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Finance: Gecamines keeps head above water

In recent weeks, Gecamines obtained a substantial part of the money needed to finance its $900 million strategic recovery plan. [...]

Free access Mining 21.08.2012

MIBA triples its output

The Miniere de Bakwanga (MIBA, 80% owned by state, 20% [...]

Subscribers only Mining 21.08.2012

Tough-minded experts to conduct Gecamines audit

Three accountancy and audits concerns have been chosen by Gecamines [...]

Subscribers only Mining 21.08.2012

GICA up in arms

The Groupement Interprofessionnel de Centrafrique (GICA) complained to prime minister [...]

Subscribers only Business 25.07.2012

Spotlight
Total, Caprikat & Soco caught up in tumult

Security problems in the eastern part of Congo-K are such that some oil companies like France’s Total are seriously thinking of declaring force majeure. To that can be added the controversy over Soco International’s exploration in the Virunga national park, [...]

Subscribers only Energy 24.07.2012

Moves to stop river from silting up

Last year was particularly bad for power generation at the Inga 1 and 2 dams. Congo-K's energy ministry is trying to prevent silt from once again threatening supplies to Kinshasa.

Subscribers only Energy 24.07.2012

Reza Mered

The new managing director of Perenco RDC, Reza Mered, took up his post last week. According to our sources, he [...]

Subscribers only Energy 24.07.2012

GCM’s joint ventures under the microscope

The administrator of Gecamines, Ahmed Kalej N’kand, kicked-off a series of audits of the group’s joint ventures in early July. [...]

Subscribers only Mining 17.07.2012

Congo-K: Aid as prelude to code revision

The Promines program co-financed by the World Bank's International Development [...]

Subscribers only Mining 17.07.2012

Trio to unveil bids for Ruzizi 3

Africa Energy Intelligence understands the three consortiums on the short list to build the 145 MW Ruzizi 3 dam will [...]

Subscribers only Energy 10.07.2012

Noel Vika di Panzu

The influential chief of staff of former Congolese energy minister Gilbert Tshiongo is about to take up a senior position [...]

Subscribers only Energy 10.07.2012

ICG

According to our sources, the Brussels-based non-governmental organization International Crisis [...]

Subscribers only Energy 10.07.2012

Tin: Malaysia Smelting plants flag in Katanga

The Malaysia Smelting Corporation (MSC) looks set to become one of Katanga’s biggest tin producers. In early June it acquired [...]

Subscribers only Mining 03.07.2012

Pluspetrol has to bide its time

The Argentine company Pluspetrol still hasn’t won the go-ahead it needs to become operator on the Yema and Matamba Makanzi blocks.