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DRC
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. [...]

Published on 25/03/2024 at 05:40 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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DRC
Antoinette N'Samba Kalambayi
Bara Consulting
Bart Turtleboom
Buenassa
Delphos International
DMT Group
Eddy Kioni
Enoh Tilyo Ebong
Entreprise générale du cobalt
Eric Kalala
Felix Tshisekedi
Fonds de Promotion de l'Industrie
Gecamines
Guy Robert Lukama
John Podesta
MET63
Roya Rahmani
Scott Nathan
Trafigura
United Nations
US International Development Finance Corp
US Trade and Development Agency
Wesley Davis

DRC
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.

Subscribers only Mining, Commodity traders 25.09.2024

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.

Subscribers only Mining 03.07.2024

DRC
EU bids to give substance to critical minerals partnership with DR Congo

European Union officials are completing a visit to the DR Congo capital Kinshasa that began in early April to discuss the follow-up to the strategic partnership on critical minerals signed in October with the Congolese presidency of Félix Tshisekedi.

Subscribers only Mining 15.04.2024

DRC
DRC mining execs expected in Tokyo in early April

DR Congo Mines Minister Antoinette N'Samba Kalambayi will bring a large delegation of her country's mining bosses and senior officials with her to Tokyo from 1 to 7 April.

Subscribers only Mining 22.03.2024

Angola, DRC, Zambia
US reluctant to finance Angola-Zambia extension of Lobito Corridor railways

Washington has doubts about the relevance of extending the Lobito Corridor, which links Luacano in central-eastern Angola to Solwezi in northern Zambia, and may not finance the work.

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Scott Nathan, CEO of the US International Development Finance Corporation on 14 December 2022 in Washington.

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Tshisekedi's South Kivu gold headache

Primera Gold has a monopoly on the trade and export of artisanal gold from the eastern province thanks to a partnership between the DRC and UAE. But it has not been able to stem the flow of illicit gold to neighbouring countries.

Subscribers only Mining, Commodity traders 19.01.2024

The President of the Democratic Republic of Congo Felix Tshisekedi with his Emirati counterpart Mohamed bin Zayed al-Nahyan in Abu Dhabi on 24 January 2023.

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.

Subscribers only Mining 20.10.2023

Spotlight | DRC, United States
Oklahoma cobalt refiner eyes DRC's natural resources

KaLeigh Long, a former lobbyist from Oklahoma, has turned her hand to refining battery metals. Her contacts within the Republican establishment have helped her raise funds to build a plant in her home state. And her connections in Kinshasa have enabled her to forge crucial links for sourcing ore.

Subscribers only Mining, Commodity traders 02.06.2023

Westwin Elements CEO KaLeigh Long at the Cobalt Congress 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

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Antoinette N'Samba Kalambayi
Bara Consulting
Bart Turtleboom
Buenassa
Delphos International
DMT Group
Eddy Kioni
Enoh Tilyo Ebong
Entreprise générale du cobalt
Eric Kalala
Felix Tshisekedi
Fonds de Promotion de l'Industrie
Gecamines
Guy Robert Lukama
John Podesta
MET63
Roya Rahmani
Scott Nathan
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Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Mali, Senegal, Togo
The secrets of Demex, the trader selling Russian oil in West Africa

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

DRC
Gécamines subsidiary EGC refocuses Trafigura alliance

DRC
Gécamines tries to block Chemaf sale to Chinese firm

DRC
EU bids to give substance to critical minerals partnership with DR Congo

DRC
DRC mining execs expected in Tokyo in early April

Angola, DRC, Zambia
US reluctant to finance Angola-Zambia extension of Lobito Corridor railways

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Tshisekedi's South Kivu gold headache

DRC
EGC struggles to make cobalt comeback

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DRC
Tshisekedi appoints Eric Kalala as new head of EGC

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