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Buoyed by Elon Musk, southern Africa readies for nickel rush

Southern Africa's nickel miners are in the starting blocks after billionaire Elon Musk recently voiced concerns that supply may not match a future boom in electric batteries. [...]

Published on 06/04/2021 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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Mining

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African Rainbow Minerals
Anton Mauve
BCL
Bindura Nickel Corp
Consolidated Nickel Mines
Ken Rudisuela
Kuvimba Mining House
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Premium Nickel Resources
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Trafigura
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Zimbabwe
State-owned Kuvimba Mining regains control of a parcel of the Freda Rebecca goldmine

Artisanally mined since 2018 by a local traditional leader, a part of the vast Freda Rebecca gold site is back under the control of Zimbabwe's new parastatal giant, Kuvimba Mining House.

Subscribers only Mining 11.07.2022

South Africa
African Rainbow Minerals and Nornickel at odds over Nkomati mine

With nickel prices soaring, the South African mining group hopes to resume operations at its nickel mine. However, it seems not to have taken the trouble to inform its Russian partner and co-owner.

Subscribers only Mining 20.04.2022

Spotlight | Africa, Russia
Ukraine-Russia: Oligarchs' African mining projects struck hard by economic sanctions

As the mining industry struggles to take in the impact of the historic sanctions slapped on Russian banks and capital by Washington, Brussels and London, Russia's private and state-owned mining firms on the continent are preparing for when their funds run dry.

Subscribers only Mining 02.03.2022

The Russian mining group Rusal, controlled by Oleg Deripaska, produces bauxite in Guinea.

Ivory Coast
Robert Friedland and GSOL expand in nickel

Nickel de l'Ouest de la Côte d'Ivoire, a company owned by individuals close to Beny Steinmetz, is planning to develop a new nickel mine in Ivory Coast. Other players are increasingly interested in the country's potential for the metal considered strategic for energy transition.

Subscribers only Mining 26.01.2022

Zimbabwe
Tagwirei's allies continue to dominate behind the scenes at state-owned Bindura Nickel

Officially owned since December 2020 by the public entity Kuvimba Mining House, Bindura Nickel still has several allies of the magnate Kudakwashe Tagwirei on its board, thereby perpetuating the ambiguity as to who is really in charge of the mining assets belonging to this new state-owned company.

Subscribers only Mining 14.01.2022

Ethiopia
Patrice Motsepe-backed ARCH fund to invest in Addis

The ARCH Cold Chain Solutions fund, which supports businesses across the region, has announced a $62m funding package for developing storage facilities in Kilinto's industrial park, which Addis Ababa hopes will become the flagship of its pharmaceutical industry.

Subscribers only Business 01.11.2021

South African billionaire and President of the Confederation of African Football, Patrice Motsepe.

Botswana, Netherlands
Dutch offshore king Gregory Elias bags Mowana copper mine

The debt-ridden Mowana copper mine, in liquidation since 2018, has found a buyer in the person of Gregory Elias, a Dutch wealth manager based on the Caribbean island of Curaçao.

Subscribers only Mining, Business 13.10.2021

Denmark, Southern Africa
Denmark's Scandi Roll takes a step into African mining

The Danish industrialist Carsten Wernberg-Moller, the owner and managing director of Scandi Roll, incorporated a firm called Scandi Mining. Its role will be to invest in mining exploration and production in Africa.

Subscribers only Mining 03.06.2021

Botswana
Vigor Group soaks up the sun in Gaborone

Botswana is becoming increasingly attractive to the solar energy sector and battery-metal mining juniors. Among the latest to be lured by its opportunities is Vigor Group, based in neighbouring Namibia.

Subscribers only Mining 11.05.2021

In Focus | Zimbabwe
Mnangagwa's favourite tycoon operates offshore to escape US gaze

Though under US sanctions imposed in mi-2020 due to his ties with President Emmerson Mnangagwa, Kuda Tagwirei is still very much in business through a galaxy of companies in Zimbabwe, South Africa and Mauritius.

Subscribers only Finance, Business 10.05.2021

France, South Africa
French tech uses South African mining hurdles to muscle way in

The body promoting French companies overseas Business France is hoping to land contracts for frontier tech firms with South African miners who have yet to use much advanced technology in the operations. But it will have to tread carefully.

Subscribers only Mining 06.05.2021

Guinea
Prospectors seek nickel and platinum near Dinguiraye gold mine

Tinkisso Ressources, a new Guinean company, in mid-April applied for a permit to look for nickel and platinum near Dinguiraye, which is better known for its gold mines.

