As iron ore starts flowing, the West African country says it is making sure agreements are not derailed by geopolitical tensions.

The first shipment of iron ore from Guinea’s US$20 billion Simandou mine will be flagged off with the project’s inauguration on Tuesday, a development that is set to reshape global supply and pricing once commercial exports reach full capacity. Most of the steelmaking resource extracted from Simandou – the world’s largest known undeveloped reserve of high-grade iron ore – is expected to go to China, given the heavy investments by Chinese firms in the project. However, as railway and port…

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