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3T

This group of metals used to produce the world's electronic devices - coltan, tin, tantalum, tungsten, cassiterite, tantalite and wolframite - are largely extracted from Africa's Great Lakes region, essentially on the Democratic Republic of Congo side.

Namibia
Xinfeng Investments quietly paves way for Namibia's first lithium mine

With very little fanfare, the Chinese firm Xinfeng Investments is in the process of obtaining the necessary permits to construct what would be the country's first lithium mine, in the Erongo Region.

Subscribers only Mining 10.02.2022

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

DRC
Klaus Eckhof circles back to Manono's lithium

The German-born businessman-geologist has a history of arranging mining deals in the DRC. Now he has joined Tantalex Resources, which is exploring for lithium in Manono, just next to the concessions held by a company he used to work for:

Subscribers only Mining 24.01.2022

Algeria
Promised Sahel export hubs slow to get off the ground

Algiers has been slow to make good on its ambitions to develop Sahel trade by building logistics hubs in the far south. President Abdelmadjid Tebboune's government touted the grand plans as a means of boosting the country's influence in the region.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 17.12.2021

Burundi
Will US stake help Rainbow Rare Earths get its mine reopened?

Rainbow Rare Earths is highlighting the indirect presence of the US government in its capital, as Burundi seeks to position itself as an alternative to China for the supply of rare earths to Western countries, primarily the United States.

Subscribers only Mining 09.11.2021

Activity at the Gakara mine is still suspended.

DRC
Sceplum partners Gécamines, Trafigura and Pact on small-scale cobalt mining

Run by DRC mining experts and financed by businessman Gad Cohen, Sceplum is the fourth partner on the state-run project to formalise artisanal cobalt mining in the country.

Subscribers only Mining 03.11.2021

Africa, Netherlands
Prince Jaime de Bourbon-Parme adds lustre to China's image

To improve their reputation in the eyes of Western investors and partners, Chinese mining companies in Africa teamed up with a leading proponent of responsible mining, the Dutch prince Jaime de Bourbon-Parme, for a conference on ESG.

Free access Mining 28.10.2021

DRC
Zealous mining investor Klaus Eckhof back in Bisié tin zone

With the prospects for tin looking rosy over the next few years, Klaus Eckhof, a keen investor in the DRC's mining sector, is hoping to develop a tin project next to Alphamin's very high-grade Bisié deposit.

Subscribers only Mining 21.10.2021

DRC
Chinese miners undaunted by critics

Under unprecedented fire from both Felix Tshisekedi and his allies, Chinese operators continue to arrive en masse in DRC's mines.

Subscribers only Mining 05.10.2021

Rwanda
Kagame to get prized coltan refinery by the New Year

Power Resources' first coltan refinery in Kigali has entered its final construction phase. The plant will turn Rwanda into a key global supplier of this strategic mineral used in the telephone and electronics industries.

Subscribers only Mining 23.09.2021

Namibia
AfriTin seeks new permits as tin prices soar

After bursting onto the Namibian tin scene in 2017, the company led by Anthony Viljoen is on the verge of picking up two new exploration permits in the country, just as high demand for tin sends prices skyrocketing.

Subscribers only Mining 26.08.2021

DRC
North and South Kivu inspired by Katanga's model for gold and 3T exports

The procedure for exporting minerals from North and South Kivu is an administrative headache, a situation that the DRC employers' federation believes leads to smuggling of gold and the 3Ts to its neighbours. The organisation is calling for the creation of a single exports processing station.

Subscribers only Mining 25.08.2021

Namibia
Arcadia Minerals starts tantalum exploration in Raubex's shadow

The newcomer to mineral exploration in Namibia is run by serial entrepreneur Jurie Wessels and 27% owned by South African construction group Raubex, but this is not the first time they have worked together.

Subscribers only Mining 28.07.2021

Somalia
Mining code: Mogadishu's uncertain message for attracting investors

In order to convince foreign miners to invest in the country's resources, the Somali government has promised that a specific code is being prepared to replace the one from 1984 - while also admitting that it does not know when it will be adopted.

