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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. [...]

Published on 15/05/2020 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Alufer
Brice Laurent
Cominak
Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinee
Eramet
Guinea Alumina Corp
Imerys
IMT Mines Alès
Mines Nancy
Mines ParisTech
Orano
Rusal
Societe Miniere de Boke
Somair
Yann Gunzburger

Niger
Global Atomic and Orano still weighing up cost of potential uranium partnership

Tests have been carried out to cost the processing of part of the output of Global Atomic's future uranium mine by the Niger subsidiary of France's Orano group, but both companies have yet to agree on a fee.

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The exploration camp of the Dasa Uranium Project.

Niger
Two Algerians sentenced to death over 2013 Areva attack

At the end of December, the Niamey Court of Appeal handed down two death sentences and five acquittals in the case of the alleged instigators of the May 2013 terrorist attacks against a subsidiary of Orano (formerly Areva) and the Nigerien town of Agadez.

Subscribers only Mining, Business 02.02.2022

Africa, France
A future French fund for investing in Africa's mines?

In order to ensure France's supply of critical metals, a report submitted to the French government on 10 January recommends that the country should create a fund to take minority shares in mines. It sees Africa as a key territory.

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Africa, Cameroon
Eramet on the lookout for new mines in Africa

French mining company Eramet just finished its second exploration phase on Cameroonian rutile mine, Akonolinga, which it acquired late 2019.

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Namibia
Imerys to extend exploration to expand its graphite mine

The French giant Imerys, the co-owner of a graphite mine in northern Namibia, has decided to continue exploration around the site, despite the difficulties it has experienced since it was opened in 2017.

Subscribers only Mining 10.12.2020

Guinea
Henan Chine starts on bypass to free Boké of bauxite trucks

The Chinese firm has started building a road in the northwest that will be used to transport bauxite, skirting the town of Boké, the scene of violent protests against transiting trucks in 2017.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Mining 12.11.2020

The passage of trucks transporting bauxite throws up toxic red dust, pictured here in the vicinity of Boké.

Spotlight | Niger
Uranium: Rosatom full steam ahead while Orano rubber stamps cutbacks

Although the French nuclear group Orano (formerly Areva) has decided to make drastic cuts to its activities in Niger, the Niamey authorities have found a new potential ally to develop the country's uranium resources: Russian industrial Rosatom.

Subscribers only Mining 12.11.2019

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
Trouble down the line for bauxite train

Guinean minister of mines Abdoulaye Magassouba may very well have announced in Paris on November 16 that mining infrastructure was a lever for development, the reality on the ground is rather more tenuous. From blocked lines to derailed wagons, the [.

Subscribers only Mining 28.11.2017

Spotlight | Guinea
Poor export infrastructure holds back bauxite growth

The Telimele bauxite project that lies a few kilometres from the Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinee’s concession in western Guinea is due to begin producing at some point next year. Guinean national Soriba Camara, managing director of the operating company, [.

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Orano
Rusal
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Guinea Henan Chine starts on bypass to free Boké of bauxite trucks

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

Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

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

Niger
Global Atomic and Orano still weighing up cost of potential uranium partnership

Niger
Two Algerians sentenced to death over 2013 Areva attack

Africa, France
A future French fund for investing in Africa's mines?

Africa, Cameroon
Eramet on the lookout for new mines in Africa

Namibia
Imerys to extend exploration to expand its graphite mine

Guinea
Henan Chine starts on bypass to free Boké of bauxite trucks

Spotlight | Niger
Uranium: Rosatom full steam ahead while Orano rubber stamps cutbacks

Guinea
Who really controls the country's bauxite?

Spotlight | Guinea
Trouble down the line for bauxite train

Spotlight | Guinea
Poor export infrastructure holds back bauxite growth