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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
Kinshasa blocks Sicomines imports to force contract review

The state auditor is stepping up pressure on the miner owned by China and DRC in the hope of forcing the initial 2008 deal between Kinshasa and Beijing to be renegotiated.

Subscribers only Mining 19.01.2023

Madagascar
Ambatovy fine-tunes its industrial strategy

The Malagasy mining and industrial consortium wants to make the most of its upturn in profits from rising global nickel and copper prices. It has spoken with the ministry of industry and trade to learn of the terms required for building a new refinery.

Subscribers only Mining 09.01.2023

Morocco
Managem and Glencore fine-tune recycled cobalt project

In a bid to improve its image, the Swiss raw materials giant Glencore has teamed up with Morocco's Managem to produce 1,200 tonnes of recycled cobalt.

Subscribers only Mining, Commodity traders 03.01.2023

United States, Zambia
President Hichilema pampered by Biden administration in Washington

Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema has been lauded for reforms aimed at turning his country around and has won US support on several fronts. In exchange, Washington wants to secure a supply line for electric vehicle batteries.

Subscribers only Finance, Mining, Diplomacy 20.12.2022

President of Zambia Hakainde Hichilema at the US Capitol, Washington, DC, 13 December 2022.

Niger, Tunisia
Bazoum does solar business with Mohamed Ayachi Ajroudi

The Nigerien president and the boss of Power Invest Mediterranean are negotiating several major electricity generation projects.

Subscribers only Energy 15.12.2022

Mohamed Ayachi Ajroudi, at his home in Tunisia's coastal town of Hammamet on the 22 September 2020.

DRC
Probe into Sodimico deal with US rapper Akon's firm

A deposit deemed exhausted, a company dissolved in Wyoming, and commitments never fulfilled: the DRC's finance inspectorate is taking a close look at the US rapper Akon's adventures in the mines of Haut-Katanga province.

Subscribers only Mining 08.12.2022

Inner circles | DRC
Gécamines boss Kaputo Kalubi stymied by political interference

The close political and financial scrutiny of the DRC's state-owned mining firm is hobbling its efforts to develop Katanga's natural resources, and its new management team has been unable to carry out the necessary restructuring.

Subscribers only Mining 02.12.2022

Gécamines headquarters in Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo, on the 16th January 2021.

Angola, DRC
Trafigura and Vecturis get to work on relaunch of Kolwezi-Lobito rail freight corridor

The Swiss trading giant and its Belgian rail partner, which now hold the concession for operation of the line, are discussing with mining and logistics groups, as well as shipping companies.

Free access Infrastructure, Mining, Commodity traders, Central Africa 29.11.2022

Inner circles | Zimbabwe
Mnangagwa steps up pressure on ZMDC as general election looms

The Zimbabwean president is banking on the ZMDC, which he has radically overhauled, to get the country's stalled extractive sector moving again. The state-owned company, which manages the state's mining portfolio, is central to his government's economic strategy for winning the 2023 general election.

Subscribers only Mining, Politics 18.11.2022

Zimbabwean president Emmerson Mnangagwa.

Ivory Coast
Canada's Sama Resources surfs nickel wave with Ivory Coast digs

Cashing in on a nickel craze driven by demand for electric vehicle batteries, Canadian mining firm Sama Resources is expanding its explorations in Ivory Coast, backed by the tycoons Robert and Govind Friedland.

Subscribers only Mining 27.10.2022

In Focus | West Africa
Where next for mining's wild child, Robert Friedland?

From Singapore to Monrovia, via New York and Conakry, the American-Canadian tycoon Robert Friedland is one of the global mining sector's most flamboyant figures. Well established in the DR Congo, he is working behind the scenes in Conakry and Monrovia to expand his empire in West Africa.

Subscribers only Mining 24.10.2022

Ivanhoe Mines founder Robert Friedland at a conference in Cape Town in 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.

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.

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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

DRC
Kinshasa blocks Sicomines imports to force contract review

Madagascar
Ambatovy fine-tunes its industrial strategy

Morocco
Managem and Glencore fine-tune recycled cobalt project

United States, Zambia
President Hichilema pampered by Biden administration in Washington

Niger, Tunisia
Bazoum does solar business with Mohamed Ayachi Ajroudi

DRC
Probe into Sodimico deal with US rapper Akon's firm

Inner circles | DRC
Gécamines boss Kaputo Kalubi stymied by political interference

Angola, DRC
Trafigura and Vecturis get to work on relaunch of Kolwezi-Lobito rail freight corridor

Inner circles | Zimbabwe
Mnangagwa steps up pressure on ZMDC as general election looms

Ivory Coast
Canada's Sama Resources surfs nickel wave with Ivory Coast digs

In Focus | West Africa
Where next for mining's wild child, Robert Friedland?

Cameroon
Phoenix Mining manoeuvres in Yaoundé to relaunch Nkamouna cobalt project

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

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

DRC
Copper: final battle over Tiger Resources' takeover

Angola
Geoangol spearheads Luanda's mining strategy

Cameroon
Eramet looks beyond rutile

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Cobalt

DRC Kinshasa blocks Sicomines imports to force contract review

Madagascar Ambatovy fine-tunes its industrial strategy

Morocco Managem and Glencore fine-tune recycled cobalt project

United States, Zambia President Hichilema pampered by Biden administration in Washington

Niger, Tunisia Bazoum does solar business with Mohamed Ayachi Ajroudi

DRC Probe into Sodimico deal with US rapper Akon's firm

Inner circles | DRC Gécamines boss Kaputo Kalubi stymied by political interference

Angola, DRC Trafigura and Vecturis get to work on relaunch of Kolwezi-Lobito rail freight corridor

Inner circles | Zimbabwe Mnangagwa steps up pressure on ZMDC as general election looms

Ivory Coast Canada's Sama Resources surfs nickel wave with Ivory Coast digs

In Focus | West Africa Where next for mining's wild child, Robert Friedland?

Cameroon Phoenix Mining manoeuvres in Yaoundé to relaunch Nkamouna cobalt project

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

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

DRC Copper: final battle over Tiger Resources' takeover

Angola Geoangol spearheads Luanda's mining strategy

Cameroon Eramet looks beyond rutile

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About Africa Intelligence

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Africa Intelligence on social media

Indigo Publications' websites

Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

DRC
Kinshasa blocks Sicomines imports to force contract review

Madagascar
Ambatovy fine-tunes its industrial strategy

Morocco
Managem and Glencore fine-tune recycled cobalt project

United States, Zambia
President Hichilema pampered by Biden administration in Washington

Niger, Tunisia
Bazoum does solar business with Mohamed Ayachi Ajroudi

DRC
Probe into Sodimico deal with US rapper Akon's firm

Inner circles | DRC
Gécamines boss Kaputo Kalubi stymied by political interference

Angola, DRC
Trafigura and Vecturis get to work on relaunch of Kolwezi-Lobito rail freight corridor

Inner circles | Zimbabwe
Mnangagwa steps up pressure on ZMDC as general election looms

Ivory Coast
Canada's Sama Resources surfs nickel wave with Ivory Coast digs

In Focus | West Africa
Where next for mining's wild child, Robert Friedland?

Cameroon
Phoenix Mining manoeuvres in Yaoundé to relaunch Nkamouna cobalt project

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

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

DRC
Copper: final battle over Tiger Resources' takeover

Angola
Geoangol spearheads Luanda's mining strategy

Cameroon
Eramet looks beyond rutile