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Guillaume Kurek appointed CEO of Grande Côte Operations (GCO)

2021-12-03T12:07:04+00:0012 August 2021|

PRESS RELEASE Guillaume Kurek appointed CEO of Grande Côte Operations (GCO) Guillaume Kurek has been appointed CEO of GCO, effective August 12, 2021. The Grande Côte mineral sands mine, a Senegalese subsidiary of Eramet, is [...]

Press release – GCO sees good operational results in first half of 2021

2021-12-03T12:06:13+00:0029 July 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

2021-12-03T12:05:30+00:0020 July 2021|

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

2021-12-03T12:04:30+00:0012 July 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

2021-12-03T12:14:20+00:0012 July 2021|

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.”

2021-12-03T12:13:25+00:008 July 2021|

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

2021-12-03T12:12:43+00:0025 June 2021|

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

2021-12-03T12:11:52+00:0021 June 2021|

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 [...]