Societe Miniere de Boke

Guinea
Chinese firms at the helm as Simandou project gets off the ground

Three giants from the rail and port sectors are in charge of most of the iron ore extraction infrastructure, which is due to come on stream on 11 November, in the presence of President Mamadi Doumbouya.

Guinea
Simandou mega-project: change of communications team

Forward Global's communications arm 35°Nord lost its contract with Winning Consortium Simandou in late September.

Guinea
Confusion around halt at AMR bauxite mine

Alliance Minière Responsable can no longer deliver to its Chinese and Korean customers after gendarmes blocked its mine in Guinea.

Guinea
China and US groups battle for Trans-Guinean contract

A Chinese and a US firm have both positioned themselves respectively on a major contract for the signalling and supply of locomotives for the future Trans-Guinean railway. The French giant Alstom is also taking a quiet interest in the project.

Guinea
Winning seeks fresh bauxite in Boffa corridor

The Singaporean mining logistics giant has partnered with Guinean mining companies Kimbo and GIC to help it meet growing Chinese demand. Its Chinese rival COSCO, in partnership with Chalco and SD Mining, is also present in the region.

The New Guard
Kenya, South Africa, Morocco, Guinea

Every Wednesday, Africa Intelligence spotlights a new generation of movers and shakers in business and politics.

KenyaMary Mutula, from reality TV to activism

South AfricaChrispin Phiri, justice ministry spokesman and rising ANC star

MoroccoSamia Jlil, co-founder of Women For Cyber Africa

GuineaMambi Magassouba combines mining and writing novels

Guinea
AMR co-founders Romain Girbal and Thibault Launay quietly exit Guinea

The two founders are selling their stakes in the AMR mining company to devote themselves to metaverse projects in Dubai and Lisbon. The current CEO, Sonny Doumbouya, is set to become its largest shareholder in the Conakry-approved takeover.

Guinea, Morocco
Tanger Med poised to take over Ashapura's mining ports contracts

The Indian mining company's perceived failure to deliver on its contractual obligations led Conakry to hand over the construction and management of river and maritime port infrastructure to a Moroccan firm.

Guinea
West Africa LNG Group set to sign gas terminal convention with Conakry

Negotiations between the Guinean state and the Texan company West Africa LNG Group over the construction of a vast terminal for the importation, processing and distribution of liquefied natural gas gathered speed at the beginning of March.

Guinea
Fadi Wazni edges closer to his alumina refinery dream

Guinea : the Franco-Guinean businessman of Lebanese origin Fadi Wazni has received the green light from Colonel Mamadi Doumbouya for his alumina refinery

Guinea
Conakry turns to French bank Natixis to finance 'Côtière' power line

Guinea has asked Natixis to submit a financing offer for a project to supply electricity to the northwest of the country, a major bauxite mining area where a range of foreign and domestic mining firms are active.

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.