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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. [...]

Published on 25/04/2023 at 05:40 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Infrastructure, Mining

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Anaim
Ashapura Minechem
Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinee
Issam Taib
Mamadi Doumbouya
Mohamed Bangoura
Nasser Tlassellal
Ousmane Doumbouya
Societe Miniere de Boke
Soguipami
Sudheer Godabole
Tanger Med Engineering
Tanger Med Special Agency

Morocco
Somagec-SGTM firm favourite for Tanger Med roll-on/roll-off terminal extension

The Moroccan consortium is expected to win the tender call, even though rival bidder Bouygues appears to have more technical expertise. The winner should be announced over the next few days.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 11.07.2024

General view of Tanger Med on 6 June 2024.

Guinea
Bauxite: Conakry takes aim at China's Chalco and COSCO

With their well-tested logistics systems, the two Chinese groups dominate their smaller rivals in the bauxite mining trade along the Fatala River. The Guinean authorities want to establish a better balance in future.

Subscribers only Mining 13.02.2024

A ship carrying bauxite from Guinea is unloaded at a port in Yantai, China, 2017.

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.

Subscribers only Mining, Commodity traders 25.07.2023

Guinea
Doumbouya wants to renegotiate Albayrak's Conakry port contract

Conakry does not recognise the terms of the contract signed between the former administration and the Turkish group in 2018. Through renegotiations, Mamadi Doumbouya hopes to put pressure on Ankara to obtain the return of Alpha Condé from exile.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 22.05.2023

Inner circles | Guinea
Junta leader Doumbouya keeps close eye on flourishing state-owned Soguipami

The revenues of the company that manages the state's mining interests have increased significantly, particularly in the bauxite sector, and it is now directly selling some of the minerals it extracts, in particular to the Chinese.

Free access Mining, Commodity traders 10.03.2023

Guinea
Indian firms make bauxite headway

The Indian firm Ashapura is ready to mine one of its bauxite deposits in Guinea, at a time when several of its compatriots are entering the country to begin exploration of the same ore, which is in great demand by Indian industrialists.

Subscribers only Mining 08.07.2022

In Focus | Guinea
State agencies hungry for new public real estate assets

The current leaders in Conakry are throwing themselves into a race to regain control of illegally acquired public assets, targeting political opponents, businesses and multinationals alike. State agencies are pushing each other out of the way to get ahold of the seized assets.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Mining 04.04.2022

Ownership of the Fria Base building in Conakry (located on the map) is claimed by the Agence nationale d'aménagement des infrastructures minières (Anaim).

Guinea
Junta leader Doumbouya forms government but retains tight control of mining sector

Having arrived in power after staging a coup against Alpha Condé, Mamady Doumbouya has now put the finishing touches to his government. But the mining portfolio, the most important in the country, has been divested of some its key prerogatives, ensuring that the junta leader remains in firm control of the engine room of the Guinean economy.

Subscribers only Mining 12.11.2021

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Ashapura Minechem
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Issam Taib
Mamadi Doumbouya
Mohamed Bangoura
Nasser Tlassellal
Ousmane Doumbouya
Societe Miniere de Boke
Soguipami
Sudheer Godabole
Tanger Med Engineering
Tanger Med Special Agency

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

Mali, Senegal, Togo
The secrets of Demex, the trader selling Russian oil in West Africa

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

Morocco
Somagec-SGTM firm favourite for Tanger Med roll-on/roll-off terminal extension

Guinea
Bauxite: Conakry takes aim at China's Chalco and COSCO

Guinea
Winning seeks fresh bauxite in Boffa corridor

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Doumbouya wants to renegotiate Albayrak's Conakry port contract

Inner circles | Guinea
Junta leader Doumbouya keeps close eye on flourishing state-owned Soguipami

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