Commodities

Winning Consortium Vows Responsible Mining at Guinea’s Simandou

A satellite image of the clearings associated with Blocks 1 and 2 of the Simandou iron ore project in southeastern Guinea.Source: Maxar/Maxar Technologies/Getty Images

Winning Consortium Simandou, one of the companies developing the world’s biggest untapped iron ore deposit in Guinea, has said that it is working closely with authorities and communities to address environmental concerns linked with the project.

The commitment follows studies by Advocates for Community Alternatives, a non-governmental organization, which revealed that construction of the Simandou project was linked with water and soil pollution.