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Guinea, Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone activists take action against Beny Steinmetz before the US courts

Sierra Leone NGO Marginalised Affected Property Owners, which is taking legal action in the country against Beny Steinmetz Group Resources to obtain recognition of the environmental and social damage caused by its Koidu diamond mine, has asked a US court to give it access to documents it hopes will help it win its case. [...]

Published on 27.08.2021 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Cleary Gottlieb Steen and Hamilton
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Lindsay Bailey
Marginalised Affected Property Owners
Octea
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Sierra Leone
Diamond mine case pitting local residents against Beny Steinmetz's Octea back in high court

The fight is on to see whether local residents near the Koidu diamond mine in Sierra Leone will be able to sue the site operator, Beny Steinmetz's company Octea, on numerous accounts. They are due to plead their case before the high court of Sierra Leone on 9 February.

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From ECOWAS to New York: Beny Steinmetz diamonds on trial in three jurisdictions

People living close to the Koidu diamond mine in Sierra Leone fear the dismissal of a domestic court case against Beny Steinmetz's company Octea, which they accuse of violence and pollution. A US court, however, has upheld their disclosure demands, while a separate case before an ECOWAS court is due out next year.

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A second bauxite mine ready for production?

Sierra Leone president Julius Maada Bio is ready to compete with its bauxite-producing neighbour Guinea as Supreme Minerals promises it will be able to start exporting from its new mine by 2023.

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Mysterious mining firm FG Gold sows political discord in Freetown

The awarding of the Baomahun concession, Sierra Leone's most promising gold deposit, to FG Gold has surprised the country's business community and prompted a rift between parliament and the Freetown government.

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Vale contests BSGR's new counsel in $2bn Simandou iron ore battle

After starting a trial in the US to demonstrate that its former partner on the Simandou iron ore project, Beny Steinmetz, had fraudulently invested funds in New York property, the Brazilian mining group Vale believes its opponent's new lawyer has been picked to undermine the proceedings.

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Guinea
Beny Steinmetz counter-attacks Vale in Simandou saga, insisting it was aware of licence risks

In his latest legal broadside against Vale about a joint venture on Guinea's Simandou iron ore project, Israeli businessman Beny Steinmetz rejects all accusations of wrongdoing. Claiming that the Brazilian mining giant knew the score before teaming up with his company, Steinmetz says it cannot now sue him on this front.

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Beny Steinmetz, CEO of Beny Steinmetz Group Resources

Spotlight | Guinea
Vale goes after property magnates Ziel Feldman and Rene Benko to secure compensation from BSGR over Simandou iron ore

The Brazilian firm Vale has filed a legal action seeking to establish if part of the funds that it paid to Beny Steinmetz's company within the framework of their Simandou iron ore partnership in Guinea was used for property investments in the United States.

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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 [.

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Guinea
Behind the scenes of Mamadi Doumbouya's offensive on Russian miner Nordgold

DRC
Dan Gertler's billions of dollars in royalties at heart of huge legal battle

Guinea, Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone activists take action against Beny Steinmetz before the US courts

Sierra Leone
Diamond mine case pitting local residents against Beny Steinmetz's Octea back in high court

Spotlight | Sierra Leone
From ECOWAS to New York: Beny Steinmetz diamonds on trial in three jurisdictions

Sierra Leone
A second bauxite mine ready for production?

Sierra Leone
Mysterious mining firm FG Gold sows political discord in Freetown

Spotlight | Guinea
Vale contests BSGR's new counsel in $2bn Simandou iron ore battle

Guinea
Beny Steinmetz counter-attacks Vale in Simandou saga, insisting it was aware of licence risks

Spotlight | Guinea
Vale goes after property magnates Ziel Feldman and Rene Benko to secure compensation from BSGR over Simandou iron ore

Spotlight | Guinea
Steinmetz and Soros' Simandou duel still raging