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Ivanhoe Atlantic Meets with Prime Minister of Guinea
Liberian Observer
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The President and CEO of Ivanhoe Atlantic, Ms. Bronwyn Barnes has briefed the Prime Minister of Guinea, His Excellency Amadou Oury Bah, on the recently signed Concession and Access Agreement with Liberia. The meeting was attended by the Country...
Australian mining giant backs hometown hero for top job
Brisbane Times
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July 16, 2025
Rio Tinto, which is headquartered in London, reported strong quarterly results from its global assets on Wednesday, and maintained its current guidance. Copper production rose 13 per cent year-on-year and shipments from its huge Pilbara iron ore...
Icon Gulf Trading, the shipping arm of Dynamic Mining, and GeoServe celebrate one-year milestone in voyage management collaboration
Dry Bulk
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July 15, 2025
A strategic collaboration between Icon Gulf Trading DMCC (part of the Dynamic Group) and GeoServe Energy Transport DMCC has enabled the successful shipment of bauxite from Guinea over the past 12 months. During this period, 12 cargo shipments,...
Guinea forms its own shipping line to move booming bauxite exports
Splash 247
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July 11, 2025
Bauxite shipping out of West Africa, a fast-growing source of extra tonne-miles for the cape trades, faces headwinds with news from Guinea where the government is vowing to take greater control of the maritime supply chain. Guinea has been the...
Free movies, music arrives: Calendar for the week of July 18, 2025
The Farmville Herald
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July 18, 2025
Published 11:39 am Friday, July 18, 2025 From free movies to film clubs, free music to vacation bible school, there’s a lot happening this weekend and beyond. The Herald Community Events calendar is published each Friday. Items must be submitted...
Nourish To Recharge: A Gentle Path Back To Energy
Leadership
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July 13, 2025
Some mornings begin with exhaustion. You wake up already weary ,not the kind of tiredness that a splash of cold water or a strong cup of tea can chase away. This tiredness is deeper, harder to name. Your mind feels foggy, tasks that should be...
Guinea bauxite exports up 36% to 99.8 million tons on Chinese demand
Hellenic Shipping News
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July 8, 2025
Guinea’s exports of bauxite, a feedstock for aluminium, jumped 36% to a record 99.8 million metric tons in the first half of 2025, driven by robust Chinese demand that offset declines from a regulatory crackdown, official data showed. Bauxite...
Energy Minister Blames Recent Power Cuts on Technical Problems
Foroyaa Newspaper
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July 8, 2025
By Assan Bah In a recent address to lawmakers, Nani Juwara, the Minister of Petroleum, Energy and Mines, attributed the spate of power outages experienced across the country to technical issues related to the transmission lines. The Minister’s...
Indonesian supply increase to weigh on alumina prices in Q3
Hellenic Shipping News
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July 17, 2025
This report is part of the S&P Global Commodity Insights’ Metals Trade Review series, where we dig through datasets and digest some of the key trends in iron ore, metallurgical coal, copper, alumina, cobalt, lithium, nickel and steel and scrap. We...
EGA claims Guinea wrongfully terminated agreement with subsidiary
Mining Technology
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July 10, 2025
Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) has announced that the Republic of Guinea’s government has wrongfully terminated a basic agreement signed with its subsidiary, Guinea Alumina Corporation (GAC). This decision has led to the implementation of...
ECOWAS court dismisses enforced disappearance suit against Liberia, Guinea
Premium Times
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July 10, 2025
The ECOWAS Court of Justice in Abuja has dismissed a case filed by Abrahim Sheriff, a Liberian national, who accused the governments of Liberia and Guinea of subjecting him to enforced disappearance and other serious human rights violations. In a...
Alcoa Corporation (NYSE:AA) Q2 2025 Earnings Call Transcript
Insider Monkey
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Alcoa Corporation (NYSE:AA) Q2 2025 Earnings Call Transcript July 16, 2025 Alcoa Corporation beats earnings expectations. Reported EPS is $0.39, expectations were $0.29. Operator: Good afternoon, and welcome to the Alcoa Corporation Second Quarter...
Emirates Global Aluminium says Guinea wrongfully terminated deal
Zawya
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Emirates Global Aluminium said on Wednesday that the Guinean government had wrongfully terminated an agreement with its subsidiary, Guinea Alumina Corporation, after a year-long dispute over the construction of an alumina refinery. Guinea's...
Infamous Events That Never Actually Happened
Grunge
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July 18, 2025
War, famine, pestilence, and death: The four horsemen of the apocalypse, or just another day in global news? With doomscrolling practically an Olympic sport, it's easy to fall into the pattern of thinking the end of the world is just around the...
Mercury fuels gold mining in Senegal. And it’s poisoning the people who use it
The Sentinel Colorado
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July 9, 2025
KEDOUGOU, Senegal | The quickest way to separate gold from rock, Sadio Camara says, is with a drop of mercury. She empties a dime-sized packet of the silvery liquid into a plastic bucket of muddy sediment outside her home in southeastern Senegal....
Guinea: Community Comes Together To Reduce Disease And Disaster Risks
MENAFN
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July 4, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) In the village of Dalafilani, Guinea, discover how the Guinean Red Cross supported the community to come together, building a network of canals to reduce the risks of flooding and infectious diseases. For as long as they can...
ArcelorMittal Liberia inaugurates West Africa’s largest iron ore concentrator, advancing $1.8bn mining expansion
Joy FM
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July 7, 2025
ArcelorMittal, the world’s leading steel producer, has officially opened a cutting-edge iron ore concentrator at the Tokadeh mine in northern Liberia, marking a defining moment in the country’s post-war economic transformation. The inauguration...
Arrow Minerals still in the dark over Guinea tenements amid govt review
Skillings Mining Review - Florida
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July 8, 2025
Exploration and development company Arrow Minerals remains in voluntary trading suspension on the ASX as it awaits clarity from Guinean authorities regarding the status of its exploration tenements, amid a government review that has cast...
Mozambique reports its first mpox cases of the year as infections rise in parts of Africa
CIDRAP
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July 17, 2025
Mozambique last week confirmed its first mpox cases of the year, bringing the number of African nations reporting outbreaks to 24. Meanwhile, one of the top officials from the Africa Centres for Disease Prevention and Control (Africa CDC) today...
‘With $166bn exports, W/Africa must industrialise or be left behind’
Daily Trust
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West African leaders, diplomats, and business executives gathered in Abuja for the first-ever West Africa Economic Summit (WAES), where President Bola Ahmed Tinubu issued a stern warning: the region must industrialise and integrate its economies —...