RUSAL's Guinea bauxite trains restart work -sources

CONAKRY, Oct 11 (Reuters) - Trains carrying bauxite across Guinea for Russian aluminium firm RUSAL have started moving again after a five-day protest blocked the railway line, sources said on Saturday. At least one person was killed and others injured when armed police cleared demonstrators in the town of Mambia, who were demanding electricity and water, from the line on Thursday. "We have had two trains today (Saturday)," said a source within RUSAL who did not want to be named. "The first arrived at midnight and the second this morning. Another source working at the port of Conakry, capital of the world's biggest bauxite producer, said the trains had arrived. Officials at RUSAL's headquarters in Moscow could not immediately be reached for comment. RUSAL's Compagnie des Bauxites de Kindia (CBK) exports aluminium ore bauxite via rail through Mambia to Conakry's port. RUSAL exports refined product alumina from its Fria plant to the north via a different route. Despite Guinea's lucrative mineral deposits, most Guineans live in extreme poverty and protests against poor public services are common. RUSAL said on Wednesday, two days after the trains were halted, that the disruption "does not affect the company's overall performance targets". Source: Reuters