A country with major but largely untouched mineral reserves, Cameroon has seen a quick rise in its mining profile in recent months. And the sudden race for reserves is being headed by Asian investors interested in the country’s iron ore [.
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The spotlight was on Gabon mines minister Regis Immongault during this year's Africa Down Under Conference (organized by Paydirt), the [...]
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A new chapter has opened in Katanga. The slow eviction of renowned Belgian businessman Georges Forrest from Katanga's copper industry [...]
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After months of serious discord, the operators of the giant Simandou iron ore project have finally come to terms on [...]
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Closed down for security reasons in 2010, Bisie, the country’s leading cassiterite mine situated in North Kivu, is being put [...]
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The Chinese-financed firm Hong TI Minerals Lda could lose its titanium reconnaissance and prospecting rights on heavy sands in Mongincual [...]
Australia’s Ferrex, which operates the Nayega manganese project has set its sights on conducting a feasibility study on the future [...]
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Barely had he taken up his post this summer than Jean-Claude Brou, Ivory Coast’s new mines and industry minister, succeeded [...]
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The summer saw major developments at Australia’s Elemental Minerals. After being the object of a takeover bid by the Asian [...]
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In the works for long months, a joint venture between Atlas Minerals and Sunland Holdings was finalized last week. Sunland, [...]
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