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Cauldron Energy's new African targets

With Australian businessman Tony Sage - former business partner to mining magnate Frank Timis (AEI 827) - no longer a [...]

Subscribers only 19.02.2019

Deziwa copper on target for start-up by the summer

The cobalt and copper mine Deziwa, split between China's CNMC and Congolese state-owned firm Gecamines, should be commissioned in July.

Subscribers only Mining 19.02.2019

Frank Van de Wille gives Freeport-McMoRan's Kisanfu copper venture a boost

American firm Freeport-McMoRan sold its interests in the Tenke Fungurume copper mine, located in the Lualaba region, to Chinese firm [...]

Subscribers only Mining 19.02.2019

Just who is in charge at the mining registry

There has been some confusion as to the identity of [...]

Subscribers only Mining 19.02.2019

Rawbank banks on battery metals and a quieter Kivu

Increasing interest from investors for Congo-K's lithium and cobalt has [...]

Subscribers only Mining 19.02.2019

End of local development contributions for eastern tin producers

Tin producers in North Kivu, South Kivu and Maniema, who [...]

Subscribers only Mining 19.02.2019

German association opens debate on "sustainable" cobalt

Germany's international cooperation agency GIZ and the Berlin-based geoscience bureau [...]

Subscribers only Mining 19.02.2019

Felix Tshisekedi steps carefully in Brazzaville

In a sign of a certain reserve felt towards Denis Sassou Nguesso, the new president of Congo-K, Felix Tshisekedi (aka [...]

Free access Diplomacy 13.02.2019

Felix Tshisekedi launches Trump charm offensive

Barely installed as president, Felix Tshisekedi has already retained the services of US lobbying firms. In late January, the new [...]

Subscribers only Politics 13.02.2019

Francois Beya Kasonga, Tshisekedi's security chief

Appointed as Felix Tshisekedi's special advisor on security matters on 2 February, Francois Beya Kasonga accompanied the new Congolese president [...]

Subscribers only Politics 13.02.2019

Felix Tshisekedi's private jet

For his first trip outside Congo-K on 5 and 6 [...]

Subscribers only Politics 13.02.2019

How Dig Oil landed ticket for Cuvette Centrale in the final hour

According to our sources, Dig Oil is understood to have snapped up blocks 8, 23 and 24 of the Cuvette [...]

Subscribers only Energy 12.02.2019

Blocked from key files, Tshisekedi asserts grip of electricity

Forced to sit on the bench over security matters, which the outgoing President Joseph Kabila should continue to oversee (WAN [...]

Subscribers only Energy 12.02.2019

Tshisekedi unveils first oil commando unit in Luanda

For his first overseas trip as head of state - [...]

Subscribers only Energy 12.02.2019

Gecamines seeks allies to counter Global Witness and Carter Center

The Congolese state-owned firm Gecamines has come up with a new tactic for countering accusations of lack of transparency from [...]

Subscribers only 05.02.2019

Sinomine, the powerhouse driving Beijing's battery metals ambitions

The African component of Beijing's goal of becoming the world's largest supplier of electric cars and electric batteries is largely [...]

Subscribers only 05.02.2019

Tiger finetuned operations to turn around falling output at Kipoi

The cash-bare Tiger Resources is pulling out all the stops to bump up copper output in Kipoi.

Subscribers only Mining 05.02.2019

Olive Mudekereza rides into parliament on anti-Banro wave

His work to improve the living conditions of South Kivu's small-scale miners could very well have helped entrepreneur Mudekereza Namegabe, [...]

Subscribers only Mining 05.02.2019

Battle for right to operate Shamika's former concessions

Tensions have been on a knife's edge since January at [...]

Subscribers only Mining 05.02.2019

Agere Global helps mines-focused lawyer Emery Mukendi take on the world

A heavyweight of Congo's mining industry, where he represented both [...]

Subscribers only Mining 05.02.2019

Indaba 2019: Felix Tshisekedi short of mining representatives

Taking place as it is just a few weeks after the election of Felix Tshisekedi as president of Congo-K, the [...]

Subscribers only Mining 04.02.2019

Rome's renewed interest in military base

On a visit to Niger on 15 January, the Italian prime minister Giuseppe Conte revived the project to set up [...]

Subscribers only Politics 30.01.2019

Guess what of January 30, 2019

Crossed wires | Absence | Perusal | Dress code | Macron in Ouaga?

Free access Guess what ? 30.01.2019

Martin Fayulu keeps up pressure

Although he ultimately decided to turn up to the National Assembly with his fellow MPs from the Lamuka coalition, Martin [...]

Subscribers only Politics 30.01.2019

Felix Tshisekedi meets with Kabila's security chiefs

Barely elected as president, Felix Tshisekedi has provoked the first [...]

Subscribers only 30.01.2019

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