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Coltan: Katanga powers ahead

Congo-K’s market in coltan, a mineral from which tantalum and nobium are extracted, is undergoing a major facelift. With mining [...]

Subscribers only Mining 18.01.2011

The new “commercial” groups

Four state-owned mining groups changed their articles of association at [...]

Subscribers only Mining 18.01.2011

Italian firms waiting to pounce

With ENI hoping to get its hands on block 4 near Lake Edward, the Democratic Republic of Congo’s consul in Italy is also trying to break into Congo-K’s oil sector.

Free access Energy 11.01.2011

Cohydro to be dismantled

The latest draft of a new bill on oil and [...]

Subscribers only Energy 11.01.2011

In-House investigation at Layne Christensen Co

Suspecting certain illegal payments to customs officials in Congo-Kinshasa, the [...]

Subscribers only Mining 04.01.2011

Sino-Congolese talks on uranium

Congo-K's government held talks with the People’s Republic of China [...]

Subscribers only Mining 04.01.2011

Race is On for Inga 3 Contract

Congo-K’s energy ministry is due to unveil the shortlist of companies competing to operate the new Inga 3 dam on December 26.

Subscribers only Energy 21.12.2010

Jean Muganza

A complete shake-up in Congo-K’s hydrocarbons ministry was confirmed by the minister on Dec. 13. The minister in question, Celestin [...]

Subscribers only Energy 21.12.2010

Leaders to Rule on Boundary

Africa Energy Intelligence understands that a new joint committee on [...]

Subscribers only Energy 21.12.2010

Soco Drills Third Well

After drilling Kinganga Nyanya 1 and Nganga 1, Britain’s Soco [...]

Subscribers only Energy 21.12.2010

Donors Look at Micro Power

A major conference of donors to developing countries in Brussels [...]

Subscribers only Energy 21.12.2010

New Bonanzas Could Be in the Offing

Several geologists pointed to unexplored areas and the potential for new bonanzas in Democratic Republic of Congo at a seminar [...]

Subscribers only Mining 14.12.2010

Divine Seeks Compensation

Divine Inspiration Group paid a USD 4 million bonus to Kinshasa for block 1, only to see Kinshasa hand the acreage to Caprikat and Foxwhelp. Divine wants its money back.

Subscribers only Energy 07.12.2010

Gorillas or Oil: a Choice

Soco International and Dominion Petroleum may be forced to postpone [...]

Subscribers only Energy 07.12.2010

Harneys

Tullow Oil failed in late November to get the Eastern [...]

Subscribers only Energy 07.12.2010

Calixte Mukasa Kalembwe

Successor to Paul Fortin as boss of Gecamines (Generale des Carrieres et des Mines, GCM) in autumn, 2009, Calixte Mukasa [...]

Subscribers only Mining 30.11.2010

Total in Pitch for Great Lakes Oil

As it awaits a green light from Uganda to join Tullow Oil on two blocks, France’s Total is seeking to bolster its presence elsewhere in the Great Lakes region.

Subscribers only Energy 23.11.2010

Seoul in Major Power Thrust

Seoul is intent on investing heavily in Congo-K's electricity industry in return for mineral goods greatly needed by South Korea's economy.

Subscribers only Energy 23.11.2010

Pierre Muzyumba

A former Congo-K energy minister, Pierre Muzyumba Mwanahembe, was named boss of the Energie des Grands Lacs (EGL) company in [...]

Subscribers only Energy 23.11.2010

Bitterness over Boundary

Angola appears to have succeeded in blocking headway on the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 23.11.2010

South Koreans Offer to Revive Musoshi

A South Korean consortium made up of Taejoo Synthesis Steel Co., Samsung, Hyundai and Daewoo said in late October it [...]

Subscribers only Mining 16.11.2010

Board of Inquiry into Kibali Transaction in DRC

A board of inquiry set up in Congo-K's parliament in [...]

Subscribers only Mining 16.11.2010

Gecamines Falls Victim to Kinshasa’s Creditors

In two recent separate rulings, the Royal Court of Jersey [...]

Subscribers only Mining 16.11.2010

Kavernel Media gives political pointers to Patasse

Ange Felix Patasse, "AFP", the former president who is standing [...]

Subscribers only Business 10.11.2010

Giuseppe Ciccarelli

Italian engineer Giuseppe Ciccarelli is fast becoming a man to be reckoned with in central Africa. Advising the juniors Caprikat [...]

Subscribers only Energy 09.11.2010

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