Guinea's bauxite bonanza

Russias UC Rusal operates one of the worlds most successful and longest running thin-layer surface mining operations in Guinea, using a fleet of Wirtgen miners in bauxite exploitation

09 April 2009
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The West African country of Guinea is home to some of the world’s largest bauxite deposits, but is also one of the longest continuously-operating examples of surface mining technology used in the

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