Subscribers only Mining 19.07.2021

Spotlight | China, Sierra Leone
Freetown aims to break DRC's grip on China phone sector

The government has granted a Chinese company a licence to extract coltan at an industrial scale. Its ambition is to compete with other African countries in supplying electronics giants.

Subscribers only Mining 14.07.2021

DRC
Uganda's Dott Services snaps up mining permits with its road construction contracts

Dott Services, the Ugandan group which is building a strategically important road between the DRC and Uganda, has also acquired a number of equally strategically important mining sites. Prospecting is now under way on the sites, which are located in Maniema province and are rich in "3Ts".

Subscribers only Mining 30.06.2021

United States
US plays catch-up with EU on conflict minerals to turn page on Trump era

Joe Biden and his advisors are busy making up for lost time after Donald Trump's lack of action relegated Washington to following Brussels' initiatives on mining supply chain transparency.

Subscribers only Mining 16.06.2021

United States President Joseph R. Biden Jr. speaks during the Virtual CEO Summit on Semiconductor and Supply Chain at the White House in Washington, on Monday, April 12, 2021. Seated with Biden, clockwise from bottom left, are Daleep Singh, United States Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economics, Brian Deese, Director, National Economic Council, and US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan.

Sierra Leone
Government to flaunt mineral wealth in London, Dubai, and Moscow

After presenting the findings of a two-year study of the country's mining resources in Freetown, the Sierra Leone government now wants to tout this potential to the world's investors.

Subscribers only Mining 01.06.2021

Great lakes
How more responsible mining can mean more profit

Praised by those advocating more ethical business, decried by others for their prohibitive cost, the accountability and traceability measures presented at the OECD Forum on Mineral Supply Chains are seen as key to profitability by some miners.

Subscribers only Mining 24.05.2021

In Focus | DRC, Great lakes, Rwanda
DRC wants back in driver's seat on coltan

Tired of seeing coltan from its Kivu and Tanganyika mines processed and re-exported by its neighbours, Kinshasa plans to create facilities and smelters to process the ore on site. The initiative comes amid a warming of relations between the DRC and Rwanda, the country through which most of its coltan passes.

Subscribers only Mining 17.05.2021

A miner holding coltan in a mine in Rukunda, Masisi territory, North Kivu province, DRC.

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Algeria
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Somalia
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Algeria Promised Sahel export hubs slow to get off the ground

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DRC Zealous mining investor Klaus Eckhof back in Bisié tin zone

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Rwanda Kagame to get prized coltan refinery by the New Year

Namibia AfriTin seeks new permits as tin prices soar

DRC North and South Kivu inspired by Katanga's model for gold and 3T exports

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DRC Uganda's Dott Services snaps up mining permits with its road construction contracts

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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?

Namibia
Xinfeng Investments quietly paves way for Namibia's first lithium mine

Ivory Coast
Robert Friedland and GSOL expand in nickel

DRC
Klaus Eckhof circles back to Manono's lithium

Algeria
Promised Sahel export hubs slow to get off the ground

Burundi
Will US stake help Rainbow Rare Earths get its mine reopened?

DRC
Sceplum partners Gécamines, Trafigura and Pact on small-scale cobalt mining

Africa, Netherlands
Prince Jaime de Bourbon-Parme adds lustre to China's image

DRC
Zealous mining investor Klaus Eckhof back in Bisié tin zone

DRC
Chinese miners undaunted by critics

Rwanda
Kagame to get prized coltan refinery by the New Year

Namibia
AfriTin seeks new permits as tin prices soar

DRC
North and South Kivu inspired by Katanga's model for gold and 3T exports

Namibia
Arcadia Minerals starts tantalum exploration in Raubex's shadow

Somalia
Mining code: Mogadishu's uncertain message for attracting investors

Spotlight | China, Sierra Leone
Freetown aims to break DRC's grip on China phone sector

DRC
Uganda's Dott Services snaps up mining permits with its road construction contracts

United States
US plays catch-up with EU on conflict minerals to turn page on Trump era

Sierra Leone
Government to flaunt mineral wealth in London, Dubai, and Moscow

Great lakes
How more responsible mining can mean more profit

In Focus | DRC, Great lakes, Rwanda
DRC wants back in driver's seat on coltan