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Battery Metals

Lithium, cobalt, graphite, vanadium and nickel, of which Africa boasts large reserves, are highly sought after for their capacity to store energy as batteries.

West Africa
Robert Friedland, Barrick and other mining majors' 'non-core' assets sell like hotcakes

Junior mining companies listed in Canada or Australia are gobbling up West African gold projects identified by global industry leaders.

Subscribers only Mining 26.05.2021

DRC
Blair Institute delivers economic policy plan for Tshisekedi's new government

With two years left of his presidential term, Félix Tshisekedi wants to define the shape of the DRC's economic policy through to 2030 and the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change has drafted report to help with the task.

Subscribers only Business 26.05.2021

DRC
Lubumbashi slag heap locals fume over pollution

Residents who live near the lucrative Lubumbashi cobalt slag heap have complained to the governor of Haut-Katanga province about pollution from the fumes coming out of the plant on the site.

Subscribers only Mining 25.05.2021

Nigeria
Abuja names bigshot oil arbitrator to fight Shell over oil spill

Oil dispute expert Yas Banifatemi has been picked as the second member of the ICSID tribunal that will hear Nigeria's dispute with Shell over an oil spill in 1970.

Free access Energy 21.05.2021

French-Iranian arbitration specialist Yas Banifatemi.

South Africa
Allan Gray voices its support of Glencore

After three years of poor stock performance, Glencore's prices are on the rise. This is good news for South African investment giant Allan Gray. Glencore is one of its main investments and the fund ardently believes it is a good one.

Subscribers only Finance, Business 17.05.2021

Botswana
Vigor Group soaks up the sun in Gaborone

Botswana is becoming increasingly attractive to the solar energy sector and battery-metal mining juniors. Among the latest to be lured by its opportunities is Vigor Group, based in neighbouring Namibia.

Subscribers only Mining 11.05.2021

In Focus | Zimbabwe
Mnangagwa's favourite tycoon operates offshore to escape US gaze

Though under US sanctions imposed in mi-2020 due to his ties with President Emmerson Mnangagwa, Kuda Tagwirei is still very much in business through a galaxy of companies in Zimbabwe, South Africa and Mauritius.

Subscribers only Finance, Business 10.05.2021

DRC
Gecamines entrusts two sites to Terra Mining, a firm with Israeli, Bulgarian and Ukrainian ties

Terra Mining came to an agreement with Gecamines to determine the potential of two cobalt and copper permits in Haut-Katanga. The company is based in Bulgaria but run by Ukrainian and Israeli businessmen, some of whom are already very active in the DRC.

Subscribers only Mining 10.05.2021

Africa, Portugal
Lisbon hopes to short-circuit Africa's battery metal producers

With European demand for responsibly sourced battery metals continuing to grow, Portugal is seeking to position itself as an alternative to African exporters of minerals with high attendant risks.

Subscribers only Mining 07.05.2021

Spotlight | DRC
Tshisekedi seeks to renegotiate Kabila-era deals with China

The Congolese government is trying to renegotiate contracts signed with Beijing during the long reign of former president Joseph Kabila. Some of their terms are now deemed contrary to the national interest.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 05.05.2021

DRC's President Felix Tshisekedi meets with visiting Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Kinshasa.

Guinea
Prospectors seek nickel and platinum near Dinguiraye gold mine

Tinkisso Ressources, a new Guinean company, in mid-April applied for a permit to look for nickel and platinum near Dinguiraye, which is better known for its gold mines.

Subscribers only Mining 05.05.2021

DRC
Illegal miners vs security forces: an exasperating game of cat and mouse

Katanga and national authorities appear powerless to halt the cycle of security forces chasing artisanal diggers from sites owned by frustrated mining firms only for the illegal diggers to move on to other sites.

Subscribers only Mining 03.05.2021

Mozambique
Mining consultant Reinaldo Gonçalves Jr. aims for the big league

Reinaldo Gonçalves Júnior, invited to speak as president of the national geology association at Mozambique's biggest energy and mining conference, took the opportunity to introduce his mining consultancy services to a wider audience.

Subscribers only Mining 30.04.2021

The mining consultant and geologist Reinaldo Gonçalves Júnior.

Guinea
Ivorian Fakhoury family keen to tap into Guinean gold

The newly registered, Yam's Mining, which opened its doors in Conakry in March, filed five permit requests on 21 April to explore gold in Guinea. It has targeted sites in the eastern region of Kankan.

Subscribers only Mining 30.04.2021

Uganda
Museveni gets tough on illegal miners after chasing their votes

While he may have accepted their vote during the January election in which he won another term, President Yoweri Museveni is now taking tough action to achieve another goal: increase state revenue.

Subscribers only Mining 29.04.2021

West Africa
Kosmos execs between a rock and a hard place as frontier exploration ends

The US junior now wants to limit itself to exploration near its existing infrastructure. The decision has led to the departure of several executives who favour the firm's traditional frontier exploration approach.

Subscribers only Energy 27.04.2021

Burundi
As big players move in, govt shores up a mining code written for shovels and picks

Current legislation is ill-equipped to cope with the advent of mechanisation brought about by investors' needs for new supplies of rare earths and nickel. Time for a re-write.

Subscribers only Mining 27.04.2021

Spotlight | DRC
China-DRC middleman Simon Cong goes into copper mining with Gecamines

Influential Chinese businessman Simon Cong, who is close to the Kabila clan and has interests throughout the Congolese economy, is due to start operations soon on a copper mining venture in Haut-Katanga.

