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Guinea, Liberia
Conakry, Monrovia teams to resume talks on iron exports via Liberia rail line

Published on 17.03.2021 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 min

Talks between Conakry and Monrovia on transporting Guinean ore via the Liberian port of Buchanan are to be relaunched this month after a lengthy delay due to Covid-19. They will be steered by two top government officials.

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Guinea, Liberia Conakry, Monrovia teams to resume talks on iron exports via Liberia rail line

Talks between Conakry and Monrovia on transporting Guinean ore via the Liberian port of Buchanan are to be relaunched this month after a lengthy delay due to Covid-19. They will be steered by two top government officials.

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Conakry, Monrovia teams to resume talks on iron exports via Liberia rail line

Guinea, Liberia
Conakry and Monrovia set to resume talks on Nimba railway link

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Thelo DB takes on ArcelorMittal over mining rail line

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Guinean iron taken hostage by Liberian politics

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Magassouba and Nimaga, the dynamic duo running the mining ministry

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EarthSource lawyers denounce SEC methods in diamond fraud case

Guinea
Simandou iron ore: Winning Consortium clashes with Soguipami over granite

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