France’s AMR Seeks Rights for $200 Million Guinea Bauxite Mine
- Company filed application for 15-year mining license
- Bauxite production may start 2019 at 5 million tons a year
French bauxite explorer Alliance Miniere Responsable said it filed for permission to develop a $200 million mining project in northern Guinea.
AMR seeks the right to mine bauxite in the West African nation’s Boke district for at least 15 years, Romain Girbal, president and co-founder of the Paris-based company, said in an e-mailed statement on Thursday. The company wants to complete the development of the mine and lift annual output to 5 million metric tons of the ore by 2019, he said.
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