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WAY OPEN FOR SYSMIN AID

The European Development Fund has declared that Zambia is eligible [...]

Published on 16.06.1999 at 10:00 GMT

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Energy

Canada
BLUE BUDDHA TO RUN GECAMINES

The appointment of Belgian entrepreneur George-Arthur Forrest, who was born in Katanga, as chairman of Gecamines' board last week capped [...]

Subscribers only Energy 10.11.1999

Zambia
SMALLER PACKAGE FOR ANGLO

Anglo American is finally back in the saddle again in the saga concerning the main assets of ZCCM that remain [...]

Subscribers only Energy 10.11.1999

Canada
CHAOS GRIPS MINING SECTOR

The only resources that Kinshasa can count upon in the short term are diamonds and to a lesser extent cobalt [...]

Subscribers only Energy 29.09.1999

DRC
KABILA AND RAUTENBACH FALL OUT

Relations between Congo president Laurent Kabila and Billy Rautenbach, the Zimbabwe businessman who controls Gecamines, have taken a sharp turn [...]

Subscribers only Energy 14.07.1999

DRC, Sierra Leone
BOULLE ON THE MOVE

Jean-Raymond Boulle has just transferred his controlling interest in Sierra Rutile (SRL) to MIL (Investment), the unlisted Luxembourg company owned [...]

Subscribers only Energy 14.07.1999

Spotlight | DRC
MINES COULD DICTATE SETTLEMENT

The mining factor has begun to loom large again as prospects for a cease-fire in Democratic Republic of Congo brighten. Indeed, any accord would owe much to the situation in the industry, with Gecamines (GCM) plunging further into crisis and [.

Subscribers only Energy 30.06.1999

Canada
GECAMINES CREDITORS UP IN ARMS

Gecamines has fallen into deep financial trouble. In early March, the Antwerp-based forwarding agent DMF got the authorities to seize [...]

Subscribers only Energy 17.03.1999

South Africa
AAC BOGGED DOWN IN ZAMBIA

The acquisition by South African firm Anglo American Corporation of 80 percent of the shares of Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines, [...]

Subscribers only 27.02.1999

Canada
STRANGE RIDGEPOINTE CONTRACT

A 10-year "partnership agreement" between the Virgin Islands-based company Ridgepointe Overseas Development and Gecamines that was signed on Sept. 3 [...]

Subscribers only Energy 04.11.1998

Canada
PACTS WITH ISCOR AND CLUFF

President Laurent Kabila last week signed decrees approving two mining ventures. One of them had been in the pipeline for [...]

Subscribers only Energy 04.11.1998

Burundi
AUSTRALIAN/CANADIAN PROJECT

The nickel belt that lies across the entire east of Burundi figured in a recent agreement between the government and [...]

Subscribers only Energy 09.09.1998

Canada
CALEDONIAN IN NEW ACCORD WITH SODIMICO

Toronto-based Caledonia Mining Corporation, which already has interests in the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 22.07.1998

DRC
PANORAMA CONFIRMS DOWNSCALING OF KAKANDA PROJECT

Kenneth McLeod, chairman and CEO of International Panorama Resources, confirmed [...]

Subscribers only Energy 29.04.1998

Canada
BLUE BUDDAH'S COBALT EMPIRE

Until a string of planned projects swing into production, including schemes to re-process tailings, one of the rare foreign companies [...]

Subscribers only Energy 29.04.1998

Canada
TENKE PROJECT AND FINANCING READY IN JUNE

Tenke Mining has indicated that it expects to complete the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 25.03.1998

Canada
PANORAMA DOWNSCALES KAKANDA

The Canadian mining junior International Panorama Resources has been forced to scale back its project to recover copper and cobalt [...]

Subscribers only Energy 25.03.1998

Zambia
QASIM MINING SEEKS FRESH START WITH PROJECT

Quasim Mining Enterprises Ltd. has temporarily halted production on the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 11.03.1998

Canada
SBSA-FINANCED PROJECT STARTS

Gecamines has just begun a project for which it won a loan totalling $30 million from a consortium of banks [...]

Subscribers only Energy 25.02.1998

Canada
PRESSURE ON TENKE MINING

Officials from AMFI (See Spotlight) and the Belgian-South African rail consortium Comazar are firmly convinced the Kinshasa government has done [...]

Subscribers only Energy 14.01.1998

Canada
ANVIL & 1ST QUANTUM ADVANCE

Anvil Mining is awaiting initial results of drilling on 3,000m that began this month on Dikilushi to come back from [...]

Subscribers only Energy 01.10.1997

Canada
STAKE IN KAKANDA UP FOR SALE

International Panorama is planning to sell a stake in the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 30.07.1997

Uganda
FUNDING READY FOR KASESE

An agreement putting together a financial package for the Kasese cobalt project was signed on June 18 in London and [...]

