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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.

Document | Ghana
Poseidon Offshore dives into subsea minerals

Poseidon Offshore Minerals is still waiting for John Peter Amewu, minister of lands and natural resources at Accra, to validate [...]

Subscribers only Mining 31.10.2017

DRC
Kevin Torudag's local offensive via Bankers Cobalt Corp

On October 23, Kevin Torudag became the largest shareholder of Bankers Cobalt Corp (BCC), of which the board of directors [...]

Subscribers only Mining 31.10.2017

Uganda
Philip Lindsay's hitches in launching Orom graphite by 2018

Mining finance and trading expert, Australian national Philip Lindsay is banking on the Orom graphite project, operated in the north [...]

Subscribers only Mining 31.10.2017

Ivory Coast
Apostolos Peppas brings his nickel to Abidjan

Ivorian firm Compagnie miniere du Bafing (CMB) is reported to have delivered its first cargo of nickel, estimated to total [...]

Subscribers only Mining 31.10.2017

Burkina Faso
Abdoul Kader Yada wins the CMB contract

The Burkinabe businessman Abdoul Kader Yada, who is the chief [...]

Subscribers only Business 25.10.2017

Spotlight | DRC
Gecamines caught up in own double play between Forrest and Shamrock in Lubumbashi

The conflict waging between George Forrest International (GFI) and Congolese state-run firm Gecamines for control of the Lubumbashi slag heap (AMI 391) conceals another, more strategic, tug-of-war. When it had evicted GFI from the slag heap, Gecamines is reported to [.

Subscribers only Mining 17.10.2017

DRC
Peter Tsegas heads west into Copperbelt

Wanting to get in on the battery market boon and discouraged by Tanzania's hardnosed policies, Peter Tsegas has decided to strike up business in Congolese copper and cobalt.

Subscribers only Mining 17.10.2017

Tanzania
Geoffrey Wallace pays little heed to tensions with John Magufuli

Flying in the face of the crisis looming between mining investors and the Tanzanian government (AMI 399), causing a number [...]

Subscribers only Mining 17.10.2017

DRC, Namibia
Tony Harwood seeks exit to South African and Tanzanian quagmire

Tony Harwood, CEO of Canadian junior Montero Mining & Exploration, wants to ride on the current rising demand for metals [...]

Subscribers only Mining 17.10.2017

DRC
Kevin Todurag, Yves Kabongo's Katangan ally

Yves Kabongo, the former right-hand-man of businessman Dan Gertler at [...]

Subscribers only Mining 17.10.2017

Afrique
Davis Polk, appui de Maersk dans ses négociations avec Total

Le danois Maersk Oil, qui espère finaliser son rachat par [...]

Subscribers only Énergies 10.10.2017

Malawi
President Peter Mutharika abandons mines to private sector

Malawian president Peter Mutharika and his teams continue to maintain that the new mining act will be adopted by the [...]

Subscribers only Mining 03.10.2017

DRC
Red Rock covets Ivanhoe Mines good fortune in Kamoa

Already active in gold, coal, nickel and manganese, the British junior is now investing in the booming copper and cobalt sectors.

Subscribers only Mining 03.10.2017

Zambia
Noel McAuliffe still confident in Munali nickel recovery

Given the current demand for metals used to manufacture batteries, Australian mining consultant, Noel McAuliffe, is banking on nickel prices [...]

Free access Mining 03.10.2017

Africa
Jason Brewer crafts his niche in phosphates

A deft hand at handling high-risk ventures in lucrative minerals, Australian businessman Jason Brewer is making moves to acquire several [...]

Subscribers only Mining 03.10.2017

DRC
Mazars to tackle Gecamines audit

Announced in mid-September by Albert Yuma Mulimbi, chairman of the [...]

Subscribers only Mining 03.10.2017

Afrique
Nouvelle promo très versée dans le pétrole du continent au Cirdi

Les tout derniers arbitres nommés au tribunal de la Banque mondiale ont pour beaucoup un profil très axé sur le secteur pétrolier en Afrique.

Subscribers only Énergies 26.09.2017

Mozambique
The final sprint for Balama graphite

Mozambican businessman Nkutema Namoto Alberto Chipande is one of the latest actors to show an interest in the highly prised [...]

Subscribers only Mining 19.09.2017

DRC
Chinois Railway triumphs in battle for Kolumbwe copper

The Paris-based International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) recently rejected a complaint filed by private Congolese firm Exaco, which had claimed $55 million from China Railway.

Subscribers only Mining 19.09.2017

Zimbabwe
Hugh Warner scouts around China for offtakers

Australian Hugh Warner has been in and out of China recently on the hunt for offtakers for future lithium output [...]

Subscribers only Mining 19.09.2017

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