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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.

Botswana
Kneipe Setlhare explores new mining avenues with Uranus Minerals

Botswana businessman Kneipe Setlhare's registration of a new company, Uranus Minerals, on 27 September in Gaborone, has been raising questions about what he plans to do next.

Subscribers only Mining 13.10.2022

Cameroon
Phoenix Mining manoeuvres in Yaoundé to relaunch Nkamouna cobalt project

Phoenix hopes to charm the Cameroonian authorities - and in particular the state investment firm, which holds a 39.5% stake in the Nkamouna project - in order to get authorisation to start building the mining infrastructure in January.

Subscribers only Mining 06.10.2022

A sign indicating to passers-by that they are entering a mining concession is pictured on 25 March 2010 in Nkamouna forest.

Zimbabwe
Amari Resources fires back with swift legal response to Harare over expropriations

Lawyers pleading for South Africa's Amari Resources have wasted no time in responding to Harare's request that the case against it be dismissed. The state still refuses to accept a Zambia supreme court ruling asking it to compensate the mining firm for the cancellation of nickel and platinum licences.

Subscribers only Mining 05.10.2022

Namibia
Lithium: Xinfeng Investments has narrow escape in Windhoek

The Chinese company Xinfeng Investments, which is involved in lithium exploration in the Erongo coastal region, has won its court case against the director of the Namibian business authorities. The latter had accused it of fraud in the acquisition of a new licence.

Subscribers only Mining 04.10.2022

Madagascar, Mozambique
Rio Tinto plays Maputo off against Antananarivo

As Antananarivo seeks to maximise its tax revenues from QMM, the ilmenite production arm of Rio Tinto, the mining giant is preparing to get its Mutamba project in Mozambique off the ground. It is a signal to the Madagascan authorities that it has an alternative, should the tax negotiations fall through.

Free access Mining 30.09.2022

Mozambique
Former first lady's cousin moves into gemstones

Jose Eduardo Dai, who has long played a key role in the Guebuza family's mining business, is launching a new company to exploit gems in northern Mozambique.

Subscribers only Mining 26.09.2022

Mozambique
After security and gas, Rwanda sees graphite opportunities in Cabo Delgado

With Rwandan troops still helping to secure the far northern Mozambican province, investors close to Kigali now have their sights set on graphite, a mineral which is increasingly in demand for manufacturing electric batteries.

Subscribers only Defence, Mining 21.09.2022

Rwandan army and police personnel boarded a plane for Mozambique in Kigali, capital city of Rwanda, on July 10, 2021.

Spotlight | DRC
Cloak and daggers in the highest echelons of the Congolese state

President Tshisekedi's strategic adviser Vidiye Tshimanga has been secretly caught on film meeting two fake investors on several occasions. Parts of these recordings have been made public and they cast an unflattering light on the practices, and also the tensions, within the president's office.

Subscribers only Politics 16.09.2022

Spotlight | Algeria
Tebboune's grand plans for cobalt, iron and coltan mining

President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has placed major mining projects at the top of his agenda. Chinese and Russian operators have traditionally been Algeria's partners of choice, but Algiers now wants to open up to Western firms, including French companies on the lookout for rare metals.

Subscribers only Mining 08.09.2022

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune.

Zimbabwe
Harare calls Zambian Kalaluka to testify in Amari Resources arbitration

A major new player entered the US side of the $70m dispute between South Africa's Amari Resources and the state-owned Zimbabwe Mining Development Corp (ZMDC) on 19 August.

Subscribers only Mining 07.09.2022

Angola, DRC
Trafigura, Vecturis and Mota-Engil all set to restart Kolwezi-Lobito rail corridor

The consortium of the three European groups, which won the tender to run the Angolan part of the mining railway, has already begun talks with Kinshasa and the Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Congolais.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Mining, Commodity traders 06.09.2022

In Focus | DRC, United States
US disillusioned over failure to turn DR Congo away from Beijing

Ever since Félix Tshisekedi took power, Washington had hoped he would curb China's huge influence in the country. Four years later, the United States is bitterly disappointed that it has failed to break Beijing's hegemony in strategic mining issues.

Subscribers only Mining, Diplomacy 05.09.2022

US president Joe Biden and his Congolese counterpart Félix Tshisekedi in October 2021.

Tanzania
Suluhu's stick and carrot approach to revive mining sector

The Tanzanian president has been taking steps to reconcile relations with the mining sector after six years of tensions under her predecessor. While she is keen to attract new investors, she is equally determined to have them on her terms.

Subscribers only Mining 02.09.2022

Tanzania president, Samia Suluhu Hassan.

Botswana
Masisi welcomes Premium Nickel Resources move into tourism

Ater buying BCL's mining assets, Canadian Premium Nickel Resources has just invested in the region's tourism sector, much to the delight of President Masisi, who wants mining groups to boost the country's second biggest source of revenue, which was hit hard by Covid-19.

Subscribers only Mining 21.07.2022

Namibia
King Frans Indongo Jr seeks licences in uranium zone

King Frans Indongo Jr, the son of one of the wealthiest people in Namibia, has been buying up exploration permits across Namibia. His latest haul is a set of permits next to the huge Husab uranium mine.

