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Bauxite

Boasting one of the world's largest reserves of bauxite, the main source of aluminium, Guinea has become one of the leading global producers of the mineral. Its West African neighbours - Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana and Mali - as well as Cameroon, Tanzania and other countries across the continent have begun to move in to the bauxite market.

Guinea
Mitsubishi prepares bauxite comeback as offtaker

The Japanese multi-sector giant Mitsubishi sent two of its aluminium [...]

Subscribers only 21.05.2019

Guinea
CBG, GAC, Dynamic and Soguipami, the first to try new marketplace

After months of preparation ( AMI 436), the Conakry government [...]

Subscribers only 21.05.2019

Madagascar
Naina Andriantsitohaina temporarily hands over reins

Since becoming the minister of foreign affairs, Naina Andriantsitohaina (see our Insiders) has had to distance himself from the daily [...]

Subscribers only Business 10.05.2019

Spotlight | Document | Guinea
Miners ramp up push to export production via Liberia

Miners operating in southeast Guinea are hammering the Conakry authorities with demands to be allowed to evacuate their output via Liberia. The region boasts some of the world's largest deposits of iron ore and battery metals but is landlocked, with [.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 07.05.2019

Guinea
Jeffrey Ovian holds the fort for Mick Davis and Beny Steinmetz in Zogota

Niron Metals' management has brought in a mining sector expert to handle their Guinean operations, the freshly appointed country director [...]

Subscribers only Mining 07.05.2019

Guinea
Mining drinks take hold of Conakry scene

Conakry's Onomo hotel played host to the capital's very first [...]

Subscribers only Mining 07.05.2019

Guinea
Monaco Resources rewrites bauxite plans to head into logistics

According to our sources, Societe des bauxites de Guinee (SBG), [...]

Subscribers only Mining 07.05.2019

Guinea, Tanzania
Bob Adam advises Lindian in bauxite

Australian junior mining firm Lindian Resources has enlisted the services [...]

Subscribers only Mining 07.05.2019

Guinea
SRK helps state provide compensation to populations living near mines

Guinean ministry of mines' report on the compensation and relocation [...]

Subscribers only Mining 07.05.2019

Guinea
Who really controls the country's bauxite?

President Alpha Conde has asked his teams to provide him with a detailed study to clarify the true state of this strategically important sector.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 30.04.2019

Namibia
Zinc giant Votorantim seeks greater presence in country

Though still a relative newcomer to Namibia's mining scene, where it has submitted a new permit request to add to [...]

Subscribers only 16.04.2019

Guinea
Sonit CEO Ali Saadi fishing for bauxite opportunities

Sonit, a company that made its very first mining permit request on March 27 to explore the bauxite project Kindia-Mamou, [...]

Subscribers only Mining 16.04.2019

Guinea
Ashapura MD Sudheer Godabole targets iron ore to add to bauxite assets

The craze among foreign investors for Guinean iron ore (read here) seems to have taken hold of miners in India. [...]

Subscribers only Mining 16.04.2019

Ivory Coast
Bictogo brothers confident about bauxite production boom

Lagune Exploration Afrique (LEA), which develops the Ivorian bauxite mine [...]

Subscribers only Mining 16.04.2019

Africa
Anne Lauvergeon, Yves Occello and AMR buddies give bauxite another go

After handing over the operatorship of their Guinean bauxite permit to Societe miniere de Boke (SMB, AMI 396) in 2017, [...]

Subscribers only 02.04.2019

Africa
Jun Cheng, China's go-to lawyer on the continent

Lawyer Jun Cheng's star is rising among Chinese giants looking for advice on how to develop their mining projects in Africa.

Subscribers only Mining 02.04.2019

Guinea
After AngloGold, NGOs hound CBG over compensation

Joined by two Guinea-based NGOs, Inclusive Development International is demanding that bauxite operator CBG offers better compensation to those living near its mine.

Subscribers only Mining 02.04.2019

Africa
Alexander Zotov spreads wings beyond Eurasian bauxite

With one hand already in western Guinea bauxite mining, the Russian businessman Alexander Zotov has now joined the board of [...]

Subscribers only 02.04.2019

Guinea
Boke pushes for greater autonomy to handle its mining strategy

The prefecture of Boke is by far Guinea's largest producing [...]

Subscribers only 02.04.2019

Guinea
Tanzanian mines expert, Asimwe Kabunga takes a chance on bauxite

Days after founding his new firm KB Bauxite Guinee in Conakry, the Australian entrepreneur Asimwe Kabunga submitted a request for [...]

Subscribers only Mining 19.03.2019

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