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Guinea

President Plays Double Game with RusAl?

The Guinean judiciary system is apparently ignoring instructions from President Moussa Dadis Camara in August, in which he ordered the [...]

Subscribers only Mining 15.09.2009

Warning for Batax Bouna International

The authorities have once again suspended activity at the Guinean [...]

Subscribers only Mining 15.09.2009

Hyperdynamics Switches Strategy

With Conakry appearing anxious to break off the least tie with the group, Hyperdynamics’ new management has adopted what it thinks is a winning strategy.

Free access Energy 08.09.2009

Robert Solberg

The American concern Hyperdynamics appointed Robert Solberg as its new board chairman in September. Solberg is a former world director [...]

Subscribers only Energy 08.09.2009

Deripaska Defuses RusAl Wrangle

Could the legal wrangle between Guinea and Ruski Alumini (RusAl) be losing its heat? Although Captain Moussa Dadis Camara was [...]

Subscribers only Mining 01.09.2009

Guinea Commission for Chinese Investments

Following a decree by Captain Moussa Dadis Camara on August 28, a commission is to be set up to coordinate [...]

Subscribers only Mining 01.09.2009

Gao Shi You

China Power Investment Corp (CPI) has appointed a deputy general manager resident in Guinea. Gao Shi You is increasing his [...]

Subscribers only Mining 01.09.2009

Conakry
Cooperation on Mining With Monrovia

A government delegation from Monrovia led by minister for mines [...]

Subscribers only Mining 01.09.2009

Rio Tinto To Let Go of North Simandou?

The Simandou affair is damaging relations between Rio Tinto and the Guinean government. The mining group, which saw the northern [...]

Free access Mining 28.07.2009

GOLD
Aredor’s USD 30 million Entry Ticket

Businessman and politician Elhadj Bouna Keita’s bid to get his hands on the Association pour la Recherche et l’Exploitation du [...]

Subscribers only Mining 28.07.2009

High Price for Resuming Siguiri Exports

AngloGold Ashanti was able to resume gold exports from its [...]

Subscribers only Mining 28.07.2009

New Chinese Protectorate?

Chinese groups active in Angola are turning their attention to Guinea.

Subscribers only Energy 21.07.2009

Power Shortage for Junta

Guinea’s leader, who seized power in a putsch, has summoned leading officials in the power sector to explain the increasingly critical electricity situation in the country.

Subscribers only Energy 21.07.2009

Pasquale Scaturro

An American executive search firm, Preng & Associates Inc., can be credited with seeing Pasquale Scaturro appointed to the board [...]

Subscribers only Energy 21.07.2009

Simandou: Rio Tinto Stymied, Conakry Threatens

The Simandou affair has caused a deep freeze in relations between Rio Tinto and Guinea's government. The mining group, which [...]

Subscribers only Mining 14.07.2009

Alpha Oumar Rafiou Barry

This Guinean national has been appointed Director General of Alcoa-Guinea for a period of six years, replacing Ibrahima Danso, who [...]

Subscribers only Mining 14.07.2009

Jean Jacques Dupuy

This French geologist has been advising the Guinean minister for mines Mahmoud Thiam for just a short while over recasting [...]

Subscribers only Mining 14.07.2009

Conakry
New Plan to Revise Mining Legislation

A commission charged with revising the 1995 Mining Code and [...]

Subscribers only Mining 14.07.2009

Steven Din

The new chairman and CEO of Simfer, Rio Tinto’s subsidiary in Guinea, was presented to government members at a reception [...]

Subscribers only Mining 30.06.2009

Joep Coenen

This former managing director of Société Minière de Dinguiraye (SMD) in Guinea is taking the helm at Société des Mines [...]

Subscribers only Mining 30.06.2009

Karim Karjian Warns of Alumina Delay

Despite the international financial crisis and increasingly difficult operating conditions in Guinea, the U.S.-owned Guinea Alumina Corp (GAC) is pursuing [...]