Halco Mining is an
aluminium
Aluminium (aluminum in American and Canadian English) is a chemical element with the symbol Al and atomic number 13. Aluminium has a density lower than those of other common metals, at approximately one third that of steel. I ...
company based at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA). The company is organized under the laws of the state of
Delaware
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in the
United States
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. Halco is the 51% owner of the
stock of
Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinée
Compagnie des bauxites de Guinée (CBG) is a Guinean mining company. Since 1963 it has extracted bauxite from the notable mine in Sangarédi, in Boké Region in Guinea. It is 49% owned by the Guinean State, with the remainder owned by the Boké ...
, the primary aluminium
mine
Mine, mines, miners or mining may refer to:
Extraction or digging
* Miner, a person engaged in mining or digging
*Mining, extraction of mineral resources from the ground through a mine
Grammar
*Mine, a first-person English possessive pronoun
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and
smelter operator in Guinea, known as CBG.
The consortium was established in 1962 by Harvey Aluminium Company to mine
bauxite
Bauxite is a sedimentary rock with a relatively high aluminium content. It is the world's main source of aluminium and gallium. Bauxite consists mostly of the aluminium minerals gibbsite (Al(OH)3), boehmite (γ-AlO(OH)) and diaspore (α-AlO ...
deposits in the
Boké
Boké is the capital city of Boké Prefecture within the Boké Region of Lower Guinea near the border with Guinea-Bissau. It is also a sub-prefecture of Guinea. Located along the Rio Nuñez which flows to its not-too-distant mouth on the Atla ...
region. Halco/CBG owns the rights to mine bauxite in a 10,000 square kilometer area of northwestern Guinea under a seventy five year lease through the year 2038.
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Related organizations
Halco's stock is owned by the following companies:
* Alcoa – 45%
* Rio Tinto Group – 45%
* Dadco Investments Limited – 10%
See also
*Aluminium in Africa
Aluminium in Africa originates from bauxite, and within Africa is primarily found in Guinea, Mozambique and Ghana. Guinea is by far the biggest producer in Africa, and is a world leader in bauxite production.
There are many companies involved i ...
*Aluminium in Guinea
Aluminium (aluminum in American and Canadian English) is a chemical element with the symbol Al and atomic number 13. Aluminium has a density lower than those of other common metals, at approximately one third that of steel. It ...
* Gite
References
External links
Halco MiningCBG page at Halco
Aluminium companies of Guinea
Mining companies of Guinea
Alcoa
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