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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.

DRC
New Yorker holding company Nimba Group opens shop in Kinshasa

The New York-based investment holding company Nimba Group, which boasts an active minerals and metals trading branch, has taken an [...]

Subscribers only Mining 29.10.2019

DRC
Lubumbashi slag heap processing unit back in action

Idle since 2017 following the heated scuffle between George Forrest international and Gécamines, the Lubumbashi tailings processing unit is up and running again.

Subscribers only Mining 15.10.2019

DRC
Bankers Cobalt ready to bank on lithium to woo investors

Cobalt content analyses of its permits and the falling price of the metal has prompted Bankers Cobalt to consider highlighting its lithium potential ahead of its next capital raise.

Subscribers only Mining 15.10.2019

DRC
Washington's good cop/bad cop traceability strategy

While the US secretary of state has signed a battery metals good governance partnership with Kinshasa, his Homeland Security peers have decided to stop importing gold from DRC precisely due to a lack of good governance!

Subscribers only Mining 15.10.2019

DRC
Coltan Valley pushes for mining industry to adopt tech hubs

With his aptly named Coltan Valley, Eric Mutonji has grand plans to set up tech hubs across the DRC where electronics companies, digital developers and battery manufacturers can source their battery and 3TG metals directly.

Subscribers only Mining 15.10.2019

Mauritania
Nouakchott keen to register list of strategic minerals

After holding on to his seat as Mauritania's minister of petroleum, energy and mining in the recent cabinet reshuffle (AEI [...]

Subscribers only Mining 01.10.2019

Zambia
Oilman Julian Hammond dons new copper and cobalt hat

With his junior mining firm Zamare Minerals, Julian Hammond, the executive better known for his oil & gas ventures, has moved into several Zambian mining permits.

Subscribers only Mining 01.10.2019

Zambia
Qatar Mining delves into country's mining potential

Qatar Mining, a firm wholly owned by the state of [...]

Subscribers only Mining 01.10.2019

Namibia
Viriathus helps uranium explorers win over American investors

A year after counselling Australian mining firm Deep Yellow, owner [...]

Subscribers only Mining 01.10.2019

Madagascar
Andry Rajoelina's chief of staff on her way to Ottawa?

It has been a stressful week for Stephanie Delmotte, the [...]

Subscribers only Politics 20.09.2019

Guinea
Washington takes an interest in Conakry's strategic minerals

When on a visit to Washington in September, Guinean president Alpha Conde was able to present his country's strategic minerals, [...]