Guinea
Ismael Diakité spearheads negotiations for Winning Consortium Simandou

Guinea
Konkoe gold: tensions rise over HongXing licence

While Guinean Mines Minister Moussa Magassouba persists in delaying the transfer of the licence for the coveted Konkoe deposit from HongXing to New Japan Mining, artisanal miners have moved into the site. AngloGold and Managem also operate in this key gold-producing region, where tensions between formal and informal players are on the rise.

Guinea
WCS works on new Simandou strategy

Winning Consortium Simandou has retained Franco-Australian lawyer Christophe Asselineau, indicating a shift of power between the three partners of the consortium that owns blocks 1 and 2 of the massive iron ore deposit in Guinea.

Guinea
How Doumbouya and Gomou plan to take back control of mines ministry

With Moussa Magassouba's departure from the department now a certainty, the head of state and the prime minister are working to find a replacement. But they intend to continue to oversee the massive Simandou iron project in-person.

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Guinea, Kenya, South Africa, Ghana

Guinea
Djami Diallo, key to negotiations on the Simandou iron ore project

Kenya
Ogutu Okudo, oil specialist and Odinga's spin doctor

South Africa
Maropene Ramokgopa, the pro-Ramaphosa leader of the ANC Women's League

Ghana
Tawiah Agyarko-Kwarteng, social and environmental spokesperson for the cocoa industry

Guinea
Rio Tinto focuses on local content and ESG for Simandou

In the ongoing negotiations over the Simandou iron ore project, Conakry is primarily focused on infrastructure for the mine. One company developing the deposit, Rio Tinto, is however pushing to make progress on other fronts.