On November 17, the Paris Appeal Court overturned a arbitration ruling ordering Libya to pay €452m to French company Sorelec. In so doing, it has got Fayez Sarrez's government in Tripoli out of a hole... but also caused a major stir in the hush-hush world of international arbitration. [...]
Zambia's state mining company ZCCM-IH has begun recruiting people to represent it on the boards of directors of joint ventures in which it is a shareholder. Some of the firms are jointly run by foreign companies with which it has fraught relations. [...]
The new Mineral Policy just drafted by the Ethiopian government underlines a major weakness in the way that mines have been managed until now. It says that the country has failed to recognise the different realities that need to be taken into account to ensure it makes good use of its mineral resources. [...]
Atul Mittal and Arvind Mittal, the heirs to the dynasty which founded and still controls the Mount Meru Group (MMG) conglomerate, are stepping up their expansion across the board in #Mozambique. #Tanzania https://t.co/9NRCI0UuNV
The @WorldBank may order an inquiry into the circumstances of the expropriation of local residents living close to a stone quarry which Portugal's @motaengil had been intending to use for the reconstruction of the Tororo-Kamdini highway. https://t.co/XAhBkJmReB
The Plaza Ledger hotel, the place to be in Bangui, is the prize in a bitter battle between its owner, #Libya, and its manager, Zeyad Alzarzour Khalifa, who has the backing of the #CAR government. https://t.co/rjZwiu96De
