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...
In the daily bustle of a mining project as vast as Simandou, a few faces stand out, living witnesses to the site’s evolution and its people. Sekou Condé is one of them. With 18 years of experience at Rio Tinto...
Coexisting with a Western Chimpanzee at Simandou Mining operations often take place in some of the most remote areas on Earth, from the vast expanse of the Gobi Desert to the rugged mountains of Argentina. In these unique and precious...
Kadiatou is redefining what it means to be a woman in the mining sector in Guinea and inspiring young girls to do the same. Kadiatou is a human rights advisor for our Simandou project in Guinea, Africa. But her role...
Transforming Travel in Conakry – A new internally developed booking app by S&TI is making travel in the Guinean capital simpler, safer, and faster. Moving our personnel in Conakry is a challenge. The metropolitan area has a population of three...
