protests against bauxite mining, raising concerns over environmental and livelihood impacts.

After months of negotiations, Conakry has reached an agreement with the United Arab Emirates’ Guinea Alumina Corporation to ...

No matter how many syllables you use to say it, aluminum is one of the most useful industrial metals we have. Lightweight, strong, easily alloyed, highly conductive, and easy to machine, cast, and ...

While tourism has long-been the bedrock industry of Far North Queensland, the mining industry has been working quietly in the background to pick up some heavy lifting.

IN 1957, during a detailed examination of the bauxite deposits in Jamaica, suggested by Dr. D. A. Bryn Davies, managing director of Alumina Jamaica, Ltd., and sponsored by that Company, I noticed the ...