Water bodies and soil in local communities surrounding Guinea’s Simandou iron ore project have been found to be contaminated, ...

Mining activities at Guinea’s Simandou iron ore megaproject are polluting waterways and degrading agricultural land, ...

Rio Tinto has held rights to Simandou blocks 3 and 4 since 1997 through Simfer S.A. which is owned by the government of Guinea (15%) and Simfer Jersey Limited (85%), itself a joint venture between ...

Bulker owner Himalaya Shipping thinks that seasonality started early for capesizes and newcastlemaxes this year and there are ...

The 32-year-old was working for a Chinese subcontractor building a railway to reach Simandou - the world's largest new iron mining complex, which is being developed by Anglo-Australian mining ...

Guinean officials have ordered work be stopped on the Simandou iron-ore project, in which Rio Tinto has a stake, after an extended deadline to complete negotiations on a joint venture was missed.

Iron ore rose above $100/ton for the first time since May on improving sentiment over China's economic growth and Rio Tinto ...

Rio Tinto will provide an update today at its Investor Seminar on the world class Simandou iron ore project in Guinea, which is being progressed in partnership with CIOH, a Chinalco- led ...

Rio Tinto and a Chinese-backed consortium risk losing their mining licences if they fail to meet a tight construction timeline for the Simandou iron-ore mine in Guinea, the West African country ...

Simandou in Guinea is home to the world's richest untapped deposits of iron ore but legal wrangling, alleged corruption and the difficulty of access to the mountain region mean it has yet to be ...

The world needs Guinea's massive Simandou iron ore deposit to be developed, Rio Tinto's chief executive said on Thursday, despite uncertainty in Guinea after last month's coup.

The Guinean government plans to auction the northern half of the massive Simandou iron-ore deposit in the next few months, Guinea’s Minister of Mines Kerfalla Yansane told The Wall Street ...