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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
Acacia Mining threatens to pull up stakes

Tanzania’s government is totally at odds with Acacia Mining, formerly [...]

Subscribers only Business 26.05.2017

Angola
Will the future president want to open road to diamonds and copper?

Joao Lourenco wants to expand two railway lines to evacuate Angolan diamonds but he might also want to capture a share of the mining transport business out of Katanga, in Congo-K.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Mining 23.05.2017

West Africa
Double legal serving for Frank Timis

The Paris International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) is finally about to start arbitral proceedings between the Burkinabe state and Pan [...]

Subscribers only Mining 23.05.2017

Namibia
Mining baron Robert Schafer strides into Africa

For the past several weeks, Robert Schafer, a familiar name in Russian, North American and Australian mining, has been looking [...]

Subscribers only Mining 23.05.2017

DRC
China flexes its muscles in Copperbelt

China is pulling out all the stops, both financial and diplomatic, to win over the Congolese authorities and retain its interests in Katanga’s mines.

Subscribers only Mining 23.05.2017

Morocco
Yahya Zinbi on the hunt for buyers of its copper

At the head of the Kharrouba Copper Mining Morocco (KCMM), a Moroccan-based subsidiary of Canadian firm Kharrouba Copper Co, which [...]

Subscribers only Mining 23.05.2017

Spotlight | DRC
Glencore and Trafigura caught in Katanga tangle

The elections scheduled in 2017 to determine Congo-K president Joseph Kabila's successor are disrupting the country's economy. The unsettling climate is taking its toll on trading firms Glencore and Trafigura, who dominate copper and cobalt trading in Katanga.

Subscribers only Mining 09.05.2017

Zambia
Who is ZCCM-IH’s future investor Baruch Halpert?

According to Africa Mining Intelligence’s information, Israeli investment fund Sapir Capital boss, Baruch Halpert, was in Lusaka last week to [...]

Subscribers only Mining 09.05.2017

DRC
First Cobalt forms dream team to secure foothold in Copperbelt

To make sure its new move into Katanga’s cobalt is a success, First Colbalt has brought in experts both in the area and the metal.

Subscribers only Mining 09.05.2017

Africa
Sparring match between mining broker Zai and LSE

Brokering firm for mining investment fund Polo Resources on the London Stock Exchange, Zai Corporate Finance is the target of disciplinary proceedings it would rather do without.

Subscribers only Mining 09.05.2017

Madagascar
Phil Hearse bets on Ianapera and Maniry graphite

Australian metallurgist Phil Hearse is planning to list mining junior BlackEarth Minerals on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) by the [...]

Subscribers only Mining 09.05.2017

Africa
EU wants top spot in offshore mineral exploration

On May 4 and 5, the combined council of ministers [...]

Subscribers only Mining 09.05.2017

Zambia
China’s MMG gaining ground in Zambia

In early April, MMG, affiliate of Chinese state-owned firm China [...]

Subscribers only Mining 09.05.2017

DRC
Eric Monga energised more than ever to cover electricity shortages

Worried that Katanga’s electricity shortage will atrophy the mining resurgence, Eric Monga is looking to import electricity from South Africa.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Mining 25.04.2017

DRC
Is Gecamines cashing out its copper ?

Ignoring a balance sheet in the red, Gecamines recently signed a deal to export copper that seems to its disadvantage.

Subscribers only Mining 25.04.2017

Cameroon
New defeat for opponent to financing of Geovic

Economist Eugene Nyambal has been struck another blow in his legal fight against the IMF’s funding of the Geovic mine project in Cameroon.

Subscribers only Mining 25.04.2017

Zambia
Christopher Yaluma courts investors in London

On April 25, Christopher Yaluma, Zambia’s mines minister, using the [...]

Subscribers only Mining 25.04.2017

Tanzania
Acacia Mining doesn’t blink in showdown with government

Acacia Mining is about to challenge a government ban on [...]

Subscribers only Business 07.04.2017

Africa
Alan Davies moving on after Rio Tinto

The target of an international financial investigation into the conditions in which the Simandou iron blocks were awarded in Guinea [...]

Subscribers only Mining 04.04.2017

DRC
Chinese military join forces with king of Morocco for Pumpi’s copper

Keenly focused on expanding into West African gold (AMI 384) [...]

Subscribers only Mining 04.04.2017

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