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Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinee (CBG)
Joint venture between Halco Mining (US/European consortium including Alcoa and Rio Tinto) and the Government of Guinea; operates Sangaredi mine, the highest-grade bauxite deposit in the world; ships via Kamsar port; one of the oldest continuous-operation bauxite mines globally
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Bauxite Mining (Sangaredi)
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Did you know2023
CBG represents the Western aluminum industry's stake in Guinea bauxite, while SMB-Winning represents the Chinese industry's stake -- both operating in the same Boke Region of Guinea simultaneously. CBG (Halco Mining consortium: Alcoa, Rio Tinto, and others) and SMB-Winning are in the same country, region, and political environment, meaning a Guinea government instability event affects both Western and Chinese aluminum supply chains simultaneously. When the September 2021 coup by Colonel Mamadi Doumbouya disrupted Guinea's government, both CBG's Alcoa-linked bauxite supply and SMB-Winning's Chinese refinery supply were at risk from the same event. The US, European, and Chinese aluminum industries compete globally using aluminum from bauxite that largely comes from the same small West African country under the same political risk umbrella -- yet analysts covering these industries model them as if they have independent supply chains.
Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinee ↗Origin2024
CBG's Sangaredi deposit is the highest-grade bauxite deposit in the world — ore that essentially requires less energy and chemicals to refine than any other source. Sangaredi was discovered in 1952, developed with US and European capital, and survived Guinea's post-independence nationalization (the government took a 49% stake). It has shipped continuously since 1973, making it the single most strategically important bauxite mine on Earth for Western aluminum producers.
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