Welcome to our media centre. Here you will find the latest news and updates from SimFer and the progress we are making on the Simandou project.
Rio Tinto deeply regrets to announce that an employee of a contracting company has died following an incident at the SimFer mine site in Nzérékoré Guinea on Friday 22 August. Rio Tinto Chief Executive Jakob Stausholm said: “We extend our...
Regular engagements create a transparent, open and inclusive platform for dialogue with communities Beyla, Republic of Guinea – SimFer, the joint venture between the Government of the Republic of Guinea, Rio Tinto and the CIOH consortium led by Chinalco, held...
Breakthrough of the 900-metre tunnel creates direct access between SimFer mine and Morebaya port via the TransGuinean railway. Beyla, Republic of Guinea – SimFer, the joint-venture between the Government of the Republic of Guinea, Rio Tinto, and the CIOH consortium...
Nestled within the rich ecosystems of Guinea’s Pic de Fon Classified Forest, the Simandou mining project is striving to achieve best-practice for biodiversity mitigation and management. For over 12 years, dedicated teams have been working behind the scenes to protect...
In some rural areas of Guinea, access to education remains a major challenge for young school-age children. Rio Tinto SimFer has made education a key pillar of its social investment programme in the communities around its mining concession. As of...
In Guinea, road accidents claim 5,060 lives each year, injure more than 52,000 people, and result in an economic cost of nearly 1.4 billion USD annually. According to data from the World Health Organization (2021), the country has the highest...