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Exploration-Production 20/06/2017

Where have the Simandou combatants ended up?

The dust is beginning to settle on the battlefield over the award procedure conditions for Guinea's Simandou iron ore contract. [...]

Exploration-Production 20/06/2017

Endorsed by Anne Lauvergeon, AMR to produce bauxite by end 2017

Bauxite production on the concession held by French firm Alliance miniere responsable (AMR) near Boke is scheduled to start sometime [...]

West african gold rush 20/06/2017

Solid gold team ready to save Kouroussa mine

Cassidy Gold's new management has called in a dream team of well-connected miners and financiers to revive the Kouroussa gold mine. [...]

Looking ahead 20/06/2017

Woula pushes forward on Batafong bauxite plateau

Guinean firm Woula Mining, which obtained a bauxite research permit [...]

Power brokers 20/06/2017

Nothing can stop Ng Chau Leung David's mining foray

Discreet Malay businessman NG Chau Leung David, CEO of the Banque de developpement de Guinee (BDG, AMI 388), has snapped [...]

Corridors of power 20/06/2017

Ashapura pays court to the government to secure Boffa bauxite

Indian group Ashapura Minechem is vying for a bauxite block in Boffa previously explored by BHP Billiton and is bending [...]

Breaking news ALERT AMA 13/06/2017

Lauvergeon-China in bauxite tie-up

According to our sources, a farm-in agreement is to be signed tomorrow morning, Wednesday June 14, between the Sino-Guinean bauxite [...]

Oil 13/06/2017

Sahara Group readies its troops to take over local market

Nigerian firm Sahara Group has decided to step up its game and expand its entire portfolio in Guinea, encompassing oil [...]

Palace whispers 06/06/2017

Last ditch efforts in Beijing to save Simandou

In late May, Guinean mines minister, Abdoulaye Magassouba and Ahmed [...]

Palace whispers 06/06/2017

Mahmoud Thiam refuses to admit defeat

Mahmoud Thiam, former Guinean minister of mines, has initiated a [...]

Corridors of power 06/06/2017

Energy minister puts himself in firing line to save bauxite

People in Boke are waiting to see if the energy and hydraulics minister, Cheick Taliby Sylla, will come through with [...]

Mines on the map: railways, roads & ports 06/06/2017

Mohamed Camara wants to power mines with water!

To bridge the power shortage in Boffa, a bauxite-rich region, Mohamed Camara intends to build a 60 MW dam. [...]

Exploration-Production 06/06/2017

AusCan Exploration puts eggs in more than one basket

AusCan Exploration Guinee appears to have paid attention to president Alpha Conde’s call, voiced on May 9 at the opening [...]

Looking ahead 06/06/2017

Compagnie des bauxites de Guinee sets sail for north

Compagnie des bauxites de Guinee (CBG), which set a target [...]

Power brokers 06/06/2017

Ansoumane Kaba bets the ranch on Boke bauxite Free

Businessman Ansoumane Kaba has chalked out a spot for himself on the rapidly expanding bauxite sector. Chairman of Guinea’s national [...]

Spotlight Exploration-Production 23/05/2017

Government takes action to help save Boke’s bauxite

Following a string of riots that disrupted bauxite production in Boke late April (AMI 391), threatening the Guinean treasurer’s primary source of revenue, the State stepped in to open up dialogue and calm the waters. The talks, in which all [...]

Corridors of power 23/05/2017

Violent outbreaks in Boke delay mining school project

The French Reseau d’Excellence "Mine & Societe", a grouping of [...]

Exploration-Production 23/05/2017

Sama Graphite looking for offtakers Free

Banking on the electric car market taking off, Canadian firm Sama Graphite Inc, is currently looking for buyers for the [...]

Small-scale mining 23/05/2017

Artisanal Gold Council ramps up fight against mercury in artisanal mines

Canadian NGO Artisanal Gold Council (AGC) has completed an inventory [...]

Business circles 23/05/2017

Necotrans sheds ports but holds on to mines

French group Necotrans’ asset shedding may be restricted to its port activities and exclude mining services firm NB Mining, purchased by the group in 2015. [...]

Power brokers 23/05/2017

Jia Shu Jie poised to secure foothold in Fria bauxite

CEO of China’s Zibo Rundi Aluminium Industry Co, businesswoman Jia Shu Jie was in Guinea at the start of May [...]

Palace whispers 17/05/2017

Alpha Condé looking for his personal jet

One of the few West African countries alongside Liberia and [...]

Corridors of power 17/05/2017

Conde names Camara as his man in Tel Aviv

Guinea’s ambassador to France and Portugal since 2011, Amara Camara [...]

Oil 16/05/2017

Hyperdynamics has a lot at stake in Fatala drill

With the ink still drying on Nigeria’s state-owned firm Sapetro’s [...]

Breaking news ALERT AMA 11/05/2017

Guinea Mines Symposium: why bauxite production is falling

The country’s largest bauxite producer, the Compagnie des bauxites de Guinée (CBG) will only produce 14 million tons of ore [...]

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