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In Focus | Guinea, Iran
Tehran hopes to capitalise on Doumbouya's isolation

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“Transition: what's next after the coup?”

Guinea

Transition: what's next after the coup?

The coup that ousted Alpha Condé on 5 September 2021 in Guinea has ushered in a period of instability, despite the putschists' reassuring words from the start. There is much at stake over the coming months as leaders jostle for power and political alliances take shape, and pressing questions over the mining industry and international partnerships come to the fore. [...]

The international community's mistrust of Guinea's post-coup regime is a boon for Iran. Tehran, badly in need of both iron and allies, is trying to cosy up to Mamady Doumbouya's junta and to acquire stakes in the country's mines. [...]

Published on 06/12/2021 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 5 minutes

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Mining

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“Transition: what's next after the coup?”

Guinea

Transition: what's next after the coup?

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Abdoulaye Magassouba
Alpha Conde
Aralumina
Ghantoot Group
Gholamreza Hemati
Iranian Mines & Mining Industries Development & Renovation Organization
Mamadi Doumbouya
Marine Contracting and Infrastructure
Moussa Magassouba
Panthéa Geramishoar
Societe des Bauxites de Dabola-Tougue

Guinea
The key issues stopping Doumbouya's junta from letting Condé leave Guinea

Though member countries of ECOWAS once again demanded Alpha Condé be authorised to leave the country at its 12 December summit, Mamadi Doumbouya's junta is keeping him under house arrest as they look, among other issues, into his finances.

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Guinea's deposed president Alpha Condé, in 2017.

Guinea
UMS call on TechnipFMC for steelworks and oil refinery

The Guinean mining logistics firm United Mining Supply has solicited TechnipFMC to conduct a feasibility study for two new projects.

Subscribers only Energy, Mining 04.10.2021

Fadi Wazni (right), CEO of UMS, signed an agreement in February with Diakaria Koulibaly, the then Minister of Hydrocarbons, to carry out a study on the construction of an oil refinery in Moribayah.

Guinea, Morocco
Worried Rabat keeps close eye on Managem and other Moroccan interests in post-putsch Conakry

The fall of Alpha Condé, one of Mohammed VI's most reliable allies in West Africa, has caught Morocco off guard and fuelled concerns about its many assets and interests in Guinea.

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Guinea
Conakry finds builder for southern bauxite export corridor

A subsidiary of the Emirati Ghantoot Group, which is in conflict with Monaco Resources in Guinea, has reached a deal with the national mining infrastructure agency ANAIM to develop routes to evacuate bauxite produced in southern and central regions.

Free access Infrastructure, Mining 01.07.2021

Spotlight | Guinea, Iran
Tehran flutters its eyelashes at Conakry as it looks for bauxite to reduce its aluminium costs

Iran, which needs aluminium to boost its industrial activity despite its serious financial difficulties, is trying to relaunch its Dabola-Tougué bauxite project in Guinea. This would enable it to import bauxite and process it in its own plants, which would be cheaper than buying aluminium directly abroad.

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Guinea
Teheran not alone in its fight for bauxite

The Iranian government-controlled firm Societe des bauxites de Dabola-Tougue (SBDT) [...]

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Guinea
Bauxite: Iranians bogged down at Dabola-Tougue

A year ago Guinea renewed an agreement that gave Societe des Bauxites de Dabola-Tougue (SBDT), which is 51% controlled by [...]

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Abdoulaye Magassouba
Alpha Conde
Aralumina
Ghantoot Group
Gholamreza Hemati
Iranian Mines & Mining Industries Development & Renovation Organization
Mamadi Doumbouya
Marine Contracting and Infrastructure
Moussa Magassouba
Panthéa Geramishoar
Societe des Bauxites de Dabola-Tougue

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The key issues stopping Doumbouya's junta from letting Condé leave Guinea

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UMS call on TechnipFMC for steelworks and oil refinery

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Worried Rabat keeps close eye on Managem and other Moroccan interests in post-putsch Conakry

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Conakry finds builder for southern bauxite export corridor

Spotlight | Guinea, Iran
Tehran flutters its eyelashes at Conakry as it looks for bauxite to reduce its aluminium costs

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Teheran not alone in its fight for bauxite

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Bauxite: Iranians bogged down at Dabola-Tougue

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Guinea The key issues stopping Doumbouya's junta from letting Condé leave Guinea

Guinea UMS call on TechnipFMC for steelworks and oil refinery

Guinea, Morocco Worried Rabat keeps close eye on Managem and other Moroccan interests in post-putsch Conakry

Guinea Conakry finds builder for southern bauxite export corridor

Spotlight | Guinea, Iran Tehran flutters its eyelashes at Conakry as it looks for bauxite to reduce its aluminium costs

Guinea Teheran not alone in its fight for bauxite

Guinea Bauxite: Iranians bogged down at Dabola-Tougue

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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?

In Focus | Guinea, Iran
Tehran hopes to capitalise on Doumbouya's isolation

Guinea
The key issues stopping Doumbouya's junta from letting Condé leave Guinea

Guinea
UMS call on TechnipFMC for steelworks and oil refinery

Guinea, Morocco
Worried Rabat keeps close eye on Managem and other Moroccan interests in post-putsch Conakry

Guinea
Conakry finds builder for southern bauxite export corridor

Spotlight | Guinea, Iran
Tehran flutters its eyelashes at Conakry as it looks for bauxite to reduce its aluminium costs

Guinea
Teheran not alone in its fight for bauxite

Guinea
Bauxite: Iranians bogged down at Dabola-Tougue