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Iron

There are very few known pockets of iron ore mining on the African continent yet given its many industrial properties it has become a high-stakes resource with political and financial ramifications. The are several iron ore research projects on the go, including Guinea's gigantic Simandou, Nimba and Zogota deposits.

Nigeria
Authorities to meet with Australian miners on their turf

The Nigerian government is clearly willing to open the purse [...]

Subscribers only Mining 28.01.2020

Mauritania
SNIM's anti-waste strategy takes hold

In its fight to reduce pollution from its iron ore [...]

Subscribers only Mining 28.01.2020

Angola
Who's calling the shots on the mining bid?

A panel of five Angolan administration veterans will be examining the bids of the eleven companies that took part in [...]

Subscribers only 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.

Subscribers only Mining 14.01.2020

Spotlight | Africa, Brazil
Jair Bolsonaro's African comeback

After a decade of absence against a backdrop of financial crisis, Brazil under its current president Jair Bolsonaro is preparing a large-scale African comeback in an attempt to return to the years of plenty under its former leader Luiz Inácio [.

Subscribers only Politics 08.01.2020

Spotlight | Africa, Brazil
Jair Bolsonaro's African comeback

After a decade of absence against a backdrop of financial crisis, Brazil under its current president Jair Bolsonaro is preparing a large-scale African comeback in an attempt to return to the years of plenty under its former leader Luiz Inácio [.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 08.01.2020

Guinea
Has China's steel giant Baowu locked its sights on Simandou iron ore?

Following suit from Chinalco, another Chinese group - China Baowu Steel Group - seems to be interested in taking a [...]

Subscribers only Mining 24.12.2019

Guinea
Will Unesco approve of iron ore mining at Mount Nimba?

In 2020, Unesco should assess what impact Robert Friedland and Aboubacar Sampil's iron ore projects could have on the Mount Nimba nature reserve that was inscribed on the world heritage list in 1981.

Subscribers only Mining 24.12.2019

Angola
João Diniz dos Santos preparing for life after Ferrangol

Although the state-owned firm in charge of all mining except [...]

Subscribers only Mining 24.12.2019

Guinea
SMB sets up branch to lead Simandou project

To develop blocks 1 and 2 of the Guinea iron [...]

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 [...]

Subscribers only Mining 24.12.2019

Sierra Leone
Jenner & Block defend Freetown against Gerald Group over Marampa iron ore

To defend its version of the facts over the removal [...]

Subscribers only Mining 24.12.2019

South Africa
Manngwe connects into Maputo line to export iron ore to Asia

Manngwe Mining is looking for funds to build a siding from its mine to the railway line out to Maputo and make it easier to export its ore to Asian clients.

Free access Infrastructure, Mining 10.12.2019

Mauritania
SNIM improves cash flow by alternating buyers

Mauritania's financially-weakened national mining and industry firm Société nationale industrielle et minière (SNIM) has been able to take some of [...]

Subscribers only Mining 10.12.2019

Angola
Iron and steel giant Tosyali brightens future with diamond unit

The Turkish steel manufacturer Tosyali has signed a deal with the Angolan government to develop a diamond processing plant in the mineral-rich province of Lunda-Sul.

Subscribers only Mining 10.12.2019

Guinea
Simandou: Rio Tinto and Chinalco meet their new neighbour

Ahead of their trip to Conakry on December 4 to [...]

Subscribers only Mining 10.12.2019

Congo
Sapro preparing a second shipment of iron ore

Sapro's mining arm was planning to export a new cargo [...]

Subscribers only Mining 10.12.2019

Guinea
Rebar producer Odhav adds bauxite to portfolio

The Indian rebar manufacturer Odhav Multi Industries submitted an application [...]

Subscribers only Mining 10.12.2019

Guinea
Dynamic receives $10 million for bauxite from AFC

The Africa Finance Corp (AFC) has helped Dynamic Mining step [...]

Subscribers only Finance, Mining 10.12.2019

Guinea
Simandou: Frank Maas to find neutral ground in BSGR vs. Vale match

To settle their differences over certain aspects of the US lawsuit in which they are pitted against each other, the two firms have called in a neutral arbitrator.

Subscribers only Mining 26.11.2019

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