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March 10, 2023 | Track

British Steel to supply steel sleepers to Guinea Bauxite

Contract to supply 244,000 is British Steel’s largest sleeper order to date.

April 4, 2022 | Infrastructure

Guinea and mining giants agree $US 15bn investment including 670km railway

The line will connect the Simandou iron-ore deposit with the Atlantic coast.

May 28, 2021 | Infrastructure

Initial services begin on Guinea’s Dasheng Railway

Guinea’s new heavy-haul freight railway is due to officially open in June.

January 15, 2021 | Fleet

In-Brief - Fleet: SNCF orders double-deck EMUs; Guinea locomotives delivered; Qingyuan maglev train complete

FRANCE: French National Railways (SNCF) has ordered an additional three class Z 57000 Omneo Régio 2N double-deck EMUs from Bombardier for use on lines D and R from Gare du Lyon, expanding the fleet serving the line to 72 sets.

July 3, 2020 | Locomotives

CRRC Qishuyan to maintain locomotives for Dasheng Railway

WIN Alliance Guinea Railway has awarded CRRC Qishuyan a contract to maintain 16 locomotives set to operate on the new 125km Dasheng Railway in Guinea.

March 26, 2020 | Africa

First locomotive ready for new Guinea bauxite railway

CRRC Qishuyan has completed the first Co-Co diesel locomotive for the SMB-Winning consortium which is building a 135km railway in Guinea to carry bauxite.

December 31, 2019 | Africa

Guinea heavy-haul freight locomotives ordered

WIN Alliance Guinea Railway awarded a contract to CRRC Qishuyan on December 25 for 14 3.28MW ac heavy-haul freight diesel locomotives.

November 22, 2019 | Infrastructure

Guinea iron-ore mine project to include 650km line

BOKÉ Mining Company (SMB) has won a tender to exploit blocks 1 and 2 of the iron-ore deposits in Simandou, Guinea, with the conditions including the construction of a 650km railway and deep-water port in Matakong.

May 30, 2019 | Financial

Guinea bauxite project and associated rail improvements receive $US 460m loan

WORLD Group Bank members International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) have announced a $US 460m debt and guarantee package to support the Guinea Alumina Corporation’s (GAC) bauxite project, which includes the development of rail and port infrastructure in Guinea.

October 30, 2014 | Africa

China to develop Mali rail links

THE government of Mali has signed framework agreements worth $US 9.5bn with two Chinese railway civil engineering companies to build a new line to the Guinean port of Conakry and to upgrade the existing railway linking Mali with Senegal.

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