{"id":13602,"date":"2007-07-08T12:52:29","date_gmt":"2007-07-08T19:52:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2007\/07\/08\/china-to-fund-1-bln-hydro-dam-in-guinea-saliou-samb\/"},"modified":"2007-07-08T12:52:29","modified_gmt":"2007-07-08T19:52:29","slug":"china-to-fund-1-bln-hydro-dam-in-guinea-saliou-samb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2007\/07\/china-to-fund-1-bln-hydro-dam-in-guinea-saliou-samb\/","title":{"rendered":"China to Fund $1 bln Hydro Dam in Guinea &#8211; Saliou Samb"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> The Chinese government has offered <a href=\"v\">Guinea<\/a>, the Africa&#8217;s lead exporter of bauxite, a new dam and debt relief in exchange for access to Guinea&#8217;s mineral reserves. Negotiations are still being conducted.\n<\/p>\n<p>From Reuters:\n<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"bauxite3.jpg\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/mt-old\/bauxite3.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" border=\"1\" style=\"float:right\" \/><br \/>\nChina has agreed to fund the construction of a $1 billion <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hydroelectric_dam\">hydroelectric dam<\/a> in mineral-rich <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Guinea\">Guinea<\/a> and renovate a series of state buildings, government officials in the West African country said on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Local media reported that in return, Guinean authorities would guarantee China access to mineral reserves equivalent to some 2 billion tonnes of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bauxite\">bauxite<\/a>, the raw material used in the production of <a href=\"v\">aluminum<\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/worldNews\/idUSL0760091020070707\">[Full Text]<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chinese government has offered Guinea, the Africa&#8217;s lead exporter of bauxite, a new dam and debt relief in exchange for access to Guinea&#8217;s mineral reserves. 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