They’re steeply involved in steel, aluminum and oil at home but Russia’s oligarchs don’t want to miss out on opportunities in Africa, either. Many see it as the last frontier for natural resources. Victor Vekselberg, who holds a major stake [.
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Highly pro-active, the Mwana Africa group headed by Congo’s Kalaa Mpinga is on the acquisition path. In April it bid to buy Adastra Minerals (Kolwezi tailings) but lost out to First Quantum. In late May Mwana laid out $9 million [.
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Russian-Israeli diamond tycoon Lev Leviev opened his first deluxe jewelry store on Old Bond Street in London on May 24. [...]
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The vice president of the Russian Railways company, Alexander Bodreshov, visited Sierra Leone in late May to look at business [...]
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A major shake-out has taken place at the mines and energy ministry following the death of South Africa public works [...]
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Regional administrative minister Kiridi Bagoura played a key role in mid-May in defusing a dispute in the Rural Development Community [...]
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A former managing director of Anglo American and president of the leading Zambian opposition party United Party for National Development [...]
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Russia’s Anatoly Pantchenko has been main-tained in his post as president of Guinea’s Chamber of Mines until September. Nicolas Clift, [...]
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In response to an article on Nigeria entitled "Three Local Firms to Bid in Coal Sell-Off," that appeared in the [...]
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Emaxon Polishing, a diamond cutting and polishing firm owned by [...]
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The Diamond Trading Company (DTC), the marketing arm of De [...]
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Troy Resources NL (Australia) has formed a key alliance with [...]
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The Titanium Resources company (formerly Sierra Rutile) was briefly forced [...]
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The Rio Tinto group is doing its best to curry [...]
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Botswana confirmed its intention to make more out of its [...]
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Fresh from the success encountered by his firm African Diamonds [...]
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Brinkley Mining, a British company that wholly owns Western Uranium [...]
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Summit Resources, a London-based firm, is to shortly float on [...]
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ZCCM Investment Holding, a holding company that is 87.6% controlled [...]
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The Denver Gold Group is staging this year’s San Francisco [...]
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All of Canada’s mining community, which is very active in [...]
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The consultancy GEMCOM Mine Production Management Solutions is organizing a [...]
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