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Congo-K’s presidential diamond dilemma

Despite the statement by the mining ministry that it plans to end the monopoly of Israel’s IDI Diamonds on Congolese [...]

Subscribers only Mining 28.02.2001

Billy Rautenbach

Billy Rautenbach has popped up again on the upheaval-prone mining scene in Democratic Republic of Congo along with his partner [...]

Subscribers only Mining 27.02.2001

Rautenbach and Pal Sign with Gecamines

Talks between the Kinshasa government and the former boss of Gecamines (GCM), Zimbabwe businessman Billy Rautenbach, resulted in an agreement [...]

Subscribers only Mining 27.02.2001

Rebel Movement Pays Civil Servants With Proceeds from Coltan

Around 30,000 civil servants in parts of Congo in the [...]

Subscribers only Mining 27.02.2001

Mopani and GCM Negotiate

The Zambian firm Mopani Copper Mines, jointly owned by Glencore [...]

Subscribers only 27.02.2001

Inga/Cabinda Connection

A feasibility study on an interconnection between the Inga hydro-electric dam and the Angolan province of Cabinda is underway, the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 20.02.2001

Oil for Kinshasa… And for Its Enemies?

The Tanganyika Investment Oil and Transport Company Ltd (TIOT) is rumored to have been the main oil distributor to supply [...]

Subscribers only 16.02.2001

End Game for IDI Diamonds ?

Congo-K’s new president, Joseph Kabila, appears to have matched words with deeds if the ire of the Israeli firm IDI [...]

Subscribers only Mining 13.02.2001

Congo-K wants to give its mining market a push

Kinshasa is expected to use the international conference on the theme "investing in the African mining industry", currently underway in [...]

Subscribers only Mining 09.02.2001

Beefing Up Interconnection

The Democratic Republic of Congo and Zimbabwe are negotiating a new memorandum of understanding on beefing up the power interconnection [...]

Subscribers only Energy 06.02.2001

UPDF troops bring home their Congolese wives

After a "rigorous screening", the Ugandan army (Uganda People Defence [...]

Subscribers only Politics 02.02.2001

More Woe for IDI Diamonds

The contract that the Congo-Kinshasa government signed with Israel’s IDI Diamonds on July 31, 2000 could come under strong scrutiny [...]

Subscribers only Mining 30.01.2001

Lubao to Outstrip Kisangani as Market in DRC

The small town of Lubao in Eastern Kasai is in [...]

Subscribers only 30.01.2001

Diamonds
DRC government has IDI-Congo in its sights

IDI-Congo (International Diamond Industries-Congo), a subsidiary of Israel’s IDI-Diamonds which holds the exclusive rights for the purchase, sale and export [...]

Subscribers only Mining 26.01.2001

Diamonds
The Return of Billy Rautenbach

News that Laurent Kabila had been assassinated surprised the former president and CEO of Gécamines, Zimbabwe’s Billy Rautenbach . On [...]

Subscribers only Mining 23.01.2001

Kasai Link to Inga-Kolwezi

A memorandum of understanding was signed early this month between Societe Nationale d’Electricite and the German firm Siemens to bankroll [...]

Subscribers only Energy 23.01.2001

ACEC Wants to Work Locally

A few days before the assassination of president Laurent Kabila, the managing director of ACEC-Congo, Edouard Oremans, travelled to Brussels [...]

Subscribers only Energy 23.01.2001

Small is Beautiful

The Democratic Republic of Congo says it is putting the [...]

Subscribers only Mining 16.01.2001

Poor Quality Gasoline

Drivers in Kinshasa were deeply upset before Christmas to discover that the gasoline put on sale in service stations in [...]

Subscribers only Energy 09.01.2001

Kampala can’t unite the rebels

The conflict going on within the RCD-Bunia (a Democratic Republic of Congo rebel group backed by Uganda (CDR) stopped the [...]

Subscribers only 05.01.2001

Banro Between Hammer and Hard Place

The former "foreign minister" of the Rassemblement Congolais pour la Democratie (RCD), Alexis Thambwe Mwamba, who was chairman of the [...]

Subscribers only Mining 02.01.2001

George Forrest

George Forrest, chairman of the board at Gecamines, head of the George Forrest International (GFI) group and honorary French consul, [...]

Subscribers only Mining 02.01.2001

Engen to the Rescue?

With Christmas looming in sight the Kinshasa authorities are increasingly concerned over a shortage of oil products. Indeed, the holiday [...]

Subscribers only 19.12.2000

Electricity for New Military Camp

The Societe Nationale d’Electricite is currently completing the electrification of [...]

Subscribers only Energy 19.12.2000

IDI Congo Slammed by Report

A report on an inquiry carried out by the mines auditing service at the behest of the secretary general at [...]

Subscribers only Mining 12.12.2000

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DRC

Congo-K’s presidential diamond dilemma

Billy Rautenbach

Rautenbach and Pal Sign with Gecamines

Rebel Movement Pays Civil Servants With Proceeds from Coltan

Mopani and GCM Negotiate

Inga/Cabinda Connection

Oil for Kinshasa… And for Its Enemies?

End Game for IDI Diamonds ?

Congo-K wants to give its mining market a push

Beefing Up Interconnection

UPDF troops bring home their Congolese wives

More Woe for IDI Diamonds

Lubao to Outstrip Kisangani as Market in DRC

Diamonds
DRC government has IDI-Congo in its sights

Diamonds
The Return of Billy Rautenbach

Kasai Link to Inga-Kolwezi

ACEC Wants to Work Locally

Small is Beautiful

Poor Quality Gasoline

Kampala can’t unite the rebels

Banro Between Hammer and Hard Place

George Forrest

Engen to the Rescue?

Electricity for New Military Camp

IDI Congo Slammed by Report

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DRC

Congo-K’s presidential diamond dilemma

Billy Rautenbach

Rautenbach and Pal Sign with Gecamines

Rebel Movement Pays Civil Servants With Proceeds from Coltan

Mopani and GCM Negotiate

Inga/Cabinda Connection

Oil for Kinshasa… And for Its Enemies?

End Game for IDI Diamonds ?

Congo-K wants to give its mining market a push

Beefing Up Interconnection

UPDF troops bring home their Congolese wives

More Woe for IDI Diamonds

Lubao to Outstrip Kisangani as Market in DRC

Diamonds DRC government has IDI-Congo in its sights

Diamonds The Return of Billy Rautenbach

Kasai Link to Inga-Kolwezi

ACEC Wants to Work Locally

Small is Beautiful

Poor Quality Gasoline

Kampala can’t unite the rebels

Banro Between Hammer and Hard Place

George Forrest

Engen to the Rescue?

Electricity for New Military Camp

IDI Congo Slammed by Report

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Diamonds
DRC government has IDI-Congo in its sights

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The Return of Billy Rautenbach