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Corridors of power 16/01/2019

Funds from Beijing for G5 Sahel

The Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi took advantage of his first visit to Burkina Faso on 4 January to announce [...]

Corridors of power 16/01/2019

Doha takes (military) lead over Riyadh

Until now rather reluctant to get involved in the military sphere in Africa, Qatar nevertheless donated twenty-four armoured vehicles to [...]

Corridors of power Guess what ? 16/01/2019

Guest what of 16, 2019 Free

Name-calling | Safety net | Unavoidably detained | Nightclub | Persona non grata [...]

Oil 15/01/2019

Brahms refinery ropes in Nigerian billionaire Indimi's son

A Guinean entrepreneur has secured backing from a gathering of African oil sector experts for a refinery project in his homeland. [...]

Electricity 15/01/2019

Andritz makes a clean sweep of Grandes chutes dam

The choice of Austrian firm Andritz Hydro to renovate the 27.6 MW Grandes chutes and 5 MW Baneah hydropower plants [...]

Breaking news 09/01/2019

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 [...]

Corridors of power Mines on the map: railways, roads & ports 08/01/2019

CBG train troubles take their toll on RusAl's bauxite

The Russian group's Guinean production stood at half-mast for several weeks after wagons transporting CBG bauxite output derailed in mid-December. [...]

Corridors of power 02/01/2019

Doha asserts itself

With Saudi Arabia becoming mired in the war Yemen, on [...]

Exploration-Production Looking ahead 18/12/2018

Stephane Rigny and partners move forward on bauxite and diamonds

After taking a foothold in Guinea's bauxite industry last year [...]

Power brokers 18/12/2018

Didier Bazzo helps SMB appease concerns about bauxite Free

French consultant Didier Bazzo, founder of consultancy firm Societe d'expertises environnementales et sociales, was in the Boke region from December [...]

Diplomatic Affairs 12/12/2018

Konate persona non grata in Conakry

General Sekouba Konate is still champing at the bit in [...]

Diplomatic Affairs 12/12/2018

Kouyate lays into Beijing Free

Guinea's ex-prime minister Lansana Kouyate took advantage of a round table held on 6 December at the headquarters of the [...]

Corridors of power Palace whispers 04/12/2018

Chalco in too much of a rush to wait for its own bauxite?

Chinese group Aluminium Corp of China (Chalco), which began work [...]

Corridors of power Palace whispers 04/12/2018

Mori Diane and Mathurin Bangoura move every muscle to reboot bauxite project

Guinean entrepreneur Mori Diane and the governor of Conakry Mathurin [...]

Exploration-Production 04/12/2018

Scuffle over diamonds of first lady's cousin

Since mid-November, one of the diamond mines operated in the Banankoro zone by Guiter Mining, a company headed by Ansoumane [...]

Exploration-Production West african gold rush 04/12/2018

Endeavour's busy exploration schedule for 2019

The gold producer's exploration teams are expected to ramp up their activities in Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast and Guinea. [...]

Business circles 04/12/2018

Cryptocurrency trader KaratGold wants hands on the real deal

Metal and commodities trader KaratGold plans to launch its own cryptocurrency and back this with gold it will extract itself in Africa. [...]

Power brokers 04/12/2018

King of energy in Angola Ricardo Leitao Machado strikes into mines

Portuguese businessman Ricardo Leitao Machado registered a company in Conakry this November to branch out into pan-African investment opportunities in [...]

Spotlight Corridors of power 28/11/2018

Why African presidents are looking beyond France for their healthcare

For many years regulars at the Val de Grace military hospital in Paris, African heads of state are now increasingly likely to get their check-ups in Saudi Arabia, Morocco or Israel rather than checking into a clinic in the French [...]

Corridors of power Palace whispers 28/11/2018

Conde and his third term

Serving a third term is no longer a slight temptation [...]

Electricity 27/11/2018

Karpower and Aksa forging Ankara's position on the continent

Erdogan's proactive African policy is opening doors and opportunities for the two power giants. [...]

Business circles 20/11/2018

Metalcorp bauxite developer settles down in Luxembourg

Metalcorp Group, the parent firm of Societe des bauxites de [...]

Exploration-Production Looking ahead 20/11/2018

Full steam on titanium and vanadium

A year after opening shop in Conakry, Base Metal Guinea [...]

Exploration-Production Looking ahead 20/11/2018

Conakry launches platform to help mining subcontractors

The Conakry government has validated a project for the creation [...]

Business circles Consultants 20/11/2018

Uyghur brigade to help with geological assessments

The Guinean office of the Brigade No 11 of Xinjiang [...]

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