Vol 7 (AAC) No 1 |
- GUINEA
- CHINA
The other half of Simandou Blocks 1 and 2 are controlled by Israeli diamond magnate Beny Steinmetz's BSG Resources and Brazil's Vale...
Some local media suggested that his campaign was partly financed by the controversial firm Beny Steinmetz Group Resources (BSGR) which is currently embroiled in a bitter battle with the government over its iron-ore concession at Simandou (AC Vol 54 No 13 Condé takes on Steinmetz)...
President Alpha Condé has escalated his government's row with Geneva-based Beny Steinmetz Group Resources over the legitimacy of its stake in the Simandou iron ore mine...
At the heart of the fight for Simandou are President Alpha Condé’s government and three international mining houses: Anglo-Australian Rio Tinto which has a controlling stake in Simandou Blocks 3 and 4 and Beny Steinmetz Group Resources (BSGR) which together with Brazil’s Vale control Simandou Blocks 1 and 2...
Vol 54 No 8 |
- AFRICA
- MINING
Beny Steinmetz the Israeli mining magnate who has massive investments in Congo-Kinshasa and Guinea is suing the public relations company FTI Consulting and its Europe Chairman Lord Mark Malloch-Brown...
Steinmetz appointed FTI as advisor to himself and his firm Beny Steinmetz Group Resources in May 2009...
The biggest stand-off is between the government and Beny Steinmetz Group Resources...
The first casualty of the review is likely to be Beny Steinmetz Group Resources (BSGR) which claims to have secured mining rights to Blocks 1 and 2 at Simandou for an undisclosed price from the late President General Lansana Conté shortly before his death in December 2008...
He has already said that the Beny Steinmetz Group Resources Vale’s minority partner in the Simandou mine ‘didn’t follow the law’ when it secured the asset under the late military leader General Lansana Conté...
Billionaire financier and philanthropist George Soros Britain’s former Prime Minister Tony Blair Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska and Israeli entrepreneur Beny Steinmetz have all held closed-door talks with Condé over the past year...
Lansana Conté Dadis Camara and Konaté) announced the transfer of exploration rights on blocks 1 and 2 at the vast Simandou iron-ore concession from Rio Tinto to Beny Steinmetz Group Resources...
Vol 53 No 7 |
- CONGO-KINSHASA
Another Israeli diamond and mining magnate Beny Steinmetz also has interests in Congo-K...