Guinea: train to transport bauxite in service soon

Guinea’s new railway line will begin the transportation of bauxite by June 2021. The international SMB-Winning consortium responsible for the $3 billion project made the announcement, Friday. The project aims to exploit new bauxite deposits in the Santou and Houda region (250 km north of Conakry), then to transport and process the ore for export, thanks to an alumina refinery to be built in the Boké special economic zone, a city close to the border with Guinea-Bissau. The construction of this… READ MORE : Africanews on YouTube brings you a daily dose of news, produced and realised in Africa, by and for Africans. Africanews is the first pan-African multilingual media outlet, unique in its concept and vision. Subscribe on our Youtube channel and receive all the latest news from the continent. Africanews is available in English and French. Website : Facebook : Twitter :