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GAME IS UP FOR RIDGEPOINTE

George Forrest's appointment as head of Gecamines means that the game is up for the operator of Center Group, Ridgepointe [...]

Published on 10/11/1999 at 11:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Energy

Canada
A WORLD CLASS PROJECT

The Kolwezi Mine Tailings (KMT) project ranks as a "world class" program and will be "the first to start" in [...]

Subscribers only Energy 24.11.1999

Canada
BLUE BUDDHA TO RUN GECAMINES

The appointment of Belgian entrepreneur George-Arthur Forrest, who was born in Katanga, as chairman of Gecamines' board last week capped [...]

Subscribers only Energy 10.11.1999

DRC
KABILA AND RAUTENBACH FALL OUT

Relations between Congo president Laurent Kabila and Billy Rautenbach, the Zimbabwe businessman who controls Gecamines, have taken a sharp turn [...]

Subscribers only Energy 14.07.1999

DRC, Sierra Leone
BOULLE ON THE MOVE

Jean-Raymond Boulle has just transferred his controlling interest in Sierra Rutile (SRL) to MIL (Investment), the unlisted Luxembourg company owned [...]

Subscribers only Energy 14.07.1999

DRC, Zambia
PRODUCER PRICE FOR COBALT BACK

Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo are re-introducing a producer price for cobalt after abandoning the system in 1994. [...]

Subscribers only Energy 02.06.1999

Canada
A DECISIVE "REVITALIZATION"

Gecamines said on April 9 that it had adopted a "revitalization strategy" involving major changes to boost its output and [...]

Subscribers only Energy 14.04.1999

Canada
LIBYA COULD BAIL OUT GECAMINES

Libya could provide funding to help Gecamines resume large-scale operations, according to Ahmed Amer, head of delegation from the Arab-Congolese [...]

Subscribers only Energy 31.03.1999

Canada
GECAMINES CREDITORS UP IN ARMS

Gecamines has fallen into deep financial trouble. In early March, the Antwerp-based forwarding agent DMF got the authorities to seize [...]

Subscribers only Energy 17.03.1999

Canada
STRANGE RIDGEPOINTE CONTRACT

A 10-year "partnership agreement" between the Virgin Islands-based company Ridgepointe Overseas Development and Gecamines that was signed on Sept. 3 [...]

Subscribers only Energy 04.11.1998

Canada
SBSA-FINANCED PROJECT STARTS

Gecamines has just begun a project for which it won a loan totalling $30 million from a consortium of banks [...]

Subscribers only Energy 25.02.1998

Canada
PRESSURE ON TENKE MINING

Officials from AMFI (See Spotlight) and the Belgian-South African rail consortium Comazar are firmly convinced the Kinshasa government has done [...]

Subscribers only Energy 14.01.1998

DRC
TWO NEW PROJECTS FOR FORREST

Gecamines, the Belgian group George Forrest International and OM Group of the U.S. signed a joint venture agreement on June [...]

Subscribers only Energy 02.07.1997

DRC
UM EYES BIGGER COBALT SALES

As with diamonds, the new Democratic Republic of Congo era could open up fresh prospects for Union Miniere not only [...]

Subscribers only Energy 04.06.1997

Zaire
LIST OF GECAMINES PROJECTS

While American Mineral Fields was busy receiving around 30 bankers and brokers in Shaba AEM managed to obtain updated information [...]

Subscribers only Energy 21.05.1997

Zaire
AMF CLARIFIES PROJECTS

What is the real scope of the huge contract signed in mid-April between American Mineral Fields with the AFDL "government?" [...]

Subscribers only Energy 07.05.1997

Spotlight | South Africa
MBEKI TAKES CARE OF ZAIRE

The Republic of South Africa has grabbed the mantle of guardian of Zaire's political aggiornamento simply by providing a site for negotiations between the Zairean rebels led by Laurent Désiré Kabila and representatives of head of state Mobutu Sese Seko [.

Subscribers only 05.04.1997

Zaire
ISCOR NOW BIDDING FOR KAMOTO

South Africa's Iscor group is thinking of buying Kamoto, one [...]

Subscribers only Energy 19.02.1997

Zaire
WORLD BANK'S GUARDED OPTIMISM

The World Bank's delegate for Central Africa and the Indian Ocean, Eugene Scanteje, met in late November with prime minister [...]

Subscribers only Energy 07.12.1994

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BLUE BUDDHA TO RUN GECAMINES

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KABILA AND RAUTENBACH FALL OUT

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BOULLE ON THE MOVE

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A DECISIVE "REVITALIZATION"

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LIBYA COULD BAIL OUT GECAMINES

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STRANGE RIDGEPOINTE CONTRACT

Canada
SBSA-FINANCED PROJECT STARTS

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PRESSURE ON TENKE MINING

DRC
TWO NEW PROJECTS FOR FORREST

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UM EYES BIGGER COBALT SALES

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LIST OF GECAMINES PROJECTS

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AMF CLARIFIES PROJECTS

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Canada BLUE BUDDHA TO RUN GECAMINES

DRC KABILA AND RAUTENBACH FALL OUT

DRC, Sierra Leone BOULLE ON THE MOVE

DRC, Zambia PRODUCER PRICE FOR COBALT BACK

Canada A DECISIVE "REVITALIZATION"

Canada LIBYA COULD BAIL OUT GECAMINES

Canada GECAMINES CREDITORS UP IN ARMS

Canada STRANGE RIDGEPOINTE CONTRACT

Canada SBSA-FINANCED PROJECT STARTS

Canada PRESSURE ON TENKE MINING

DRC TWO NEW PROJECTS FOR FORREST

DRC UM EYES BIGGER COBALT SALES

Zaire LIST OF GECAMINES PROJECTS

Zaire AMF CLARIFIES PROJECTS

Spotlight | South Africa MBEKI TAKES CARE OF ZAIRE

Zaire ISCOR NOW BIDDING FOR KAMOTO

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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

Canada
GAME IS UP FOR RIDGEPOINTE

Canada
A WORLD CLASS PROJECT

Canada
BLUE BUDDHA TO RUN GECAMINES

DRC
KABILA AND RAUTENBACH FALL OUT

DRC, Sierra Leone
BOULLE ON THE MOVE

DRC, Zambia
PRODUCER PRICE FOR COBALT BACK

Canada
A DECISIVE "REVITALIZATION"

Canada
LIBYA COULD BAIL OUT GECAMINES

Canada
GECAMINES CREDITORS UP IN ARMS

Canada
STRANGE RIDGEPOINTE CONTRACT

Canada
SBSA-FINANCED PROJECT STARTS

Canada
PRESSURE ON TENKE MINING

DRC
TWO NEW PROJECTS FOR FORREST

DRC
UM EYES BIGGER COBALT SALES

Zaire
LIST OF GECAMINES PROJECTS

Zaire
AMF CLARIFIES PROJECTS

Spotlight | South Africa
MBEKI TAKES CARE OF ZAIRE

Zaire
ISCOR NOW BIDDING FOR KAMOTO

Zaire
WORLD BANK'S GUARDED OPTIMISM