Rio Tinto inks rail and port deal to unlock Guinea’s Simandou iron ore project

Rio Tinto Group’s subsidiary in Guinea has formed an infrastructure joint venture with Winning Consortium Simandou (WCS) and the government to develop a railway and port, paving the way for work to resume on the world’s largest undeveloped iron ore project. The joint venture for the Simandou is a milestone for Rio and WCS, whose […]

Libya: Casualties, damage caused by devastating floods could have been reduced – WMO

The UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said Thursday September 14 the use of advance warning systems would have lessened the casualties and damage caused by the recent devastating floods in Libya that killed at least 6,000 people, “Libya Update” reports. “If there had been advance warning, we could have avoided most of the human casualties […]

Morocco, Spain vow to protect rights of seasonal workers

Morocco and Spain promised to protect the rights of Moroccan female seasonal workers who travel every year to the region of Huelva to work in strawberry fields. In 2018-2019 season they were 14,583 who worked in Huelva in an operation lauded in a joint Moroccan-Spanish statement as “successful.” This form of regular migration was “beneficial […]