Mining Industry
RUSAL suspends Guyana operations, moves equipment to warehouse for protection
Russian aluminum giant, RUSAL, has suspended bauxite production in Guyana and moved its equipment to a warehouse for protection, the...
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RUSAL-BCGI: Gov’t to consider implications of “either them closing or we closing them”- Trotman
A blockade of ropes and barrels on the Berbice River against BCGI-RUSAL barges collecting bauxite for transporting to a transshipment...
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EPA refutes reports that Aurora gold mine resumed underground mining
Dr. Vincent Adams addressing the 50th Convocation of the University of Guyana on November 12, 2016. Guyana's Environmental Protection Agency...
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South Africa to assist Guyana’s mining sector
Minister of Natural Resources Raphael Trotman and South Africa's Deputy Minister of Mineral Resources Godfrey Oliphant witnessing bauxite mining at...
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GGMC wants to pilot South Africa alternative offer of mercury-free gold mining
South Africa's Deputy Minister of Mineral Resources Godfrey Oliphant and Guyana's Minister of Natural Resources Raphael Trotman. The Guyana Geology...
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BCGI-RUSAL workers block Berbice River to prevent bauxite barges from passing; union requests compulsory arbitration
Ropes and barrels across the Berbice River where barges have to go to and from the BCGI-RUSAL mines to collect...
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RUSAL refuses to reinstate fired workers, terminates others, begins dismantling equipment
RUSAL-BCGI workers at Aroaima. The Russian Aluminium (RUSAL)-controlled Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc. (BCGI) has sent home 30 more workers...
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Gold Board wants to buy “all gold” directly from miners
General Manager of the Guyana Gold Board, Eondrene Thompson. The state-owned Guyana Gold Board (GGB) is further decentralising its operations...
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RUSAL expected to reinstate workers, told to recognise union – Amna Ally
Senior Minister of Social Services, Amna Ally (in green hat) addressing aggrieved workers at Aroaima. Senior Minister of Labour, Amna...
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Striking RUSAL-BCGI workers refuse individual handout of gov’t hampers
The relief hampers that were transported to RUSAL's Aroaima location. MAPLE TOWN, Aroaima - Striking workers at the United Company...
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