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Commission Clears Way For TFM Accord

TFM can almost cry victory. The Congolese Parliament’s Economic and Finance Commission, chaired by Modeste Bahati Lukwebo, recommended in mid-January [...]

Free access Mining 09.02.2010

Mystery of Chinese Firms’ Entry Fees

In a report given to Congo’s deputies in mid-January, the Congolese parliament’s Economic and Finance Commission accuses some managers at [...]

Subscribers only Mining 09.02.2010

Congo President’s Guard Said to Racketeer

Diamond diggers in the Mawanguzone situated 800 km south of [...]

Subscribers only Mining 09.02.2010

Model Contract for Mine Operators

Congo’s minister for mines, Martin Kabwelulu Labilo, judges the process [...]

Subscribers only Mining 09.02.2010

Soco in Talks for Basin Acreage

Britain’s Soco is negotiating for a concession in the inaccessible but highly coveted central basin.

Subscribers only Energy 02.02.2010

Legislators in Push to Help SNEL Collect Unpaid Bills

The Congo-K parliament's economic and financial committee has called on [...]

Subscribers only Energy 02.02.2010

JP Morgan Cazenove

Britain's Soco raised nearly GBP 102 million (USD 163 million) [...]

Subscribers only Energy 02.02.2010

MIBA’s Debt to Emaxon Under Scrutiny

At the initiative of three deputies from the presidential majority, Modeste Bahati Lukwebo, Willy Ntumba and Mukendi Tshiambula, the Congolese [...]

Free access Mining 26.01.2010

Allegations of Parallel Production at Gecamines

Over 200 people, mostly employees of Gecamines, answered a call from representatives of civil society in Kolwezi in Katanga Province [...]

Subscribers only Mining 26.01.2010

Nseke to Come on Line in Summer

The rehabilitation of the Nseke power plant being funded by Tenke Fungurume Mining won’t fall behind time despite pressure by the government to review the contract’s conditions.

Subscribers only Energy 19.01.2010

Jean Muganza

Congolese lawyer Jean Muganza has served since last year as managing director of a new company named Matlhe Consultancy. Matlhe [...]

Subscribers only Energy 19.01.2010

First Quantum Mulls Arbitration Over KMT

Compagnie Miniere de Sakania (Comisa), a subsidiary of First Quantum Minerals (FQM), has been granted permission to resume exports from [...]

Free access Mining 12.01.2010

Gem Diamonds Starts Partial Pull-Out in Congo-K

Gem Diamonds, headed by Clifford Elphick, who also owns the Letseng mine in Lesotho, has decided on a partial pull-out [...]

Subscribers only Mining 12.01.2010

Poland’s KGHM Packs its Bags

The Polish company KGHM, which left Congo on January 1, said its departure was prompted by the excessively high level [...]

Subscribers only Mining 12.01.2010

John Ross

This graduate of the Camborne School of Mines in Great Britain who previously worked for Australia’s Port Kembla Copper, Rio [...]

Subscribers only Mining 12.01.2010

Congo Corn-for-Ore Ultimatum

Mining companies operating in Katanga Province in Congo-K have until [...]

Subscribers only Mining 12.01.2010

Boundary Talks Stalled

The 9th meeting of the joint Congo-K and Angola committee [...]

Subscribers only Energy 05.01.2010

Trafigura in Cross-Hairs

On Dec. 17, an employee of Swiss trader Trafigura in [...]

Subscribers only Energy 05.01.2010

Andre Raphael Loemba

Andre Raphael Loemba, Congo-Brazzaville's oil minister, will attend the 4th [...]

Subscribers only Energy 05.01.2010

Investment Returns as Review Draws to Close

The Congolese mining sector finds its situation much clearer following the end, at least officially, to the mining review on [...]