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Amari Resources looks for help from US justice to recoup $70m from Zimbabwe

Amari Resources is still waiting for the compensation it was awarded in a legal dispute with the Zimbabwean government. After failed negotiations with Harare, it has filed a new case in Washington. [...]

Published on 17/01/2022 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Aiteo
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Nigerian billionaire Benedict Peters wavers between platinum and lithium in Harare

The oil-and-gas tycoon's enthusiasm for a platinum mine development project in Maflox Claims has dampened since his arrival in Zimbabwe in 2019, a few months before Emmerson Mnangagwa's election. His local company Bravura has not stuck to the regulatory requirements nor its promises to the authorities to invest.

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Amari Resources fires back with swift legal response to Harare over expropriations

Lawyers pleading for South Africa's Amari Resources have wasted no time in responding to Harare's request that the case against it be dismissed. The state still refuses to accept a Zambia supreme court ruling asking it to compensate the mining firm for the cancellation of nickel and platinum licences.

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Harare calls Zambian Kalaluka to testify in Amari Resources arbitration

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Suluhu Hassan calls on investors to take over tanzanite mining

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Zimbabwe
Harare backtracks over $70m arbitration payout despite Bravura's support

South African mining firm Amari Resources has renewed its fight against the Zimbabwean government, from which it hopes to recover more than $70m in compensation following the withdrawal of its licences. But Harare seems determined not to pay.

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Chinese rush on western coal hub has Mnangagwa's blessing

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Guinea
Nigerian mogul Benedict Peters eyes Guinea's iron deposits

Bravura, the oil magnate's mining branch, is establishing itself in mineral-rich Guinea, with a particular focus on its iron.

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Benedict Peters, founder of the oil company Aiteo.

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Aiteo's energy boss Ransome Owan branches out into mines via Bravura

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Aiteo boss Benedict Peters steps up to handle crippling debt

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Zimbabwe Nigerian billionaire Benedict Peters wavers between platinum and lithium in Harare

Zimbabwe Amari Resources fires back with swift legal response to Harare over expropriations

Zimbabwe Harare calls Zambian Kalaluka to testify in Amari Resources arbitration

Tanzania Suluhu Hassan calls on investors to take over tanzanite mining

Zimbabwe Harare backtracks over $70m arbitration payout despite Bravura's support

Zimbabwe Chinese rush on western coal hub has Mnangagwa's blessing

Guinea Nigerian mogul Benedict Peters eyes Guinea's iron deposits

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Nigeria Aiteo's energy boss Ransome Owan branches out into mines via Bravura

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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?

Zimbabwe
Amari Resources looks for help from US justice to recoup $70m from Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe
Nigerian billionaire Benedict Peters wavers between platinum and lithium in Harare

Zimbabwe
Amari Resources fires back with swift legal response to Harare over expropriations

Zimbabwe
Harare calls Zambian Kalaluka to testify in Amari Resources arbitration

Tanzania
Suluhu Hassan calls on investors to take over tanzanite mining

Zimbabwe
Harare backtracks over $70m arbitration payout despite Bravura's support

Zimbabwe
Chinese rush on western coal hub has Mnangagwa's blessing

Guinea
Nigerian mogul Benedict Peters eyes Guinea's iron deposits

Spotlight | Nigeria
OML 29: how Aiteo's Benedict Peters charmed his creditors and the DPR

Nigeria
Aiteo's energy boss Ransome Owan branches out into mines via Bravura

Spotlight | Nigeria
Aiteo boss Benedict Peters steps up to handle crippling debt