Societe Miniere de Boke’s Bauxite Mine Back Online After Nearly Two Week Strike
The bauxite mine operated by Guinea’s Societe Miniere de Boke is back to production now that a nearly two-week strike...
Normal operations have resumed at bauxite mines in Guinea after several days of unrest that led to slowed production, as sources in country told Reuters that locals initiated violent protests against a move by the president to extend his term in office....
The bauxite mine operated by Guinea’s Societe Miniere de Boke is back to production now that a nearly two-week strike...
Violent protests have again rocked several cities in the western African nation of Guinea, disrupting bauxite ore shipments from the...
Riots this summer in Guinea’s Boké region sent ripples through the African nation’s economy, as the country’s budget minister blamed...
According to in-country sources, a fragile truce has been negotiated in the Boké region of Guinea, allowing the country’s bauxite operations to return to normal operations while a definitive agreement is hammered out. The truce marks the first period of peace in the area in over a week, giving bauxite miners a break from over […]
Rioting has again taken hold of the Guinean port city of Kamsar, blocking roads and rails and disrupting bauxite mining operations. State agencies and Companie Bauxite de Guinee (CBG) officials confirmed the reports, saying that the unrest has caused the company’s bauxite operations to grind to a halt on Tuesday. According to reports, protesters barricaded […]
The president of the Republic of Guinea decreed last week that miners who produce over a certain amount of bauxite ore “will be obliged to build an alumina plant.” President Alpha Condé made the remarks in speech at recent mining conference in Guinea’s capital Conakry. Condé spoke at last week’s Symposium Mines Guinea, the largest […]
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