In 2007, the festival took on a more political flavor, as attenders protested increased bauxite mining.
Revenue from bauxite mining is expected to fall significantly in 2010 due mainly to the world economic situation.
Environmental concerns about bauxite mining sparked widespread international opposition among scientists, intellectuals and former soldiers.
Open cast bauxite mining has been a serious threat to this protected area.
The town's economy relies heavily upon bauxite mining and aluminum production.
Commercial bauxite mining started in Linden, eighty years ago.
It further allowed for an arrangement in which financial, material and human resources could be optimally allocated within the bauxite mining and processing activities.
The area in and around Port Loko is a major bauxite mining and trade centre.
The vital tourism business and the country's second-largest industry, bauxite mining, seem to have been barely touched.
This made Hydro a significant player in bauxite mining and alumina refining.