South32’s Australian operations have sprung back to life in the first-half of the 2025-26 financial year (FY26)

Guinea’s authorities have approved the restarting of bauxite operations by Guinea International Corp (GIC)

Guinea continued to execute record bauxite shipments to China as demand from the world’s largest aluminium producer

China alone is projected to account for 47 per cent of this growth, CRU data shows

ASX-listed Canyon Resources’ Minim Martap bauxite project, in Cameroon, remains on schedule for first production and an initial bauxite shipment in late June

The list includes iron ore, bauxite, limestone, manganese, dolomite and even a copper and gold block.

Meanwhile, due to insufficient year-end consumption expectations on the demand side, the market will experience a significant oversupply.

A smelter shutdown in Mozambique is set to dent global aluminium supplies next year, analysts say, leaving the plant's core European Union customers searching for alternatives.