The New Scramble for Guinea: China, Russia, and the Race for Critical Minerals
By: GOLD MINERS CLUB For decades, Guinea was dismissed as a “geological scandal” trapped in a “political tragedy.” Home to the world’s largest reserves of high‑grade bauxite and the biggest untapped iron ore deposit—Simandou—Guinea was always on the brink of economic transformation that never came. Corruption, military interventions, and poor infrastructure kept its wealth buried. […]