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Guinea

Rio Tinto and Chinalco seek social and environmental harmony at Simandou

Rio Tinto and Chinalco, co-owners of blocks 3 and 4 of the Simandou iron ore project in Guinea, are recruiting a team they hope will soothe relations with locals and shield the firms from accusations of damaging biodiversity.

Subscribers only Mining Running story - Iron ore in Guinea 04.01.2021

Jeantet opens new 'green' OHADA desk

Green energy will be the theme of the first two seminars organised by Jeantet's brand new OHADA desk.

Subscribers only Energy, Mining, Business 23.12.2020

Odhav steps up the hunt for iron around Simandou

Odhav Multi Industries has applied for yet another exploration permit for iron ore adjacent to the giant Simandou project in Guinea.

Subscribers only Mining Running story - Iron ore in Guinea 23.12.2020

Expertise France wants to block Gulf of Guinea's cocaine highway

The French development agency (AFD)'s technical cooperation arm, Expertise France, is keen to run the EU-funded €5m Gulf of Guinea security project called Seaport Cooperation.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics 23.12.2020

Paris issues fresh tender for Barhkane logistics

Bolloré's competitors now have until mid-January to eat into the French giant's transportation action in West Africa after France re-issued a request for bids it had abandoned.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics 21.12.2020

Simandou: Beny Steinmetz gambling on ICSID in his case against George Soros

To keep his case against George Soros from being dismissed by the New York courts, Beny Steinmetz claims evidence introduced to the ICSID proves he is not guilty of corruption.

Subscribers only Mining 21.12.2020

MBDA hopes to sell its IED solutions to Sahel armies

Since early Novemver MBDA France (owned by Airbus, BAE Systems and Leonardo) has been beating a path to the Sahel.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 21.12.2020

Spotlight
Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinée revives refinery project

Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinée first planned to build an alumina refinery in 2004. The idea was dropped, but it is now back on the table, thanks to the firm's plans to boost production and its need to keep a growing range of competitors at bay.

Subscribers only Mining 18.12.2020

Adovelande and Derreumaux help Finactu to design its strategy

Finactu, the financial advisory popular in French-speaking Africa, has brought in three African finance experts to hone its strategy. Two of these new "independent members" - former BOAD president Christian Adovelande and Bank of Africa founder Paul Derreumaux - know the consultancy well.

Subscribers only Finance, Business 18.12.2020

Christian Adovelande, chairman of the West African Development Bank (BOAD).

G20 debt moratorium ushers in golden age for sovereign advisor

By making the extension of its moratorium on sovereign debt in October conditional on beneficiary countries treating all their lenders with parity, the G20 has opened up fresh opportunities for advisory banks and law firms.

Subscribers only Finance, Business 18.12.2020

Insurance giant Prudential's African path points towards Orabank

After buying the West African firm Beneficial last year, the British insurer is considering taking a share in another of the region's banking and insurance companies, Orabank.

Subscribers only Finance, Business 17.12.2020

Bolloré gets a free run on contract to supply French troops in Barkhane and Sabre operations

By setting particularly short deadlines on tender calls for French army transport contracts in West Africa, France has pulled the rug from under the feet of potential competitors of the existing contractor, Bolloré group, which should thus be able to continue to provide its services.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics 15.12.2020

Guinea's Los Angeles consul gets into gold, bauxite, and air transport

Jordan Garcia, Conakry's honorary consul in Los Angeles and a consultant for investors targeting Africa, has set up a company whose interests range from bauxite and gold mining permits to air transport for mine workers.

Subscribers only Mining 14.12.2020

Zogota: Back to the drawing board for Mick Davis, Beny Steinmetz and associates

Guinean authorities found holes in Niron Metals' feasibility study for the Zogota iron ore project.

Subscribers only Mining 09.12.2020

The ore will be transported on an existing 300km railway.

The real estate row that could cost Alpha Condé $30m

Senegalese businessman and former minister Ahmed Khalifa Niasse is about to drag the Guinean president through international courts to claim $30m in damages for being "expropriated" of a piece of land he bought in 2008 that is now the site of the luxury Grand Sheraton Conakry.

Subscribers only Business 08.12.2020

Endeavour prepares for London Stock Exchange listing with bargain basement asset sell-off

Having acquired Semafo and merged with Teranga, the gold producer Endeavour Mining, partly owned by the Egyptian magnate Naguib Sawiris, is in the process of selling off three sites in Mali, Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso.

Subscribers only Mining 04.12.2020

Once cause for Beny Steinmetz's undoing, mining title review is back on the cards

The Guinea government has decided to review all existing mining contracts in the country to detect - and flush out - any tax exemption inconsistences. Its previous review cost Beny Steinmetz's company its rights to the Simandou iron ore mine.

Subscribers only Mining 04.12.2020

Panoro takes on Tim O'Hanlon, the best connected ex-Tullow exec

The Norwegian junior oil firm has treated itself to the services of one of the masterminds of Tullow Oil's rise in Africa.

Free access Energy 03.12.2020

Kuwait's Al Khaldiya opts for an earlier, smaller-scale production start at its Diecké iron ore project

Al Khaldiya, which is controlled by Kuwaiti interests, has revised its strategy for its Diecké iron ore project in southeastern Guinea. It has lowered its initial production target from 4m to 1.5m tonnes with the aim of getting the mine into operation more quickly.

Subscribers only Mining 02.12.2020

The iron ore project of Kuwait's Al Khaldiya group.

Embaló snubs Turkish business

A Turkish protégé since his 2019 election, Guinea-Bissau president Umaro Sissoco Embaló has not returned the favour, preferring to use an Emirati operator rather than a Turkish conglomerate for the future Bissau airport build.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Politics 01.12.2020

Le président bissau-guinéen Umaro Sissoco Embaló.

