Personnel safety in high-risk areas

Ebola threatens both lives and livelihoods in and around West African mines

Karen Dingley

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Rio Tinto’s Simandou project in south-eastern Guinea. Photo: Rio Tinto

Rio Tinto’s Simandou project in south-eastern Guinea. Photo: Rio Tinto

When the Ebola virus was reported in West Africa in December 2013, the immense human suffering also brought with it a potential loss of livelihood for the many local communities that depend on mining operations....

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