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Ahead of the 27 June elections (see Feature), the military regime has warned Rio Tinto to accept formally that it has lost two blocks of the giant Simandou iron ore concession – or face losing a further two blocks. President and General Sékouba Konaté made clear the junta’s position in a letter to Rio on 21 June signed by Minister Secretary General of the Presidency Tibou Camara. The government stripped Rio of Blocks 1 and 2 in Simandou, claiming the company had repeatedly breached its legal obligations to finance and produce a feasibility study for the concession....

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Sékouba Konaté, Tibou Camara, Israel, Beny Steinmetz, Brazil, Mahmoud Thiam, Cellou Dalein Diallo, Alpha Condé, China, France, Bernard Kouchner, Ismael Diakité

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