Subscribers only Mining 05.05.2021

Burundi
As big players move in, govt shores up a mining code written for shovels and picks

Current legislation is ill-equipped to cope with the advent of mechanisation brought about by investors' needs for new supplies of rare earths and nickel. Time for a re-write.

Subscribers only Mining 27.04.2021

Botswana
South African steel boss Miriam Motha bets on Botswana

The Botswana-born director of the Benoni foundry, operated by South Africa's leading steel company Scaw Metals, has taken to investing in her native land. Her latest incursion comes amid a wave of optimism buoying the Botswana metal industry.

Subscribers only Mining 17.03.2021

Botswana
BCL buyer, Canada's Premium Nickel Resources leverages local expertise to settle into Gaborone

Chosen by Gaborone to take over the state's fallen copper and nickel star BCL, which went into liquidation in 2016, Canadian group Premium Nickel Resources has called on a local duo to structure what will be its first foray into the country.

Subscribers only Mining 18.02.2021

Tanzania
Smedvig and von Christierson bet on Barrick and Glencore's former project Kabanga Nickel

Norwegian multi-millionaire Peter Smedvig and South African art collector Chris von Christierson recently bought the Kabanga Nickel project in Tanzania, along with their partner Keith Liddell. The acquisition is the latest of their investments in battery metals.

Subscribers only Mining 05.02.2021

Zimbabwe
Business tycoon Kuda Tagwirei's stamp is all over state's new mining behemoth

Kuvimba Mining House is the name of the new state-controlled entity created to coordinate and revamp the country's largest mines. Embodying Harare's hopes for its mining sector, all the paths heading out of the company's high-potential portfolio seem nonetheless to lead to Kuda Tagwirei, one of Mnangagwa's closest allies but a man under US sanctions.

Subscribers only Mining 05.01.2021

DRC, Zimbabwe
3T leader AfriMet plans to break into battery metals

AfriMet, which has pumped half a million dollars into lithium developer Tantalex Resources in the DRC, is keen to get involved in other countries rich in the metal, with Zimbabwe top of the list. The move is a way of diversifying into battery metals, which are in great demand for electronics, a sector AfriMet already serves as a "3T" trader.

Subscribers only Mining 15.12.2020

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Denmark's Scandi Roll takes a step into African mining

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Vigor Group soaks up the sun in Gaborone

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Mnangagwa's favourite tycoon operates offshore to escape US gaze

France, South Africa
French tech uses South African mining hurdles to muscle way in

Guinea
Prospectors seek nickel and platinum near Dinguiraye gold mine

Burundi
As big players move in, govt shores up a mining code written for shovels and picks

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South African steel boss Miriam Motha bets on Botswana

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Tanzania
Smedvig and von Christierson bet on Barrick and Glencore's former project Kabanga Nickel

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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?

Southern Africa
Buoyed by Elon Musk, southern Africa readies for nickel rush

Zimbabwe
State-owned Kuvimba Mining regains control of a parcel of the Freda Rebecca goldmine

South Africa
African Rainbow Minerals and Nornickel at odds over Nkomati mine

Spotlight | Africa, Russia
Ukraine-Russia: Oligarchs' African mining projects struck hard by economic sanctions

Ivory Coast
Robert Friedland and GSOL expand in nickel

Zimbabwe
Tagwirei's allies continue to dominate behind the scenes at state-owned Bindura Nickel

Ethiopia
Patrice Motsepe-backed ARCH fund to invest in Addis

Botswana, Netherlands
Dutch offshore king Gregory Elias bags Mowana copper mine

Denmark, Southern Africa
Denmark's Scandi Roll takes a step into African mining

Botswana
Vigor Group soaks up the sun in Gaborone

In Focus | Zimbabwe
Mnangagwa's favourite tycoon operates offshore to escape US gaze

France, South Africa
French tech uses South African mining hurdles to muscle way in

Guinea
Prospectors seek nickel and platinum near Dinguiraye gold mine

Burundi
As big players move in, govt shores up a mining code written for shovels and picks

Botswana
South African steel boss Miriam Motha bets on Botswana

Botswana
BCL buyer, Canada's Premium Nickel Resources leverages local expertise to settle into Gaborone

Tanzania
Smedvig and von Christierson bet on Barrick and Glencore's former project Kabanga Nickel

Zimbabwe
Business tycoon Kuda Tagwirei's stamp is all over state's new mining behemoth

DRC, Zimbabwe
3T leader AfriMet plans to break into battery metals