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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.

DRC
Power shortages a boon to Tembo

France’s Raphael Khalifa and the Congolese national Eric Monga Mumba have teamed up on a number of private electricity projects for mining companies in Katanga.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Mining 21.02.2017

Algeria
Bahrain’s Mercury MENA looks for prestige projects

Bahrain-based building and civil engineering group Mercury MENA, which is owned by the Pakistani Tahir family, has set up a [...]

Free access Business 16.02.2017

Angola
Indaba 2017: Francisco Queiroz pulls out all the stops to court miners

As Angolan president Jose Eduardo dos Santos is intent on compensating for a drop in oil revenue with fresh mining [...]

Subscribers only 07.02.2017

Zambia
ZCCM-IH plans to hit out at Glencore

The board of the holding company is working on a court action against its partner in the Mopani mine.

Subscribers only Mining 07.02.2017

Botswana
Tsimako presses ahead on Khoemacau copper program

Intent on kicking off production on the Khoemacau copper project in Botswana in 2019, Johannes Tsimako, regional boss of the [...]

Subscribers only Mining 07.02.2017

DRC
Albert Yuma Mulimbi under attack by "Patriotes Katangais"

In a letter sent in mid-December to employees of Gecamines, the Patriotes Katangais Aile Radicale political party cast doubt over [...]

Subscribers only Mining 07.02.2017

DRC
Good news for Glencore on electricity front in late 2017

Although Glencore is entangled in legal difficulties in Zambia, where [...]

Subscribers only Mining 07.02.2017

Namibia
Rolf Gerritsen spearheads makeover of China Africa Resources

The new chief of China Africa Resources (CAR), Paul Johnson, [...]

Subscribers only Mining 07.02.2017

DRC, Zambia
A dangerous ride for the Copperbelt’s truck drivers

Because copper is mainly transported by road, complaints by truck drivers about growing insecurity have stirred worry among mining companies.

Subscribers only Mining 24.01.2017

Zambia
ZCCM-IH's head finally out of the water

With Vedanta on the point of paying a big compensation package and an operational board, ZCCM-IH is starting 2017 better than expected.

Subscribers only Mining 24.01.2017

Africa
Struggling ERG firm hopes to turn the tide

Locked in a dispute with his directors, the chairman of [...]

Subscribers only Mining 24.01.2017

DRC
Glencore could be poised to invest anew in Katanga's copper

Anticipating a rebound in the demand and price for copper, the trading company could invest fresh money in its assets in Congo-K.

Subscribers only Mining 10.01.2017

Zambia
ZCCM-IH sees bigger future for it in manganese

Despite an expected rise in the copper price in coming [...]

Subscribers only Mining 10.01.2017

South Sudan
Coipa International snares its permit

While an offensive by South Sudanese militia is curbing operations [...]

Subscribers only Mining 10.01.2017

Africa, France
Nicolas Verdier, formerly from La Mancha, opens his own consultancy

Nicolas Verdier, a former project manager for La Mancha, the [...]

Subscribers only Mining 10.01.2017

Zambia
ZCCM-IH counts on Maamba's power capacity to boost revenue

ZCCM-IH is increasing the output at the Maamba collieries power plant to make it the holding company’s second biggest source of revenue.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Mining 20.12.2016

DRC
CMOC resists what it sees as Gecamines putsch at Tenke

The appointment of a provisional administrator for Tenke Fungurume Mining has triggered a pitched battle within the firm.

Subscribers only Mining 20.12.2016

Congo
Soremi appears set to start copper production in 2017

The Congolese subsidiary of state-owned China National Gold Group Corp, [...]

Subscribers only Mining 20.12.2016

Zambia
Sullivan takes ZCCM-IH’s side against First Quantum

Contrary to what we reported in our last issue (AMI [...]

Subscribers only Mining 20.12.2016

Zambia
Clifford Chance backs ZCCM-IH against First Quantum

The state-owned holding group Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines-Investments Holdings (ZCCM-IH) [...]

Subscribers only Mining 06.12.2016

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