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Guinea
Conakry appoints task force to manage Simandou's future

In anticipation that Australia's Rio Tinto and China's Chinalco will resume talks to reboot the Simandou iron ore mine, the [...]

Published on 19/02/2019 at 04:30 GMT

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Abdoulaye Magassouba
Alkhaly Yamoussa Bangoura
Alpha Conde
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Chinalco
High Power Exploration
Kalil Mara
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Nigel Jones to take charge of Simandou iron ore for Rio Tinto

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Miners ramp up push to export production via Liberia

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Signs pointing to a Beny Steinmetz-Rio Tinto "rematch" over Simandou

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Rio Tinto, Beijing, Steinmetz, Friedland: Conakry in talks with all and sundry to reboot iron ore sector

Highly costly, remote and often the object of an international dispute or arbitration, iron ore projects in Guinea have been struggling in recent years. The Conakry authorities are working hard to turn the situation around, especially to develop Simandou and [.

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According to our information, on September 10, Abdoulaye Magassouba, the minister of mines and geology in Conakry, reportedly sent both [...]

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Australian mining giant Rio Tinto can breathe lightly. The class [...]

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Robert Friedland eyes up Mount Nimba iron ore

According to our information, Canadian concern High Power Exploration (HPX), chaired by Canadian mining magnate Robert Friedland, who also heads [...]

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Africa Down Under 2017: Beijing is on board, but Chinalco continues to hesitate

According to Alkhaly Yamoussa Bangoura, the mining adviser to Guinean president Alpha Conde, who was interviewed by Africa Mining Intelligence [...]

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Boffa's bauxite: First round in Chinalco vs Friedland bout

Highly welcome in Conakry since it agreed in late October to buy the Simandou iron ore project (AMI 380), the [...]

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Mines and Money 2016: secret negotiations on Simandou

Travelling to London to attend the Mines and Money conference being staged in the British capital between Nov. 28-Dec.1, a [...]

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Guinea
Conde and top aides fly back to China to negotiate Simandou deal

Just one month after his last trip to China (AMI 376), Guinea president Alpha Conde is to return to Beijing [...]

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Yansane kicks off Simandou roadshow in China

Guinea's mines and geology minister Kerfalla Yansane took part in a seminar in Beijing today to try to drum up [...]

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Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Guinea
Conakry appoints task force to manage Simandou's future

Guinea
Political unrest delays HPX's Nimba iron ore plans

Guinea
Nigel Jones to take charge of Simandou iron ore for Rio Tinto

Spotlight | Document | Guinea
Miners ramp up push to export production via Liberia

Spotlight | Guinea
Signs pointing to a Beny Steinmetz-Rio Tinto "rematch" over Simandou

Spotlight | Guinea
Rio Tinto, Beijing, Steinmetz, Friedland: Conakry in talks with all and sundry to reboot iron ore sector

Guinea
Simandou: Magassouba dresses down Rio Tinto and Chinalco

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Africa Down Under 2017: Beijing is on board, but Chinalco continues to hesitate

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Guinea
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