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IMF: Guinea's bauxite business to attract $6.5 billion investment in 2017-2020

20 Aug 2019 13:54 reported by Joy Liu

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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) forecasted that the bauxite mining and alumina plant construction in Guinea will attract the investments value around US$6.5 billion during the period from 2017 to 2020.

According to the forecast, the demand for bauxite in the global market will increase at an annual rate of 5% averagely in the medium term.

Guinea has abundant mineral resources, of which the proved reserves of bauxite are approximately 25 billion tons, accounting for around 33% of the total proven reserves in the world.