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Trading agencies closed amid fears of new taxes

The City Hall in Lubumbashi closed a number of trading agencies for having failed to pay various minerals taxes. In [...]

Free access Mining 17.11.2015

Power shortages could hold back any surge in Katanga's fortunes

Congo-K’s Chambre des Mines (CDDM) has warned that copper production, which will work out to between 1 and 1.1 million [...]

Subscribers only Mining 17.11.2015

Level Diamonds overrun by diggers

Despite fatal accidents and orders to get out, diggers are [...]

Subscribers only Mining 17.11.2015

Lebert opens a first “fair” gold trading agency

A model gold trading agency was inaugurated at Some in [...]

Subscribers only Mining 03.11.2015

Herculean task awaits Kapandji on Inga 3

The newly named boss of Agence pour la Promotion, le Developpement et la Mise en Oeuvre du Projet Grand Inga, [...]

Subscribers only Energy 27.10.2015

Hon So wins Kabila over on Kamoa issue

According to our sources in Kinshasa it was thanks in part to Chinese billionaire Hon So that an agreement was [...]

Subscribers only Mining 20.10.2015

Kasumbalesa's heterogenite floods the market

Dramatic circumstances have sprung up in the cobalt sector at Kasumbalesa in upper Katanga where a reserve of heterogenite was [...]

Subscribers only Mining 20.10.2015

Prince in power deal in Virunga park

Emmanuel de Merode’s involvement in a fund to develop hydropower in the Virunga national park has puzzled civil society in Congo-K and Belgium.

Subscribers only Energy 13.10.2015

The murky past of oil minister Aimé Mukena

The political rise of Congo-K’s brand new hydrocarbons minister, Aime Ngoy Mukena, a loyal follower of president Joseph Kabila (AEI [...]

Subscribers only Energy 13.10.2015

China Harbour lusts after Lake Tanganyika’s oil

The firm China Harbour Engineering Co (CHEC) is determined to [...]

Subscribers only Energy 13.10.2015

Andritz Hydro wants to be pretty well everywhere

Diego Vilanova, vice president of Austria’s Andritz Hydro, has offered [...]

Subscribers only Energy 13.10.2015

How bargaining with Glencore split the government

Congo-K’s government reached an agreement with Glencore on reducing its operations in the country but the road to accord was rocky.

Subscribers only Mining 06.10.2015

Burey Gold has already spent $3 million on Giro mine

According to Klaus Eckhof, chairman of the Australian explorer Burey [...]

Subscribers only Mining 06.10.2015

After much procrastination Total gets extension

Although all hope had seemed lost, Total’s pressure on Kinshasa finally paid off.

Subscribers only Energy 29.09.2015

Ruzizi 1 & 2 renovation put off again

According to our sources, work on rehabilitating the Ruzizi 1 and Ruzizi 2 dams - generating respectively 19.8 and 43.8 [...]

Subscribers only Energy 29.09.2015

Gustave Beya Seku handling oil relations again

Former chief of staff of Congolese president Joseph Kabila, Gustave Beya Seku has returned to prominence with his appointment as [...]

Subscribers only Energy 29.09.2015

Simon Tuma Waku, an expert takes over as MIASA chief

In early September, Simon Tuma Waku was named president of [...]

Subscribers only Mining 22.09.2015

Wang Bin to pay $390,000 per month to MIBA

Africa Mining Intelligence has learned that Chinese businessman Wang Bin [...]

Subscribers only Mining 22.09.2015

Rougier beats off Chinese competition in south west

The relative unpopularity of rival Asian companies helped the French logging company Rougier land a key contract in Central African Republic recently.

Subscribers only Business 16.09.2015

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Will Cohydro have to repay Sonangol $150 million?

The positive outcome of recent talks between Luanda and Libreville on extending the continental shelf made a collateral victim: Congo-K. The sharp about-turn on its claims regarding the continental shelf will, paradoxically, have a negative impact on the joint interest [.

Subscribers only Energy 15.09.2015

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Trading agencies closed amid fears of new taxes

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Lebert opens a first “fair” gold trading agency

Herculean task awaits Kapandji on Inga 3

Hon So wins Kabila over on Kamoa issue

Kasumbalesa's heterogenite floods the market

Prince in power deal in Virunga park

The murky past of oil minister Aimé Mukena

China Harbour lusts after Lake Tanganyika’s oil

Andritz Hydro wants to be pretty well everywhere

How bargaining with Glencore split the government

Burey Gold has already spent $3 million on Giro mine

After much procrastination Total gets extension

Ruzizi 1 & 2 renovation put off again

Gustave Beya Seku handling oil relations again

Simon Tuma Waku, an expert takes over as MIASA chief

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Rougier beats off Chinese competition in south west

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Trading agencies closed amid fears of new taxes

Power shortages could hold back any surge in Katanga's fortunes

Level Diamonds overrun by diggers

Lebert opens a first “fair” gold trading agency

Herculean task awaits Kapandji on Inga 3

Hon So wins Kabila over on Kamoa issue

Kasumbalesa's heterogenite floods the market

Prince in power deal in Virunga park

The murky past of oil minister Aimé Mukena

China Harbour lusts after Lake Tanganyika’s oil

Andritz Hydro wants to be pretty well everywhere

How bargaining with Glencore split the government

Burey Gold has already spent $3 million on Giro mine

After much procrastination Total gets extension

Ruzizi 1 & 2 renovation put off again

Gustave Beya Seku handling oil relations again

Simon Tuma Waku, an expert takes over as MIASA chief

Wang Bin to pay $390,000 per month to MIBA

Rougier beats off Chinese competition in south west

Spotlight Will Cohydro have to repay Sonangol $150 million?

Total looks unlikely to win extension on block 3

Chinese cast lustful eyes at Inga 3

Wang Bin is back in good odour with MIBA

Gecamines forced to sell its property in Brussels.

New code more attractive to investors on the way

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About Africa Intelligence

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Africa Intelligence on social media

Indigo Publications' websites

Gabon
The secrets behind the FGIS, a sovereign wealth fund set adrift

Africa
Massad Boulos, a free agent of Donald Trump's African diplomacy under close watch

Spotlight
Will Cohydro have to repay Sonangol $150 million?