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Press release – GCO sees good operational results in first half of 2021
July 29, 2021 Grande Côte Opérations produced 362,000 tons of mineral sands in first half of 2021. These results should be credited to the teams, who are also involved in supporting the local communities. Mineral [...]
Press release – Healthcare station built by GCO unveiled in Diogo-sur-Mer
Diogo, July 14, 2021 On Wednesday morning, Grande Côte Opérations unveiled the new healthcare station it recently built in Diogo-sur-Mer. The two-story building comes fully stocked to allow the future head nurse and his attendants [...]
Press trip to the Diogo site on June 30, 2021
See video highlights of the press trip to our industrial site in Diogo, organized for Senegalese media outlets on June 30. The journalists who participated in this tour of our mining operations were able to [...]
The Minister of Mines gives his seal of approval during a visit to GCO
Senegal’s Minister of Mines, Mr Oumar Sarr, visited GCO’s facilities on Thursday, July 8. The minister stated that he greatly appreciated the work done by Benoît Robitaille’s team, noting that it was one of the [...]
Christel Bories: “We cannot have a sustainable business in our industry without a strong social commitment.”
During Eramet’s participation in the Corporate Social Responsibility Summit on July 7 and 8, Christel Bories discussed the Group’s CSR vision for Africa. For its very first edition, the Corporate Social Responsibility Summit (Africa - [...]
Eramet sponsors the African Corporate Social Commitment Summit
Paris, June 24, 2021 PRESS RELEASE Eramet sponsors the African Corporate Social Commitment Summit As a socially responsible and civic-minded company, Eramet strives to create a sustainable, responsible industry. Its social commitment is a major [...]
Rail safety: GCO teaches students about train-related hazards
GCO transports recovered mineral sand by train from its site in Diogo to the Autonomous Port of Dakar - a 140km journey. As rail traffic was halted on this line between 1994 and 2014, communities [...]
GCO celebrates World Day for Safety and Health at Work
April 28, 2021 - GCO celebrates World Day for Safety and Health at Work in Diogo, Senegal.
All Eramet mines are now ISO 14001 certified
Grande Côte Opérations (GCO), a subsidiary of the Eramet Group specialized in the recovery of mineral sands in Senegal, is the latest company in the Group to receive ISO 14001 certification. On April 7, 2021, [...]