IBS Nimba’s operations at the Tinguilinta bauxite mine began on March 4, 2026. In less than five weeks, the site transitioned from a single-shift operation to continuous, 24/7 activity, running three shifts.
The scope of work covers the entire upstream process prior to rail transport: drilling and extraction to prepare the mine faces, loading and hauling ore from the pit, and on-site primary crushing. Over the first three months of operation, more than 1.2 million tonnes of bauxite were crushed.
There have been no lost-time accidents since operations commenced. In a mining contract, this metric is as significant as production volumes; it is a key factor for contract renewal and for securing opportunities at other sites.
The five-year contract covers a minimum volume of 32 million tonnes—an average of over 6 million tonnes per year. The workforce is overwhelmingly Guinean, in a region where mining activity has been the primary driver of local employment for decades.
Tinguilinta is part of a revitalization effort led by Nimba Mining Company, which officially launched operations at the site on December 20, 2025, by introducing a “surface miner”—an extraction technology that eliminates the need for explosives and is being used on this mining concession for the first time.