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Effects of mining - bauxite hydrology

 · Effects of mining - bauxite hydrology. Alcoa of Australia mines bauxite for the production of alumina from Western Australia's Darling Range extending from east of Perth to Collie. These operations occur on Mineral …

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Wuudagu Bauxite Project - EPA WA | EPA Western …

 · Wuudagu Bauxite Project ('the proposal'). The proposal is to construct and operate a bauxite mining and export operation, including product load-out via barging and deep water transhipping, at a site approximately 15 km west of Kalumburu, in the northeast of Western Australia (Figure 2.1). The development envelope and indicative footprint ...

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Bauxite - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics

1.3.2.7 Bauxite. Bauxite (Fig. 1.33) is formed by surface weathering of clay rocks around the tropical region and composer of aluminum oxide (Al (OH) 3 ). It contains 15%–25% aluminum and only ore used for commercial extraction for aluminum. The bauxite occurs as near-surface layers and usually mixed with clay minerals, iron oxide, and ...

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Bauxite | Geoscience Australia

 · In Western Australia, Bauxite Resources Ltd was part of two individual Joint Ventures with different Chinese companies (both state-owned enterprises) to supply Darling Range bauxite. Both projects have been largely …

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Bauxite - webarchive.slwa.wa.gov.au

 · Bauxite extracted from the Darling Range is a low-grade ore with a content of more than 27 percent aluminium oxide. It takes seven tonnes of bauxite to yield one tonne of aluminium. When mining began Alcoa constructed the first alumina refinery in Western Australia at Kwinana in Cockburn Sound in 1963. A second refinery was constructed at ...

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Bauxite | EPA Western Australia

 · Western Swamp Tortoise habitat EPP Goldfields residential area (sulfur dioxide) EPP and regulations Kwinana (atmospheric wastes) EPP and regulations

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PACIFIC BAUXITE ACQUIRES NEW BAUXITE PROJECT IN …

 · Pacific Bauxite has acquired the Darling Range Bauxite Project in Western Australia. The Project comprises two Exploration Licence Applications over a total area of 405 km2s, approximately 60 kms northeast of Perth. The Project hosts a JORC 2004 Inferred Resource of 89.3Mt @ 41.75 % Al2O3.

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Bauxite · Mining and Energy Western Australia · …

The presence of bauxite in Western Australia was known since 1912, but it was not commercialised until the Western Mining Corporation (primarily a gold producer) diversified and began bauxite exploration in 1957. ... In 2015-16, …

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Western Australia bauxite Archives – Aluminium Insider

Australian Alcoa miners celebrated mining one billion metric tons of bauxite in the state of Western Australia. Alcoa has been mining in the state for fifty-three years. The firm marked the milestone with current and former employees, key stakeholders and Western Australian Legislative Councilmember representing the South West Region Nigel ...

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Alcoa makes first shipment of Western Australia bauxite to …

 · Alcoa of Australia has started the first shipment of 47,000t parcel of Western Australia (WA) bauxite as part of an export trial approved by the state government last year. The shipment is bound for a Chinese alumina refinery, supporting the company's strategy to grow its third-party bauxite business.

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Bauxite & Alumina - The Chamber of Minerals and Energy …

 · WA alumina and bauxite sales volumes have gradually increased year-on-year since 2010–11, reaching a record 14.8 million tonnes in 2017–18. Production is currently focused in the south-west region of the State, with the Darling Scarp containing considerable deposits. Western Australia's reserves are estimated to be capable of sustaining ...

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Bauxite Reserves and Production Worldwide - Geography …

 · World total discovered and undiscovered Bauxite resources are estimated to be 55 billion to 75 billion tons, distributed as – Africa (32%), Oceania (23%), South America and the Caribbean (21%), Asia (18%), and elsewhere (6%). The following table shows the list of countries with the largest bauxite reserves (Source: US Geological Survey, 2020 ...

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Mineral Royalties

Western Australia has a three-tiered royalty system that was introduced in 1981. It applies one of three royalty rates depending on the form in which the mineral is sold (ore, concentrate or final form), and the extent to which it is processed. Specific rate royalties, calculated at a rate per tonne of production, generally apply under the ...

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Alcoa's Bauxite Mining Rehabilitation Program - Western …

 · Completion criteria for Alcoa's bauxite mine rehabilitation in the Northern Jarrah Forest in the Darling Range are required to be reviewed in accordance with Ministerial Statement 728, published in September 2006 by the Minister for Environment. ... The Government of Western Australia acknowledges the traditional custodians throughout Western ...

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Australia to remain global leader of bauxite production

 · Norseman mineral finds excite Galileo. Bauxite production in Australia is expected to grow over the next few years as a result of expansion plans by …

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Alumina - Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and …

Western Australia's bauxite reserves are estimated to be capable of sustaining more than 50 years of alumina production at current levels. The State's main two alumina producers are Alcoa of Australia and South32's majority owned Worsley Alumina. Western Australia accounts for 33 per cent of Australia's alumina production.

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Details | Boddington WA

Address. Po Box 50 Pinjarra Williams Road. TB, Western Australia 6390. Australia. Open Times. 24 hours 7 days a week operations. We mine bauxite in the South West of Australia and transport it on an overland conveyor belt to a refinery where the bauxite is turned into white alumina powder. The alumina is then exported to smelters around the world.

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Decommissioning Western Australia's First Bauxite Mine: …

 · Introduction. Alcoa World Alumina Australia currently operates two bauxite mines in the Darling Range of south-western Western Australia, 80–140 km south of Perth (1, 2).Huntly is the largest bauxite mine in the world, producing over 20 million tons of ore every year. The bauxite from the two mines is processed into alumina at three refineries at Kwinana, Pinjarra and …

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Australia Bauxite Reserves Introduction

 · Economic Demonstrated Resources (EDR) of bauxite were 6281 Mt at December 2012 (Table 1), up from 5665 Mt in 2011. Queensland holds 61% of EDR, WA 35% and the Northern Territory 4%. Australia's subeconomic resources of bauxite totalled 1573 Mt, down from 2055 Mt in 2011, and Inferred Resources totalled 1474 Mt (Table 1), up from 1120 Mt in 2011.

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Australian Bauxite | The Australian Aluminium Council

Australia is the world's largest producer of bauxite. In 2020, Australian bauxite production was 102 million tonnes (Mt). 37 Mt of bauxite was exported, and the remainder converted to Australian alumina. The major Australian bauxite mines are: Boddington (Western Australia) – South32. Gove (Northern Territory) – Rio Tinto Aluminium.

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World's ten largest bauxite mines in 2020

 · The MRN Mine is a surface mine situated in Para, Brazil. Owned by Vale, the greenfield mine produced an estimated 11.629 mtpa of bauxite in 2020. The mine will operate until 2026. 7. Willowdale Mine. Located in Western Australia, Australia, the Willowdale Mine is owned by Alcoa. The surface mine produced an estimated 9.667 mtpa of bauxite in 2020.

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EPA WA | EPA Western Australia

 · Report fundamental to EPA advice. The number of proposals referred to the EPA during the 2020–21 financial year was the most in six years. The EPA's Annual Report, presented to the Western Australian Parliament, outlines the EPA's operations as governed by the Environmental Protection Act 1986.These disclosures are fundamental to the EPA's ability to …

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