Doumbouya appoints Diakité to head Nimba Mining Company
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Africaguinée
Guinean President Mamadi Doumbouya has appointed Djiba Diakité chair of the board of Nimba Mining Company for a renewable three-year term. The state-owned company, created after the agreement with Guinea Alumina Corporation was terminated, is tasked with developing bauxite, according to the decree read on national television and reported by Africaguinée.
Guinean President General Mamadi Doumbouya has appointed Djiba Diakité chair of the board of Nimba Mining Company (NMC), the state-owned company responsible for developing bauxite. His term is set at three years, renewable, according to a decree read on national television on Friday 23 October 2026 and reported by Africaguinée.
NMC was created after the agreement with Guinea Alumina Corporation (GAC) was terminated. Djiba Diakité, who remains minister and director of the presidency’s cabinet and chair of the Simandou Strategic Committee, was appointed on the recommendation of the Ministry of Mines and Geology, according to the decree.
