GAC grants Fluor the contract for its under-construction bauxite mine

<p>Guinea Alumina Corporation S.A. (GAC), a bauxite mining company, a subsidiary of Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA), yesterday announced that the company granted an engineering and program management consultancy contract worth $700 million to Fluor for its under-construction bauxite mine in the Boke region of Guinea, Africa.</p> <p><img style="vertical-align: middle; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="http://www.alcircle.com/uploads/images/EGA-Guinea-bauxite-mine.jpg" alt="news" width="517" height="226" /></p> <p>The bauxite mine project is expected to begin production in 2018. The company will provide high-quality raw materials for alumina production facilities worldwide. Fluor completed the feasibility study for GAC&rsquo;s Guinean mine in the second quarter of 2016.</p> <p>Rick Koumouris, president of Fluor&rsquo;s Mining &amp; Metals business, said, &ldquo;Fluor has worked with GAC since the preliminary phase of the project to develop a customized, capital-efficient design to meet the company&rsquo;s unique business objectives.&rdquo;</p> <p>Fluor will work with GAC for the expansion of bauxite mine of 12 million-tonne-per-annum, and for building an export terminal in Port Kamsar along with other infrastructure.</p> <p>{googleAdsense}</p> <p>&nbsp;Abdulla Kalban, managing director and chief executive officer of Emirates Global Aluminium, explained, &ldquo;Guinea Alumina Corporation, a key investment for Emirates Global Aluminium, will drive significant local growth within Guinea and secure Emirates Global Aluminium&rsquo;s position upstream in the aluminium chain.&rdquo;</p> <p>Fluor Corporation is a global engineering, procurement, fabrication, construction and maintenance company headquartered in the United States.</p>