tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9189930829940284211.post2690671636506582688..comments2023-09-18T09:55:35.795-04:00Comments on China in Africa: The Real Story: China and Rio Tinto in Guinea: A Wild CourtshipDeborah Brautigamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10813215294689392170noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9189930829940284211.post-87317105315523568642010-05-28T12:49:55.962-04:002010-05-28T12:49:55.962-04:00Hello! My name is Angela Jones . I loved www.blogg...Hello! My name is Angela Jones . I loved www.blogger.com <a href="http://paydayloanscash.site90.net/paydayloans.xml" rel="nofollow">cash advance loans</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9189930829940284211.post-90302254643297547122010-03-30T01:04:52.526-04:002010-03-30T01:04:52.526-04:00This is an interesting interpretation. Here in Was...This is an interesting interpretation. Here in Washington, the feeling was that Rio Tinto was not originally very happy to "share" the Simandou mine, but was pressured to do this by the Guineans. The economic downturn might have made them more receptive to a substantive partner (they were already partnering with the World Bank's IFC).Deborah Brautigamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03141925702416939602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9189930829940284211.post-46023882047239128422010-03-29T12:26:09.944-04:002010-03-29T12:26:09.944-04:00Here is a follow up article which is all over the ...Here is a follow up article which is all over the international press right now that, if rumors are correct, might be related to the Rio Tinto/Chinese deal in Guinea that this article was talking about. Namely that Rio Tinto, in an effort to secure China's role in the opening up of the mine that it wants to open in Guinea, which is a big project by any measure, now wants to put the steel price fixing episode and allegations that have poisoned its relationship with the Chinese government behind it.<br /><br />Of perticular interest, which seems to add credence to the rumor is, to quote the Al Jazeera article, that "Rio, which initially staunchly defended its staff but recently urged the court to handle the case in a quick and transparent way, said it would sack all four employees."<br /><br />Personally I suspect that it is quite likely that Rio's change of heart on the fate of its four Beijing based employees involved in the scandal has indeed got some thing to do with this, and possibly other, projects.<br /><br />--------------------------<br />Al Jazeera<br />China jails Rio Tinto employees<br />Monday, March 29, 2010<br />http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2010/03/201032971635388208.html<br /><br />-DouglasDiscotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16758088980935834858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9189930829940284211.post-27176585381718541912010-03-23T23:39:32.572-04:002010-03-23T23:39:32.572-04:00Another reader commented to me privately that it i...Another reader commented to me privately that it is interesting that both the current Guinean leader Sekouba Konate and Congolese President Joseph Kabila and Guinean leader Sekouba Konate spent several months in China undergoing military training. Is this a coincidence, he wonders? Here is the link to Konate's biography: http://guineenet.org/modules/news/article.php?storyid=89Deborah Brautigamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03141925702416939602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9189930829940284211.post-58744162344419524782010-03-22T08:45:16.346-04:002010-03-22T08:45:16.346-04:00Good brief and this mail helped me alot in my coll...Good brief and this mail helped me alot in my college assignement. Thank you for your information.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com