Subscribers only Mining 13.07.2022

Spotlight | Mozambique
Total unlikely to resume Mozambique LNG in 2022 despite Rwandan military protection

The French major no longer believes that it can restart its operations in Cabo Delgado in the next few months. Despite the presence of Rwandan soldiers, it has no way of guaranteeing even minimal security for several hundred contracted personnel on the LNG site.

Subscribers only Energy 12.07.2022

Rwandan soldiers patrolling in Afungi, near the TotalEnergies complex in Cabo Delgado, 22 September 2021.

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Battery Metals

Botswana
Kneipe Setlhare explores new mining avenues with Uranus Minerals

Cameroon
Phoenix Mining manoeuvres in Yaoundé to relaunch Nkamouna cobalt project

Zimbabwe
Amari Resources fires back with swift legal response to Harare over expropriations

Namibia
Lithium: Xinfeng Investments has narrow escape in Windhoek

Madagascar, Mozambique
Rio Tinto plays Maputo off against Antananarivo

Mozambique
Former first lady's cousin moves into gemstones

Mozambique
After security and gas, Rwanda sees graphite opportunities in Cabo Delgado

Spotlight | DRC
Cloak and daggers in the highest echelons of the Congolese state

Spotlight | Algeria
Tebboune's grand plans for cobalt, iron and coltan mining

Zimbabwe
Harare calls Zambian Kalaluka to testify in Amari Resources arbitration

Angola, DRC
Trafigura, Vecturis and Mota-Engil all set to restart Kolwezi-Lobito rail corridor

In Focus | DRC, United States
US disillusioned over failure to turn DR Congo away from Beijing

Tanzania
Suluhu's stick and carrot approach to revive mining sector

Botswana
Masisi welcomes Premium Nickel Resources move into tourism

Namibia
King Frans Indongo Jr seeks licences in uranium zone

Spotlight | Mozambique
Total unlikely to resume Mozambique LNG in 2022 despite Rwandan military protection

Angola
Geoangol spearheads Luanda's mining strategy

Mali
Juniors on the lookout for local nickel

Botswana
Christian Cordier doubles down in Botswana's metal fever

Cameroon
Eramet looks beyond rutile

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Zimbabwe Amari Resources fires back with swift legal response to Harare over expropriations

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Madagascar, Mozambique Rio Tinto plays Maputo off against Antananarivo

Mozambique Former first lady's cousin moves into gemstones

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Spotlight | DRC Cloak and daggers in the highest echelons of the Congolese state

Spotlight | Algeria Tebboune's grand plans for cobalt, iron and coltan mining

Zimbabwe Harare calls Zambian Kalaluka to testify in Amari Resources arbitration

Angola, DRC Trafigura, Vecturis and Mota-Engil all set to restart Kolwezi-Lobito rail corridor

In Focus | DRC, United States US disillusioned over failure to turn DR Congo away from Beijing

Tanzania Suluhu's stick and carrot approach to revive mining sector

Botswana Masisi welcomes Premium Nickel Resources move into tourism

Namibia King Frans Indongo Jr seeks licences in uranium zone

Spotlight | Mozambique Total unlikely to resume Mozambique LNG in 2022 despite Rwandan military protection

Angola Geoangol spearheads Luanda's mining strategy

Mali Juniors on the lookout for local nickel

Botswana Christian Cordier doubles down in Botswana's metal fever

Cameroon Eramet looks beyond rutile

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About Africa Intelligence

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Africa Intelligence on social media

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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?

Botswana
Kneipe Setlhare explores new mining avenues with Uranus Minerals

Cameroon
Phoenix Mining manoeuvres in Yaoundé to relaunch Nkamouna cobalt project

Zimbabwe
Amari Resources fires back with swift legal response to Harare over expropriations

Namibia
Lithium: Xinfeng Investments has narrow escape in Windhoek

Madagascar, Mozambique
Rio Tinto plays Maputo off against Antananarivo

Mozambique
Former first lady's cousin moves into gemstones

Mozambique
After security and gas, Rwanda sees graphite opportunities in Cabo Delgado

Spotlight | DRC
Cloak and daggers in the highest echelons of the Congolese state

Spotlight | Algeria
Tebboune's grand plans for cobalt, iron and coltan mining

Zimbabwe
Harare calls Zambian Kalaluka to testify in Amari Resources arbitration

Angola, DRC
Trafigura, Vecturis and Mota-Engil all set to restart Kolwezi-Lobito rail corridor

In Focus | DRC, United States
US disillusioned over failure to turn DR Congo away from Beijing

Tanzania
Suluhu's stick and carrot approach to revive mining sector

Botswana
Masisi welcomes Premium Nickel Resources move into tourism

Namibia
King Frans Indongo Jr seeks licences in uranium zone

Spotlight | Mozambique
Total unlikely to resume Mozambique LNG in 2022 despite Rwandan military protection

Angola
Geoangol spearheads Luanda's mining strategy

Mali
Juniors on the lookout for local nickel

Botswana
Christian Cordier doubles down in Botswana's metal fever

Cameroon
Eramet looks beyond rutile