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Halco Mining

Halco Mining is an aluminium company based at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) . The company is organized under the laws of the state of Delaware in the United States. Halco is the 51% owner of the stock of Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinée, the primary aluminium mine and smelter operator in Guinea, known as CBG. The consortium was established in 1962 by Harvey Aluminium Company to mine bauxite deposits in the Boké region. Halco/CBG owns the rights to mine bauxite in a 10,000 square kilometer area of northwestern Guinea under a seventy five year lease through the year 2038.

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Halco Mining is an aluminium company based at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) . The company is organized under the laws of the state of Delaware in the United States. Halco is the 51% owner of the stock of Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinée, the primary aluminium mine and smelter operator in Guinea, known as CBG. The consortium was established in 1962 by Harvey Aluminium Company to mine bauxite deposits in the Boké region. Halco/CBG owns the rights to mine bauxite in a 10,000 square kilometer area of northwestern Guinea under a seventy five year lease through the year 2038.

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  1. date of establishment: 1962 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the date of establishment is "1962". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  4. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1319058135

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