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Cobalt

Some 60% of the world's cobalt reserves are found in the Democratic Republic of Congo, while other African nations, including Zambia, Uganda, Botswana, Namibia, Morocco, Ivory Coast and Guinea also hold resources of this sought-after metal used in the growing electric battery market.

Morocco
Investors continue to circle round Jbiel mine

Its copper and cobalt potential is attracting interest.

Subscribers only Mining 31.10.2024

Cameroon
Sam Jonah's battery metal plans with Tronic Metals

Prominent Ghanaian mining figure Sam Jonah has become the new chair of Geovic Cameroun just as Tronic Metals, a Canadian company he owns a large share of, is finalising its purchase of Geovic's Nkamouna cobalt project.

Subscribers only Mining 21.10.2024

Spotlight | DRC
Tshisekedi's brother's dealings in Lualaba province

The Congolese leader's younger brother Christian Tshisekedi heads a company that has been in talks with the Luxembourg-based mining firm ERG to secure a concession in the rich mining province of Lualaba.

Subscribers only Mining, Politics 17.10.2024

Congolese president Félix Tshisekedi on 30 April 2024 in Paris.

DRC, Zambia
Mercuria restructures metals trading division with sights set on African copper

After defecting from Trafigura to Swiss trader Mercuria in June, Kostas Bintas was at the London Metal Exchange week.

Subscribers only Mining, Commodity traders 04.10.2024

DRC
Gécamines subsidiary EGC refocuses Trafigura alliance

Gécamines' colbalt arm, Entreprise Générale de Cobalt, led since May by Eric Kalala, is unravelling the partnership it has held since its creation in 2019 with Swiss trading giant Trafigura.

Subscribers only Mining, Commodity traders 25.09.2024

DRC
Lualaba Power's Nzilo II power station contract under renewed threat

The public procurement regulator in the Democratic Republic of Congo has called on the hydraulic resources ministry to stick to its 2022 decision to cancel the result of a tender for the construction of the Nzilo II hydroelectric power plant.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 04.09.2024

Spotlight | Morocco
Washington comes to terms with prospect of Chinese gigafactories

The Americans, faced with Beijing's aggressive industrial strategy in Morocco in the electric vehicle sector, are trying to set up a mining partnership with the kingdom.

Subscribers only Mining, Diplomacy 01.08.2024

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Rabat, Morocco, on 29 March 2022.

Zimbabwe
Lithium: Britain's Premier African Minerals finally to start production

Mining veteran and former UraMin boss George Roach's company was forced to postpone production at its Zimbabwe ore processing plant because of technical problems. The firm is backed by China's Canmax, which is to receive the plant's lithium concentrate.

Subscribers only Mining 22.07.2024

DRC
Gécamines tries to block Chemaf sale to Chinese firm

State-owned Gécamines is fighting the sale of the mining company Chemaf to the Chinese company Norin Mining and could go so far as to withdraw the licences it has granted to this subsidiary of the Shalina Resources group.

Subscribers only Mining 03.07.2024

DRC
Gécamines and ERG seek to bury the hatchet

DRC's state-owned Gécamines is prepared to negotiate a solution with Kazakh miner Eurasian Resources Group that would end arbitration proceedings underway in Paris and Geneva.

Subscribers only Mining 28.06.2024

Zimbabwe
Behind the scenes of Algy Cluff's lithium project

The British oil and mining veteran visited Zimbabwe twice before signing a contract to resume lithium extraction at the Sandawana lithium deposit. President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the UK's top diplomat in Harare were instrumental in Cluff's decision to re-invest in the country.

Subscribers only Mining 24.06.2024

Morocco
After copper, KCM positions itself on cobalt

The Jbiel mine, which currently produces only a modest volume of copper, has as yet untested cobalt potential. The operator, Kharrouba Copper Mining, is looking for investors and has approached US company Cunningham Mining.

Subscribers only Mining 29.04.2024

DRC
Washington divided over Dan Gertler audit

US diplomat Amos Hochstein, the White House's special coordinator for energy security, is opposed to an exhaustive audit of Dan Gertler's assets. Several other officials want such a review to take place before sanctions imposed on the Israeli billionaire since 2017 are lifted.

Subscribers only Mining 10.04.2024

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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?

