Guinea hopes for post-Ebola support to develop infrastructure
In depth
Issue 319
- 10 Mar 2016
| 7 minute read
Development of Guinea’s mineral resources has long been hampered by a lack of infrastructure, but the government is keen to harness donor support for post-Ebola recovery to attract large-scale investment. Guernsey-based Alufer Mining signed a mining convention for the Bel Air bauxite mining project on 1 February, the first to be completed under Guinea’s new mining code. The Bel Air deposit is just 15km from the coast, which minimises the infrastructure required. Alufer, part of Pella Resources Group, eventually plans to develop the higher grade Labé deposit in central Guinea, but this would require a 200km railway to evacuate the bauxite.
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