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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
Is Chalco's bid for Boffa bauxite an impossible mission?

In mid-January, a delegation sent by the Conakry government travelled [...]

Subscribers only Mining 30.01.2018

Guinea
Government cools tensions in Boke to humour Beijing

Worried that it might strain its relations with its main financial backer, Beijing, the Conakry government has sent off emissaries [...]

Subscribers only Mining 16.01.2018

DRC
Aggelos fund pairs up with Vector Resources

South African financier Kurt van Duyn will help Vector reboot its Adidi-Kanga gold project.

Subscribers only Mining 16.01.2018

Guinea
Yves Occello digs in for Sarmin over Lelouma bauxite

Over the coming days, French advisor Yves Occello is expected to join the board of directors at Sarmin Bauxite Guinee, [...]

Subscribers only Mining 16.01.2018

Guinea
DA Ressources brings in top consultants

Consultancy firm DA Ressources Guinee, registered in Guinea in late [...]

Subscribers only Mining 16.01.2018

Guinea
BHP's former blocks continue to find takers

In late December, Evergreen Mining Intelligence Co filed a request [...]

Subscribers only Mining 16.01.2018

Guinea
AMC leapfrogs GAC and Alufer to reach coast

The evacuation road for AMC's future bauxite output might snake through permits held by other operators.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Mining 26.12.2017

Guinea
TBEA gives Telimele preferential treatment over Bel Air

Chinese group Tebian Electric Apparatus Stock Co (TBEA), which had [...]

Subscribers only Mining 26.12.2017

Guinea
La Rochelle wants to help Boke improve mining governance

The co-operation agency of the French department Charente-Maritime, of which [...]

Subscribers only Mining 26.12.2017

Guinea
Talks between Chalco and Eurasian Resources hit a snag

Closed-door talks, held from October 25 and November 2 between Chinese public group Aluminium Corp of China (Chalco) and the [...]

Subscribers only Mining 12.12.2017

Guinea
Toro Gold's golden come back

The British firm, which withdrew from the Guilengbe project in Guinea in 2014, has asked for three new gold permits in the country.

Subscribers only Mining 12.12.2017

Madagascar
Shishir Poddar banking on Vatomina graphite

Indian businessman Shishir Kumar Poddar plans to have the mining junior he directs, Tirupati Graphite Plc, make its first public [...]

Subscribers only Mining 12.12.2017

Guinea
Dynamic aspires to be Conakry's bauxite "Bon Ami"

While Dynamic Mining, subsidiary of Indian group Jaguar Overseas, has [...]

Subscribers only Mining 12.12.2017

Spotlight | Guinea
Trouble down the line for bauxite train

Guinean minister of mines Abdoulaye Magassouba may very well have announced in Paris on November 16 that mining infrastructure was a lever for development, the reality on the ground is rather more tenuous. From blocked lines to derailed wagons, the [.

Subscribers only Mining 28.11.2017

Guinea
Soguipami takes a hand at trading

Guinean state-owned firm Soguipami has a project to submit to mines minister, Abdoulaye Magassouba. It would like to create a [...]

Subscribers only Mining 28.11.2017

Namibia
Serial mining investor Adonis Pouroulis plays cards on lithium

Greek businessman Adonis Pouroulis, already shareholder of bauxite, diamond, gold, rare earths, platinum and coal projects via his holding Pella [...]

Subscribers only Mining 28.11.2017

Guinea
Karamjit Virdi, new king of Koniokhoure bauxite

Karamjit Virdi, Indian businessman who now lives in Conakry with a strong presence in the import-export sector, has ambitious plans [...]

Subscribers only Mining 28.11.2017

Guinea
AMC: Peter Sullivan's financial arrangements in Bermuda

In mid-November, Zeta Resources became a main shareholder of Australian [...]

Subscribers only Mining 28.11.2017

Guinea
Former Rio Tinto exec Ismael Diakite advises SMB

Several weeks ago, Guinean consultant Ismael Diakite was appointed the chief representative of the Guinean-Asian consortium formed by bauxite producer [...]

Subscribers only Mining 14.11.2017

Ivory Coast
Champagne flows for LEA's new mining deal

Serving Ruinart champagne to its guests, which included Ivorian minister [...]

Subscribers only Mining 14.11.2017

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