Isabelline White-winged Serotine bat (Neoromicia isabella) from the Simandou-Mountains in Guinea
(Photo: © Jan Decher 2008)
(Photo: © Jan Decher 2008)
September 27, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Isabelline White-winged Serotine bat (Neoromicia isabella) from the Simandou-Mountains in Guinea
(Photo: © Jan Decher 2008)
(Photo: © Jan Decher 2008)
China receives first shipment of Simandou iron ore reut.rs/4pNAQDL
China receives first shipment of Simandou iron ore
China, the world's largest iron ore consumer, has received its first shipment of iron ore from the Simandou mine in Guinea in West Africa, in which Beijing has heavily invested to increase supply security.
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January 18, 2026 at 4:20 AM
China receives first shipment of Simandou iron ore reut.rs/4pNAQDL
L'histoire de la Guinée : un trésor dans le sous-sol, et des dictateurs qui en échange de leur part le laissent filer aux miniers
Je connais tous ces endroits. Ça fait +30 ans que tous les requins se demandent comment exploiter le fer de Simandou (un des plus beaux endroits que j'ai vu)
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Je connais tous ces endroits. Ça fait +30 ans que tous les requins se demandent comment exploiter le fer de Simandou (un des plus beaux endroits que j'ai vu)
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February 20, 2025 at 6:33 AM
L'histoire de la Guinée : un trésor dans le sous-sol, et des dictateurs qui en échange de leur part le laissent filer aux miniers
Je connais tous ces endroits. Ça fait +30 ans que tous les requins se demandent comment exploiter le fer de Simandou (un des plus beaux endroits que j'ai vu)
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Je connais tous ces endroits. Ça fait +30 ans que tous les requins se demandent comment exploiter le fer de Simandou (un des plus beaux endroits que j'ai vu)
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The level of worker fatalities on Guinea’s Simandou — the world's largest new iron mining complex — rail and port infrastructure, which is managed by Rio Tinto's Chinese partners, Winning Consortium, is unusually high by Western industry standards reut.rs/41Una0V
Insight: The fatal cost of Rio Tinto's flagship iron ore project
A routine night shift ended in tragedy for Alseny Camara.
reut.rs
March 12, 2025 at 4:47 AM
The level of worker fatalities on Guinea’s Simandou — the world's largest new iron mining complex — rail and port infrastructure, which is managed by Rio Tinto's Chinese partners, Winning Consortium, is unusually high by Western industry standards reut.rs/41Una0V
Furthermore the announcement by the Guinean government that it intends to process ore from the Simandou domestically. Coking coal prices rose due to the demand from India and China and the limited supply.
October 17, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Furthermore the announcement by the Guinean government that it intends to process ore from the Simandou domestically. Coking coal prices rose due to the demand from India and China and the limited supply.
First Simandou iron ore shipment arrives in China
Iron ore from the massive Simandou mining project in Guinea makes entry into international market with shipment by Winning to China
www.seatrade-maritime.com/dry-bulk/win...
Iron ore from the massive Simandou mining project in Guinea makes entry into international market with shipment by Winning to China
www.seatrade-maritime.com/dry-bulk/win...
Ffirst Simandou iron ore shipment arrives in China
Iron ore from the massive Simandou mining project in Guinea makes entry into international market with shipment by Winning to China
www.seatrade-maritime.com
January 20, 2026 at 12:12 PM
First Simandou iron ore shipment arrives in China
Iron ore from the massive Simandou mining project in Guinea makes entry into international market with shipment by Winning to China
www.seatrade-maritime.com/dry-bulk/win...
Iron ore from the massive Simandou mining project in Guinea makes entry into international market with shipment by Winning to China
www.seatrade-maritime.com/dry-bulk/win...
Pretty much everything interesting going on in the world is captured in the story of Simandou, the soon-to-be-operational gigantic iron ore mine in Guinea, West Africa.
www.ft.com/content/9fe8...
www.ft.com/content/9fe8...
How the world’s biggest mining project is a win for China
The $23bn Simandou mine in Guinea has taken almost three decades to begin operating but could tilt the balance of power in the global iron ore market
www.ft.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Pretty much everything interesting going on in the world is captured in the story of Simandou, the soon-to-be-operational gigantic iron ore mine in Guinea, West Africa.
www.ft.com/content/9fe8...
www.ft.com/content/9fe8...
