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Malawi
Sovereign Metals hits new titanium jackpot

The Australian firm hit the jackpot with its discovery of a huge rutile deposit in Malawi. The find was yet another lucky strike for its chairman Ian Middlemas, who also runs the Apollo Group that controls Sovereign. [...]

Published on 15/06/2021 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Malawi
Chakwera bets on rare earth boom to fix country's financial woes

Amid an increasingly tense economic situation, President Lazarus Chakwera has welcomed progress made by the Canadian firm Mkango Resources on its rare earths project in Malawi. The head of state had promised to revive the country's mining industry by 2025 after a period of no large-scale production since 2014.

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Southern Africa
Russia sanctions accelerate Airbus and Boeing's hunt for African titanium

The world titanium market is in the midst of a major reorganisation following the Russian offensive in Ukraine. African producers of this mineral, which is highly prized by the defence and aerospace industries, are expecting a record year.

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Cameroon
BWA loses Akonolinga rutile to Eramet, charges onwards with new sites

Having failed to win the permit for Cameroon's Akonolinga project, British mining group BWA has begun exploring sites in Nkoteng and Dehane with the assistance of Cameroonian mining specialist Richard Howe.

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Government teams up with Apollo to launch national cryptocurrency

With the Zimbabwe dollar in its death throes, the government is seeking to switch to cryptocurrency. On 19 March it entered into a partnership with the American firm Apollo, which after a number of setbacks is now beginning to find its feet in Africa.

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Libya
From Tripoli to Benghazi, Turkish trader BGN's oil odyssey

Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Malawi
Sovereign Metals hits new titanium jackpot

Malawi
Chakwera bets on rare earth boom to fix country's financial woes

Southern Africa
Russia sanctions accelerate Airbus and Boeing's hunt for African titanium

Cameroon
BWA loses Akonolinga rutile to Eramet, charges onwards with new sites

Zimbabwe
Government teams up with Apollo to launch national cryptocurrency

Cameroon
Eramet comes away with Akonolinga rutile and more

Malawi
Sean Russo advises Force Commodities on risk of silver project

Malawi
Apollo sees potential in Sovereign graphite