MYSTEEL: China ponders impact for bauxite should Ghana halt exports

Ghana plans to end exports of raw minerals, including bauxite, within the next five years as part of the West African country's efforts to advance domestic industrialization and strengthen its economy, Ghana's president, John Dramani Mahama, reportedly told delegates attending a mining summit in the coastal city of Takoradi last week.

In China, news of a potential ban on bauxite exports from Ghana met with a mixed response, with some in the aluminum supply chain suggesting any ban would have only a limited impact on China's bauxite imports in the short run, while others believed that a halt to the