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Angola
Mining sector reforms: Lourenço sweet talks foreign investors

Angola has passed a key milestone in the restructuring of its mining sector with the new organisation of its national regulatory agencies. A wave of privatisations is to follow as President Lourenço continues to push for a more investor-friendly environment. [...]

Published on 05/06/2020 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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Agência Nacional de Recursos Minerais
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Spearheaded by the UK's Pensana Rare Earths, the Longonjo neodymium-praseodymium project is starting to take shape, with production scheduled to begin in 2022. President João Lourenço has high hopes for this project, which he believes could become a flagship achievement of his mining reforms.

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Lourenço wants to make up for diamond road repair blunder

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Lourenço's young finance team up against carping MPLA heavyweights

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Lourenço cherry-picks five experts to lead new mining regulator

The centrepiece of Angola's mining reform, the new sector regulatory authority, will be lead by the former deputy director-general of South Africa's mines ministry, Jacinto Rocha. Joining Rocha are former Ferrangol executives and officials from other national regulators.

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ANPG boss Jeronimo tries to save appearances in Kwanza and Congo basins

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Consultant Peter Meeus set to help Lourenço with diamond mining reform

As it proceeds with a wide-ranging reform of the Angolan mining sector, in which diamonds are the main component, President João Lourenço's government is thought to be negotiating with precious stones expert Peter Meeus to get him to help it fine-tune its strategy.

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The dos Santos diamonds era ends in Maua

President João Lourenço has revoked the mining permit for the Maua diamond site that had been run since 2013 by firms owned, according to the Luanda Leaks, by his predecessor's daughter, Isabel dos Santos. The decision comes amid a wave of changes to the mining industry driven by the head of state.

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Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

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

Angola
Mining sector reforms: Lourenço sweet talks foreign investors

Angola
Lourenço woos foreign diplomats to add shine to his economic legacy

Angola
Longonjo rare earths, the ace up Lourenço's sleeve

Angola
Belltree uses Luanda-Edinburgh network to land contract with state petroleum agency ANPG

Angola
Lourenço deploys dream team to renegotiate Chinese debt

Angola
Lourenço wants to make up for diamond road repair blunder

Angola
Lourenço's young finance team up against carping MPLA heavyweights

Spotlight | Angola
Lourenço cherry-picks five experts to lead new mining regulator

Angola
ANPG boss Jeronimo tries to save appearances in Kwanza and Congo basins

Angola
Consultant Peter Meeus set to help Lourenço with diamond mining reform

Angola
The dos Santos diamonds era ends in Maua

Angola
Stake in Movicel up for grabs

Angola
Sodiam reform prompts Lucapa into own diamond polishing

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Cobalt assets: Carlos Saturnino already at odds with oil agency