Guinea

Bauxite the Topic of Recent Meeting Between Mining Ministers from Guinea and Indonesia

Bauxite the Topic of Recent Meeting Between Mining Ministers from Guinea and Indonesia

Indonesia and Guinea could be setting their sights on establishing ties in the bauxite sector, as evidenced by a meeting earlier this week between ministers of the two country’s relevant ministries. Indonesian media reported the meeting on Thursday, which was between Guinea’s...

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Events

EGA Ships First Bauxite from Guinea

EGA Ships First Bauxite from Guinea

UAE’s Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) announced this week that it has shipped the first bauxite bulk sample shipment mined from its operations in the African nation of Guinea. The sample was shipped from Kamsar to customers in the People’s Republic of China. The first shipment consists of 55,000 metric tons of ore, and it represents […]

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Anglo-African Minerals to Join with Chinese Firms in Guinea Bauxite Project

Anglo-African Minerals to Join with Chinese Firms in Guinea Bauxite Project

Irish exploration firm Anglo-African Minerals recently announced a €200 million joint venture with China New Era Group and China Geo-Engineering Corporation to begin mining bauxite in Guinea. Tipperary’s Anglo-African, which has had a presence in the country since 1998, owns four bauxite licenses in Guinea. The firm has signed an agreement that the outcroppings, covering […]

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Fluor Wins Guinea Bauxite Expansion Contract

Fluor Wins Guinea Bauxite Expansion Contract

American multinational engineering and construction firm Fluor Corporation announced yesterday that it has been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction management contract for Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinée’s (CBG) Bauxite Production Expansion Project in Kamsar, Guinea. The firm says the contract will be worth US$501 million. The project in question will expand production by four […]

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Guinean Firm to Begin Construction on Bauxite Mine by End of 2016

Guinean Firm to Begin Construction on Bauxite Mine by End of 2016

Guinean mining firm Societe des Bauxites de Dabola-Tougue (SBDT) said late last week that it expects to commence construction on a bauxite mine in country that will position it to begin harvesting the vast, largely untapped reserves the West African country possesses, said the company’s CEO. “We are currently finalising the feasibility studies. We plan […]

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EGA to Open Bauxite Mine in Guinea

EGA to Open Bauxite Mine in Guinea

United Arab Emirates’ Emirates Global Aluminium PJSC (EGA) announced last week that it would soon begin construction on a significant bauxite mine in the West African country of Guinea. The mine is anticipated to insure a steady stream of high-quality bauxite ore for the firm’s domestic operations and, in turn, lead to new sales in […]

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