Subscribers only Energy 30.07.1997

DRC
TWO NEW PROJECTS FOR FORREST

Gecamines, the Belgian group George Forrest International and OM Group of the U.S. signed a joint venture agreement on June [...]

Subscribers only Energy 02.07.1997

DRC
COPPER/COBALT SCHEMES ADVANCE

AEM understands that American Mineral Fields will employ a total of 38 expatriates on its projects in Katanga. They include [...]

Subscribers only Energy 04.06.1997

Zaire
LIST OF GECAMINES PROJECTS

While American Mineral Fields was busy receiving around 30 bankers and brokers in Shaba AEM managed to obtain updated information [...]

Subscribers only Energy 21.05.1997

Zaire
AMF CLARIFIES PROJECTS

What is the real scope of the huge contract signed in mid-April between American Mineral Fields with the AFDL "government?" [...]

Subscribers only Energy 07.05.1997

Spotlight | South Africa
MBEKI TAKES CARE OF ZAIRE

The Republic of South Africa has grabbed the mantle of guardian of Zaire's political aggiornamento simply by providing a site for negotiations between the Zairean rebels led by Laurent Désiré Kabila and representatives of head of state Mobutu Sese Seko [.

Subscribers only 05.04.1997

West Africa
PATCHWORK OF JUNIORS

In the swirl of activity by junior companies in West Africa one can clearly see the mark of two Canadian [...]

Subscribers only Energy 02.04.1997

Mauritania
LICENCE AND COBALT FOR GGR

General Gold Resources of Australia has been awarded another 3,000 sq.km. of exploration territory in Mauritania. The new licence covers [...]

Subscribers only Energy 05.03.1997

Zaire
ISCOR NOW BIDDING FOR KAMOTO

South Africa's Iscor group is thinking of buying Kamoto, one [...]

Subscribers only Energy 19.02.1997

Zaire, Zambia
SOCOMAF SCOUTING IN SHABA

The Societe Commerciale pour l'Afrique (Socomaf) which has been mandated by Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines (ZCCM) to procure capital goods, [...]

Subscribers only Energy 18.12.1996

Mauritania
AUSTRALIANS GOING FOR GOLD

General Gold Resources of Australia is moving to consolidate its dominant position in Mauritania by applying for large gold exploration [...]

Subscribers only Energy 20.11.1996

Zaire
UM'S SOUTH AFRICAN NEW CARD

Belgium's Union Miniere which has always been active in Zaire has begun using a new South African card to push [...]

Subscribers only Energy 20.11.1996

Zaire
POLES AND JAPANESE JOIN PACK

The Polish group KGMH Polska Miedz and Japan's Mitsubishi have joined the ranks of foreign companies anxious to get into [...]

Subscribers only Energy 06.11.1996

Zaire
THE SINEWS OF WAR

Zaire's production of precious minerals stood up well during the first nine months of the year and is unlikely to [...]

Subscribers only Energy 06.11.1996

ACP-EU
OVERHAULING SYSMIN

The slowdown in the granting and disbursement of the European Development Fund's Sysmin loans reflects the difficulty of finding a [...]

Subscribers only Energy 10.07.1996

Uganda
KILEMBE BUILD-UP POSSIBLE

The partners in the Kilembe cobalt project have just decided on commissioning a full feasibility study on extending the scheme [...]

Subscribers only Energy 15.05.1996

Botswana
Sysmin for diamonds, too

On April 26 the European Development Fund (EDF) approved a new Sysmin loan worth 33.7 million Ecus that came up [...]

Subscribers only Energy 01.05.1996

Zaire
GCM LOWERS TARGETS

Gécamines isn't as optimistic at present about its output in 1996 as it was in late 1995 when a spokesman [...]

Subscribers only Energy 27.03.1996

Zaire
MAJOR COMPANIES COURT GCM

Major mining operators are displaying a fresh interest in copper and cobalt reserves in Shaba-Katanga and are discussing several projects [...]

Subscribers only Energy 17.01.1996

Botswana
SYSMIN LOAN FOR BCL STUDIED

The European Union is considering a Sysmin loan worth 34 million Ecus for a project aimed at boosting production of [...]

Subscribers only Energy 29.11.1995

Uganda
COBALT SCHEME BECOMES CANADIAN

The joint industrial affiliate of BRGM and the Australian group Normandy, La Source Compagnie Minière, is going to carry out [...]

Subscribers only Energy 18.10.1995

Zaire
SWIPCO PACT A MAJOR BOON

Zaire's arrears on its ADB debt amount to $400M along with some $11M owed to the African Development Fund, according [...]

Subscribers only Energy 24.05.1995

Uganda
NEW PACT ON KILEMBE

Uganda recently signed an agreement with the Canadian firm Banff Resources regarding the Kilembe copper mine at Kasese in western [...]

