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Simandou iron-ore project to restart in March, Guinea says

1st February 2023

By: Reuters

  

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Work on Guinea's massive Simandou iron-ore mine and infrastructure project is set to restart in March, Guinea's military junta said in a Jan. 30 statement seen by Reuters on Wednesday.

Guinean authorities ordered work on Simandou to stop in July last year in a bid to force the shareholders - which include Rio Tinto, Aluminium Corporation of China (Chinalco), and China Baowu Steel (Baowu) - to agree joint venture terms.

The partners aim for final terms to be agreed at the latest on Feb. 28, Guinea's military junta said in a statement summarising a visit by coup leader Colonel Mamady Doumbouya and other top officials to China from Jan. 11-22, during which they met with Baowu.

"The mission was excellent and conclusive as it commits to the huge Simandou project restarting as soon as possible in March 2023, subject to negotiations on the project terms being finalised on Feb. 28 at the latest," the junta's communications department said.

According to the statement, Doumbouya gave Baowu his support for its investment in Simandou, but reminded the company of the deadlines the project must meet.

In March last year the junta, which took power in a Sept. 2021 coup, said the Simandou infrastructure - a 600 km railway and a port - must be completed by Dec 2024 and production must start by March 31, 2025, a timeline analysts say is highly ambitious.

Edited by Reuters

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