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Guinea
Appeal court overturns Monaco Resources asset seizures

Several precautionary measures taken at the end of last year against the Guinean subsidiaries of Monaco Resources in their dispute with construction group MCI were cancelled at the start of January. [...]

Published on 18/01/2022 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Monaco Resources' eventful summer

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Kindia's bauxite lures a diamond dealer and an oilman

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Monaco Resources under scrutiny from European audit regulators

Britain's audit watchdog is investigating whether the accounts of MRG UK, a British subsidiary of the Monaco Resources group, which is very involved in Africa, have been properly certified. Other European regulators have also debated whether to investigate the conglomerate's bookkeeping.

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Guinea
New seizures ordered on Monaco Resources assets

As a result of the dispute between the company and its subcontractor MCI, a court in Conakry has ordered exit bans and seizures of all of Monaco Resources' assets at the port and on the road to the company's bauxite mine in Guinea.

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UAE's Ghantoot Group authorised to take Monaco Resources to arbitration over bauxite deal

A dispute between Monaco Resources and Ghantoot Group at a Guinean bauxite mine hides another more fundamental conflict over the capital of Société des Bauxites de Guinée. That dispute will need to be dealt with by the International Chamber of Commerce in France.

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Monaco Resources struggles to hide its secrets

In less than 10 years, Monaco Resources has become a major player in African commodities. Until now, it has been quite secretive about its shareholders and the backgrounds of its executives, but is finding it increasingly hard to maintain this stance as it grows in size and is forced to jostle for position on highly competitive markets.

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Guinea
Appeal court overturns Monaco Resources asset seizures

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Mexican firms to go prospecting for business in Guinea

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Guinea
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