Construction magnate Mahamadou Bonkoungou's banking ambitions

Already the owner of Burkina's International Business Bank, the CEO of the construction firm Ebomaf has his sights set on the Togolese banks UTB and BTCI as well as the pan-African company Orabank, in which the Ivorian civil servants' pension fund recently acquired a majority stake.

Subscribers only Finance, Business 27.11.2020

Mahamadou Bonkoungou, CEO of Ebomaf Group and Liza Transport International.

Winning Consortium seeks listing to raise capital for Simandou

To cover a part of the $15bn that the development of blocks 1 and 2 at the Simandou iron ore deposit will cost, the operator Winning Consortium Simandou is looking to raise capital in London.

Subscribers only Mining 26.11.2020

A rail project of Winning Consortium Simandou for the transport of bauxite.

After Dakar, Insign sets up shop in Abidjan

Insign Africa communications agency, which is already established in Senegal, is due to open an office in Ivory Coast early next year.

Subscribers only Business 26.11.2020

Spotlight
As he steers Endeavour to London flotation, Sébastien de Montessus faces legal headwinds in Paris

After buying Semafo and deciding to merge with Teranga, Endeavour Mining is preparing to list on the London Stock Exchange. At the same time, the French courts have resumed their probe into several operations carried out by CEO Sébastien de Montessus while he was working at Areva.

Subscribers only Mining 23.11.2020

Sébastien de Montessus, CEO of Endeavour Mining.

Bolloré, Total, WSP... all and sundry keen on Simandou blocks 1 & 2

A pack of companies are crowding for a chance to conduct the series of preliminary studies and development work for Guinea's massive Simandou iron ore project.

Subscribers only Mining 20.11.2020

Logistics for Simandou iron ore blocks 1 and 2.

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Guinea

Rio Tinto and Chinalco seek social and environmental harmony at Simandou

Jeantet opens new 'green' OHADA desk

Odhav steps up the hunt for iron around Simandou

Expertise France wants to block Gulf of Guinea's cocaine highway

Paris issues fresh tender for Barhkane logistics

Simandou: Beny Steinmetz gambling on ICSID in his case against George Soros

MBDA hopes to sell its IED solutions to Sahel armies

Spotlight
Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinée revives refinery project

Adovelande and Derreumaux help Finactu to design its strategy

G20 debt moratorium ushers in golden age for sovereign advisor

Insurance giant Prudential's African path points towards Orabank

Bolloré gets a free run on contract to supply French troops in Barkhane and Sabre operations

Guinea's Los Angeles consul gets into gold, bauxite, and air transport

Zogota: Back to the drawing board for Mick Davis, Beny Steinmetz and associates

The real estate row that could cost Alpha Condé $30m

Endeavour prepares for London Stock Exchange listing with bargain basement asset sell-off

Once cause for Beny Steinmetz's undoing, mining title review is back on the cards

Panoro takes on Tim O'Hanlon, the best connected ex-Tullow exec

Kuwait's Al Khaldiya opts for an earlier, smaller-scale production start at its Diecké iron ore project

Embaló snubs Turkish business

Construction magnate Mahamadou Bonkoungou's banking ambitions

Winning Consortium seeks listing to raise capital for Simandou

After Dakar, Insign sets up shop in Abidjan

Spotlight
As he steers Endeavour to London flotation, Sébastien de Montessus faces legal headwinds in Paris

Bolloré, Total, WSP... all and sundry keen on Simandou blocks 1 & 2

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Guinea

Rio Tinto and Chinalco seek social and environmental harmony at Simandou

Jeantet opens new 'green' OHADA desk

Odhav steps up the hunt for iron around Simandou

Expertise France wants to block Gulf of Guinea's cocaine highway

Paris issues fresh tender for Barhkane logistics

Simandou: Beny Steinmetz gambling on ICSID in his case against George Soros

MBDA hopes to sell its IED solutions to Sahel armies

Spotlight Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinée revives refinery project

Adovelande and Derreumaux help Finactu to design its strategy

G20 debt moratorium ushers in golden age for sovereign advisor

Insurance giant Prudential's African path points towards Orabank

Bolloré gets a free run on contract to supply French troops in Barkhane and Sabre operations

Guinea's Los Angeles consul gets into gold, bauxite, and air transport

Zogota: Back to the drawing board for Mick Davis, Beny Steinmetz and associates

The real estate row that could cost Alpha Condé $30m

Endeavour prepares for London Stock Exchange listing with bargain basement asset sell-off

Once cause for Beny Steinmetz's undoing, mining title review is back on the cards

Panoro takes on Tim O'Hanlon, the best connected ex-Tullow exec

Kuwait's Al Khaldiya opts for an earlier, smaller-scale production start at its Diecké iron ore project

Embaló snubs Turkish business

Construction magnate Mahamadou Bonkoungou's banking ambitions

Winning Consortium seeks listing to raise capital for Simandou

After Dakar, Insign sets up shop in Abidjan

Spotlight As he steers Endeavour to London flotation, Sébastien de Montessus faces legal headwinds in Paris

Bolloré, Total, WSP... all and sundry keen on Simandou blocks 1 & 2

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DRC
The Tshisekedi clan's dangerous ties with cobalt looting "cartels"

Gabon
Gunvor secrets (2/2): the hidden clauses of the Assala Energy buyout

Spotlight
Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinée revives refinery project

Spotlight
As he steers Endeavour to London flotation, Sébastien de Montessus faces legal headwinds in Paris