Mining activities at Guinea’s Simandou iron ore megaproject are polluting waterways and degrading agricultural land, according to community representatives and advocates who spoke at a recent press briefing.
Guinea iron ore megaproject pollutes waterways & farmland, communities say
Mining activities at Guinea’s Simandou iron ore megaproject are polluting waterways and degrading agricultural land, according to community representatives and advocates who spoke at a recent press…
news.mongabay.com
August 5, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Mining activities at Guinea’s Simandou iron ore megaproject are polluting waterways and degrading agricultural land, according to community representatives and advocates who spoke at a recent press briefing.
Mass layoffs overshadow Guinea's Simandou mega mine as output accelerates reut.rs/4aXHRxP
Mass layoffs overshadow Guinea's Simandou mega mine as output accelerates
Guinea's Simandou mega mining project, promoted by the military government as a symbol of the country's economic transformation, is laying off thousands of workers just as it begins exporting iron ore after decades of delays and corruption scandals.
reut.rs
December 18, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Mass layoffs overshadow Guinea's Simandou mega mine as output accelerates reut.rs/4aXHRxP
China has cornered Simandou, the world's single biggest mining project. I served as an advisor to the government of Guinea on the Simandou project for a decade. www.ft.com/content/9fe8...
How the world’s biggest mining project is a win for China
The $23bn Simandou mine in Guinea has taken almost three decades to begin operating but could tilt the balance of power in the global iron ore market
www.ft.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:00 PM
China has cornered Simandou, the world's single biggest mining project. I served as an advisor to the government of Guinea on the Simandou project for a decade. www.ft.com/content/9fe8...
Good Reuters deep dive on the Simandou mega iron ore mine in Guinea.
The IMF "found it could boost the country's real GDP by 26% by 2030, but it also said the reduction in poverty could be... just 0.6 percentage points without active policies to manage the transition."
The IMF "found it could boost the country's real GDP by 26% by 2030, but it also said the reduction in poverty could be... just 0.6 percentage points without active policies to manage the transition."
Mass layoffs overshadow Guinea's Simandou mega mine as output accelerates
Guinea's Simandou mega mining project, promoted by the military government as a symbol of the country's economic transformation, is laying off thousands of workers just as it begins exporting iron ore...
www.reuters.com
December 18, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Good Reuters deep dive on the Simandou mega iron ore mine in Guinea.
The IMF "found it could boost the country's real GDP by 26% by 2030, but it also said the reduction in poverty could be... just 0.6 percentage points without active policies to manage the transition."
The IMF "found it could boost the country's real GDP by 26% by 2030, but it also said the reduction in poverty could be... just 0.6 percentage points without active policies to manage the transition."
The size and richness of the Simandou iron-ore deposit in Guinea could shift the industry’s power dynamics and help transform the nation’s economy.
Read more: bloom.bg/4oL3DZl
📷️: Ricci Shryock/Bloomberg
Read more: bloom.bg/4oL3DZl
📷️: Ricci Shryock/Bloomberg
November 3, 2025 at 9:35 AM
The size and richness of the Simandou iron-ore deposit in Guinea could shift the industry’s power dynamics and help transform the nation’s economy.
Read more: bloom.bg/4oL3DZl
📷️: Ricci Shryock/Bloomberg
Read more: bloom.bg/4oL3DZl
📷️: Ricci Shryock/Bloomberg
After decades of delays, Guinea’s Simandou mines have sent their first iron ore shipment to China, signaling the country’s rise as a major global producer — even as environmental damage from the project remains largely unaddressed.
Hopes and fears as Guinea exports iron ore from Simandou mines
On Dec. 2, 2025, Guinea celebrated a milestone when a ship loaded with iron ore departed from the newly constructed port of Morebaya on the Atlantic coast. The shipment of 200,000 tonnes of ore,…
news.mongabay.com
January 16, 2026 at 10:21 PM
After decades of delays, Guinea’s Simandou mines have sent their first iron ore shipment to China, signaling the country’s rise as a major global producer — even as environmental damage from the project remains largely unaddressed.
