Bauxite

Boasting one of the world's largest reserves of bauxite, the main source of aluminium, Guinea has become one of the leading global producers of the mineral. Its West African neighbours - Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana and Mali - as well as Cameroon, Tanzania and other countries across the continent have begun to move in to the bauxite market.

Guinea
Convention on Beny Steinmetz' former Simandou iron ore blocks prepped for government approval

Published on 19/05/20 at 1 pm. The mining convention covering blocks 1 and 2 on the Simandou iron ore mining project, which were put up for sale following settlement of a dispute between former owner Beny Steinmetz Group Resources and the government, has been finalised.

Subscribers only Mining 19.05.2020

Guinea
Research chair funded by Orano, Eramet and Imerys to focus on bauxite

Mining colleges in Paris, Nancy and Alès are soon to establish an academic chair funded by three French mining giants. Initial research will examine the impact bauxite mining in Boké has on the environment and local populations.

Subscribers only Mining 15.05.2020

Guinea
CDM Chine summoned by Ministry of Mines to explain failure to pay its bauxite dues to state

A special commission is set to be created to make headway in the negotiations between Conakry and CDM Chine and ensure that the Chinese firm pays the sums due to the state on its bauxite production.

Subscribers only Mining 08.05.2020

Guinea
Conakry counting on Monaco Resources to bump up bauxite exports

The state company responsible for marketing Guinea's national mining output, Soguipami, is hoping a local subsidiary of the omnipresent Monaco Resources will help increase its sales, though the Monegasque firm has had trouble getting its projects off the ground in the country.

Subscribers only Mining 05.05.2020

Guinea
Covid-19 forces Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinée to close its head office

Following the infection by the coronavirus of an executive at long-established bauxite production company Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinée, access to the the company's head office has been closed, complicating the management of some of its operations and hampering its expansion programme.

Subscribers only Mining 20.04.2020

Guinea
Conakry begins iron ore production with Ashapura without waiting for Simandou and Nimba

The Ashapura group is preparing to send a first shipment of iron ore from its mine in southern Guinea to potential buyers in India and China.

Subscribers only Mining 06.04.2020

Mauritius
HM Rawat Group sets out to conquer DRC

The HM Rawat Mauritian business empire is banking on its SEZ experience to persuade the DRC authorities of its telecoms credentials.

Subscribers only Business 27.03.2020

Spotlight | Africa, DRC, Guinea
Alliance of mining expert and lobbyists creates stronghold on continent

American concern Providence Mining has plans to expand its African foothold and has a pool of mining sector veterans within its top management to lead the way. These include lobbyists for the ex-governor of the mineral-rich Katanga province Moïse Katumbi [.