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Simandou, SMB, William Bourdon... UMS served a full plate

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“Transition: what's next after the coup?”

Guinea

Transition: what's next after the coup?

The coup that ousted Alpha Condé on 5 September 2021 in Guinea has ushered in a period of instability, despite the putschists' reassuring words from the start. There is much at stake over the coming months as leaders jostle for power and political alliances take shape, and pressing questions over the mining industry and international partnerships come to the fore. [...]

As it adjusts to post-coup Guinea, the local mining logistics provider UMS, headed by Fadi Wazni, is also facing an arbitration where the firm of French lawyer William Bourdon is representing a client who wants to regain control of a plane both parties are claiming ownership of. [...]

Published on 17.09.2021 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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Behind the scenes of Mamadi Doumbouya's offensive on Russian miner Nordgold

DRC
Dan Gertler's billions of dollars in royalties at heart of huge legal battle

Guinea
Simandou, SMB, William Bourdon... UMS served a full plate

Guinea
Fadi Wazni edges closer to his alumina refinery dream

Guinea
Under pressure at home, Guinea's FNDC mobilises its European network

Guinea
Global Voice Group turns to US courts in Conakry litigation

Guinea
Railway forces UMS to readjust its bauxite operations

Central Africa, France
"Congo Hold-up" : France's financial prosecution service has begun investigating the BGFI

Guinea
Disputed plane may soon take off for Simandou

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UMS call on TechnipFMC for steelworks and oil refinery

Guinea
With coup dust yet to settle, Iamgold seeks new prospecting licence

Guinea
Will junta respond to IMF concerns over fiscal transparency in mining sector?

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Deal-broker Hamidé Sako hopes coup leaders will get TBEA to pay up

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UMS and ex-partner Laprade in court in June over 'hijacked' plane

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Winning Consortium appoints the companies that will carry out the Simandou 1 and 2 impact studies

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Winning Consortium seeks listing to raise capital for Simandou

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Simandou: Auguste Debouzy advises SMB in its talks with Conakry