Subscribers only Mining 23.04.2021

DRC
Chamber of mines wants to assess Kabila's code

Just after former head of state Joseph Kabila pulled out of the ruling coalition, the country's chamber of mines is mulling whether to review one of his most significant achievements as president, the 2018 mining code, in order to pinpoint its strengths but also its weaknesses.

Subscribers only Mining 19.04.2021

Angola
ENI bets on infrastructure-led exploration to cut production costs

The Italian major's two recent discoveries in Egypt and Angola were made thanks to wells drilled near existing infrastructure, a low-cost way of increasing output.

Subscribers only Energy 13.04.2021

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Senegal
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Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Battery Metals

West Africa
Robert Friedland, Barrick and other mining majors' 'non-core' assets sell like hotcakes

DRC
Blair Institute delivers economic policy plan for Tshisekedi's new government

DRC
Lubumbashi slag heap locals fume over pollution

Nigeria
Abuja names bigshot oil arbitrator to fight Shell over oil spill

South Africa
Allan Gray voices its support of Glencore

Botswana
Vigor Group soaks up the sun in Gaborone

In Focus | Zimbabwe
Mnangagwa's favourite tycoon operates offshore to escape US gaze

DRC
Gecamines entrusts two sites to Terra Mining, a firm with Israeli, Bulgarian and Ukrainian ties

Africa, Portugal
Lisbon hopes to short-circuit Africa's battery metal producers

Spotlight | DRC
Tshisekedi seeks to renegotiate Kabila-era deals with China

Guinea
Prospectors seek nickel and platinum near Dinguiraye gold mine

DRC
Illegal miners vs security forces: an exasperating game of cat and mouse

Mozambique
Mining consultant Reinaldo Gonçalves Jr. aims for the big league

Guinea
Ivorian Fakhoury family keen to tap into Guinean gold

Uganda
Museveni gets tough on illegal miners after chasing their votes

West Africa
Kosmos execs between a rock and a hard place as frontier exploration ends

Burundi
As big players move in, govt shores up a mining code written for shovels and picks

Spotlight | DRC
China-DRC middleman Simon Cong goes into copper mining with Gecamines

DRC
Chamber of mines wants to assess Kabila's code

Angola
ENI bets on infrastructure-led exploration to cut production costs

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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?

West African cocoa cartel battles with the traders

Africa in the Russia-Ukraine war

East Africa's hotly contested coffee sector

Battery Metals

West Africa Robert Friedland, Barrick and other mining majors' 'non-core' assets sell like hotcakes

DRC Blair Institute delivers economic policy plan for Tshisekedi's new government

DRC Lubumbashi slag heap locals fume over pollution

Nigeria Abuja names bigshot oil arbitrator to fight Shell over oil spill

South Africa Allan Gray voices its support of Glencore

Botswana Vigor Group soaks up the sun in Gaborone

In Focus | Zimbabwe Mnangagwa's favourite tycoon operates offshore to escape US gaze

DRC Gecamines entrusts two sites to Terra Mining, a firm with Israeli, Bulgarian and Ukrainian ties

Africa, Portugal Lisbon hopes to short-circuit Africa's battery metal producers

Spotlight | DRC Tshisekedi seeks to renegotiate Kabila-era deals with China

Guinea Prospectors seek nickel and platinum near Dinguiraye gold mine

DRC Illegal miners vs security forces: an exasperating game of cat and mouse

Mozambique Mining consultant Reinaldo Gonçalves Jr. aims for the big league

Guinea Ivorian Fakhoury family keen to tap into Guinean gold

Uganda Museveni gets tough on illegal miners after chasing their votes

West Africa Kosmos execs between a rock and a hard place as frontier exploration ends

Burundi As big players move in, govt shores up a mining code written for shovels and picks

Spotlight | DRC China-DRC middleman Simon Cong goes into copper mining with Gecamines

DRC Chamber of mines wants to assess Kabila's code

Angola ENI bets on infrastructure-led exploration to cut production costs

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About Africa Intelligence

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Africa Intelligence on social media

Indigo Publications' websites

Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

West Africa
Robert Friedland, Barrick and other mining majors' 'non-core' assets sell like hotcakes

DRC
Blair Institute delivers economic policy plan for Tshisekedi's new government

DRC
Lubumbashi slag heap locals fume over pollution

Nigeria
Abuja names bigshot oil arbitrator to fight Shell over oil spill

South Africa
Allan Gray voices its support of Glencore

Botswana
Vigor Group soaks up the sun in Gaborone

In Focus | Zimbabwe
Mnangagwa's favourite tycoon operates offshore to escape US gaze

DRC
Gecamines entrusts two sites to Terra Mining, a firm with Israeli, Bulgarian and Ukrainian ties

Africa, Portugal
Lisbon hopes to short-circuit Africa's battery metal producers

Spotlight | DRC
Tshisekedi seeks to renegotiate Kabila-era deals with China

Guinea
Prospectors seek nickel and platinum near Dinguiraye gold mine

DRC
Illegal miners vs security forces: an exasperating game of cat and mouse

Mozambique
Mining consultant Reinaldo Gonçalves Jr. aims for the big league

Guinea
Ivorian Fakhoury family keen to tap into Guinean gold

Uganda
Museveni gets tough on illegal miners after chasing their votes

West Africa
Kosmos execs between a rock and a hard place as frontier exploration ends

Burundi
As big players move in, govt shores up a mining code written for shovels and picks

Spotlight | DRC
China-DRC middleman Simon Cong goes into copper mining with Gecamines

DRC
Chamber of mines wants to assess Kabila's code

Angola
ENI bets on infrastructure-led exploration to cut production costs