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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.

Ghana
Businessman William Oppong-Bio takes a bet on mines

Ghanaian businessman William Oppong-Bio has decided to branch out of his traditional stomping ground in the construction, real estate and [...]

Subscribers only Mining 27.03.2018

DRC
Copper man Jean Lengo Dia-Ndinga busies himself with cobalt

While continuing to oversee his copper project near Kolwezi, the Congolese businessman has moved into cobalt as its prices continue to soar.

Subscribers only Mining 27.03.2018

Zambia
Moxico hungry for more copper

British junior Moxico Resources, which already holds three copper and [...]

Subscribers only Mining 27.03.2018

Cameroon
Flurry of cobalt and nickel requests

Cameroon is also feeling the effects of the current craze [...]

Subscribers only Mining 27.03.2018

Gambie
Yas Banifatemi, atout de Banjul contre African Petroleum

Nommée en septembre 2017 au tribunal arbitral du Cirdi (Centre [...]

Subscribers only Énergies 20.03.2018

DRC
Richard Muyej's marketing coup on Kolwezi mines

Lualaba governor Richard Muyej has been throwing his all into having Kolwezi, capital of the province formed from the breakup [...]

Subscribers only Mining 13.03.2018

Mali
Kodal torn between Dakar and Abidjan to evacuate lithium

Kodal, which has started exporting samples of lithium extracted in Mali, is hesitating between having the metal evacuated through Senegal or the Ivory Coast.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Mining 13.03.2018

Gabon
Government breathing down Eramet's neck

With Libreville tipped to make a bid for the 11.2% stake in Gabonese manganese miner Eramet currently up for sale [...]

Subscribers only Mining 13.03.2018

Guinea
Winning tacks on manganese, nickel and cobalt to bauxite

Asian groups have expanded their view of Guinea as merely [...]

Subscribers only Mining 13.03.2018

DRC
Kabwelulu aims to nip tensions between Copperbelt diggers and operators in the bud

To prevent diggers from resorting to further attacks on projects [...]

Subscribers only Mining 13.03.2018

Malawi, Namibia
Daniel Harris to Paladin's rescue

Sector expert Daniel Harris has joined the board of directors [...]

Subscribers only Mining 13.03.2018

Ivory Coast
Compagnie miniere du Baffing retains the services of Colonel Pascal Jouanique

The Compagnie miniere du Baffing (CMB), the subsidiary of IC [...]

Subscribers only Business 07.03.2018

Angola
La Sonangol s'acquitte de son dû auprès de Cobalt

Le gouvernement angolais, qui essaie de réchauffer les relations avec [...]

Subscribers only Énergies 06.03.2018

Niger
Issoufou tampers with code to stay in uranium race

To make sure the country catches the wave of recovering commodity prices, Nigerien President Mahamadou Issoufou's government has decided to [...]

Subscribers only Mining 27.02.2018

Ivory Coast
Compagnie miniere du Bafing's nickel finally sets sail

A few days ago, a bulk carrier flying the Swiss flag left the port of Abidjan bearing a cargo of [...]

Subscribers only Mining 27.02.2018

Madagascar
Shishir Poddar envisages zero-waste graphite mining

The Indian Shishir Kumar Poddar, whose firm Tirupati Graphite Plc [...]

Subscribers only Mining 27.02.2018

Angola
Cobalt commence à solder ses comptes le 22 février

Cobalt, dont le plan de restructuration vient d'être validé, entamera la vente de ses actifs et l'indemnisation de certains créanciers fin février.

Subscribers only Énergies 20.02.2018

Zambia
Chengtun Mining finances Munali nickel

On January 23, Chinese entrepreneur Ching Lu secured a seat [...]

Subscribers only Mining 13.02.2018

Togo
TFC adds phosphates to its belt

Marc Dederiwe Abli-Bidamon, Togo's minister of mines and energy, who [...]

Subscribers only Mining 13.02.2018

Zimbabwe
Hunter Capital counsels Prospect Resources

Australian junior Prospect Resources, which develops the Arcadia lithium project [...]

Subscribers only Mining 13.02.2018

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