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Gurkhas for Chemaf

Seventy Gurkha guards from Nepal have been hired by the [...]

Published on 20/10/2010 at 23:02 GMT

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Chemaf’s plans disrupted by diggers

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Chemaf seeks to triple output by end of 2012

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Austral Africa Pulls out of Smelting Trade

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Squabble Over Tax on Associated Metals

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Ban on Exporting Copper and Cobalt Concentrate

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Forrest Closes Mine But Keeps Building Plan

The Belgian group George Forrest International (GFI) is to close its subsidiary CMSK (Compagnie Minière du Sud Katanga) from December [...]

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Rivals Manoeuvre for Copper and Cobalt Trade

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Inquiry Opened into Radioactive Pollution

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MIGA to Step Up Operations

The World Bank’s Multi Lateral Guarantee Agency (MIGA) plans to greatly accelerate its operations in Democratic Republic of Congo. During [...]

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From Tripoli to Benghazi, Turkish trader BGN's oil odyssey

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Gurkhas for Chemaf

DRC
Chemaf’s plans disrupted by diggers

DRC
Chemaf seeks to triple output by end of 2012

DRC
Beijing Close to Accord on Deziwa/Ecaille C

DRC
Austral Africa Pulls out of Smelting Trade

DRC
Ivanhoe the Next Copper Frontier

DRC
Squabble Over Tax on Associated Metals

DRC
Ban on Exporting Copper and Cobalt Concentrate

DRC
Forrest Closes Mine But Keeps Building Plan

DRC
Rivals Manoeuvre for Copper and Cobalt Trade

DRC
Inquiry Opened into Radioactive Pollution

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MIGA to Step Up Operations