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Veteran miner Algy Cluff is back in the game with lithium

The Sandawana lithium mine in Zimbabwe © Aaron Ufumeli/EPA/MaxPPP

The octogenerian British mining and oil entrepreneur is seeking to take over the Sandawana deposit, a former Rio Tinto emerald mine now owned by Zimbabwe's sovereign wealth fund. [...]

Published on 01/05/2024 at 05:40 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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

Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Zimbabwe
Veteran miner Algy Cluff is back in the game with lithium

Zimbabwe
Harare dithers over helping ZMDC to settle debt to South Africa's Amari

Zimbabwe
Harare to assess wind power potential

Zimbabwe
Lithium: Britain's Premier African Minerals finally to start production

Zimbabwe
Harare's takeover of mining conglomerate Kuvimba proves costly

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Behind the scenes of Algy Cluff's lithium project

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Zijin Mining pays $70m to mysterious Congolese NGO

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Harare takes over Kuvimba Mining House to erase all links with Kuda Tagwirei

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Mnangagwa transfers opaque statal mining assets to the sovereign fund

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AngloGold faces social and security problems in Siguiri

Africa
Mining veteran John Gordon Cluff makes hydrocarbons comeback