Guinea aims to launch Simandou-backed wealth fund in second quarter of 2026 reut.rs/47R6WY3
Guinea aims to launch Simandou-backed wealth fund in second quarter of 2026
Guinea plans to launch its first sovereign wealth fund by the second quarter of 2026 with an initial $1 billion, its planning minister said, as the West African nation moves to leverage a flood of revenues from its giant Simandou iron ore mine.
reut.rs
November 12, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Guinea aims to launch Simandou-backed wealth fund in second quarter of 2026 reut.rs/47R6WY3
🇬🇳 ONU : gouvernance, Simandou, jeunesse… ce que Mamadi Doumbouya a défendu à New York [Le Djely] #Afropages
ONU : gouvernance, Simandou, jeunesse… ce que Mamadi Doumbouya a défendu à New York [Le Djely]
Afropages recense l’actualité africaine. Nous proposons une sélection de liens vers des sources d’informations rédigées par nos partenaires de référence.
twp.ai
September 24, 2026 at 6:01 PM
🇬🇳 ONU : gouvernance, Simandou, jeunesse… ce que Mamadi Doumbouya a défendu à New York [Le Djely] #Afropages
Guinea’s $23bn Simandou iron ore project is now the world’s biggest new mine. Its ultra high-grade ore could cut emissions in steelmaking, reshape the iron ore market in China’s favour, and potentially transform Guinea’s economy.
FT story: buff.ly/bkri1e1
France24 video: buff.ly/XOQoqdQ
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France24 video: buff.ly/XOQoqdQ
November 22, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Guinea’s $23bn Simandou iron ore project is now the world’s biggest new mine. Its ultra high-grade ore could cut emissions in steelmaking, reshape the iron ore market in China’s favour, and potentially transform Guinea’s economy.
FT story: buff.ly/bkri1e1
France24 video: buff.ly/XOQoqdQ
FT story: buff.ly/bkri1e1
France24 video: buff.ly/XOQoqdQ
Podcast Episode 785 is live
Espen Reinertsen, Will Gardner, Margareth Kammerer, Juli Deák, David Newlyn, Tegh & Adel Poursamadi, Marc Almond & The Gaslight Troubadours, Huggy Bear, Pauline Oliveros / Issui Minegishi / Miya Masaoka, Le Simandou De Beyla, Fugazi, and June of 44.
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Espen Reinertsen, Will Gardner, Margareth Kammerer, Juli Deák, David Newlyn, Tegh & Adel Poursamadi, Marc Almond & The Gaslight Troubadours, Huggy Bear, Pauline Oliveros / Issui Minegishi / Miya Masaoka, Le Simandou De Beyla, Fugazi, and June of 44.
brainwashed.com
April 1, 2026 at 7:55 PM
Podcast Episode 785 is live
Espen Reinertsen, Will Gardner, Margareth Kammerer, Juli Deák, David Newlyn, Tegh & Adel Poursamadi, Marc Almond & The Gaslight Troubadours, Huggy Bear, Pauline Oliveros / Issui Minegishi / Miya Masaoka, Le Simandou De Beyla, Fugazi, and June of 44.
brainwashed.com
Espen Reinertsen, Will Gardner, Margareth Kammerer, Juli Deák, David Newlyn, Tegh & Adel Poursamadi, Marc Almond & The Gaslight Troubadours, Huggy Bear, Pauline Oliveros / Issui Minegishi / Miya Masaoka, Le Simandou De Beyla, Fugazi, and June of 44.
brainwashed.com
Iron ore is the lifeblood of Western Australia's economy, but the industry has a new competitor in the form of the Simandou mine in Guinea, holding one of the largest untapped high-grade deposits in the world.
Could WA's golden goose be under threat from a giant iron ore deposit in Guinea?
Iron ore is the lifeblood of Western Australia's economy, but the industry has a new competitor in the form of the Simandou mine in Guinea, holding one of the largest untapped high-grade deposits in the world.
www.abc.net.au
April 21, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Iron ore is the lifeblood of Western Australia's economy, but the industry has a new competitor in the form of the Simandou mine in Guinea, holding one of the largest untapped high-grade deposits in the world.
