Guinea making 'very positive' progress: AU (AFP via Yahoo! News)

The African Union's commissioner for peace and security on Thursday commended Guinea on "very positive" progress towards constitutional order and elections following a military coup.

Strike at Alcoa, Rio Bauxite Assets in Guinea Ends (Update1) (Bloomberg)

March 11 (Bloomberg) -- A strike over pay at Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinee, the world’s biggest bauxite producer that is part owned by Alcoa Inc and Rio Tinto Plc, ended today, Cekou Oumar Ly , a labor union leader, said from Guinea.

Police charge Va. man wearing guinea pig on head (CBS 6 Richmond)

FRONT ROYAL, Va. - A Virginia man is facing an animal cruelty charge after police say he skinned a guinea pig and made a head ornament out of it. Animal control officer Gerald L. Cubbage says 40-year-old Charles Woodson of Front Royal bought the guinea pig at a pet store in February.

Police Charge Man Wearing Guinea Pig On Head (WRIC 8 News Richmond)

FRONT ROYAL, Va. (AP) - A Virginia man is facing an animal cruelty charge after police say he skinned a guinea pig and made a head ornament out of it. Animal control officer Gerald L. Cubbage says 40-year-old

Guinea CBG union says suspends strike action (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News)

CONAKRY, March 11 (Reuters) - The main union at Guinea's CBG, the world's top bauxite miner, suspended its strike on Thursday ahead of negotiations on grievances due next week.

Police charge Va. man wearing guinea pig on head (NBC 12 Richmond)

FRONT ROYAL, Va. (AP) - A Virginia man is facing an animal cruelty charge after police say he skinned a guinea pig and made a head ornament out of it.

(AFX UK Focus) 2010-03-11 17:25 Guinea CBG union says suspends strike action (Interactive Investor)

CONAKRY, March 11 (Reuters) - The main union at Guinea's CBG, the world's top bauxite miner, suspended its strike on Thursday ahead of negotiations on grievances due next week. A strike call was launched on Wednesday over work conditions but a CBG source said it was only partially followed and production was unaffected. "We decided to suspend the strike ahead of negotiations which should start ...

Hyperdynamics Announces Extension of Memorandum of Understanding With Government of Guinea (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

Hyperdynamics Corporation today announced that the Memorandum of Understanding with the government of the Republic of Guinea has been extended by five working days to allow the government to complete its review of a proposed amendment to the 2006 Production Sharing Contract among Hyperdynamics, Dana Petroleum and the Republic.

Bauxite output not hit by Guinea CBG strike -source (Reuters via Yahoo! Philippines News)

CONAKRY, March 10 (Reuters) - The main union at Guinea's CBG, the world's top bauxite miner, called a strike on Wednesday over work conditions but it was only partially followed and production was unaffected, a company source said.

Zuks unveils $606m Guinea iron ore float (thewest.com.au)

A decade after his high-profile dream to develop the Kingstream Steel iron ore and steel mill project in the Mid-West collapsed, Nik Zuks is putting finishing touches to the $US556 million ($606 million) float of a company proposing an equally grand venture in West Africa.