Africa
Race for Bauxite Bonanza
With demand rising by 3% per annum, the world market for aluminum is spurring a race between leading corporations to [...]
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.