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Guinea’s interim government has seen through several big developments in the mineral sector, in spite of an agreement that no new deals be ratified until after June’s elections. In April, the Israeli billionaire Beny Steinmetz sold 51% of his Guinean operations to Brazil’s Vale. Together, they have pledged to spend US$8 billion on exploiting iron ore concessions, to be exported via a railway corridor through Liberia....

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Israeli, Beny Steinmetz, Brazil, Liberia, China, Moussa Dadis Camara, Sékouba Konaté, Lansana Conte, Mahmoud Thiam, Ibrahima Kassory Fofana, Ibrahima Sory Touré, Manuel Vicente, Angola, Ehud Olmert, Israel Ziv, Victor Kenan, Jean-Marie Doré, Papa Koly Korouma

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