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, GCO was awarded ISO 14001:2015 certification by Bureau Veritas for its environmental management system, which is compliant with international standards. [...]
15 April 2021
A first for him as well as the Group: Falaye Keita, Head of the Purchasing and Finance Department at Eramet Sandouville, is the first expatriate employee of GCO. Read about his story below. Six months ago, Falaye Keita traded the dunes of Senegal for the plains of Normandy when he transferred to Eramet Sandouville - [...]
29 March 2021
The sixth Salon International des Mines (SIM) was held on January 26 under the theme “For a resilient mining sector in Senegal”. Featuring an introduction by Senegal’s Minister of Mines and Geology, Mr Oumar Sarr, the conference was attended by the country’s major mining companies. Organized via video conference due to the health crisis, the [...]
11 February 2021
On Thursday, January 28, the GCO Board of Directors approved the appointment of Benoît Robitaille as CEO of GCO. For personal reasons, Michel Privé decided to step down as Chief Executive Officer of GCO and return to Canada. He will step down on January 31, 2021. The appointment of Benoît Robitaille as Chief Executive Officer, [...]
1 February 2021
VIRTUAL SIM SENEGAL JANUARY 26-27, 2021 ONLINE EVENT For a resilient mining sector in Senegal Find documents related to the event below. SIM-Online-2021-FR-18.01.2021.pdf GCO-2020-Def_FR.pdf GCO-2020-Def_ENG.pdf
22 January 2021
Fidèle à son esprit de solidarité et de partage, le Fonds de Soutien à l’Education Islamique de GCO (FSEI) a construit une nouvelle école coranique à Lompoul, un daara moderne qui peut contenir jusqu’à près de 80 élèves. Situé à quelques encablures de la zone industrielle et minière de GCO à Diogo, Lompoul n’avait pas [...]
22 October 2020
GCO, c’est une mine, un bassin artificiel, des ressources en eau limitées… et à préserver pour les besoins des populations voisines. Comment ? Grâce à l’hydrogéologie, une expertise pointue. Côte atlantique du Sénégal, nord-est de Dakar, dans les Niayes : du sable à perte de vue, des cultures maraîchères, et de la savane… voici [...]
29 September 2020
Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, GCO’s management has made changes to contain the virus in order to protect the health of its employees and partners. Its strategy has focused on keeping the virus out of GCO’s workspaces and living quarters, in order to maintain production and retain jobs for as long as possible. [...]
25 June 2020
In a show of solidarity, GCO employees have renewed their support for the daaras in Diogo and the surrounding area through their Islamic Education Support Fund (FSEI). With the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, the FSEI has greatly increased its budget for food donations to help its beneficiaries meet their basic needs during the health [...]
11 May 2020
GCO answered the call issued by the President of Senegal, His Excellency Mr Macky Sall, by disbursing 500,000,000 CFA francs (€760,000) to combat the coronavirus pandemic. The president had previously called on the nation’s stakeholders to contribute to the national effort. GCO’s financial contribution once again reflects its commitment to helping the Senegalese government beat [...]
30 March 2020
The ERAMET Group pledges to conduct its business, everywhere in the countries in which it operates, in the strictest compliance with fundamental values and the laws and regulations applicable to it. These values currently form the foundation of its ethical conduct and encourage all employees to act with integrity. To support this effort, Eramet has [...]
25 March 2020
