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Doumbouya seeks to combine Rio Tinto and Winning rail plans for Simandou

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“Simandou, Nimba and Zogota: the long and difficult road to the start of iron ore production”
Guinea

Simandou, Nimba and Zogota: the long and difficult road to the start of iron ore production

Guinea, which has some of the biggest unexploited iron ore deposits in the world in its south eastern corner, is also one of the countries in which they are the most difficult to bring into production, principally because of the absence of infrastructures to evacuate the ore. Société Minière de Boké, which has the rights to the northern part of the Simandou project, still believes in its project, however, and this could serve to encourage its neighbours in the southern part, Rio Tinto and Chinalco. Two other nearby iron ore bodies have also attracted the leading figures of the international mining sector, Nimba and Zogota. All this seems to be attracting new investors to adjoining exploration permits. [...]
Rolling stock being installed on the Dapilon-Santou railway constructed by Winning Consortium Sandou for transporting bauxite in Guinea.
Rolling stock being installed on the Dapilon-Santou railway constructed by Winning Consortium Sandou for transporting bauxite in Guinea. © Winning Consortium Simandou/Facebook
Australian mining giant Rio Tinto is trying to assert its interests in the Simandou iron project over those of Winning Consortium, which is reputedly close to the president ousted in a coup in September, Alpha Condé. [...]
Published on 15.12.2021 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 3 minutes
Infrastructure, Mining
Read this article in our running story
“Simandou, Nimba and Zogota: the long and difficult road to the start of iron ore production”
Guinea

Simandou, Nimba and Zogota: the long and difficult road to the start of iron ore production

Guinea, which has some of the biggest unexploited iron ore deposits in the world in its south eastern corner, is also one of the countries in which they are the most difficult to bring into production, principally because of the absence of infrastructures to evacuate the ore. Société Minière de Boké, which has the rights to the northern part of the Simandou project, still believes in its project, however, and this could serve to encourage its neighbours in the southern part, Rio Tinto and Chinalco. Two other nearby iron ore bodies have also attracted the leading figures of the international mining sector, Nimba and Zogota. All this seems to be attracting new investors to adjoining exploration permits. [...]

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