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Boké Region
Boké Region () is located in western Guinea. It is bordered by the countries of Senegal and Guinea-Bissau and the Guinean regions of Kindia and Labé. Its capital is the city of Boké. Administrative divisions Boké Region is divided into five prefectures; which are further sub-divided into 37 sub-prefectures: * Boffa Prefecture (8 sub-prefectures) * Boké Prefecture (10 sub-prefectures) * Fria Prefecture (4 sub-prefectures) * Gaoual Prefecture (8 sub-prefectures) * Koundara Prefecture (7 sub-prefectures) Mining reserves Boké Region is the home to a great part of Guinea's aluminium (or bauxite) reserves. At least two of the country's largest mining facilities are located there: * Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinée, or CBG, which is operated by Halco Mining, an international and intercorporate aluminium mining entity. * Alumina Company of Guinea, or ACG, operating the Friguia bauxite-alumina complex in Fria Prefecture. See also * Aluminium in Africa *Regions of G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Regions Of Guinea
Guinea is divided into 8 administrative regions. 7 regions other than Conakry Region are further subdivided into 33 prefectures. See also * Administrative divisions of Guinea * Prefectures of Guinea * Sub-prefectures of Guinea The sub-prefectures (known in French as ''sous-prefectures'') are the third-level administrative divisions in Guinea Guinea, officially the Republic of Guinea, is a coastal country in West Africa. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the west, ... * ISO 3166-2:GN References Subdivisions of Guinea Guinea, Regions Guinea 1 Regions, Guinea Guinea geography-related lists {{Guinea-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fria Prefecture
Fria is a prefecture located in the Boké Region of Guinea. The capital is Fria. The prefecture covers an area of .² and has a population of 96,527. It is the site of the first alumina factory in Africa. Sub-prefectures The prefecture is divided administratively into 4 sub-prefectures: # Fria-Centre # Baguinet # Banguingny # Tormelin Tormelin is a town and sub-prefecture in the Fria Prefecture in the Boké Region of western Guinea Guinea, officially the Republic of Guinea, is a coastal country in West Africa. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Guinea-Bissau ... References Prefectures of Guinea Boké Region {{Guinea-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 in the aluminium trade in Africa. Principal mine and smelter operators include Cameroon, Ghana, Guinea and among others Bauxite deposits and extraction Africa is rich in bauxite reserves, which are used as the primary raw material in the production of aluminum. Countries with significant bauxite reserves include Guinea, Ghana, Sierra Leone, and Guinea-Bissau. Bauxite mining entails extracting the ore from the ground, followed by refining operations to produce alumina, which is then smelted to produce aluminum. Economic significance The African aluminum sector offers economic potential. Bauxite extraction and processing contribute to job creation and income production in local areas. Furthermore, the development of aluminum smelters and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alumina Company Of Guinea
The Alumina Company of Guinea (ACG-Fria) is a bauxite mining company based in Fria, Guinea. They are the main aluminium producing company in the country, and was once part-owned by the government of Guinea in Conakry and by the Reynolds Metals Company of Richmond, Virginia Richmond ( ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital city of the Commonwealth (U.S. state), U.S. commonwealth of Virginia. Incorporated in 1742, Richmond has been an independent city (United States), independent city since 1871. ..., of the United States. However, in 2006 the president of Guinea, Lansana Conte signed an agreement with Russian giant, United Company RUSAL privatizing the bauxite and aluminum complex in Fria. This will allow for eventual doubling of the company's capacity. External linksMbendi.com Mining companies of Guinea Aluminium companies of Guinea Rusal Boké Region {{guinea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halco Mining
Halco Mining is an aluminium company based at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA). The company is organized under the laws of the state of Delaware in the United States. Halco is the 51% owner of the stock of Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinée, the primary aluminium mine and smelter operator in Guinea, known as CBG. The consortium was established in 1962 by Harvey Aluminium Company to mine bauxite deposits in the Boké 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. See map Related organizations Halco's stock is owned by the following companies: * Alcoa ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Investment Company, a 100%-owned subsidiary of Halco Mining, a consortium opened in 1962 by Harvey Aluminum Company to run mining operations in Guinea. Halco's stock is owned by Alcoa (45%), Rio Tinto Alcan (45%) and Dadco Investments (10%). Guinea is the world's 5th largest producer of bauxite, yet the country holds the world's largest reserves of the valuable ore used to produce aluminum. Estimates of the country's reserves rise as high as 25 billion tons, or the majority of the world's bauxite. Bauxite mining in Guinea Guinea possesses a third of the best bauxite reserves in the world, or about 20 billion tons, with a high content (45-62 %) of alumina and a low silica content (0.8-2 %). Despite being ranked second after Australia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mining
