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DRC
EGC struggles to make cobalt comeback

Five months after the arrival of its new managing director, the Gecamines subsidiary has still not revived its partnership with trading giant Trafigura, nor has it signed an ore processing agreement with Buenassa, contrary to some reports. [...]

Published on 20/10/2023 at 05:40 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Gécamines subsidiary EGC refocuses Trafigura alliance

Gécamines' colbalt arm, Entreprise Générale de Cobalt, led since May by Eric Kalala, is unravelling the partnership it has held since its creation in 2019 with Swiss trading giant Trafigura.

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DRC
Gécamines tries to block Chemaf sale to Chinese firm

State-owned Gécamines is fighting the sale of the mining company Chemaf to the Chinese company Norin Mining and could go so far as to withdraw the licences it has granted to this subsidiary of the Shalina Resources group.

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Buenassa builds ties in US to raise funds for cobalt refinery

The Congolese company headed by Eddy Kioni and its partner in the project, Delphos investment fund, have met with several US institutions to raise financing for the $350m copper-cobalt smelter planned in the country's Lualaba province.

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Trafigura and Mota-Engil all set to upgrade Lobito Corridor

The consortium comprising Trafigura, Vecturis and Mota-Engil is hoping to take over the running of the Lobito Corridor railway by 15 January. A deal with the DRC will allow trains to run through to Kolwezi, but there is still a large question mark over the state of the rolling stock.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Mining 15.12.2023

The exit from the port of Lobito, Angola.

DRC
New mining register boss cracks down on private permits

Popol Mabolia Yenga, who took up his new duties as the head of the DRC’s mining register authority CAMI on 3 August, has adopted a hardline stance towards private citizens holding mining permits.

Subscribers only Mining 30.10.2023

DRC
Law firm Gauvin & Raji to set up shop in Kinshasa

The banking regulations specialist is to open an office in the DRC to assist a Canadian mining equipment firm in establishing itself in the country.

Subscribers only Business 26.10.2023

DRC
Tshisekedi appoints Eric Kalala as new head of EGC

The former Bolloré executive Eric Kalala is preparing to take the helm at the Entreprise Générale de Cobalt. With this appointment, the Congolese president hopes to breathe new life into the Gécamines subsidiary, which has been somewhat neglected since its creation in 2019.

Subscribers only Mining 29.05.2023

Congolese president Félix Tshisekedi in Beijing on 26 May 2023.

DRC
Fortunat Biselele and Theophas Mahuku, the men behind miner Sud South's dizzying rise

The success of Sud South, which last year signed a lucrative contract with the mining province of Lualaba, is down to its discreet ties with Theophas Mahuku a friend of the Kabila family, and with President Felix Tshisekedi's close adviser, Fortunat Biseleleand.

Subscribers only Mining 27.09.2022

DRC
Trafigura execs in Lubumbashi to try to save Gécamines cobalt partnership

Representatives of the Swiss trading giant have travelled to Lubumbashi to talk to Gécamines' new management, where they hope to persuade the state-owned mining firm to continue its artisanal cobalt partnership with them.

Free access Mining, Commodity traders 02.03.2022

DRC
Trafigura's cobalt partnership threatened by top management changes at Gecamines

Even though it has not yet come into force, the Swiss trader's exclusive contract for the marketing of the DRC's artisanal cobalt has been called into question by the arrival of Alphonse Kaputo and Leon Mwine at the head of Gecamines.

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Senegal
Guns, gold and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

DRC
EGC struggles to make cobalt comeback

DRC
Gécamines subsidiary EGC refocuses Trafigura alliance

DRC
Gécamines tries to block Chemaf sale to Chinese firm

DRC
Buenassa builds ties in US to raise funds for cobalt refinery

DRC
DRC mining execs expected in Tokyo in early April

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DRC
New mining register boss cracks down on private permits

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Law firm Gauvin & Raji to set up shop in Kinshasa

DRC
Tshisekedi appoints Eric Kalala as new head of EGC

DRC
Fortunat Biselele and Theophas Mahuku, the men behind miner Sud South's dizzying rise

DRC
Trafigura execs in Lubumbashi to try to save Gécamines cobalt partnership

DRC
Trafigura's cobalt partnership threatened by top management changes at Gecamines