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Archive n° 273 - 05/09/2012

Gaelle Arenson

BURUNDI

Editor in Chief

Certification: turning up heat on Bujumbura

In step with rules of a mechanism established by the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR), a system to certify and trace minerals in Burundi (gold, cassiterite and coltan) is due to start functioning on December 15. However, there are numerous obstacles and if the deadline is missed exports of Burundi’s mining goods could simply be banned. (...) [280 words] [$11,2]

EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION


MALI
The tough tasks facing mines minister Toure
Appointed minister for trade, mines and industry in Cheick Mobido Diarra’s transitional government, Ahmadou Toure is under extreme pressure to reassure investors in what is a highly unstable political and security environment. (...) [297 words] [$7]


BOTSWANA
African Energy in railway talks
African Energy Resources is very much on the move these days. The Australian junior plans to wind up a feasibility study on its Sese coal project in Botswana by the end of the year. (...) [255 words] [$7]

STRATEGIES

Conakry

Gold refining to resume at Kiniero
[81 words] [$2,1]

Abidjan

IAMGOLD intent on planting flag
[110 words] [$2,1]

Accra

Gold drives growth
[128 words] [$2,1]


SOUTH AFRICA
Continental Coal builds up Ferreira for starters
An unknown operator on South Africa’s coal scene just two years ago, Continental Coal Ltd is making up for lost time. (...) [166 words] [$7]


NAMIBIA
Etango’s uranium looks ever sweeter for suitors
A few months after a takeover bid by China’s Hanlong Group fell through, Bannerman Resources is in a better position than ever to find a strategic partner- it has completed a feasibility study on its blue ribbon project, Etango, which lies just 20 km south-west of the Rossing uranium mine. (...) [255 words] [$7]


PHOSPHATES
Schneider Electric to upgrade Togo’s SNPT
Champagne corks are popping at the French arm of the Schneider Electric group. The branch, chaired by Guy Dufraisse and based at Ruel Malmaison near Paris, won a hard-fought contest for a project to modernize and upgrade infrastructure of Societe Nouvelle des Phosphates du Togo (SNPT). (...) [162 words] [$7]


GUINEA
EITI’s Bittiger sees a few problems
Germany’s Tim Bittiger, regional director of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative for West Africa, held talks on May 3-4 with both Guinea’s government and Conakry’s EITI steering committee concerning a number of shortcomings in the financial reporting and validation processes. (...) [213 words]


MOZAMBIQUE
Africa Rainbow could mine Rovuma’s nickel
A prospecting program pursued by Rovuma Resources Lda in Cabo Delgado province in northern Mozambique since 2004 has finally borne fruit. (...) [188 words] [$7]

FUNDING

TANZANIA
Mkuju's uranium: Kores to open purse strings
[119 words] [$2,1]

GUINEA
Simandou: infrastructure financing
[104 words] [$2,1]

AFRICA
Grizal and East China Mineral in Castle Peak
[123 words] [$2,1]

LOOKING AHEAD


	ZAMBIA Dangote cement works on home stretch [98 words] [$2,1]


	ZAMBIA A copper mine at Chongwe [47 words] [$2,1]


	MALI Robex gets go-ahead for Nampala [116 words] [$2,1]

WHO'S WHO


	IVORY COAST
	Michel Mian
	A new chief has been appointed at Groupement Professionnel des Miniers de Cote d’Ivoire (GPMCI) following the departure of its president, Michel Mian. (...) [176 words] [$7]


	IVORY COAST
	Ali Ben Ayad
	A crucial step in the Samapleeu nickel and copper project headed up by Sama Resources in Ivory Coast is expected shortly with the establishment of a NI 43-101 resource. (...) [211 words] [$7]


	CONGO-K
	Josept Banga Bane
	The Catholic bishop of the gold region of Buta, Oriental Province, Joseph Banga Bane was one of the religious figures behind an appeal to the European Union in late April to demand that mining companies in the area publish the revenue they pay to the countries in which they operate. (...) [175 words] [$7]


	GUINEA
	Mohamed Sidiki Sylla
	The Guinean national Mohamed Sidiki Sylla, a former executive of KPMG and current partner in the firm AfricConseils, was admitted to the New York bar on May 2. (...) [102 words] [$7]

NOT TO BE MISSED


	Johannesburg, 14-16/03 A conference on the way to maximize mining operations entitled “Business Improvement in Mining Africa 2012” will be held in Johannesburg between May 14-16. (...)


	Johannesburg, 28-31/05 The “Coal Processing Optimisation Africa 2012”conference will be held between May 28-31 in Johannesburg. The objective is to present the best examples of extraction in the sector. (...)