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AFRICA
Publicly, Morocco is maintaining an aggressive diplomatic stance towards Germany by refusing to accredit its new representative in Rabat. But privately, it is busy resurrecting cooperation programmes and striving to avoid a European backlash. [...]
Winning Consortium Simandou has just created a dedicated aviation subsidiary which will incorporate the aircraft of its shareholder specialising in mining logistics, UMS. However, the latter is still desperately waiting to recover one of its aircraft, which was "hijacked" in 2019. [...]
After serving as coordinator in 2012 at the pivotal moment when De Beers moved its sales offices from London to Gaborone, Jacob Thamage is returning to the position. A safe bet for Botswana during these unstable times in the industry. [...]
As Glencore prepares to reopen the Mutanda copper and cobalt mine, there are major tensions at its neighbouring Shabara mine, where NGOs are defending local diggers who are up against competition from informal Lebanese and Chinese operators. [...]
Its subsidiary Congo Iron initiated arbitration against Congo in March over its unilateral withdrawal from its Nabeba iron project, and in late June the parent company Australian Sundance followed suit and has requested that the two actions be judged together. [...]
Behind the unfamiliar name of LK Mining, a company is in the process of obtaining an underwater diamond mining licence off the coast of Namibia. It is run by an industry veteran who is looking to carve out a niche in a sector that's dominated by giants. [...]
Golden Star Resources (@Golden_Star_Res) was forced to revise production forecasts for its Wassa #goldmine in #Ghana downwards. And since the middle of this month it has been mired in a dispute with the buyer of the Bogoso-Prestea mine. https://t.co/5LkxxPzDRv
đŁ The US intelligence services have asked several African governments for help in halting the movements of private jets belonging to Russian businessman Yevgeni #Prigozhin. https://t.co/gq5fVEWThL
Ayant repris sur fonds propres le chantier du stade Paul Biya, qui accueillera en janvier-fĂ©vrier 2022 la compĂ©tition de la Coupe d'Afrique des nations (@CAN2021off), l'entreprise canadienne @magilconstruct attend dĂ©sespĂ©rĂ©ment d'ĂȘtre payĂ©e. #Cameroun https://t.co/4y8zHc97nF
