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Compagnie des bauxites de Guinée (CBG) is a Guinean mining company. Since 1963 it has extracted bauxite from the notable mine in Sangarédi, in Boké Region in Guinea.It is 49% owned by the Guinean State, with the remainder owned by the Boké Investment Company, a 100%-owned subsidiary of Halco Mining, a consortium opened in 1962 by Harvey Aluminum Company to run mining operations in Guinea.
In recent years, the mining industry in Guinea has suffered from controversy, specifically with respect to the iron ore mining industry and the block of mines in Northern Guinea. [8] In 2019, the country was the world's 3rd largest producer of bauxite. [9] In 2023, Guinea became the top source of bauxite for China. [10]
Compagnie des bauxites de Kindia (CBK) is a Guinean company in the mining sector. Since 2001, it has mined the large Kindia Bauxite deposit in Kindia, in Guinea. Guinea is the fifth largest producer of bauxite in the world, but the country possesses the largest ore reserves. Estimates are as high as 25 billion tons, or the majority of the world ...
Business as usual at Guinea's bauxite mines following a coup early this month and China's campaign to reduce domestic energy consumption have mitigated concerns about supply shortages of the ...
When Guinea's military toppled president Alpha Conde in a coup on September 5, it assured mining companies that they would be allowed to continue their activities. The military junta promised that ...
Pages in category "Mining disasters in Guinea" This category contains only the following page. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9. 2009 Guinea mine collapse
SMB produced more than 36 million tons of Bauxite in 2018, [4] and production has since risen to 48 million tons in 2023. [5] According to reports, SMB is Guinea's biggest bauxite producer, and together with the partially state-owned Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinée, the two companies are responsible for moving Guinea into a 22 percent share of the global bauxite market.
In the 2009 Guinea mine collapse in May 2009, a cave-in at a gold mine in Siguiri, Guinea, killed 20 people, injured five and left ten missing. [1] References