🇬🇳 Simandou : la CTG et Wabtec signent à New York un contrat ferroviaire de plus de 700 millions de dollars [Guinéenews] #Afropages
Simandou : la CTG et Wabtec signent à New York un contrat ferroviaire de plus de 700 millions de dollars [Guinéenews]
Afropages recense l’actualité africaine. Nous proposons une sélection de liens vers des sources d’informations rédigées par nos partenaires de référence.
twp.ai
September 24, 2026 at 1:54 AM
🇬🇳 Simandou : la CTG et Wabtec signent à New York un contrat ferroviaire de plus de 700 millions de dollars [Guinéenews] #Afropages
Du fer de Simandou au port de Monrovia, ce nouveau corridor qui captive Trump
Du fer de Simandou au port de Monrovia, ce nouveau corridor qui captive Trump
l.jeuneafrique.com
January 3, 2026 at 10:02 AM
Du fer de Simandou au port de Monrovia, ce nouveau corridor qui captive Trump
The world’s largest mining project in Guinea’s Simandou mountain range will begin production by the end of the year following decades of delays - with 5% of eventual revenues earmarked to expand the country’s education system /1
Why the world’s biggest mining project is looking to invest in education
Guinea says it will invest 5% of eventual revenues from its Simandou mines into improving the country’s education system.
www.semafor.com
February 6, 2025 at 6:37 AM
The world’s largest mining project in Guinea’s Simandou mountain range will begin production by the end of the year following decades of delays - with 5% of eventual revenues earmarked to expand the country’s education system /1
🚨OUT NOW: Global banks back the world’s biggest mine, but stay silent on its harms
We contacted the largest financiers of Rio Tinto, a lead developer of the Simandou project. Communities report land loss, livelihoods destroyed, & water contamination—yet impacts remain unaddressed.
👇Our findings:
We contacted the largest financiers of Rio Tinto, a lead developer of the Simandou project. Communities report land loss, livelihoods destroyed, & water contamination—yet impacts remain unaddressed.
👇Our findings:
April 23, 2026 at 10:06 AM
🚨OUT NOW: Global banks back the world’s biggest mine, but stay silent on its harms
We contacted the largest financiers of Rio Tinto, a lead developer of the Simandou project. Communities report land loss, livelihoods destroyed, & water contamination—yet impacts remain unaddressed.
👇Our findings:
We contacted the largest financiers of Rio Tinto, a lead developer of the Simandou project. Communities report land loss, livelihoods destroyed, & water contamination—yet impacts remain unaddressed.
👇Our findings:
[1/6] Thibaud Teillard montre comment #Simandou, méga-projet minier de 20 milliards $ en Guinée recompose les géographies du fer. Avec 600 km de rail et un nv port à Morebaya, la mine vise 120 Mt/an, faisant du pays le 3e exportateur mondial derrière Australie et Brésil. #geography #mining #Guinea
Le méga-projet minier guinéen de Simandou démarre, un fort impact maritime attendu
Le complexe logistique lié à la nouvelle méga-mine de fer de Simandou, en Guinée, a été inauguré le 11 novembre. Ce projet géant de 20 milliards de dollars, tant attendu, va bouleverser le transport m...
lemarin.ouest-france.fr
November 16, 2025 at 6:52 AM
[1/6] Thibaud Teillard montre comment #Simandou, méga-projet minier de 20 milliards $ en Guinée recompose les géographies du fer. Avec 600 km de rail et un nv port à Morebaya, la mine vise 120 Mt/an, faisant du pays le 3e exportateur mondial derrière Australie et Brésil. #geography #mining #Guinea
Guinée: Wabtec décroche un contrat de maintenance de 700 millions de dollars pour le Transguinéen
Guinée: Wabtec décroche un contrat de maintenance de 700 millions de dollars pour le Transguinéen
Le Transguinéen ce chemin de fer entre les monts du Simandou et le port de Morebayah poursuit son développement. Un accord de 700 millions de dollars a été signé entre la CTG Compagnie du Transguinéen et la société américaine Wabtec qui assurera la maintenance du parc de locomotives. Sur un projet Simandou largement dominé par les investissements chinois, Conakry poursuit la diversification de ses partenaires.
www.rfi.fr
September 25, 2026 at 5:40 AM
Guinée: Wabtec décroche un contrat de maintenance de 700 millions de dollars pour le Transguinéen
Guinea’s Record-Breaking Iron Ore Project Could Reshape the Global Green Steel Market
Guinea’s Simandou Mine Could Reshape the Green Steel Market
At $23 billion, Simandou is the world’s most capital-intensive mining project. The mine is located in the mountains of south-eastern Guinea.
ift.tt
April 16, 2026 at 2:15 AM
Guinea’s Record-Breaking Iron Ore Project Could Reshape the Global Green Steel Market