Your account has been succesfully created.
Africa Intelligence
Subscribe now
The global hunt for the Dos Santos family assets

The global hunt for the Dos Santos family assets
Transition in Guinea: what's next after the coup?

Transition in Guinea: what's next after the coup?
The ANC's fierce leadership contest

The ANC's fierce leadership contest
See all Running stories
GUINEA

New A-team takes over Mount Nimba iron ore project from disputed Sable 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. [...]
Nimba Development Co has obtained the mining rights on a Guinean iron ore permit previously held by Sable Mining, which was accused of irregular practices in 2016. Several Guinean mining experts are on the Nimba board and management, among them the former head of the Simandou iron ore project and the former managing director of GAC, who is also the daughter of Guinea's transition prime minister. [...] (749 words)
Issue dated 22/03/2022 Reading time 3 minutes
Mining

Set up email notifications for these topics

Further reading

Set up email notifications for these topics

  1.  Home  
  2.  west africa 
  3.  New A-team takes over Mount Nimba iron ore project from disputed Sable Mining 
Mining

Sign up for real-time alerts and be notified of new editions!  

Once registered, you will be notified by a short message on your computer or mobile phone as soon as a new edition of our publication or an alert is published. Stay informed anytime, anywhere!