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Green Light Soon for Second Phase at Tenke

The American company Freeport McMoRan is preparing to launch the second development phase at the Tenke-Fungurume project, in which it [...]

Subscribers only Mining 23.03.2010

Katanga Mining Takes Top Slot in Cobalt

The Toronto-quoted company Katanga Mining (Kat), which holds rights to the Kamoto, Dikuluwe and Mashamba deposits and counts Glencore International [...]

Subscribers only Mining 23.03.2010

Anvil Sells Dikulushi Stake to Mawson West

The Australian company Anvil Mining decided at the end of February to dispose of the Dikulushi mine, where copper and [...]

Subscribers only Mining 23.03.2010

Congo Mine Fraud Now On Industrial Scale

Illegal diamond mining in Western Kasai Province in Congo-K has [...]

Subscribers only Mining 23.03.2010

A Lot of Promises in the Offing

Congo-K’s president is expected to announce several key decisions at a Cape IV summit meeting in Kinshasa between March 24-27.

Subscribers only Energy 16.03.2010

World Bank Ticked Off

In constantly putting back renovation of the Inga dam, the World Bank has finally stirred the ire of the Congolese [...]

Subscribers only Energy 16.03.2010

New Transformer for the Capital

Congo-K's Societe Nationale d’Electricite (SNEL) has just laid out USD [...]

Subscribers only Energy 16.03.2010

Hong Kong Court Upholds Debt Claim

The Congolese government and the semi-state-owned company Gecamines, which have already lost out on almost half of a USD 50 [...]

Free access Mining 09.03.2010

Way is Clear for BHP Billiton Inga Project

A decision by energy ministers from countries in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to put the Western Corridor Joint [...]

Subscribers only Mining 09.03.2010

FQM and IFC Turn Up Pressure over KMT

First Quantum Minerals (FQM) and its partners in the Kingamyambo Musonoi Tailings (KMT) project, in particular the International Finance Corp [...]

Subscribers only Mining 09.03.2010

Forrest Airline to Take Off in Mid-2010

Forrest Group and Brussels Airlines are planning to launch a [...]

Subscribers only Mining 09.03.2010

A Kabila Stalwart as Oil Boss

With presidential and legislative elections looming large in 2011, president Kabila has proceeded with a cabinet reshuffle. The sensitive oil brief has gone to a loyal backer.

Subscribers only Energy 02.03.2010

Westcor Stillborn?

Now a national - or even nationalist - program, the Inga 3 project will be developed exclusively for Congo-K, driving a final nail into the coffin of the regional Westcor project.

Subscribers only Energy 02.03.2010

Gilbert Tshiongo Tshibunkubula

Congo-K’s new energy minister, 67-year-old Gilbert Tshiongo Tshibinkubula Wa Tumba, is a legislator from Western Kasai province, a constituency in [...]

Subscribers only Energy 02.03.2010

Gustave Beya Siku

In a cabinet re-shuffle on Feb. 19, the deputy oil minister, Gustave Beya Siku, was appointed to the key post [...]

Subscribers only Energy 02.03.2010

EnerGulf Puts Out Call to Israelis

The American firm EnerGulf Resources, which is exploring in the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 02.03.2010

Kinshasa Readies for International Arbitrage

On February 12 the Congolese minister for the plan, Olivier Kamitatu, announced that the government of Congo would abide by [...]

Subscribers only Mining 23.02.2010

Rio Tinto Targets Western Province’s Iron Ore

Rio Tinto seems taken with iron ore in Western Province, which contains 5 billion tonnes according to the Agence Nationale [...]

Subscribers only Mining 23.02.2010

Two Mining Countries Judged High Risk

Zimbabwe and Congo-K, two of Africa’s major mining countries, are [...]

Subscribers only Mining 23.02.2010

Banro Begins Work on Twangiza Link

The Canadian company Banro Congo Mining Corp. has begun work [...]

Subscribers only Mining 23.02.2010

Total Plays its Cards

On the verge of debuting in Uganda, the French group is already thinking of the next step.

Subscribers only Energy 16.02.2010

Kinshasa Tries to Lure ENI Back

After an abortive visit by the chief executive of ENI who left Congo-K without a contract last August the government is trying to make up for the rebuff.

Free access Energy 16.02.2010

France To Push for Ruzizi 3

French president Nicolas Sarkozy’s stopover in Kigali in late February to mark the resumption of diplomatic relations (broken between 2006 [...]

Subscribers only Energy 16.02.2010

Inga 2 Restored but Flawed

One of the turbines at the Inga 2 dam was restored to working condition in December but cracks in the dam stir fears it might burst.

Subscribers only Energy 16.02.2010

Societe Nationale d’Electricite (SNEL)

The managing director of Congo-K's Societe Nationale d’Electricite (SNEL), Yengo [...]

Subscribers only Energy 16.02.2010

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