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Liberia
Estonian oligarch Aleksandr Bronstein irks ArcelorMittal over Nimba's iron

Estonian oligarch Aleksandr Bronstein, head of Solway Mining, is heavily involved in the international Jewish community. © ik/SAN/Reuters

Solway, a firm which steel giant ArcelorMittal accuses of encroaching on its iron ore concessions in Liberia, is headed by Estonian multimillionaire businessman Aleksandr Bronstein, who seems to enjoy the blessings of George Weah's administration. [...]

Published on 17/09/2020 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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Liberian president George Weah in Paris, in November 2021.

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Guinea, Liberia
Guinean iron taken hostage by Liberian politics

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Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

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

Liberia
Estonian oligarch Aleksandr Bronstein irks ArcelorMittal over Nimba's iron

Spotlight | Guinea, Liberia
George Weah irks Washington and Robert Friedland with mine transfers to ArcelorMittal

Liberia
George Weah's political and business road trip

Liberia
George Weah determined to end ArcelorMittal rail monopoly

Liberia
Passions run high over future of iron ore industry

Liberia
EU MPs concerned about ArcelorMittal-Monrovia agreement

Guinea, Liberia
Guinean iron taken hostage by Liberian politics

Liberia
EarthSource lawyers denounce SEC methods in diamond fraud case

DRC, Switzerland, Zambia
Swiss 'bourgeois' parties clash over anti-Glencore law

DRC
Mining industry squares up to Tshisekedi over VAT

Guinea
World Bank takes interest in Robert Friedland's Nimba iron ore project

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Alliance of mining expert and lobbyists creates stronghold on continent

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Is Liberia the solution to Rio Tinto and Chinalco's Simandou iron ore challenge?