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Rio Tinto

Rio Tinto is an Anglo-Australian mining company and one of the world leaders in the production of aluminium, iron ore, copper and uranium.

Burkina Faso
Arrow offers itself a front-row entrance into gold mining

With its purchase of Boromo Gold, Arrow has picked up a complete set of gold projects and an experienced team to handle them.

Subscribers only Mining 02.07.2019

DRC
Jenkins Kroon replaces Miles Naude at the Kinsevere mine

It is South African engineer Jenkins Kroon who is now [...]

Subscribers only 02.07.2019

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

The shareholders of blocks 3 and 4 of the Guinean iron ore project Simandou - Australia's Rio Tinto, Chinese firm [...]

Subscribers only Mining 18.06.2019

Document | Guinea
Railway pioneer CBG sees life as a highway

With its mining concession to expand in 2021, Compagnie des bauxites de Guinee is looking into the option of adding trucks to its railway network to evacuate the larger output.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Mining 04.06.2019

Map of the main mining axes of Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinee.

Mozambique
SEC hones in on former Rio Tinto boss and finance officer

The part Tom Albanese and Guy Elliott played in Rio Tinto's false coal project declarations will be the focus on the SEC's amended complaint against the mining giant.

Subscribers only Mining 21.05.2019

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

Miners operating in southeast Guinea are hammering the Conakry authorities with demands to be allowed to evacuate their output via Liberia. The region boasts some of the world's largest deposits of iron ore and battery metals but is landlocked, with [.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 07.05.2019

Guinea
Who really controls the country's bauxite?

President Alpha Conde has asked his teams to provide him with a detailed study to clarify the true state of this strategically important sector.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 30.04.2019

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

The amicable settlement Beny Steinmetz Group Resources (BSGR) was able to reach with the Guinean state over Simandou (AMI 434) has far from put an end to the scuffle for the iron ore deposit. Future developments at the site could [.

Subscribers only 16.04.2019

Gabon
Libreville more Kimberley-compatible than ever

In the sweeping Gabonese government reshuffle of March 29, in which Maixent Accrombessi was ousted from his role as President [...]

Free access 16.04.2019

Guinea
Ashapura MD Sudheer Godabole targets iron ore to add to bauxite assets

The craze among foreign investors for Guinean iron ore (read here) seems to have taken hold of miners in India. [...]

Subscribers only Mining 16.04.2019

Namibia
Rio Tinto wants out of Rossing uranium but not the country's mines

The Australian mining giant Rio Tinto may have plans in [...]

Subscribers only Mining 16.04.2019

Africa
Anne Lauvergeon, Yves Occello and AMR buddies give bauxite another go

After handing over the operatorship of their Guinean bauxite permit to Societe miniere de Boke (SMB, AMI 396) in 2017, [...]

Subscribers only 02.04.2019

Guinea
Conakry still fighting it out with Dentons over Simandou

The Guinean state may have put its arbitration against Beny Steinmetz Group Resources (BSGR) over the Simandou mine behind it [...]

Subscribers only 19.03.2019

France, Guinea, Israel
Beny Steinmetz in talks with Conde in Conakry

No mere ‘facilitator' for the Guinean president and the Israeli businessman, Nicolas Sarkozy has engineered a discreet meeting between the two men.

Subscribers only Politics 27.02.2019

Spotlight | Angola
Stock-take of Joao Lourenco's reform of the diamond sector?

After 18-months in power, what has Angolan president Joao Lourenco managed to achieve of his great reform to overhaul the country's diamond industry (AMI 409), no longer controlled by those close to former president Jose Eduardo dos Santos and his [.

Subscribers only 19.02.2019

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 [...]

Subscribers only 19.02.2019

Guinea
Oresearch ready for gold action with Convertible Resources

The management at drilling specialist Oresearch Drilling are also active on the northeast Guinean gold exploration project Doko.

Subscribers only Mining 19.02.2019

Spotlight | Guinea
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 [.

Subscribers only 22.01.2019

Guinea
Banker Francois Polge de Combret targeted by legal action in Paris over Simandou mine

French investment banker Francois Polge de Combret, who was economic adviser to President Valery Giscard d'Estaing and is a personal [...]

Subscribers only Business 09.01.2019

Spotlight | Equatorial Guinea
How the Obiang family plans to take on the mining sector

The oil-impassioned Equatorial Guinea now has plans to make 2019 a year of mining. With the help of veteran consultants, the minister of mines and hydrocarbons in Malabo, Gabriel Obiang Lima, son of President Teodoro Obiang Nguema, is drafting a [.