Mining is the Resource extraction, extraction of valuable geological materials and minerals from the surface of the Earth. Mining is required to obtain most materials that cannot be grown through agriculture, agricultural processes, or feasibly created Chemical synthesis, artificially in a laboratory or factory. Ores recovered by mining include Metal#Extraction, metals, coal, oil shale, gemstones, limestone, chalk mining, chalk, dimension stone, rock salt, potash, gravel, and clay. The ore must be a rock or mineral that contains valuable constituent, can be extracted or mined and sold for profit. Mining in a wider sense includes extraction of any non-renewable resource such as petroleum, natural gas, or even fossil water, water. Modern mining processes involve prospecting for ore bodies, analysis of the profit potential of a proposed mine, extraction of the desired materials, and final mine reclamation, reclamation or restoration of the land after the mine is closed. Mining ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 (), boehmite (γ-AlO(OH)), and diaspore (α-AlO(OH)), Mixture, mixed with the two iron oxides goethite (FeO(OH)) and haematite (), the aluminium Clay minerals, clay mineral kaolinite () and small amounts of anatase () and ilmenite ( or ). Bauxite appears dull in Lustre (mineralogy), luster and is reddish-brown, white, or tan. In 1821, the French people, French geologist Pierre Berthier discovered bauxite near the village of Les Baux-de-Provence, Les Baux in Provence, southern France. Formation Numerous classification schemes have been proposed for bauxite but, , there was no consensus. Vadász (1951) distinguished Laterite, lateritic bauxites (silicate bauxites) from karst bauxite ores (carbonate bauxites): * The carbonate bauxites occur predominantly in Europe, Guyana, Suriname, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aluminium
Aluminium (or aluminum in North American English) is a chemical element; it has chemical symbol, symbol Al and atomic number 13. It has a density lower than that of other common metals, about one-third that of steel. Aluminium has a great affinity towards oxygen, passivation (chemistry), forming a protective layer of aluminium oxide, oxide on the surface when exposed to air. It visually resembles silver, both in its color and in its great ability to reflect light. It is soft, magnetism, nonmagnetic, and ductility, ductile. It has one stable isotope, 27Al, which is highly abundant, making aluminium the abundance of the chemical elements, 12th-most abundant element in the universe. The radioactive decay, radioactivity of aluminium-26, 26Al leads to it being used in radiometric dating. Chemically, aluminium is a post-transition metal in the boron group; as is common for the group, aluminium forms compounds primarily in the +3 oxidation state. The aluminium cation Al3+ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koundara Prefecture
Koundara is a prefecture located in the Boké Region of Guinea. The capital is Koundara. The prefecture covers an area of and has a population of 130,205. Capital Koundara town is served by Sambailo Airport. As of 2014 it had a population of 27,433 people. Sub-prefectures The prefecture is divided administratively into 7 sub-prefectures: # Koundara-Centre # Guingan # Kamaby # Sambailo # Saréboido Saréboido is a town and Sub-prefectures of Guinea, sub-prefecture in the Koundara Prefecture in the Boké Region of northern Guinea, near the border of Guinea-Bissau. As of 2014 it had a population of 33,700 people. References Sub-p ... # Termesse # Youkounkoun References Prefectures of Guinea Boké Region {{Guinea-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaoual Prefecture
Gaoual is a prefecture located in the Boké Region of Guinea. The capital is Gaoual. The prefecture covers an area of 7,758 km.² and has a population of 194,245. Sub-prefectures The prefecture is divided administratively into 8 sub-prefectures: # Gaoual-Centre # Foulamory # Kakony # Koumbia # Kounsitel # Malanta # Touba Touba (Hassaniya Arabic: , 'Felicity'; Wolof: Tuubaa) is a city in central Senegal, part of Diourbel Region and Mbacké district. With a population of 1,120,824 in 2023, it is the second most populated Senegalese city after Dakar. It is the h ... # Wendou M'Bour References Prefectures of Guinea Boké Region {{Guinea-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boké Prefecture
Boké is a prefecture located in the Boké Region of Guinea. The capital is Boké. The prefecture covers an area of 11,124 km2 and has a population of 449,405. It contains several economically important areas of the country, including those engaged in fishing, mining, and agriculture. Sub-prefectures The prefecture is divided administratively into 10 sub-prefectures: # Boké-Centre # Bintimodiya # Dabiss # Kamsar # Kanfarandé Kanfarandé is a town and Sub-prefectures of Guinea, sub-prefecture in the Boké Prefecture in the Boké Region of western Guinea. As of 2014 it had a population of 29,440 people. References Sub-prefectures of the Boké Region {{Gui ... # Kolaboui # Malapouyah # Sangarédi # Sansalé # Tanéné References Prefectures of Guinea Boké Region {{Guinea-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
