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Spotlight | Guinea
The riddle of Simfer/Rio Tinto accord

A law firm advising Guinea, Orrick Rambaud Martel, has been working overtime in recent days. Its job is to see that Simfer/Rio Tinto which is poised to sign an investment accord on blocks 3 and 4 of the Simandou iron [...]

Published on 20/05/2014 at 23:02 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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How Rio Tinto tightens grip on Simandou

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Spotlight | Guinea Glencore torpedos majors at Simandou

Guinea Yansane kicks off Simandou roadshow in China

Guinea Bollore jumps into Simandou arena

Spotlight | Guinea How Rio Tinto tightens grip on Simandou

Guinea New round of talks with Rio Tinto

Guinea Simandou’s infrastructure: Conakry pulls out

Spotlight | Guinea Soros' footprint everywhere on Simandou project

Guinea Simandou: The government keeps up the pressure

Rio Tinto loses to Vale and Beny Steinmetz

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Rio Tinto Simandou investigators revolt

Rio Tinto v BSGR: consultants take stand

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Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

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From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Spotlight | Guinea
The riddle of Simfer/Rio Tinto accord

Guinea
Wood Mackenzie holds the key to Simandou South project

Guinea
Sam Walsh snubs Conde

Guinea
Allan Davies offers his idea on Simandou timeline

Guinea
Simandou: Rio Tinto in rail and port talks with China CNR Corp

Guinea
Ibrahima Fofana, the president's mines man

Guinea
Sadio Yatassaye

Spotlight | Guinea
Glencore torpedos majors at Simandou

Guinea
Yansane kicks off Simandou roadshow in China

Guinea
Bollore jumps into Simandou arena

Spotlight | Guinea
How Rio Tinto tightens grip on Simandou

Guinea
New round of talks with Rio Tinto

Guinea
Simandou’s infrastructure: Conakry pulls out

Spotlight | Guinea
Soros' footprint everywhere on Simandou project

Guinea
Simandou: The government keeps up the pressure