Societe Miniere de Boke

SMB And Winning Shipping Ink Agreement With Guinean Government Over Country’s First Alumina Refinery

SMB And Winning Shipping Ink Agreement With Guinean Government Over Country’s First Alumina Refinery

Guinean miner Societe Miniere de Boke (SMB) and Singaporean shipping titan Winning Shipping signed an agreement with the Guinean government on Monday to construct the nation’s first-ever alumina refinery. The consortium said in a statement released yesterday that the refinery, with an...

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Events

Consortium to Study Investing US$3 Billion in Building Guinea’s First-Ever Alumina Refinery

Consortium to Study Investing US$3 Billion in Building Guinea’s First-Ever Alumina Refinery

A consortium of firms from Guinea, Singapore, and the People’s Republic of China is planning to launch a feasibility study early next year to investigate the possibility of building a US$3 billion aluminium-refining operation in Guinea. The SMB-Winning consortium, which consists of state-owned miner Société Minière de Boké (SMB) and Singaporean shipping titan Winning Shipping […]

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Drop in Guinea’s Expected Economic Growth Blamed on Deadly Bauxite Riots

Drop in Guinea’s Expected Economic Growth Blamed on Deadly Bauxite Riots

Riots this summer in Guinea’s Boké region sent ripples through the African nation’s economy, as the country’s budget minister blamed the unrest on the loss of nearly a full percentage point of forecast economic growth next year. According to comments by Budget Minister Mohamed Lamine Doumbouya, the government lowered its growth forecast from 6.7 percent […]

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Bauxite Operations in Guinea Return to Normal After Last Week’s Deadly Riots

Bauxite Operations in Guinea Return to Normal After Last Week’s Deadly Riots

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 […]

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Unrest Halts Bauxite Operations in Guinean Port City Kamsar

Unrest Halts Bauxite Operations in Guinean Port City Kamsar

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 […]

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Deadly Riots Again Grip Guinea’s Bauxite Hub

Deadly Riots Again Grip Guinea’s Bauxite Hub

Deadly rioting has again broken out in the Republic of Guinea’s bauxite capitol according to witnesses who spoke to the media. According to locals, over the course of two days rioters destroyed a police post and vehicle, leading to a lethal response by government forces. They say that rioters also attempted to block bauxite miners […]

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