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Sun, 05/23/2010 - 16:42
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Iran-Guinea review ways to extract bauxite

Tehran, May 23, IRNA – The Iranian and Guinean ministers of mines conferred in a meeting here on Sunday on ways to foster cooperation in bauxite extraction.

Talking to reporters after the meeting, Ali-Akbar Mehrabian said his talks with Mahmoud Thiam focused on review of Tehran’s willingness to promote mining cooperation with the African states including Guinea.

Mehrabian said aluminum is a “strategic metal” that Iran is keen to produce it by gaining bauxite from Guinea.

Bauxite is a soft mineral from which aluminum is obtained./end

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