Halco Mining is an

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company based at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA). The company is organized under the laws of the state of

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in the

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. Halco is the 51% owner of the

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of Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinée, the primary aluminium mine and

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operator in Guinea, known as CBG. The consortium was established in 1962 by Harvey Aluminium Company to mine

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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.
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Halco's stock is owned by the following companies: * Alcoa – 45% *

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– 45% * Dadco Investments Limited – 10%

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Halco MiningCBG page at Halco
Aluminium companies of Guinea Mining companies of Guinea Alcoa {{Alcoa

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