Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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The world’s biggest mining project just came online. It’s deep in the jungles of Guinea, but it’s at the center of an international power play with China. It took nearly 30 years of politics and scandal, more than 600 kilometers of railway, and a deepwater port built from scratch.

In this video, we'll look at Simandou: A new gigantic mine carved into the beautiful Guinea highlands. One that reshapes the global steel market.

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0:00 The New Mine in Guinea You Should Know About
0:42 How Steel Gets Made
1:55 The Simandou Mine
3:37 Infrastructure Needed for Simandou
4:24 Simandou's 4 Blocks
4:52 A New $8.8B Trans-Guinean Railway
5:50 Why China Got Involved
7:52 How Guinea Changes under 'Simandou 2040'
9:18 Environmental Impact
10:24 The Purity of Simandou's Ore

#megaprojects #mining #construction
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