ABU DHABI, Nov 3: Abu Dhabi has signed a long-term contract with the world’s biggest producer Guinea for the supply of bauxite ore for the United Arab Emirates aluminium industry, state media reported on Saturday. The deal between Abu Dhabi investment fund Mubadala and Guinean firm Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinee will give the UAE “a strategic resource” for its aluminium industry and will help CBG to further increase its bauxite production, the official WAM news agency reported.—AFP

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