Africa Mining Intelligence: Africa's Mining Operators, Companies, Exploration, Production, Biographies

My Account

E-mail

Password

Reminder

Create an account

	Africa Mining Intelligence /Latest Issue

N°232

Paris, 08/25/2010

Country Channels

Gaelle Arenson

GHANA

Editor in Chief

New Stab at Refining Country’s Gold

Is South Africa’s “monopoly” on gold refining in Africa on its last legs? Although it has long gathered dust on the shelf of successive governments in Accra, a project to build a gold refinery in the former Gold Coast has surfaced once again. (...)

EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION


NIGER
Areva in Hot Seat in its African Bastion
France’s Areva finds itself facing stiff challenges in Niger, where it remains the leading private employer. Famine is threatening the country and its president, Salou Djibo, met with the boss of the group, Anne Lauvergeon, last month in Paris to appeal for her help. (...) [373 words] [$5.4]


NIGER
GoviEx Zeros in on Anou Melle
On the strength of a rights issue that netted USD 5 million on top of the USD 20 million it has already raised this year, GoviEx Uranium plans to buy new drilling rigs. (...) [202 words] [$5.4]

STRATEGIES

Accra

More Royalties for Local Government in Ashanti
[98 words] [$1.8]

Tokyo

Japanese Traders Touring Africa
[129 words] [$1.8]

Kigali

US Regulations Put Pressure on Government
[83 words] [$1.8]


MOZAMBIQUE
Coal Opportunities Lure Investors
With several companies poised to begin production, Mozambique’s coal reserves are still stirring lust among investors. Hing Qinghua, president of the Chinese group of the same name based in Inner Mongolia, travelled to Maputo early this month to sniff out opportunities. (...) [282 words] [$5.4]


CONGO-K
Sicomines Set for Production Start in October
Sicomines is due to begin mining copper and cobalt in October following a visit to Katanga in the first half of August by Moise Ekanga, executive secretary of a Sino-Congolese coordination bureau. (...) [182 words] [$5.4]


URANIUM
Pilot Scheme for Bakouma
France’s Areva group has focused in recent months on a pilot scheme after a choppy start to the year when it was reprimanded by mines minister Sylvain Ndoutingai concerning the timetable for beginning to extract uranium at Bakouma (AMI 119). (...) [220 words] [$5.4]


ZAMBIA
Step-Up in Kabwe Manganese Production
Formed in May, Alegra Mining, a joint venture that operates the project at Kabwe, has shifted into higher gear. (...) [190 words] [$5.4]


NAMIBIA
Namdeb Seeks Funding for Expansion Drive
After resolving a tug of war with unions - it granted a 10% hike in wages to workers who walked off the job for two days in July - Namdeb unveiled a major investment program in August. (...) [205 words] [$5.4]

FUNDING

BOTSWANA
DiamondCorp Mounts Quest for Lace's Diamonds
[84 words] [$1.8]

MOZAMBIQUE
Tax Sweeteners for Noventa Ltd in Maputo
[100 words] [$1.8]

CONGO-K
ENRC, New Master of Katanga
[156 words] [$1.8]

LOOKING AHEAD


	LIBYA Libya's New Gold and Diamond Markets [73 words] [$1.8]


	MOZAMBIQUE Tender for Chibuto’s Titanium [57 words] [$1.8]


	CAMEROON Hebei Eyes Mbalam Iron Ore [62 words] [$1.8]


	ZAMBIA Macrolink in Copper Play [41 words] [FREE]

WHO'S WHO


	SOUTH AFRICA
	Jacob Zuma
	South African president Jacob Zuma was due to carry out a state visit to China between Aug. 24-26. (...) [130 words] [$5.4]


	TANZANIA
	Joseph Drake-Brockman
	East Africa Resources Ltd., formerly Austral Africa Resources Ltd., is betting the farm on uranium in Tanzania after selling its copper and cobalt smelter in Democratic Republic of Congo. (...) [112 words] [$5.4]


	AFRICA
	Steven McTiernan
	First Quantum Minerals is fleshing out its board of directors as turmoil prevails over its holdings in Congo-K (see also p3): (...) [133 words] [$5.4]


	MOZAMBIQUE
	Jan Nelson
	The chief executive officer of Pan African Resources in South Africa, Jan Nelson, has set the spur to his gold project in Manica province in Mozambique. (...) [143 words] [$5.4]


	TANZANIA
	Bonnie Jenkins
	Washington is pushing ahead its cooperation with the Tanzanian authorities in the nuclear energy field. For some years, Dar es Salaam has displayed a keen interest in its uranium resources. (...) [81 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. (...)