Vol 56 No 20 | GUINEA Condé's shadowy foes 8th October 2015 President Alpha Condé faces a growing barrage of attacks as presidential polling day looms on 11 October. So far, so normal, in a hotly-contested election except for an...
Vol 56 No 17 | GUINEA Swiss probe in Conakry 27th August 2015 An enquiry into Guinea's most notorious mining deal has been stepped up. Swiss investigators travelled to Conakry in July to interview key witnesses in the Simandou mining rights...
Vol 56 No 16 | GUINEALIBERIA Whose line is it anyway? 6th August 2015 Two major mining companies are locked in combat over access to the railway line to export iron ore The giant iron and steel producer ArcelorMittal has dragged Guinea and Liberia into its quarrel with Sable Mining over access to the rail export route. The line runs...
Vol 56 No 16 | GUINEA The Sampil truth 6th August 2015 Questions remain about the nature of Sable Mining’s relationship with the government of President Alpha Condé. Questions remain about the nature of Sable Mining’s relationship with the government of President Alpha Condé. How an inexperienced iron ore mining company with limited cash managed to...
Vol 56 No 15 | GUINEA Condé pushes for new mine 22nd July 2015 The President wants at least one new mining project up and running by the time of this year’s presidential election In his haste to make new mining deals with Chinese bauxite companies, President Alpha Condé has stepped on some toes, including those of the British government.
Vol 56 No 11 | GUINEA Massacre? Moi? 29th May 2015 January saw the birth of a new party – Forces patriotiques pour la démocratie et le développement (FPDD). The similarity to the name the last military junta gave...
Vol 56 No 5 | GUINEA A dream deferred 6th March 2015 The economic slowdown, low steel demand and law suits block the development of the world’s largest iron ore deposit Potential can be a heavy burden. That is the feeling in Conakry as President Alpha Condé and his advisors watch the prospects of economic development financed by minerals...
Vol 55 No 19 | GUINEA Never give it up 25th September 2014 Tycoon Beny Steinmetz is using every device he can to contest the Conakry government's decision to take away his iron-ore mining licence. Steinmetz, who is under investigation, along...
Vol 55 No 17 | GUINEA Capital flight 29th August 2014 A storm broke over President Alpha Condé's government after Senegalese customs seized US$8 million in US dollar and euro banknotes from a small aircraft that had flown from...
Vol 55 No 9 | GUINEA Rio's grand suit 2nd May 2014 No sooner had the Guinean government cancelled the licences of Beny Steinmetz and Brazil's Vale for the Simandou iron ore deposit than Rio Tinto sued them in New...