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	Africa Mining Intelligence /Latest Issue

N°178

Paris, 23/04/2008

Next issue on May 14

Country Channels

Gaelle Arenson

NAMIBIA

Editor in Chief

Windhoek Wants More Marine Diamonds

After obtaining a better deal out of De Beers distribution system following the London-based Diamond Trading Company’s relocation to Botswana in Southern Africa, Namibia has opened another key chapter in its ongoing negotiations with the world number one diamond group, that of exploitation for marine diamonds. (...)

EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION


CONGO-K
MIBA Ends its Contract with Emaxon
Minière de Bakwanga (MIBA) will from now on be directly responsible for the commercialisation of its entire diamond production. (...) [340 words] [$4,7]


CONGO-K
Governance: Call for Tenders is Cancelled
At the request of the European Commission delegate in Kinshasa, Richard Zink , the finance minister has cancelled a call for tenders that was launched in the second half of 2007 for a governance support programme of EUR 33 million (AMI n°164). (...) [241 words] [$4,7]

STRATEGIES

Conakry

Friguia privatisation may be cancelled
[171 words] [$1,5]

Windhoek

Costly Plan for Second Desalination Plant
[76 words] [$1,5]

Kinshasa

Dissonance Over Mining Ban in North Kivu
[111 words] [$1,5]


ZAMBIA
TEAL: Antofagasta Takes Place of Koreans
Teal Exploration & Mining , a junior controlled by the South African g roup ARM headed by Patrice Motsepe, is to work with a new partner in Zambia. (...) [224 words] [$4,7]


BOTSWANA
Aviva Has Big Ambitions at Mmamantswe
Aviva Corporation Ltd is to begin a USD 3 million drilling programme to increase its reserves from 1.3 billion to 3 billion tonnes. (...) [212 words] [$4,7]


Bauxite
AMC Ltd Seeks Bauxite Partner
Bob Adam , managing director of Alliance Mining Commodities Limited , is expected in Conakry on April 21 to open discussions with mine operators in view of setting up a joint venture. (...) [158 words] [$4,7]


SOUTHERN AFRICA
Tata Steel Allies with MMTC in Mining
After taking a foothold in Mozambique’s coal at Benga and Tete via its purchase of a stake in Riversdale Mining of Australia, Tata Steel has rolled out the big guns to conquer the mining sector in southern Africa. (...) [191 words] [$4,7]


SOUTH AFRICA
Powerful Local Support for Homeland Energy
While waiting to receive a mining licence to start up the Kendal coal mine south of Witbank, Homeland Energy Group Ltd is ensuring that it has support from some key local businessmen. (...) [288 words] [$4,7]

FUNDING

CONGO-K
Development Costs Surge at Ruashi
[75 words] [$1,5]

SOUTHERN AFRICA
ArcelorMittal Enters Coal of Africa’s Capital
[131 words] [$1,5]

MADAGASCAR
World Bank Agrees Fresh Aid for Madagascar
[53 words] [$1,5]

GERMANY
Hana Mining Shares Trade on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange
[60 words] [$1,5]

LOOKING AHEAD


	BOTSWANA Albidon Forges Nickel Joint Venture in Botswana [52 words] [$1,5]


	MOZAMBIQUE Riversdale to Build Own Power Station in Mozambique [49 words] [$1,5]


	SOUTH AFRICA Posco Investing USD 200 million in South African manganese [56 words] [$1,5]


	CONGO-K Camec acquires stake in Copper Resources Corp in DRC [16 words] [FREE]

WHO'S WHO


	NAMIBIA
	Marieta Engelbrecht
	This manager of an eco-tourism project has taken out a lawsuit at the Namibian High Court to try and prevent Forsys Metals from extracting water from the water table that crosses her property in the Namib Desert. (...) [119 words] [$4,7]


	GUINEA
	Rainer Engels
	BHP Billiton is promoting the idea of transporting Mont Nimba iron ore, a concession operated by EuroNimba , via Liberia. (...) [76 words] [FREE]


	GUINEA
	Pat Fiore
	Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinée ’s general board meeting, which concluded at the end of last week, was a difficult one for Pat Fiore , the president of Halco Mining Inc and a representative of Rio Tinto , one of CBG’s shareholders together with Alcoa and Dadco . (...) [184 words] [$4,7]


	CONGO-K
	Helmut Kulitz
	Helmut Kulitz , chargé d’affaires at the German embassy in Kinshasa, is to oversee a German aid programme to the DRC to put in place a system of certification for minerals extracted by small-scale miners, such as gold, cassiterite and coltan. (...) [89 words] [$4,7]


	CONGO-K
	Mandisi Mpahlwa
	According to the South African Minister for Commerce and Industry, Mandisi Mpahlwa , Pretoria will decide in September whether it will contribute to financing the steelworks project for the port of Maputo put forward by Rio Tinto and Anglo American ’s South African subsidiary Palabora Mining . (...) [158 words] [$4,7]

NOT TO BE MISSED


	Johannesburg, 23-25/04 IQPC South Africa has organised a mining convention on diamonds in Africa, “Diamonds Africa 2008”, to be held in Johannesburg on April 23, 24 and 25. (...)


	Accra, 3-5/06 Exhibition Management Services is organising the sixth West African Mining & Power Exhibition & Conference on June 3, 4 et 5 2008 in Accra, Ghana on the theme “development through mining and energy - a shared responsibility”. (...)


	Livingston 11-13/06 Sheq Consultants is holding a conference on closure and rehabilitation of mining sites, as well as its socio-economic consequences and environmental impact, on June 11 to 13 at Livingston in Zambia. (...)


	Luanda, 18-22/06 FIL SA is organising an international mining fair from June 18 to 26 in Luanda, Angola. Contact: fima@nexus.ao, www. (...)


	Perth, 4-5/09 Paydirt Media will hold the 2008 edition of the Africa DownUnder conference on September 4-5 in Perth. Among the bosses attending will be Wayne Bramwell of Kasbah Resources , Mike Woodborne of Bonaparte Diamond Mines NL , Marc Bojanjac of Adamus Resources and Mamadou Barry of Miga/World Bank Group Contact: (...)


	Johannesburg, 08-12/09 Specialised Exhibitions is to hold the annual Electra Mining Africa 2008 meeting from September 8 to 12 at Johannesburg’s Expo Centre, Nasrec Contact: (...)