Freight train owned by Russian aluminium giant crashes in Guinea

A freight train carrying alumina owned by Russian aluminium giant United Co. Rusal was derailed on Thursday in Guinea’s capital Conakry, according to Radio Television Guineenne. The incident caused no casualties, the state-owned broadcaster said, citing eyewitnesses. Repair works are underway, and the train will be put back into operation quickly, a spokesman of the Moscow-based company said on Friday.