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Chinese Power Projects

Encouraged by Beijing’s decision to invest USD 6.5 billion in Democratic Republic of Congo, Chinese groups are coming up with a number of power projects for the country.

Subscribers only Energy 06.11.2007

Go-Ahead for MacEnergy

On Oct. 19, the cabinet approved the recommendations of a [...]

Subscribers only Energy 06.11.2007

Mining Firms Finance Power Grid

Envelopes containing the bids of companies responding to an invitation [...]

Subscribers only Energy 06.11.2007

U.S. Loans for Technical Studies

The American Trade Development Agency (USTDA) is going to bankroll studies on a project for a second dam at Nzilo.

Subscribers only Energy 23.10.2007

BHP Billiton extends its reach

BHP Billiton is to carry out a feasibility study for a kimberlite prospection campaign in the Wambaterritory of the Upper [...]

Subscribers only Mining 16.10.2007

Glencore builds up strength in copper belt

Has the threat of a takeover disappeared for Katanga Mining, the company headed by George Forrest and Art Ditto that [...]

Subscribers only Mining 16.10.2007

COPPER/COBALT
RDC New initiative in Sofreco affair

Sofreco, the French management consultancy charged with bringing technical assistance to the stabilising of Gecamines’ industrial activities, is making a [...]

Subscribers only Mining 16.10.2007

François L.Toto Ruananza

The managing director of the Commissariat Général à l’Energie Atomique (CGEA) and his technical director, Leopold Makoko Moyenga, have just [...]

Subscribers only Mining 16.10.2007

Petrus J. Van Der Westhuizen

This South African geologist for Geosearch, a company based at Spartan in Gauteng province whose main shareholder is Scharrig Mining [...]

Subscribers only Mining 16.10.2007

Kinshasa
Chinese loans worry miners

Preliminary agreements signed at the beginning of September by Congo-K [...]

Subscribers only Mining 16.10.2007

Pact on "CIZ"

In the wake of a vote by Congo-K’s lower house on Sept. 22, the country’s Senate ratified an agreement on [...]

Subscribers only Energy 09.10.2007

Kinshasa Seeks Funds for Zongo

The Congo-K government has put out a call for investors to help build a Zongo 2 power plant.

Subscribers only Energy 09.10.2007

Consultancy contract up for grabs

The European Commission has just put out to tender a program to support good governance in Congo-K in the fields [...]

Subscribers only Mining 02.10.2007

De Beers to start Kasaï production in 2009

At the end of September Anthony Revitt, project director for De Beers, told the governor of West Kasaï, Alphonse Ngoyi [...]

Subscribers only Mining 02.10.2007

Jean Lengo Dia Ndinga

This Congolese businessman who is active in import export, agrobusiness, fluvial transport fluvial, real estate, hotels, civil engineering and forestry [...]

Subscribers only Mining 02.10.2007

New fund raising plan for Nikanor

Has Nikanor, operator of the copper-cobalt project KOV, finally resolved [...]

Subscribers only Mining 02.10.2007

The Chinese Woo MIBA

In a push to acquire mining rights in Democratic Republic of Congo, Chinese investors have started to offer loans to [...]

Free access Mining 18.09.2007

Aurex in Gold Venture in Kivu

Aurex Congo, an affiliate of the Aurex International group, signed a preliminary agreement in Bukavu in South Kivu last month [...]

Subscribers only Mining 18.09.2007

Back to Work for Sengamines?

Will operations shortly resume at Sengamines some 18 months after it was bought by South African businessman Mike Nunn? The [...]

Subscribers only Mining 18.09.2007

Paulo De Sa

Africa Mining Intelligenceunderstands that the manager of the World Bank’s mining policy unit, Paulo De Sa, recently travelled to Democratic [...]

Subscribers only Mining 18.09.2007

Arthur Blain

Anglo American is seeking to return to Katanga where it had explored for copper and cobalt until as late as [...]

Subscribers only Mining 18.09.2007

Kinshasa
Kabila Facilitates Foreign Investment

During a visit last month to Kananga, capital of the [...]

Subscribers only Mining 18.09.2007

Power Boost for Semliki

The future hydro power plant at Semliki will generate twice as much electricity as initially expected.

Subscribers only Energy 11.09.2007

Big Loan Slated for Rusomo

World Bank officials plan to present a major project involving funding for a dam at Rusomo Falls to the institution’s [...]

Subscribers only Energy 11.09.2007

Alois K. Makuzza

A Rwandan engineer, Alois Kanamugire Makuzza, has been chosen to take over from his countryman, Jean-Claude Kayitenkore, as managing director [...]

Subscribers only Energy 11.09.2007

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