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Vol 67 No 8

Published 17th April 2026


Guinea

Doumbouya won’t bite on iron ore plan

A US-backed mining bid is stalling as environmental warnings and political hesitation in Conakry leave Ivanhoe Atlantic struggling for traction

The United States-registered Ivanhoe Atlantic, which aims to develop the Kon Kweni iron ore mine in southeast Guinea, has intensified its efforts to secure a mining permit after almost six months of inaction. Increasingly impatient, the company’s founder Robert Friedland and his close advisor J. Peter Pham – Ivanhoe’s Chief Executive since January – have been sighted in Washington DC seeking to hire former US ambassadors to Guinea.

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