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Gécamines tries to block Chemaf sale to Chinese firm

State-owned Gécamines is fighting the sale of the mining company Chemaf to the Chinese company Norin Mining and could go so far as to withdraw the licences it has granted to this subsidiary of the Shalina Resources group. [...]

Published on 03/07/2024 at 04:40 GMT

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Washington deal: intricacies behind Tshisekedi's poker move

Faced with deadlock over the M23 rebels' capture of territory in the east of his country, DR Congo President Félix Tshisekedi has turned to Donald Trump's administration to propose a $3tn deal in exchange for US protection.

Subscribers only Mining, Diplomacy 21.05.2025

Spotlight | DRC
Trump administration reluctant to strike minerals deal with Kinshasa

Congolese officials who have travelled to Washington have failed to dispel the Trump administration's scepticism about a strategic minerals deal with Félix Tshisekedi's presidency.

Subscribers only Business, Diplomacy 03.04.2025

US President Donald Trump and Massad Boulos, his senior adviser for Africa and also Arab and Middle Eastern Affairs, in Dearborn, Michigan, on 1 November 2024.

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Tshisekedi dangles mineral resources in exchange for help against M23

Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi has been pulling out all the stops to buy time since Rwandan-backed rebels captured swathes of territory in eastern DRC. He hopes that offering mining projects will win him support from the US and the United Arab Emirates.

Subscribers only Defence 05.03.2025

M23 rebels at the Goma-Gisenyi Grande Barrier border crossing, 1 March 2025.

DRC
Gécamines and ERG seek to bury the hatchet

DRC's state-owned Gécamines is prepared to negotiate a solution with Kazakh miner Eurasian Resources Group that would end arbitration proceedings underway in Paris and Geneva.

Subscribers only Mining 28.06.2024

DRC
Buenassa builds ties in US to raise funds for cobalt refinery

The Congolese company headed by Eddy Kioni and its partner in the project, Delphos investment fund, have met with several US institutions to raise financing for the $350m copper-cobalt smelter planned in the country's Lualaba province.

Subscribers only Mining, Commodity traders 25.03.2024

DRC
EGC struggles to make cobalt comeback

Five months after the arrival of its new managing director, the Gecamines subsidiary has still not revived its partnership with trading giant Trafigura, nor has it signed an ore processing agreement with Buenassa, contrary to some reports.

Subscribers only Mining 20.10.2023

DRC
Tshisekedi appoints Eric Kalala as new head of EGC

The former Bolloré executive Eric Kalala is preparing to take the helm at the Entreprise Générale de Cobalt. With this appointment, the Congolese president hopes to breathe new life into the Gécamines subsidiary, which has been somewhat neglected since its creation in 2019.

Subscribers only Mining 29.05.2023

Congolese president Félix Tshisekedi in Beijing on 26 May 2023.

DRC
Trafigura plays catch-up on cobalt and copper with two deals worth a billion dollars

Having already secretly signed a $400m financing deal with the Chinese firm Chengtun, which has taken over Nzuri Copper's mines, the Genevan trader Trafigura is now set to finalise a deal with Chemaf first announced in late January.

Subscribers only Mining, Commodity traders 12.05.2022

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Washington deal: intricacies behind Tshisekedi's poker move

Namibia
Namibia oil utopia hangs on TotalEnergies' final investment decision

DRC
Gécamines tries to block Chemaf sale to Chinese firm

In Focus | DRC
Washington deal: intricacies behind Tshisekedi's poker move

Spotlight | DRC
Trump administration reluctant to strike minerals deal with Kinshasa

Spotlight | DRC
Tshisekedi dangles mineral resources in exchange for help against M23

DRC
Gécamines and ERG seek to bury the hatchet

DRC
Buenassa builds ties in US to raise funds for cobalt refinery

DRC
EGC struggles to make cobalt comeback

DRC
Tshisekedi appoints Eric Kalala as new head of EGC

DRC
Trafigura plays catch-up on cobalt and copper with two deals worth a billion dollars