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Soco checks out for good

Weary of a campaign by NGOs that targeted its operations in the Virunga national park, the British junior has decided to focus instead on its assets in Brazzaville and Luanda.

Subscribers only Energy 23.02.2016

Ponyo to rule on fraud case involving Banro's cassiterite

Prime Minister Augustin Ponyo is to personally intervene to resolve a dispute concerning the fraudulent export of two tons of [...]

Subscribers only Mining 16.02.2016

Kabwelulu drops plans to modify legislation

Mines minister Martin Kabwelulu announced during the Investing in African Mining Indaba conference in Cape Town on Feb. 10 that [...]

Subscribers only Mining 16.02.2016

Kabwelulu has his say on EITI’s figures

Slightly exasperated by figures released by EITI-DRC at the end [...]

Subscribers only Mining 16.02.2016

Randgold activates “corridors” for illicit diggers

Exasperated by the lack of government action in Mali and [...]

Subscribers only Mining 16.02.2016

Miners call on government to sell Kisenge Manganese's stocks

In early February, unions representing the staff at Entreprise Miniere [...]

Subscribers only Mining 16.02.2016

SOKIMO reiterates its call for fresh funding

The cash-strapped SOKIMO (Societe Miniere de Kilo-Moto) is calling on [...]

Subscribers only Mining 16.02.2016

Covox social license for Manomin

David Bonbright, a co-founder of the London social risk consulting [...]

Subscribers only Mining 16.02.2016

Randgold explores but frets about new mining code

Production at the Kibali gold mine in 2015 ought to have topped the 600,000 oz mark that had previously been [...]

Subscribers only Mining 02.02.2016

CNMC bolsters its positions

China's CNMC already plans to build two plants in Katanga and has other projects up his sleeve.

Subscribers only Mining 02.02.2016

Yet another batch of new bosses at state-controlled MIBA

The MIBA (Societe Miniere de Bakwanga) moves from one management crisis to another. On Jan. 12, portfolio minister Louise Munga [...]

Subscribers only Mining 02.02.2016

Diamonds: Wang Bin throws in towel

A farm-out contract for diamonds on the Sankura River between [...]

Subscribers only Mining 02.02.2016

Audits loom large for contracts

Some 28 measures were adopted by the government on Jan. [...]

Subscribers only Mining 02.02.2016

Kalehe’s small scale miners summoned to meeting

Delphin Birimbi, chairman of a civil society organization in Kalehe [...]

Subscribers only Mining 02.02.2016

Mukungwe families bury the hatchet

A meeting organized by Banro Corp at the end of [...]

Subscribers only Mining 02.02.2016

EnerGulf’s future looks dim

After winning a 10-month respite last July, the American junior EnerGulf still hasn't started work on its contractual well on [...]

Subscribers only Energy 26.01.2016

Kabuya Lumuna’s oil contacts work on Angola’s behalf

The former spokesman for late president Mobutu Sese Seko, Katanga-born Celestin Kabuya Lumuna remains highly influential in Congo-K political circles. [...]

Subscribers only Energy 26.01.2016

Jean Muganza seeks a new made-to-measure post

Negotiations linked to the wording of decrees implementing new oil and gas legislation in Congo-K have led to attempts to [...]

Subscribers only Energy 26.01.2016

Majors
Total can’t hum and haw any more

According to our sources, Congo-K’s oil and gas minister, Aime [...]

Subscribers only Energy 26.01.2016

Juniors
NGO’s veto exploration on a block in Uganda

While the Ugandan government hasn’t yet announced the winners of [...]

Subscribers only Energy 26.01.2016

Inga 3 remains a mirage

Originally set for 2015, the inauguration of work on Inga [...]

Subscribers only Energy 26.01.2016

Government tries to restore order in Shabunda

The Congolese army has undertaken a symbolic occupation of the [...]

Subscribers only Mining 19.01.2016

African Metals issues shares for debt

Hit by the collapse in the copper price and his [...]

Subscribers only Mining 19.01.2016

Private sector frets over power plan for Virunga area

An ambitious project by Belgian prince Emmanuel de Merode (AEI 755) to produce electricity near the Virunga wildlife park has [...]

Subscribers only Energy 12.01.2016

MIBA on the mend

Production at MIBA (Societe Miniere de Bakwanga) is starting to [...]

Subscribers only Mining 05.01.2016

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