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Chinalco's Boffa bauxite project in Guinea starts construction

30 Oct 2018 15:03 reported by John

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It was reported that the construction of the Chinalco's Boffa bauxite mine in Guinea started on October 28th. The initial construction scale of the project was 12 million tons of bauxite per year, which will increase the company's mining rate to 75%.

Chinalco said that the project was a major cooperation under the cooperation framework of the two governments, which was mutually beneficial and win-win and it was opening a new chapter for bilateral cooperation.

After continuous exploration and exploring in recent years, Chinalco has identified the mine that located in the northeastern Boffa city of Boffa province in Guinea reserves of about 1.75 billion tons of available resources and sustainable extraction period was more than 60 years.

When the mine was completed and put into operation, it will become an important source of overseas bauxite resources of Aluminum Corporation of China, and constantly improve the guarantee and sustainable development ability of the company's mineral resources.