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ENRC Becomes Major Player in Cobalt

When Kazakhstan’s Eurasian Natural Resources Corp. (ENRC) bought 94.33% of the Central African Mining & Exploration Co. (CAMEC) – which [...]

Subscribers only Mining 08.12.2009

Congo President Aims to Rescue Miba

Congo’s president Joseph Kabila has promised to spend USD 20 [...]

Subscribers only Mining 08.12.2009

Spotlight
The Two Congos Covet Angolan Oil

Tempers between Kinshasa and Luanda recently flared concerning the delineation of their maritime boundaries, which will determine their respective shares of petroleum reserves. Angola's expulsion of thousands of Congolese living in the country as well as the suspension of flights [...]

Subscribers only Energy 01.12.2009

Kinshasa: US Lawmakers Debate Mining

The Conflict Minerals Trade Act of 2009 being discussed in [...]

Subscribers only Mining 24.11.2009

Kinshasa: Paris Club Ruffled by KMT

Meeting in private in Paris on November 18, the Paris [...]

Subscribers only Mining 24.11.2009

Lake Kivu Open to Explorers

Congo-K’s government is currently offering blocks to companies wishing to exploring for methane in Lake Kivu to produce electricity.

Subscribers only Energy 17.11.2009

Inga 3 a “Nationalist” Project

Africa Energy Intelligence has been told that Congo-K’s Societe Nationale d’Electricite never paid the USD 100,000 that was to have [...]

Subscribers only Energy 17.11.2009

Korea Resources Prospects for Copper Mine

Korea Resources Corp (Kores), which signed a cooperation accord with Georges Forrest International (GFI) in March (AMI N°199), is indicating [...]

Subscribers only Mining 10.11.2009

Swedish Trader Eyeing Coltan, Gold

Mineral Invest Sverige is considering moving into mining coltan, gold and diamonds in Congo-K. Its operations director, Joachim Anderson, met [...]

Subscribers only Mining 10.11.2009

Calixte Mukasa Kalembwe

As the successor to the Canadian Paul Fortin as Director General of Gecamines, Calixte Mukasa Kalembwe, is carrying out a [...]

Subscribers only Mining 10.11.2009

Anatoli Pantchenko

There has been a series of dismissals or resignations at RusAl in Guinea. On November 1, Anatoli Pantchenko resigned from [...]

Subscribers only Mining 10.11.2009

Bob Bonde

A laboratory for deoxidising rough diamonds set up a few months ago in Kinshasa by the Antwerp diamond magnate Bob [...]

Subscribers only Mining 10.11.2009

Randgold Wants to Move 15,000 People in DRC

Louis Watum, director of Randgold Resources, has opened talks with [...]

Subscribers only Mining 10.11.2009

Tiger Resources in Construction Mode

DRA Mineral Projects (South Africa) is to build a USD [...]

Subscribers only Mining 10.11.2009

Kinshasa
Katanga Tax on Cassiterite Exports

Katanga’s governor Moïse Katumbi Chapwe on October 9 brought in [...]

Subscribers only Mining 10.11.2009

IMF Flies to Congo’s Aid

The IMF’s executive for DRC, Brian Ames, has just gone [...]

Subscribers only Mining 10.11.2009

Lake Tanganyika a New Frontier

Burundi has just awarded a new license on Lake Tanganyika while Democratic Republic of Congo is also opening the door to exploration on its part of the shore.

Subscribers only Energy 03.11.2009

Perenco Faces Trouble

The operations of the French-British oil company in Lower Congo were recently disrupted by problems with the local inhabitants.

Subscribers only Energy 03.11.2009

Inga 3: BHP Stalled in its Tracks

Africa Energy Intelligence has learned that BHP Billiton’s project for the Inga 3 dam is going nowhere at present. A [...]

Subscribers only Energy 03.11.2009

Escalation on Border

Despite an agreement between Democratic Republic of Congo and Angola [...]

Subscribers only Energy 03.11.2009

Delhi Also in Africa Drive

India is pulling out all the stops to catch up [...]

Subscribers only Energy 03.11.2009

Ore Smuggling Grows Apace in East Congo

According to Arthur Kepel, a researcher for the International Crisis Group (ICG), ore smuggling is spreading more and more in [...]

Subscribers only Mining 27.10.2009

Asian Traders Expand in East Congo

Asian ore trading houses are burgeoning in the east of [...]

Subscribers only Mining 27.10.2009

ABB Lends Hand to Katanga

ABB will shortly help Katanga and the sub-region of Congo-K to profit more from the Inga dams.

Subscribers only Energy 20.10.2009

Cape Town
Jeannine Mabunda Lioko

Jeannine Mabunda Lioko, Congo-K's public enterprises minister, will attend the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 20.10.2009

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