Conakry (Guinea), June 9, 2020 – Following the approval in the Council of Ministers of the Government of the Republic of Guinea on Thursday June 4, 2020 to sign the basic agreement for the exploitation of iron ore deposits of the blocks I and II of Simandou, the SMB-Winning Consortium and the Guinean government today […]

UMS and the SMB-WAP Consortium make a first donation of one billion Guinean francs to support the action of the National Health Security Agency As part of the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic, UMS and the SMB-WAP Consortium made a donation of one billion Guinean francs to support the action of the National Agency for […]

Since January, UMS management has been monitoring the spread of the Coronavirus, also known as Covid-19, around the world. As the virus begins to spread in many African countries, the management of UMS has been anticipating for several weeks the measures necessary to protect its employees and customers while maintaining activity. An internal communication campaign […]

The 8th edition of the Conakry Half-Marathon will be held on April 12. The sporting event was launched on Friday February 14 at a press conference organized for this purpose. In addition to the traditional partners that are BICIGUI and SOBRAGUI, two new partners have announced their arrival to support Total Guinea. They are the […]

This article, in French, is taken from Jeune Afrique and cannot be translated. Read the rest here :   « Au Simandou, le principal défi est logistique » Fadi Wazni, PCA de SMB – Winning Le patron du consortium détaille sa stratégie pour le démarrage de l’exploitation des blocs 1 et 2 obtenus le 13 novembre. […]

The SMB-Winning Consortium has announced that it has now reached an optimal rate of use of the truck fleet for the transport of bauxite extracted in the Boké region. The Consortium started its mining operations in 2015, and has outsourced the transportation of ore to Guinean companies to a very large extent. Currently, 20 Guinean […]

The charter group went to the WAZNI building on November 18 to personally congratulate Fadi Wazni, CEO of UMS and PCA of SMB, for having won the exploitation of blocks I and II of the iron deposits from Simandou. Fadi Wazni, who was “very touched” by this visit, was pleased to see this mega-project won […]

Following a call for tenders opened by decree D / 2019/0194 / PRG / SGG of July 13, 2019, the Société Minière de Boké (SMB) won the allocation of the iron ore deposits of Blocks I and II of Simandou. In accordance with the Special Specifications relating to the Invitation to Tender for the granting […]

Aboubacar Sylla, the Guinean Minister of State in charge of Transport, has entrusted the Boké Mining Company (SMB-Winning Consortium), which operates bauxite in the country, with the rehabilitation of the Boké aerodrome. The works, estimated at $ 1.5 million, include the rehabilitation of the runway, the construction of a terminal, a hangar and offices. They […]

It is no longer a secret that the CEO of UMS, PCA of the SMB-Winning-UMS Consortium and Honorary Consul of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Guinea, Fadi Wazni, is not only a philanthropist in love with Guinea, but also very attached to the evolution of his country, particularly through education, which is for him […]