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Palace whispers 19/09/2017

Mineral Sands ventures inland

Mineral Sands Consultants (MSC), directed by Dutch national Robert de [...]

Business circles 19/09/2017

ALSF sets Conakry on right course for negotiating Simandou

On September 4, the director of the African Legal Support [...]

Exploration-Production 19/09/2017

On your screens soon: the Boke bauxite insurrection

The recent violent outbreak in early September in Boke, stronghold of bauxite mining in Guinea, could have a ripple effect [...]

Small-scale mining 19/09/2017

European Union and UNDP back registry of artisanal miners

A team of consultants should soon be dispatched to Guinea [...]

Power brokers 19/09/2017

Abdoulaye Magassouba and Kerfalla Yansane heard in Washington

As part of the ongoing dispute opposing the Guinean government and law firm Dentons over unpaid fees for the latter's [...]

Oil 12/09/2017

Hyperdynamics and Sapetro's failure may freeze Guinean offshore

The Fatala-1 well has turned out to be dry, which will likely send its operators into a deep crisis and generate poor publicity for the Guinean basin. [...]

Breaking news 07/09/2017

Africa Down Under 2017: Beijing is on board, but Chinalco continues to hesitate

According to Alkhaly Yamoussa Bangoura, the mining adviser to Guinean president Alpha Conde, who was interviewed by Africa Mining Intelligence [...]

Spotlight Exploration-Production 05/09/2017

Steinmetz and Soros' Simandou duel still raging

Since Franco-Israeli mining magnate Beny Steinmetz's court battle against American billionaire George Soros, was announced mid-April with a resounding thunder clap, scarce more detail has come to light. Behind the scenes, however, the two men have continued to reveal the [...]

Palace whispers 05/09/2017

Benoit la Salle adds new metal to his belt

Canadian firm Sama Resources, which develops Guinea's first graphite project, [...]

Business circles 05/09/2017

RBC twice thwarted by Crew Gold

On August 10, the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) lost [...]

Exploration-Production 05/09/2017

Alexander Zotov makes headway on Telimele bauxite Free

Russian businessman Alexander Zotov is hoping to kick off bauxite production in the prefectures of Telimele and Fria, Guinea, as [...]

Looking ahead 05/09/2017

With one foot in bauxite, Ashapura places the other in diamonds

In early August, Indian conglomerate Ashapura Minechem filed for two [...]

Looking ahead 05/09/2017

Alpha Conde gains ground on hydropower projects pledged to miners

Guinean president Alpha Conde has completed an important step in [...]

Power brokers 05/09/2017

Andre Baya takes over Alliance Mining Commodities' bauxite from Bob Adam

In mid-October, Mauritian Andre Baya will have to step down as Canadian gold producer Roxgold Inc's MD for Burkina Faso [...]

Power brokers 05/09/2017

James Tounkara attempts to pave way into country's mines

In early August, Guinean-born businessman James Mohamed Tounkara registered an affiliate of his company West African Diamond Corp (WADCO) in [...]

Business circles 30/08/2017

The Satguru agency under scrutiny in Conakry

According to our sources, in the course of August the [...]

Spotlight Exploration-Production 01/08/2017

Bauxite shunts iron ore off top post

Once seen as one of the potential sources on which to build Guinea's development, iron ore exploration has now all but dwindled to a standstill. Mining giants BHP Billiton and Areva want to sell their project, as secondary actors look [...]

Palace whispers 01/08/2017

Government douses CDM Chine's ambitions

According to our information, a few days ago the Guinean [...]

Looking ahead 01/08/2017

Chinese Zibo Rundi targets IMD's bauxite

Chinese firm Zibo Rundi Aluminium Industry Co, which wants to [...]

Power brokers 01/08/2017

World Bank VP Makhtar Diop takes CBG's pulse

When in Guinea in mid-July, Senegalese Makhtar Diop, the World Bank's vice president for Africa, went to see the lay [...]

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 [...]

Corridors of power 18/07/2017

World Bank helps streamline permit grants

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

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

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 [...]

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