Subscribers only Energy 25.01.1995

Zaire
WORLD BANK'S GUARDED OPTIMISM

The World Bank's delegate for Central Africa and the Indian Ocean, Eugene Scanteje, met in late November with prime minister [...]

Subscribers only Energy 07.12.1994

Africa, European Union
PUSH FOR MORE SYSMIN AID

The ACP countries hope to obtain a substantial revision in the second Lomé IV financial accord and particularly in the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 09.11.1994

Zaire
GCM IN COBALT PUSH

Gecamines Commerciale will have 4,000t of cobalt available for sale this year compared to demand of only 3,000t last year [...]

Subscribers only Energy 26.10.1994

Zaire
GCM AIMS FOR 6,500T OF COBALT

The technical director of Gécamines-Exploitation, Yumba Monga, told the governor of Shaba in late May that the company's work was [...]

Subscribers only Energy 15.06.1994

Zaire
GCM AS DIAMOND TRADING AGENCY

In a bid to overcome its deepening woes Gécamines Commerciale is thinking of resuming the marketing and export of diamonds [...]

Subscribers only Energy 30.03.1994

Africa, Europe
ALUSAF WILL INFLUENCE PRICES

The new Alusaf aluminium smelter works that is scheduled to enter service in August, 1995 appears certain to drive world [...]

Subscribers only Energy 06.10.1993

Namibia
SYSMIN SUBSIDY

Namibia has obtained the Sysmin financing it was expecting before the staging of a conference this month in Windhoek on [...]

Subscribers only Energy 11.03.1993

Spotlight | Zaire
THE TRACK RECORD

Nobody could claim to have been surprised when a new application for Sysmin assistance from Zaire for the restoration of the Kamoto copper mine was rejected in late 1991 (AEM 81). In fact, the rebuff came alongside a confidential report [.

Subscribers only Energy 23.07.1992

Zaire
COPPER, COBALT: MORE SLOWDOWN

Copper deliveries announced by Gécamines Commerciale for the first quarter of this year appear to confirm that GCM will have [...]

Subscribers only Energy 28.05.1992

Zaire
SYSMIN AID REJECTED

The European Development Fund last year vetoed a request from Zaire for funding from Sysmin to restore the Kamoto copper [...]

Subscribers only Energy 13.02.1992

Namibia
APPEAL TO SYSMIN

Namibia has called upon Sysmin to put up 200 million rands (roughly 55 million ecus) towards a programme based on [...]

Subscribers only Energy 13.02.1992

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Canada BLUE BUDDHA TO RUN GECAMINES

