Guinea
AMC leapfrogs GAC and Alufer to reach coast
The evacuation road for AMC's future bauxite output might snake through permits held by other operators.
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.