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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 [...] (586 words)

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Guinea/Liberia: mining projects

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