Guinea's state-owned Nimba Mining Company signed an agreement on November 4 with the mining infrastructure agency ANAIM to use a 56-kilometer shared road from its Tinguilinta permit to the port facilities at Dapilon, Financial Afrik and Ecofin Agency reported. The company aims to have extracted 9mn metric tons of bauxite by the end of November and 10mn tons by December 31, Financial Afrik said.
Analysis: The 10mn-ton target matches the bottom of the 10mn to 12mn tons a year Glencore agreed in September to market under a pre-financing deal worth more than $300mn, Reuters reported. It equals about 5.5% of Guinea's 182.8mn tons of bauxite exports in 2025, by our calculation. The road adds a second route to the coast, alongside the 86-kilometer shared railway and barges the company already uses, Ecofin Agency said. The target counts ore extracted, not shipped, Financial Afrik said, and other miners including SMB already use the road. No shipment figure has been published, so December 31 is the next test.
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