Red mud, also known as bauxite residue, is a thick, caustic slurry left over after extracting aluminum from bauxite. Its vivid color comes from iron oxides, but its real threat lies in its chemistry.

Some investors are celebrating a remarkable first-half for precious metals, while others have been wrong-footed by a reality ...

My initial excitement, however evaporated into gloom when it dawned upon me that, in the case of bauxite , the exemption probably applied specifically to bauxite ore and not to the high value ...

IN the interval since the publication of the first edition of Dr. Fox's book (noticed in NATURE, 120, 800; 1927), a feature of the bauxite industry has been the increased production from southern ...