Two Shanxi bauxite mine auctions aborted in January

Auctions for exploration rights to two bauxite mine blocks in North China's Shanxi province were aborted within less than a week in January, according to information published on the province's online natural resources trading platform.

On January 26, an auction for the exploration rights to the Liujiazhuang bauxite mine block in Lvliang city was abandoned, the platform showed. The mine block covers an area of about 3.8 square kilometers, with a starting price of Yuan 420,000 ($60,461). Earlier, on January 21, another auction for the exploration