{"id":278088,"date":"2025-11-11T17:34:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T17:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/278088\/"},"modified":"2025-11-11T17:34:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T17:34:07","slug":"worlds-biggest-mining-project-begins-operations-in-guinea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/278088\/","title":{"rendered":"World\u2019s biggest mining project begins operations in Guinea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The world\u2019s biggest mining project \u2014 a China-backed effort that could deepen Beijing\u2019s control over Africa\u2019s mineral resources \u2014 will begin operations in Guinea today.  <\/p>\n<p>The $23 billion Simandou iron-ore mine could spark an international revolution by vastly reducing the energy needed to produce steel: The high concentration of iron found in the mine requires mills to use less energy to melt the metal. The mine could also greatly boost Guinea\u2019s prospects: The country projects <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/9fe8f588-5383-4fde-b2f7-11fcbb206384\" class=\"styles_linkEmbed__SNmaX\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">GDP could quadruple by 2040<\/a>, potentially making it the world\u2019s third largest iron ore producer. <\/p>\n<p>However, critics fear China\u2019s growing dominance over Africa\u2019s mineral resources could lead to environmental damage. Last week, the Democratic Republic of Congo <a href=\"https:\/\/www.semafor.com\/article\/11\/10\/2025\/dr-congo-suspends-chinese-cobalt-miner-after-chemical-spill?utm_medium=africa&amp;utm_campaign=flagshipnumbered3&amp;utm_source=nowcta\" class=\"styles_linkEmbed__SNmaX\" rel=\"no-referrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">suspended a Chinese-owned mine<\/a> over its pollution of a local river.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The world\u2019s biggest mining project \u2014 a China-backed effort that could deepen Beijing\u2019s control over Africa\u2019s mineral resources&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":278089,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[64,63,99,164],"class_list":["post-278088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-business","tag-economy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=278088"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278088\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/278089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}