Cobalt

Morocco
Investors continue to circle round Jbiel mine

Cameroon
Sam Jonah's battery metal plans with Tronic Metals

Spotlight | DRC
Tshisekedi's brother's dealings in Lualaba province

DRC, Zambia
Mercuria restructures metals trading division with sights set on African copper

DRC
Gécamines subsidiary EGC refocuses Trafigura alliance

DRC
Lualaba Power's Nzilo II power station contract under renewed threat

Spotlight | Morocco
Washington comes to terms with prospect of Chinese gigafactories

Zimbabwe
Lithium: Britain's Premier African Minerals finally to start production

DRC
Gécamines tries to block Chemaf sale to Chinese firm

DRC
Gécamines and ERG seek to bury the hatchet

Zimbabwe
Behind the scenes of Algy Cluff's lithium project

Morocco
After copper, KCM positions itself on cobalt

DRC
Washington divided over Dan Gertler audit

Botswana
China Minmetals invests heavily in Khoemacau copper mine

Madagascar
Madagascar in trouble with Tokyo over Ambatovy mining debt

DRC
Buenassa builds ties in US to raise funds for cobalt refinery

DRC
DRC mining execs expected in Tokyo in early April

Cameroon
Phoenix Mining and SNI bury the hatchet over Nkamouna cobalt

Guinea
China and US groups battle for Trans-Guinean contract

Angola
Africa Global Logistics appoints new Lobito boss

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Cobalt

Morocco Investors continue to circle round Jbiel mine

Cameroon Sam Jonah's battery metal plans with Tronic Metals

Spotlight | DRC Tshisekedi's brother's dealings in Lualaba province

DRC, Zambia Mercuria restructures metals trading division with sights set on African copper

DRC Gécamines subsidiary EGC refocuses Trafigura alliance

DRC Lualaba Power's Nzilo II power station contract under renewed threat

Spotlight | Morocco Washington comes to terms with prospect of Chinese gigafactories

Zimbabwe Lithium: Britain's Premier African Minerals finally to start production

DRC Gécamines tries to block Chemaf sale to Chinese firm

DRC Gécamines and ERG seek to bury the hatchet

Zimbabwe Behind the scenes of Algy Cluff's lithium project

Morocco After copper, KCM positions itself on cobalt

DRC Washington divided over Dan Gertler audit

Botswana China Minmetals invests heavily in Khoemacau copper mine

Madagascar Madagascar in trouble with Tokyo over Ambatovy mining debt

DRC Buenassa builds ties in US to raise funds for cobalt refinery

DRC DRC mining execs expected in Tokyo in early April

Cameroon Phoenix Mining and SNI bury the hatchet over Nkamouna cobalt

Guinea China and US groups battle for Trans-Guinean contract

Angola Africa Global Logistics appoints new Lobito boss

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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?

Morocco
Investors continue to circle round Jbiel mine

Cameroon
Sam Jonah's battery metal plans with Tronic Metals

Spotlight | DRC
Tshisekedi's brother's dealings in Lualaba province

DRC, Zambia
Mercuria restructures metals trading division with sights set on African copper

DRC
Gécamines subsidiary EGC refocuses Trafigura alliance

DRC
Lualaba Power's Nzilo II power station contract under renewed threat

Spotlight | Morocco
Washington comes to terms with prospect of Chinese gigafactories

Zimbabwe
Lithium: Britain's Premier African Minerals finally to start production

DRC
Gécamines tries to block Chemaf sale to Chinese firm

DRC
Gécamines and ERG seek to bury the hatchet

Zimbabwe
Behind the scenes of Algy Cluff's lithium project

Morocco
After copper, KCM positions itself on cobalt

DRC
Washington divided over Dan Gertler audit

Botswana
China Minmetals invests heavily in Khoemacau copper mine

Madagascar
Madagascar in trouble with Tokyo over Ambatovy mining debt

DRC
Buenassa builds ties in US to raise funds for cobalt refinery

DRC
DRC mining execs expected in Tokyo in early April

Cameroon
Phoenix Mining and SNI bury the hatchet over Nkamouna cobalt

Guinea
China and US groups battle for Trans-Guinean contract

Angola
Africa Global Logistics appoints new Lobito boss