Bauxite
Guinea is the world's largest bauxite exporter; the strategic question is how much value is captured through domestic alumina refining.
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- Mt
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- Value chains
- Bauxite → Alumina → Aluminium
- Leading African producers
- Guinea
Market signals
Leading African producers
Related companies
miningRio Tinto
London, United Kingdom
Developing blocks 3 and 4 of the Simandou iron ore project in Guinea with partners, including associated rail and port infrastructure.
metalsSouth32
Perth, Australia
Operates Mozal Aluminium in Mozambique and Hillside Aluminium in South Africa, two of Africa's largest smelters.
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Aluminium
Smelting is a power business. Africa's largest smelters — Mozal in Mozambique and Hillside in South Africa — depend on long-term electricity supply.
Iron Ore
Simandou introduces a new high-grade supply source into the seaborne market, with rail and port capacity as the critical path.
Related news
Guinea presses for domestic alumina refining
Policy signalling continues to favour in-country value addition over raw bauxite export, with power supply the decisive constraint.
SimFer begins staged commissioning of Morebaya port for Simandou
Stacker-reclaimers and shiploaders are being commissioned. The port was 85% complete at end-H1 2026, with full commissioning expected in Q1 2027; ore ships via the WCS port meanwhile.
Simandou corridor: rail and port works define the critical path
Guinea's iron ore ambition is bounded less by orebody quality than by the trans-Guinean railway and port commissioning sequence.
Related intelligence
- U.S. Geological Survey
Mineral Commodity Summaries
Last verified 26 Aug 2026Verified
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