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Lake Kivu’s Troubled Waters

The Canadian firm Vangold is expected to shortly sign a PSA with Rwanda concerning Lake Kivu but no talks have been held with Congo-K.

Subscribers only Energy 26.05.2009

Uneasy Start for Angola LNG

Construction of gas pipelines to supply the Angola LNG plant has just begun even though no transit agreement has yet been reached with Congo-K.

Subscribers only Energy 26.05.2009

Oil Firms Close Ranks

Five oil companies operating in Democratic Republic of Congo (Perenco, [...]

Subscribers only Energy 26.05.2009

Quick Deregulation

Congo-K's energy minister, Laurent Muzangisa, stated in mid May that [...]

Subscribers only Energy 26.05.2009

Joseph Kabila

Joseph Kabila, president of DRC, has inaugurated the start of [...]

Subscribers only Energy 26.05.2009

Belgian NGOs track Traders in Kivu

Belgian ore traders in Kivu, who trade in cassiterite, coltan and wolframiteare again under fire. A United Nations report published [...]

Subscribers only Mining 19.05.2009

South Korean Agency Backs Training Initiative

The Korean International Cooperation Agency (Koica) is to give its support to a programme to re-activate Congo’s Centre de Recherches [...]

Subscribers only Mining 19.05.2009

Privatisations Heralded in Mining

Under a decree adopted by the government at the end of April, N°09/11, 20 semi-state-owned companies, including Gecamines, Office des [...]

Subscribers only Mining 19.05.2009

Changed Statute for CEEC in Congo-K

As part of the planned privatisation of a number of [...]

Subscribers only Mining 19.05.2009

Kinshasa
Regional Anti-Fraud Mechanism

The DRC, Rwanda and Burundi want to set up a [...]

Subscribers only Mining 19.05.2009

IFC Metropol To Hold Russian-Congolese Business Forum

Mining Bank of Congo, a subsidiary of IFC Metropol (AMI [...]

Subscribers only Mining 19.05.2009

Inga 3: Donors Need Not Apply?

Invitations to tender to pick consultants for the construction of Inga 3 will be issued next month with the idea of dispensing with the need for donors.

Subscribers only Energy 12.05.2009

Kenya Commercial Bank

After successfully establishing in South Sudan two and a half [...]

Subscribers only Business 01.05.2009

Russians to Restart Niobium Production

Russian business interests are seeking to benefit from the closer relationship between Kigali and Kinshasa and the improvement in security [...]

Subscribers only Mining 28.04.2009

MIBA: The Iron Lady Strikes Again

Jeannine Mabunda Lioko Mudiayi, minister with portfolio in charge of public companies, is staking her reputation as Congo's "Iron Lady" [...]

Subscribers only Mining 28.04.2009

Ministers’ Dissonance over Contract Revisions

There seems to be a conflict between the minister for mines, Martin Kabwelulu, and his vice minister, the influential Victor [...]

Subscribers only Mining 28.04.2009

Kinshasa
MIBA’s War Effort

A commission of inquiry for the Provincial Assembly of East [...]

Subscribers only Mining 28.04.2009

Kinshasa
"There is No Congo" Makes Waves

"There is No Congo", an article by Jeffrey Herbst and [...]

Subscribers only Mining 28.04.2009

Bundu dia Kongo and Oil Firms

A force to be reckoned with in Lower Congo, the political-religious movement Bundu dia Kongo is turning up the heat on oil companies to finance local projects.

Subscribers only Energy 21.04.2009

Revenge for Sinohydro

China’s Sinohydro is to build the new dam at Zongo even though it lost out last month on bid to construct Katende.

Subscribers only Energy 21.04.2009

A Regional Interconnection Plan

An interconnection plan could help Tanzania and Kenya take advantage of an electricity surplus in Zambia.

Subscribers only Energy 21.04.2009

New Boundary Law

Congo-K’s interior minister, Celestin Mbuyu Kabongo, tabled a draft bill [...]

Subscribers only Energy 21.04.2009

Kenya Airways

The Kenyan national airline Kenya Airways has delayed the inauguration [...]

Subscribers only Business 17.04.2009

Who is to mine Shinkolobwe?

The George Forrest International (GFI) group may play a major role in renovating the former uranium mine of Shinkolobwe in [...]

Subscribers only Mining 14.04.2009

USD 140m Fee for Katanga Mining

Katanga Mining has completed the mining contract renegotiation process. The [...]

Subscribers only Mining 14.04.2009

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