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Guinea
Conakry pushes trade unions to ensure peace in Kérouané's Simandou mine

Four months after strikes hit the consortium's mining sites in the south-east, tensions remain high. Workers are dissatisfied with the union's gains, while representatives say they acted under junta pressure.

Guinea
France's Egis and Canada's CPCS thrown into uncertainty over Simandou

Chosen by Conakry in 2022 to provide joint engineering consulting services on the rail and port facilities of the iron mining mega-project until the end of 2026, French firms Egis and Setec are questioning their future at time of looming competition from Canada's CPCS.

Guinea
Baowu Winning Consortium Simandou strikes deal with staff in Conakry

Following negotiations that lasted almost a month in the Guinean capital, the Chinese-Singaporean consortium is set to increase its employees' pay as of July.

The New Guard
Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Tunisia

Every Wednesday, Africa Intelligence spotlights a new generation of movers and shakers in business and politics.

SenegalAmadou Sy, head inspector of Trans-Guinean project

Guinea-BissauPresidential contender João Bernardo Vieira II beefs up his candidacy

TunisiaNadim Jnifen, communications officer rising in the shadows of Richard Attias

Guinea
Chinese firms at the helm as Simandou project gets off the ground

Three giants from the rail and port sectors are in charge of most of the iron ore extraction infrastructure, which is due to come on stream on 11 November, in the presence of President Mamadi Doumbouya.

Guinea
Conakry's plans for new fuel storage depots

While Turkish group Albayrak is currently helping Guinea with a temporary solution for the supply of fuel to the country, the Conakry junta is considering building two new depots in less populated port areas to the north and south of the capital.

Guinea
KPMG draws up strategy for Doumbouya's increasingly costly Simandou 2040 plan

More than 30 consultants from multinational KPMG are working on the ruling junta's new economic strategy. The aim is to use the windfall from Guinea's iron ore mega-project to diversify the economy and boost its growth.

Guinea
How France's Egis and Setec survived ousting from Simandou project

Thanks to the support of the Simandou Strategic Committee, Egis and Setec were not ousted from the mining mega-project, even though the WCS and Simfer mining groups tried to put pressure on Conakry.

Guinea
China's Baowu beefs up its Simandou workforce

Baowu Steel has strengthened its teams on the Mount Simandou iron ore megaproject, with around 150 people, mainly from China.

Cameroon, Congo
First trucks for Mbalam-Nabeba iron ore project due in Kribi port

A reception ceremony is planned for early November.

Cameroon
Yaoundé strives to save its arbitration against miner Sundance over Mbalam iron

Cameroon missed the deadline to submit its defence, but the president's office has contacted its legal counsel and experts in a bid to defend its position against the Australian miner. Meanwhile, Paul Biya's return to the country is likely to align the various parties in Yaoundé.