Zambia SMALLER PACKAGE FOR ANGLO

Canada CHAOS GRIPS MINING SECTOR

DRC KABILA AND RAUTENBACH FALL OUT

DRC, Sierra Leone BOULLE ON THE MOVE

Spotlight | DRC MINES COULD DICTATE SETTLEMENT

Canada GECAMINES CREDITORS UP IN ARMS

South Africa AAC BOGGED DOWN IN ZAMBIA

Canada STRANGE RIDGEPOINTE CONTRACT

Canada PACTS WITH ISCOR AND CLUFF

Burundi AUSTRALIAN/CANADIAN PROJECT

Canada CALEDONIAN IN NEW ACCORD WITH SODIMICO

DRC PANORAMA CONFIRMS DOWNSCALING OF KAKANDA PROJECT

Canada BLUE BUDDAH'S COBALT EMPIRE

Canada TENKE PROJECT AND FINANCING READY IN JUNE

Canada PANORAMA DOWNSCALES KAKANDA

Zambia QASIM MINING SEEKS FRESH START WITH PROJECT

Canada SBSA-FINANCED PROJECT STARTS

Canada PRESSURE ON TENKE MINING

Canada ANVIL & 1ST QUANTUM ADVANCE

Canada STAKE IN KAKANDA UP FOR SALE

Uganda FUNDING READY FOR KASESE

DRC TWO NEW PROJECTS FOR FORREST

DRC COPPER/COBALT SCHEMES ADVANCE

Zaire LIST OF GECAMINES PROJECTS

Zaire AMF CLARIFIES PROJECTS

Spotlight | South Africa MBEKI TAKES CARE OF ZAIRE

West Africa PATCHWORK OF JUNIORS

Mauritania LICENCE AND COBALT FOR GGR

Zaire ISCOR NOW BIDDING FOR KAMOTO

Zaire, Zambia SOCOMAF SCOUTING IN SHABA

Mauritania AUSTRALIANS GOING FOR GOLD

Zaire UM'S SOUTH AFRICAN NEW CARD

Zaire POLES AND JAPANESE JOIN PACK

Zaire THE SINEWS OF WAR

ACP-EU OVERHAULING SYSMIN

Uganda KILEMBE BUILD-UP POSSIBLE

Botswana Sysmin for diamonds, too

Zaire GCM LOWERS TARGETS

Zaire MAJOR COMPANIES COURT GCM

Botswana SYSMIN LOAN FOR BCL STUDIED

Uganda COBALT SCHEME BECOMES CANADIAN

Zaire SWIPCO PACT A MAJOR BOON

Uganda NEW PACT ON KILEMBE

Zaire WORLD BANK'S GUARDED OPTIMISM

Africa, European Union PUSH FOR MORE SYSMIN AID

Zaire GCM IN COBALT PUSH

Zaire GCM AIMS FOR 6,500T OF COBALT

Zaire GCM AS DIAMOND TRADING AGENCY

Africa, Europe ALUSAF WILL INFLUENCE PRICES

Namibia SYSMIN SUBSIDY

Spotlight | Zaire THE TRACK RECORD

Zaire COPPER, COBALT: MORE SLOWDOWN

Zaire SYSMIN AID REJECTED

Namibia APPEAL TO SYSMIN

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Guinea
Behind the scenes of Mamadi Doumbouya's offensive on Russian miner Nordgold

DRC
Dan Gertler's billions of dollars in royalties at heart of huge legal battle

Zambia
WAY OPEN FOR SYSMIN AID

Canada
BLUE BUDDHA TO RUN GECAMINES

Zambia
SMALLER PACKAGE FOR ANGLO

Canada
CHAOS GRIPS MINING SECTOR

DRC
KABILA AND RAUTENBACH FALL OUT

DRC, Sierra Leone
BOULLE ON THE MOVE

Spotlight | DRC
MINES COULD DICTATE SETTLEMENT

Canada
GECAMINES CREDITORS UP IN ARMS

South Africa
AAC BOGGED DOWN IN ZAMBIA

Canada
STRANGE RIDGEPOINTE CONTRACT

Canada
PACTS WITH ISCOR AND CLUFF

Burundi
AUSTRALIAN/CANADIAN PROJECT

Canada
CALEDONIAN IN NEW ACCORD WITH SODIMICO

DRC
PANORAMA CONFIRMS DOWNSCALING OF KAKANDA PROJECT

Canada
BLUE BUDDAH'S COBALT EMPIRE

Canada
TENKE PROJECT AND FINANCING READY IN JUNE

Canada
PANORAMA DOWNSCALES KAKANDA

Zambia
QASIM MINING SEEKS FRESH START WITH PROJECT

Canada
SBSA-FINANCED PROJECT STARTS

Canada
PRESSURE ON TENKE MINING

Canada
ANVIL & 1ST QUANTUM ADVANCE

Canada
STAKE IN KAKANDA UP FOR SALE

Uganda
FUNDING READY FOR KASESE

DRC
TWO NEW PROJECTS FOR FORREST

DRC
COPPER/COBALT SCHEMES ADVANCE

Zaire
LIST OF GECAMINES PROJECTS

Zaire
AMF CLARIFIES PROJECTS

Spotlight | South Africa
MBEKI TAKES CARE OF ZAIRE

West Africa
PATCHWORK OF JUNIORS

Mauritania
LICENCE AND COBALT FOR GGR

Zaire
ISCOR NOW BIDDING FOR KAMOTO

Zaire, Zambia
SOCOMAF SCOUTING IN SHABA

Mauritania
AUSTRALIANS GOING FOR GOLD

Zaire
UM'S SOUTH AFRICAN NEW CARD

Zaire
POLES AND JAPANESE JOIN PACK

Zaire
THE SINEWS OF WAR

ACP-EU
OVERHAULING SYSMIN

Uganda
KILEMBE BUILD-UP POSSIBLE

Botswana
Sysmin for diamonds, too

Zaire
GCM LOWERS TARGETS

Zaire
MAJOR COMPANIES COURT GCM

Botswana
SYSMIN LOAN FOR BCL STUDIED

Uganda
COBALT SCHEME BECOMES CANADIAN

Zaire
SWIPCO PACT A MAJOR BOON

Uganda
NEW PACT ON KILEMBE

Zaire
WORLD BANK'S GUARDED OPTIMISM

Africa, European Union
PUSH FOR MORE SYSMIN AID

Zaire
GCM IN COBALT PUSH

Zaire
GCM AIMS FOR 6,500T OF COBALT

Zaire
GCM AS DIAMOND TRADING AGENCY

Africa, Europe
ALUSAF WILL INFLUENCE PRICES

Namibia
SYSMIN SUBSIDY

Spotlight | Zaire
THE TRACK RECORD

Zaire
COPPER, COBALT: MORE SLOWDOWN

Zaire
SYSMIN AID REJECTED

Namibia
APPEAL TO SYSMIN