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Washington backs PACT to combat child labour in mines

NGO PACT has until November 2021 to use a $2.5 [...]

Subscribers only 08.01.2019

Aggrieved Glencore shareholders have their leader

American judge Susan Wigenton granted Randall Seymour's motion to be [...]

Subscribers only Mining 08.01.2019

Costly ITSCI scares off Societe miniere de Bisunzu

Could the high price of implementing international supply chain traceability [...]

Subscribers only Mining 08.01.2019

State bears down on popular favourite Martin Fayulu

Kinshasa has manoeuvred during the presidential campaign to undermine its opponents, among them the Lamuka coalition candidate. Analysis.

Subscribers only Politics 02.01.2019

Doha asserts itself

With Saudi Arabia becoming mired in the war Yemen, on [...]

Subscribers only Politics 02.01.2019

Tense election in store in Congo-K

Although Joseph Kabila's arrival in power in 2001 led to [...]

Subscribers only 02.01.2019

Deloitte delivers report on Sokimo management

Audit giant Deloitte's teams have finalised an organisational and financial audit of Congolese state-owned firm Sokimo (Societe miniere de Kilo-Moto), [...]

Subscribers only Mining 18.12.2018

Tim Johnson to expand potential client base with Tantalex's lithium

Vancouver-based junior International Cobalt Corp, which explores cobalt deposits in Canada and the United States, is preparing a contemplated amalgamation [...]

Subscribers only Mining 18.12.2018

Kinshasa not (yet) counting on lithium resources

At last published in November, the highly-anticipated list of Congo-K's [...]

Subscribers only Mining 18.12.2018

Catalonia wants to shed light on diggers' poor conditions

Catalan NGO Justicia i Pau has launched a campaign to [...]

Subscribers only Mining 18.12.2018

IPIS launches Incident Monitoring Mechanism for Gold Supply Chains

In early December, Antwerp-based institute International Peace Information Service (IPIS) [...]

Subscribers only Mining 18.12.2018

Dig Oil scores a try in Cuvette basin two weeks before elections

Its forceful legal pressure looks set to pay off as the South African junior is tipped to take up permits in Joseph Kabila's last days in power.

Subscribers only Energy 11.12.2018

South African parliament further undermines Inga III

In its report on the Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) for future public spending on power, South Africa's energy portfolio committee [...]

Subscribers only Energy 11.12.2018

British to flock to Lubumbashi in March to conquer mines

In its first year of existence, the Kinshasa government initiative, [...]

Subscribers only Mining 04.12.2018

Licoco and Touche pas à mon cobalt accuse Glencore of "tarnishing artisanal mining"

Swiss trading house Glencore's November 6 decision to suspend all [...]

Subscribers only Mining 04.12.2018

Peer Ledger launches mining production tracker

Peer Ledger, a Canadian firm that creates track-and-trace solutions using [...]

Subscribers only Mining 04.12.2018

Spotlight
Why African presidents are looking beyond France for their healthcare

For many years regulars at the Val de Grace military hospital in Paris, African heads of state are now increasingly likely to get their check-ups in Saudi Arabia, Morocco or Israel rather than checking into a clinic in the French [.

Subscribers only Politics 28.11.2018

Noel Ngiama Makanda appeals to Guillaume Soro

The artist and producer Noel Ngiama Makanda (aka Werrason), who intends to run in the general election scheduled for 23 [...]

Subscribers only Politics 28.11.2018

Authorities tackle Frontier's water shortage hitch

In early 2019, a broad impact assessment of the Katanga copper mine Frontier and its surrounding area should determine whether [...]