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Botswana
Gaborone hopes to rescue coal industry with Minergy and Jindal

The Botswanan state hopes to limit the impact of international investors' reluctance to invest in coal by taking control of the Masama mine and strengthening its partnership with Indian group Jindal. [...]

Published on 29/08/2023 at 05:40 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Neeraj Saxena

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Doumbouya plans to reallocate Zogota iron to Indian tycoon Jindal

To supply his steel mills, India's Naveen Jindal has set his sights on the Zogota deposit in Guinea, whose licence quietly fell back into state hands last year. The junta leader is backing the plan, and Niron Metals, the site's official owner, has given up all hope of developing the project.

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The head of the ruling junta in Guinea, Mamadi Doumbouya.

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Botswana, Zimbabwe Diamonds: Gaborone backs Israeli tycoon Gilad Shabtai

Botswana First Quantum's departure a setback for Sese coal-fired power station project

Guinea Friedland executives and lobbyists battle Jindal over Nimba project

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

Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Botswana
Gaborone hopes to rescue coal industry with Minergy and Jindal

Botswana
Oscar Motsumi, the rising star of Masisi's coal policy

Botswana
Gaborone drafts new mining rules to boost local players

Botswana, Zimbabwe
Diamonds: Gaborone backs Israeli tycoon Gilad Shabtai

Botswana
First Quantum's departure a setback for Sese coal-fired power station project

Guinea
Friedland executives and lobbyists battle Jindal over Nimba project

Spotlight | Liberia
Miners and Washington worried about George Weah's procrastination

Guinea
Doumbouya plans to reallocate Zogota iron to Indian tycoon Jindal

Mozambique
Why Jindal is intent on getting into the power business