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	Africa Mining Intelligence /Latest Issue

N°231

Paris, 07/21/2010

Country Channels

Gaelle Arenson

ZAMBIA

Editor in Chief

A New Copper Hub - for China

The days have long passed when Anglo American ruled the roost in Zambia’s copper industry. After the mining giant’s spectacular departure in 2002, copper mining went from bad to worse in the country and that lasted untilVedanta Resources (which rehabilitated the Konkola Copper Mines) and specially China Nonferrous Metal Mining Group Co Ltd (CNMC) arrived to turn matters around. (...)

EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION


CONGO-K/UGANDA
Victoria Gold Star Refinery Struggling
Inaugurated with considerable fanfare in Kampala in May, the Victoria Gold Star refinery owned by Russian businessman Yuri Bogoroditskyl is experiencing difficulties. (...) [247 words] [$5.4]


CONGO-K
Is Kazakhstan’s ENRC Eyeing KMT?
The Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation (ENRC), a firm co-founded by Patokh Chodiev, Alijan Ibragimov and Alexander Mashkevitch, is reportedly toying with the idea of buying Kingamyambo Musonoi Tailings (KMT). (...) [195 words] [$5.4]

STRATEGIES

Kinshasa

Transparency: Lobbying of US Congress Pays Off
[151 words] [$1.8]

Moscow

Zuma to Raise Nuclear Cooperation with Russia
[96 words] [$1.8]

Windhoek

Indians on Lookout for Opportunities
[63 words] [$1.8]


BURKINA FASO
Wadi Seeks Arbitrage on Tambao’s Manganese
The current bidding round to award mining rights for the Tambao manganese project (see AMI’s last issue ) is being carefully monitored by Wadi Al Rawda Industrial Investments. (...) [270 words] [$5.4]


IVORY COAST
Talks on Funding San Pedro’s Minerals Terminal
Some progress appears to have been made in talks with the African Development Bank (ADB) on bankrolling a minerals terminal at the port of San Pedro, the second biggest in Ivory Coast. (...) [169 words] [$5.4]


ZAMBIA
Sakeni Turns Hand to Manganese
After serving as deputy home affairs minister during the presidency of Levy Mwanawasa, Kennedy Sakeni threw himself into the manganese business. (...) [212 words] [$5.4]


CAMEROON
Koko Enterprise’s Business Footprint
The Cameroon & Korea Mining Corp, in which Koko Enterprise Co. Ltd bought a stake in March, has reached an agreement with the authorities in Yaounde to mine for diamonds near Yakadouma. (...) [188 words] [$5.4]


SENEGAL
New Gold Mine at Sabodala
In the wake of Mineral Deposits Ltd., which inaugurated the first gold mine at Sabodala in March, 2009, Oromin Exploration Ltd (listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange) is due to shortly start building a new gold mine in the area. (...) [223 words] [$5.4]

FUNDING

NAMIBIA
Itochu Buys Stake in Extract Resources
[64 words] [$1.8]

KENYA
Fresh Interest in Kwale
[84 words] [$1.8]

MOZAMBIQUE
Benga Shifting into Higher Gear
[62 words] [$1.8]

CONGO-K
World Bank Warns Congo-K
[98 words] [$1.8]

LOOKING AHEAD


	IVORY COAST Perseus to Meet with Ivorian Minister in Fall [65 words] [$1.8]


	TANZANIA Kibo Mining Calls on Tanzanian Mining Expert [65 words] [$1.8]


	MOZAMBIQUE Baobab Teams Identifies Partner in Mozambique [66 words] [$1.8]

WHO'S WHO


	ZAMBIA
	Maureen Mwanawasa
	Former first lady and wife of late president Levy Mwanawasa, Maureen Mwanawasa retains the influence she accumulated during the seven-year presidency of her husband. (...) [165 words] [$5.4]


	NIGER
	Sebastien de Montessus
	Going against tradition, France’s Areva is about to talk about its operations in Niger. Sebastien de Montessus, head of the company’s Business Unit Mines, will meet with journalists at Areva’s headquarters on Rue La Fayette in Paris for a working breakfast on July 20. (...) [81 words] [$5.4]


	SOUTH AFRICA
	Cyril Ramaphosa
	A former union chief - he founded the South Africa Trade Union - who went on to become a prominent businessman, Cyril Ramaphosa, can add a new trophy to his collection. (...) [166 words] [$5.4]


	SIERRA LEONE
	Liu Guoping
	An economist and vice president of the China Railway Materials Commercial Corp., Liu Guoping has been named non-executive director of African Minerals Ltd. (...) [144 words] [$5.4]


	ETHIOPIA
	Felichismi Mwijage
	Nyota Minerals Ltd’s gold project at Tulu Kapi in Ethiopia is gaining momentum. At the behest of its boss, Melissa Sturgess, Noyta has just named Felichismi Mwijage as its new project geologist. (...) [83 words] [$5.4]

NOT TO BE MISSED


	Johannesburg, 16-17/08 A meeting on the new challenges facing the coal industry is to be held in Johannesburg on Aug. 16-17. To take part in “Coal Energy Africa 2010” contact Andrew Dooley at 27 21 700 3531, www. (...)


	Johannesburg, 22-30/09 A meeting on compliance with safety and health standards entitled “Excellence in Mine Health and Safety Summit” will be held in Johannesburg between Sept. (...)


	Gaborone, 18-21/10 IRR Conferences is organizing a conference between Oct. 18-21 at the Grand Palm Hotel in Gaborone in Botswana concerning the local mining industry. (...)


	Cape Town, 10-12, 11 Minerals Engineering International will organize a conference on different ways of processing minerals at Cape Town in South Africa between Nov. (...)


	London, Sept./Oct./Nov. The Mining Journal is organizing a series of seminars in the autumn in London: the “Gold Day” in September; the “Iron/Steel Day in September); the “Base Metals Day” in October; the “Southern Africa Day” in October, and the “Australia Day” on Nov. (...)