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Copper

Copper plays a key role in the economies of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia, and is produced throughout Africa, from Morocco in the north down to Botswana, Namibia and South Africa in the south and Uganda and Eritrea in the east.

Zambia
ZCCM-IH seeks outside help to lead charge on diversification plan

Now that its gold production arm ZCCM Gold Co is up and running (AMI 455), the Zambian state company ZCCM-Investments [...]

Subscribers only Mining 24.03.2020

Zambia
Upepo Energy presses on with feasibility study for Mpongwe hybrid plant

Meteorological towers came into service on March 19 at the site of Upepo Energy Zambia's future 150-MW wind-and-solar farm at [...]

Subscribers only Energy, Business 23.03.2020

DRC
Somika on track to double copper production by year-end 2020

The Congolese firm intends to open two new units near its copper production plant in Haut-Katanga and double its current output of 24,000 tonnes before the end of the year.

Subscribers only Mining 10.03.2020

Africa, DRC
Coronavirus encroaches on mining supply chains

The impact of the global coronavirus (Covid-19) epidemic that started [...]

Subscribers only Mining 10.03.2020

Africa
Sinochem and Sinomine join forces to double their scope

Chinese group Sinomine Resource Exploration Co has found a way to follow up on its spending spree in strategic mines [...]

Free access Mining 25.02.2020

Morocco
EBRD wants to recoup funds lost in CMS copper

The European development bank has ordered a revalorisation of the Compagnie minière de Seksaoua (CMS) to work out how it can recover the $15 million it injected in the site.

Subscribers only Mining 25.02.2020

Ivory Coast
Fakhoury family gives mining a shot

Yams Mining is waiting on the Ivorian ministry of mines [...]

Subscribers only Mining 25.02.2020

Angola
Anglo American creates copper exploration units

Anglo American, which branched out into copper, cobalt and nickel [...]

Subscribers only Mining 25.02.2020

DRC
MD Services promotes mineral wealth to Canadians

The DRC delegation's annual breakfast at the Investing in African [...]

Subscribers only Mining 25.02.2020

Nigeria
Refinery delays rack up as Kian Smith goes all in on gold permits

Kian Smith Trade & Co has still not opened its [...]

Subscribers only Mining 25.02.2020

Spotlight | Africa, DRC
How Erik Prince is building his niche on the continent

Since announcing his plans to invest in battery metals with much ado in early 2019, the American private security tycoon Erik Prince has been throwing money and staff to the task. His goal to build a portfolio of these speciality [.