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AFRICA MINING INTELLIGENCE n°274 - 23/05/2012
TOGO
Suspense over carbonated phosphates
Togo's government still hasn't announced the name of the mining company that has won the contract for the carbonated phosphates concession. (...)  [101 words]   [$2,1]
AFRICA MINING INTELLIGENCE n°274 - 23/05/2012
GUINEA
Guinea and RusAl move towards arbitration
RusAl and Guinea could shortly be summoned to appear before the International Center for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) to resolve their differences concerning investments. (...)  [157 words]   [$2,1]
AFRICA MINING INTELLIGENCE n°273 - 09/05/2012
IVORY COAST
IAMGOLD intent on planting flag
After opening the Sadiola and Yatela mines in Mali and the Essakane mine in Burkina Faso, the Canadian mining company IAMGOLD run by Stephen Letwin is pushing ahead with its expansion drive in West Africa. (...)  [110 words]   [$2,1]
AFRICA MINING INTELLIGENCE n°272 - 25/04/2012
MOZAMBIQUE
Chibuto to find buyer in May
The winner of the tender issued last November for the Chibuto mineral sands concession will be announced on May 21. (...)  [144 words]   [$2,1]
AFRICA MINING INTELLIGENCE n°272 - 25/04/2012
MOZAMBIQUE
EMEM buys into Vale property
In early April, state-owned Empresa Mocambicana de Exploracao Mineira (EMEM) acquired a 5% stake in the Moatize project headed up by Brazil’s Vale in Tete province. (...)  [127 words]   [$2,1]
AFRICA MINING INTELLIGENCE n°271 - 04/04/2012
GUINEA
EITI GUINEA Funded
The firm Anglogold Ashanti de Guinee (SAG) and Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinee (CBG) have demonstrated their support for the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI). (...)  [67 words]   [$2,1]
AFRICA MINING INTELLIGENCE n°270 - 21/03/2012
BURKINA FASO
Gold output to hit 40 ton mark in 2012
Burkina Faso is expecting mining companies to produce 40 tons of gold this year. (...)  [47 words]   [$2,1]
AFRICA MINING INTELLIGENCE n°270 - 21/03/2012
FRANCE
The UraMin affair: Areva’s highly optimistic reading of Trekkopje’s prospects
According to a parliamentary report on Areva (UraMin dossier) by legislators Marc Goua and Camiille de Rocca Serra that appeared on March 7, the Agence des Participations de l’Etat (APE), which holds a stake in the French nuclear energy giant, “was not aware of a critical report by Areva’s mining experts” about uncertainty concerning the particular configurations of the Trekopje and Bakouma sites, respectively in Namibia and in Central African Republic. (...)  [231 words]   [$2,1]
AFRICA MINING INTELLIGENCE n°269 - 07/03/2012
ZAMBIA
License freeze too costly
Announced as an emergency measure in October, a freeze on the awarding of licenses for exploration and mining extraction rights as a measure to stamp out corruption is proving too costly for Zambia's government. (...)  [73 words]   [$2,1]
AFRICA MINING INTELLIGENCE n°268 - 22/02/2012
CONGO-K
BHP Billiton pullout, a setback for Congo-K
After six years of vigorous lobbying BHP Billiton has finally scrapped its project to build an aluminum smelter with a capacity of 800,000 tons per annum at a cost of $3 billion in Lower Congo. (...)  [137 words]   [$2,1]
 
AFRICA MINING INTELLIGENCE n°274 - 23/05/2012
GUINEA
Guinea and RusAl at odds over production figures
Another bone of contention has arisen between UC RusAl and Guinea. (...)  [69 words]   [$2,1]
AFRICA MINING INTELLIGENCE n°273 - 09/05/2012
GUINEA
Gold refining to resume at Kiniero
A government delegation consisting of Guinea's defense minister, Abdoul Kabele Camera, mines and geology minister Mohamed Lamine Fofana and regional development chief Alhassane Conde is currently visiting Kiniero in the Kouroussa region where the city’s gold refinery is due to resume operations. (...)  [81 words]   [$2,1]
AFRICA MINING INTELLIGENCE n°273 - 09/05/2012
GHANA
Gold drives growth
Ghana's economy grew by a whopping 14.4% in 2011 thanks to a surge in revenue from mines and quarries that soared by no less than 206. (...)  [128 words]   [$2,1]
AFRICA MINING INTELLIGENCE n°272 - 25/04/2012
GUINEA
Williams returns to Guinea
A World Bank expert specializing in examining agreements and international mining rights, John Williams, was recently in Conakry to train members of a technical panel tasked with revising mining agreements and contracts. (...)  [73 words]   [$2,1]
AFRICA MINING INTELLIGENCE n°271 - 04/04/2012
GUINEA
Mining code : Avocet asks for clarification
Brett Richards, president of Avocet Mining Plc, the parent company of Wega Mining Guinee, presented the results of gold exploration on the group’s licenses in Guinea to the mines ministry on March 30. (...)  [128 words]   [$2,1]
AFRICA MINING INTELLIGENCE n°271 - 04/04/2012
MALI
Diversification put off for later ?
The military putsch in Mali on March 21 has raised uncertainty over the 2012-2019 plan to diversify mining production in order to foster growth. (...)  [160 words]   [$2,1]
AFRICA MINING INTELLIGENCE n°270 - 21/03/2012
NIGERIA
Iron projects looking for investors
Nigeria's mining sector still looks a long way from taking off but nonetheless presents a number of opportunities, particularly in the iron ore sphere. (...)  [69 words]   [$2,1]
AFRICA MINING INTELLIGENCE n°269 - 07/03/2012
MOZAMBIQUE
New mining legislation cuts delays for production start-ups
Mozambique's current mining code, which dates from June, 2002, is being updated. (...)  [181 words]   [$2,1]
AFRICA MINING INTELLIGENCE n°269 - 07/03/2012
ZAMBIA
More flexibility in awarding copper rights
The awarding of certificates that guarantee the origin of copper produced in Zambia is gradually being decentralized in the country. (...)  [83 words]   [$2,1]
AFRICA MINING INTELLIGENCE n°268 - 22/02/2012
BURKINA FASO
New phosphate operator
In deciding to set up a national phosphates company, Burkina Faso's government intends to give a serious push to the sector which has never won much backing since the country's independence. (...)  [122 words]   [$2,1]

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