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Conakry - Protesters at gold miner AngloGold Ashanti's Siguiri mine in Guinea have caused minor disruptions to production by blocking workers from entering the site, the firm said on Monday.
Villagers close to the project in the West African country are demanding the company supply them with electricity.
"There have been some minor disruptions to production because some buses that were transporting workers this morning were prevented by the demonstrators from getting to the mine," AngloGold's Johannesburg-based spokesperson Alan Fine said.
"Production was affected to the extent that we were short-staffed at the mine ... but overall the mine is still operating."
The world's third biggest gold miner produced 333 000 ounces of the precious metal at Siguiri in 2008, making it Guinea's biggest gold project.
- Reuters