Subscribers only Mining 04.12.2018

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Ivory Coast
French investigation sends tremors through Abidjan's political class

Libya
From Tripoli to Benghazi, Turkish trader BGN's oil odyssey

Rio Tinto

Burkina Faso
Arrow offers itself a front-row entrance into gold mining

DRC
Jenkins Kroon replaces Miles Naude at the Kinsevere mine

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

Document | Guinea
Railway pioneer CBG sees life as a highway

Mozambique
SEC hones in on former Rio Tinto boss and finance officer

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

Guinea
Who really controls the country's bauxite?

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

Gabon
Libreville more Kimberley-compatible than ever

Guinea
Ashapura MD Sudheer Godabole targets iron ore to add to bauxite assets

Namibia
Rio Tinto wants out of Rossing uranium but not the country's mines

Africa
Anne Lauvergeon, Yves Occello and AMR buddies give bauxite another go

Guinea
Conakry still fighting it out with Dentons over Simandou

France, Guinea, Israel
Beny Steinmetz in talks with Conde in Conakry

Spotlight | Angola
Stock-take of Joao Lourenco's reform of the diamond sector?

Guinea
Conakry appoints task force to manage Simandou's future

Guinea
Oresearch ready for gold action with Convertible Resources

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

Guinea
Banker Francois Polge de Combret targeted by legal action in Paris over Simandou mine

Spotlight | Equatorial Guinea
How the Obiang family plans to take on the mining sector

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Ivory Coast French investigation sends tremors through Abidjan's political class

Libya From Tripoli to Benghazi, Turkish trader BGN's oil odyssey

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Makhzen Inc. or the ever more prosperous business empire of Mohammed VI's entourage

Kinshasa's pan-African plans for Grand Inga

Rio Tinto

Burkina Faso Arrow offers itself a front-row entrance into gold mining

DRC Jenkins Kroon replaces Miles Naude at the Kinsevere mine

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

Document | Guinea Railway pioneer CBG sees life as a highway

Mozambique SEC hones in on former Rio Tinto boss and finance officer

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

Guinea Who really controls the country's bauxite?

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

Gabon Libreville more Kimberley-compatible than ever

Guinea Ashapura MD Sudheer Godabole targets iron ore to add to bauxite assets

Namibia Rio Tinto wants out of Rossing uranium but not the country's mines

Africa Anne Lauvergeon, Yves Occello and AMR buddies give bauxite another go

Guinea Conakry still fighting it out with Dentons over Simandou

France, Guinea, Israel Beny Steinmetz in talks with Conde in Conakry

Spotlight | Angola Stock-take of Joao Lourenco's reform of the diamond sector?

Guinea Conakry appoints task force to manage Simandou's future

Guinea Oresearch ready for gold action with Convertible Resources

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

Guinea Banker Francois Polge de Combret targeted by legal action in Paris over Simandou mine

Spotlight | Equatorial Guinea How the Obiang family plans to take on the mining sector

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Ivory Coast
French investigation sends tremors through Abidjan's political class

Libya
From Tripoli to Benghazi, Turkish trader BGN's oil odyssey

Burkina Faso
Arrow offers itself a front-row entrance into gold mining

DRC
Jenkins Kroon replaces Miles Naude at the Kinsevere mine

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

Document | Guinea
Railway pioneer CBG sees life as a highway

Mozambique
SEC hones in on former Rio Tinto boss and finance officer

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

Guinea
Who really controls the country's bauxite?

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

Gabon
Libreville more Kimberley-compatible than ever

Guinea
Ashapura MD Sudheer Godabole targets iron ore to add to bauxite assets

Namibia
Rio Tinto wants out of Rossing uranium but not the country's mines

Africa
Anne Lauvergeon, Yves Occello and AMR buddies give bauxite another go

Guinea
Conakry still fighting it out with Dentons over Simandou

France, Guinea, Israel
Beny Steinmetz in talks with Conde in Conakry

Spotlight | Angola
Stock-take of Joao Lourenco's reform of the diamond sector?

Guinea
Conakry appoints task force to manage Simandou's future

Guinea
Oresearch ready for gold action with Convertible Resources

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

Guinea
Banker Francois Polge de Combret targeted by legal action in Paris over Simandou mine

Spotlight | Equatorial Guinea
How the Obiang family plans to take on the mining sector