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Palace whispers 18/07/2017

August 25, first day of the rest of Mahmoud Thiam's life

Mahmoud Thiam, Guinea's former minister of mines found guilty of [...]

Mines on the map: railways, roads & ports 18/07/2017

Chinese TBEA's move into bauxite reignites Amaria dam

The Chinese group's energy consumption to develop its bauxite projects appears to have given the Amaria hydropower plant a second wind. [...]

Corridors of power 18/07/2017

World Bank helps streamline permit grants

The International Finance Corporation (IFC, member of the World Bank [...]

Exploration-Production 18/07/2017

SMB throws everything into AMR's bauxite

In early July, merely weeks after signing a farm-out agreement with French junior Alliance miniere responsable (AMR) to operate its [...]

Looking ahead 18/07/2017

Pan-African Diamonds' future laid out for next three years

Pan-African Diamonds (PAD), the company founded by French businessman Julien [...]

Looking ahead 18/07/2017

China's Auxin plans explosives unit in Boke

For several weeks, representatives of Chinese explosives specialist Auxin have [...]

Power brokers 18/07/2017

Mori Diane also has the hots for gold

Mori Diane, Guinean businessman based in the United States, is quietly moving into gold. In late May, his firm Consolidated [...]

Power brokers 18/07/2017

Terry Stanley lays into Volcanic Gold

Australian Terry Stanley, managing director of OreSearch Drilling, has declared war on its contractor Volcanic Gold Mines, a Canadian junior [...]

Exploration-Production 04/07/2017

Zhang Xin, future prince of Bel Air and Telimele bauxite

Chinese power construction group Tebian Electric Apparatus Stock Co. (TBEA) is pulling out all the stops to work its way [...]

Exploration-Production 04/07/2017

New ambassador for Anne Lauvergeon's junior AMR

In mid-June, Alliance miniere responsable (AMR), the French firm active in Guinean mines with French nuclear group Areva's former CEO [...]

Looking ahead 04/07/2017

Kakande Alumina converts to gold

Kakande Alumina Co., which originally concentrated on developing bauxite projects [...]

Power brokers 04/07/2017

Elhadj Oumar Diallo looks for mines along the coast

For several months, Guinean geology engineer Elhadj Oumar Diallo has been exploring the potential of his country's coastline on behalf [...]

Palace whispers 28/06/2017

Conde takes Guinee Airlines

While looking for an aircraft of his own (WAN 753), [...]

Power brokers 28/06/2017

Makonnen Asmaron uses photographs to cultivates ties with Conde

Italian-Eritrean businessman Makonnen Asmaron offered an impressive album of photographs to Alpha Conde on June 22. The gift, a collection [...]

Oil 27/06/2017

Alpha Conde ready to fire sale offshore assets

On visit to Cape Town in October for the Africa [...]

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 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 [...]

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 [...]

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