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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.

Tanzania
Adavale's arrival steered by country expert

After a busy spell exploring cobalt and copper in DRC via Olympic Exploration for the past few months (AMI 422), [...]

Free access Mining 28.01.2020

DRC
Ex-electoral commission officers confirm mining goals

With his mission for DRC's national independent electoral commission, the CENI, officially over since June last year, even though no [...]

Subscribers only Mining 28.01.2020

DRC
Ventora debacle throws up hurdles for Gécamines triumvirate

Albert Yuma, chairman of the board at Gécamines, was not [...]

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Spotlight | Document | Guinea
Turkish tycoon and Erdogan pal, Ahmet Calik embarks on mining adventure

Riding on the honeymoon phase of Ankara and Conakry's political and economic relations (WAN 811), Turkish billionaire Ahmet Calik, who is close to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has secured a strategic mining alliance with the Guinean government.

Subscribers only Mining 14.01.2020

Ahmet Calik's mining projects.

DRC
IFC fails to block scheme to restructure Tiger Resources' debt

The international finance institution's request to have a scheme to turn around Tiger's finances stayed has been rejected.

Subscribers only Mining 14.01.2020

DRC
ENRC goes after Deloitte in US for proof against Dechert

ENRC has filed an application to conduct discovery on Deloitte to show that its former Dechert lawyer leaked confidential information about the firm.

Free access Mining 14.01.2020

Botswana, Namibia
Virgo sees takeover as way to finance copper projects

The mining junior Virgo has called it quits on its IPO and is examining other ways to finance the exploration of its copper permits.

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Zambia
ZCCM-IH starts the hunt for gold at Mwinilunga

Zambia's national mining firm ZCCM-Investments Holdings (ZCCM-IH), which is about [...]

Subscribers only Mining 14.01.2020

DRC
Katanga Mining settles debt with Glencore thanks to… Glencore

Katanga Mining, a copper and cobalt miner active in DRC [...]

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Spotlight | Equatorial Guinea
Who are the pioneers heading into the country's mines?

Despite being relatively unknown in the mining industry, most of the five firms awarded blocks in Equatorial Guinea's first ever mining licencing round EG Ronda 2019 Mining (AMI 448) have African mining veterans aboard. Specialists - While Oro Sac Corp, [.

Subscribers only Mining 24.12.2019

Guinea
Dynamic swaps ex-Alufer boss with ex-GAC chief to run the show

After British national Danny Keating stepped down as managing director of Dynamic Mining to develop other mining projects in Africa [...]

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Zambia
ZCCM-IH hoping for a new El Dorado in Rufunsa gold

As part of its strategy to diversify its assets beyond copper and cobalt (AMI 443), Zambia's national mining firm ZCCM-Investments [...]

Subscribers only Mining 24.12.2019

DRC
International SOS knocked off balance by TFM price demands?

The Chinese management of the Tenke Fungurume mine is understood to have asked such a drop in prices that International SOS would struggle to keep its contract.

Subscribers only Mining 24.12.2019

DRC
Albert Yuma's vision of Gécamines, the cobalt trader

On December 17, Gécamines chairman Albert Yuma Mulimbi announced that the national firm would be creating a new Entreprise Générale [...]

Subscribers only Mining 24.12.2019

DRC
Tarun Rautela looking for mining opportunities in the country

Congo Resource, a company registered in Kinshasa on December 5 [...]

Subscribers only Mining 24.12.2019

Zambia
ZCCM-IH scours former zinc and lead mine for traces of vanadium

Zambia's national mining investments and operations company ZCCM-Investments Holdings (ZCCM-IH) [...]

Subscribers only Mining 24.12.2019

Guinea
Former Vale mining experts branch out into consulting

Geologists Félix Niankoye Balamou and Cécé Césaire Haba created Global [...]

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Zambia
Glencore freed of paying damages to Mopani mine neighbour

On November 28, the supreme court of Zambia chose to [...]

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Africa, Turkey
Erdogan's Africa team

Turkey's remarkably swift penetration of the continent's markets has been overseen directly by President Erdogan, aided by key advisors.

Subscribers only Politics 18.12.2019

DRC
Ogefrem relaunches Kasumbalesa dry port project

Congolese authorities have turned to the African Development Bank to help them out of the financial impasse that has stalled the facility's construction.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 16.12.2019

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