{"id":115135,"date":"2025-11-11T12:23:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T12:23:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/kagame-in-guinea-for-launch-of-largest-mining-project"},"modified":"2025-11-11T12:39:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T12:39:13","slug":"kagame-in-guinea-for-launch-of-largest-mining-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/kagame-in-guinea-for-launch-of-largest-mining-project","title":{"rendered":"Kagame in Guinea for launch of \u2018largest\u2019 mining project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>President Paul Kagame has arrived in Conakry, Guinea, where he joins President Mamadi Doumbouya for the launch of the Simandou Iron Ore Project, regarded as the largest ongoing mining project in the world.<\/p>\n<p>The Simandou deposit is the world\u2019s largest known untapped iron ore reserve, estimated to contain approximately three to four billion tonnes of high-grade recoverable iron ore. The project is expected to reach full production capacity by 2030, with an annual output of around 120 million tonnes.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, President Kagame and his host, President Mamadi Doumbouya, will address the opening of this year\u2019s Transform Africa Summit (TAS), organised by the Smart Africa Alliance under the theme \u201cAI for Africa: Innovate Locally, Impact Globally.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Summit, which convenes every other year in Rwanda, which is home to the Smart Africa Secretariat, brings together leaders and innovators to explore how artificial intelligence can advance Africa\u2019s economic integration, strengthen governance, and foster innovation across the continent.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Rwanda<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. President Paul Kagame has arrived in Conakry, Guinea, where he joins President Mamadi Doumbouya for the launch of the Simandou Iron Ore Project, regarded as the largest ongoing mining project in the world. The Simandou deposit is the world\u2019s largest known untapped iron ore reserve, estimated to contain approximately three to four [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":115134,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,29,14],"tags":[8676,1035,872,758,8677],"class_list":["post-115135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-policy","tag-conakry","tag-guinea","tag-kagame","tag-rwanda","tag-simandou-iron-ore-project"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Kagame in Guinea for launch of \u2018largest\u2019 mining project - Rwanda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"President Paul Kagame has arrived in Conakry, Guinea, where he joins President Mamadi Doumbouya for the launch of the Si ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/kagame-in-guinea-for-launch-of-largest-mining-project\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kagame in Guinea for launch of \u2018largest\u2019 mining project\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"President Paul Kagame has arrived in Conakry, Guinea, where he joins President Mamadi Doumbouya for the launch of the Si ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/kagame-in-guinea-for-launch-of-largest-mining-project\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Rwanda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-11-11T12:23:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-11-11T12:39:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2025\/11\/sm_1762852097.943683.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"636\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/kagame-in-guinea-for-launch-of-largest-mining-project#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/kagame-in-guinea-for-launch-of-largest-mining-project\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Kagame in Guinea for launch of \u2018largest\u2019 mining project\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-11-11T12:23:07+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-11-11T12:39:13+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/kagame-in-guinea-for-launch-of-largest-mining-project\"},\"wordCount\":178,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/kagame-in-guinea-for-launch-of-largest-mining-project#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2025\/11\/sm_1762852097.943683.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Conakry\",\"Guinea\",\"Kagame\",\"Rwanda\",\"Simandou Iron Ore Project\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/kagame-in-guinea-for-launch-of-largest-mining-project#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/kagame-in-guinea-for-launch-of-largest-mining-project\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/kagame-in-guinea-for-launch-of-largest-mining-project\",\"name\":\"Kagame in Guinea for launch of \u2018largest\u2019 mining project - 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