Guinea: Lax permit allocation behind mining permit withdrawals

Guinea is the world’s second-largest bauxite producer

Originally published on Global Voices

Image of mining site in the Republic of Guinea. Screenshot from the video “Guinea withdraws mining permits from dozens of mining companies” on the RFI YouTube Channel

Guinea is an African country with vast mineral resources, especially bauxite ( the world’s second-largest producer), gold, diamonds, iron, graphite, and nickel.

However, poor natural resource governance has prevented...