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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.

Ivory Coast
Nicolas Sarkozy receives red carpet treatment on business diplomacy mission

Ivorian officials have been treating Nicolas Sarkozy's private trip to Abidjan like a state visit. When he landed in the [...]

Subscribers only Politics 21.02.2020

Document | Tanzania
Potential new rival to Rwanda rail link project

The viability of the Isaka-Kigali rail link project has been thrown into doubt by the new roadmap for the Central Corridor.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 14.02.2020

Central corridor: Burundi or Rwanda?

Spotlight | Africa, DRC
How Erik Prince is building his niche on the continent

Since announcing his plans to invest in battery metals with much ado in early 2019, the American private security tycoon Erik Prince has been throwing money and staff to the task. His goal to build a portfolio of these speciality [.

Subscribers only Mining 11.02.2020

The American private security tycoon Erik Prince.

DRC
Gécamines wages attack on Pengxin over Shituru copper

In its vast partnership audit launched in 2018 (AMI 431), Gécamines has unearthed details it felt warranted the filing of [...]

Subscribers only Mining 11.02.2020

DRC
Yves Kabongo one step further towards total copper supply chain

As he continues to make headway at his copper processing unit in Lubumbashi, Yves Kabongo has also founded a trading unit for this highly sought-after battery metal.

Subscribers only Mining 11.02.2020

DRC
Coronavirus already taking toll on Katanga mining

Drastic measures were taken in late January in the DRC's [...]

Subscribers only Mining 11.02.2020

Africa
SparrowHawk on the verge of transforming kaolin into alumina

While continuing to explore for copper in Southern Africa (AMI [...]

Subscribers only Mining 11.02.2020

Mali
M&C Partners advises Mali Lithium on how to present its best side to investors

To better inform its shareholders about a recent market operation [...]

Subscribers only Mining 11.02.2020

Africa
Rho Motion positions itself as electric battery expert

British national Adam Panayi was due to attend the Investing [...]

Subscribers only Mining 11.02.2020

Spotlight | Tanzania
Dar es-Salaam's compromised mining bid round

Key to the Tanzanian government's strategy to have mining companies return to the country alongside President John Magufuli's nationalist policy (AMI 432), the bidding round for ex-retention licences (RL) confiscated from giants the likes of Barrick Gold Corp and Glencore [.

Subscribers only Mining 28.01.2020

Tanzania
Adavale's arrival steered by country expert

After a busy spell exploring cobalt and copper in DRC via Olympic Exploration for the past few months (AMI 422), [...]

Free access Mining 28.01.2020

DRC
Ventora debacle throws up hurdles for Gécamines triumvirate

Albert Yuma, chairman of the board at Gécamines, was not [...]

Subscribers only Mining 28.01.2020

Nigeria
Authorities to meet with Australian miners on their turf

The Nigerian government is clearly willing to open the purse [...]

Subscribers only Mining 28.01.2020

Madagascar
Industrial entrepreneur Danil Ismael grows graphite business

Local businessman Danil Ismaël has added a new chapter to [...]

Subscribers only Mining 28.01.2020

Guinea
NFC takes Russian route to enter local mining

It is not by teaming up with a fellow Chinese [...]

Subscribers only Mining 28.01.2020

Guinea
Hybrid helps SRG convince investors of graphite glory

Canadian firm SRG Mining may have succeeded in securing an [...]

Subscribers only Mining 28.01.2020

DRC
PACT digs in heels over criticism of its programmes in Mutoshi

The NGO PACT has taken offence to the claims that [...]

Subscribers only Mining 28.01.2020

Angola
L'ancien patron de Bornéo devient la nouvelle tour de contrôle parisienne des activités de Total à Luanda

Le Français Vincent Dutel a été récemment nommé vice-président délégué [...]

Subscribers only Énergies 21.01.2020

Document | Tanzania
Rail projects heading for the buffers?

For all the hype, the future cross-border rail link projects are going to struggle to remain on track.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 17.01.2020

Cross-border rail projects between Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi.

DRC
IRA takes on tech giants and slams PACT's competence

In its class action in which it accuses five American groups of benefiting from the use of forced child labour on DRC cobalt mines, International Rights Advocates also criticises NGO PACT for its lack of efficiency.

Subscribers only Mining 14.01.2020

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