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10/03/2010

AFRICA MINING INTELLIGENCE n°222

EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION

FQM and IFC Turn Up Pressure over KMT

First Quantum Minerals Ltd (FQM) and its partners in the Kingamyambo Musonoi Tailings (KMT) project, in particular the International Finance Corporation (IFC), part of the World Bank, and South Africa’s Industrial Development Corporation (IDC), are ratcheting up the pressure. (...) [248 words] [4€]

10/03/2010

AFRICA MINING INTELLIGENCE n°222

EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION

Way is Clear for BHP Billiton Inga Project

A decision by energy ministers from countries in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to put the Western Corridor Joint Venture Company (Westcor) into liquidation by June leaves the way open for BHP Billiton. (...) [267 words] [4€]

10/03/2010

AFRICA MINING INTELLIGENCE n°222

STRATEGIES

Forrest Airline to Take Off in Mid-2010

Forrest Group and Brussels Airlines are planning to launch a new airline named Korongo, to be based at Lubumbashi, later this year. (...) [105 words] [1.3€]

10/03/2010

AFRICA MINING INTELLIGENCE n°222

EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION

Hong Kong Court Upholds Debt Claim

The Congolese government and the semi-state-owned companyGecamines, which have already lost out on almost half of a USD 50 million entry fee owed by China Railway Group (AMI n°220), have just suffered another setback which could set a legal precedent. (...) [254 words] [FREE]

03/03/2010

AFRICA ENERGY INTELLIGENCE n°623

WHO'S WHO

Gustave Beya Siku

In a cabinet re-shuffle on Feb. 19, the deputy oil minister, Gustave Beya Siku, was appointed to the key post of chief-of-staff to Congolese president Joseph Kabila. (...) [142 words] [4€]

03/03/2010

AFRICA ENERGY INTELLIGENCE n°623

WHO'S WHO

Gilbert Tshiongo Tshibunkubula

Congo-K’s new energy minister, 67-year-old Gilbert Tshiongo Tshibinkubula Wa Tumba, is a legislator from Western Kasai province, a constituency in which he briefly served as governor in 2006. (...) [181 words] [4€]

03/03/2010

AFRICA ENERGY INTELLIGENCE n°623

OIL

A Kabila Stalwart as Oil Boss

The new oil minister, Celestin Mbuyu Kabango, who was appointed on Feb. 19, hails from the Katanga region like president Joseph Kabila, to whom he is close. (...) [283 words] [4€]

03/03/2010

AFRICA ENERGY INTELLIGENCE n°623

OIL

EnerGulf Puts Out Call to Israelis

The American firm EnerGulf Resources, which is exploring in the Congolese block of Lotshi, has contracted Geophysical Institute of Israel (GII) to shoot 2D seismics in the area. (...) [119 words] [1.3€]

24/02/2010

AFRICA MINING INTELLIGENCE n°221

EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION

Rio Tinto Targets Western Province’s Iron Ore

Rio Tinto seems taken with iron ore in Western Province, which contains 5 billion tonnes according to the Agence Nationale de Promotion des Investissements (ANAPI). (...) [181 words] [4€]

24/02/2010

AFRICA MINING INTELLIGENCE n°221

EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION

Kinshasa Readies for International Arbitrage

On February 12 the Congolese minister for the plan, Olivier Kamitatu, announced that the government of Congo would abide by the decision of the Paris International Chamber of Commerce’s (ICC) Arbitration Court in a case against it brought by First Quantum Minerals (FQM) of Canada. (...) [237 words] [4€]

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