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Armadale places bet on Mpokoto's gold

Discovered and explored by Gold Fields and Cluff Gold, Mpokoto’s gold now seems likely to actually be mined. Lying in [...]

Subscribers only Mining 18.02.2014

TFM/SNEL: Kapanga rejects electricity change

The Societe Nationale d’Electricite (SNEL) is under pressure ever since Congo-K’s prime minister, Matata Ponyo, ordered it to share-out of [...]

Subscribers only Mining 18.02.2014

Sinikka Antila

The Finnish ambassador to Dar es Salaam with extensive experience of Africa, and in particular Nigeria, Namibia and Zambia, Sinikka [...]

Subscribers only Mining 18.02.2014

Jack Morrison

A lot of questions surround 63-year-old Jack Morrison, chief executive officer and owner of the firm Global ITCM, which is [...]

Subscribers only Mining 18.02.2014

Miners still come to Inga’s rescue

The problem of silt and sand in canals leading to the Inga 1& 2 dams could be resolved with the help of mining firms.

Subscribers only Energy 11.02.2014

Perenco tangles with army

According to our sources, the Congolese army recently sent staff [...]

Subscribers only Energy 11.02.2014

New delay for Katende

Construction of the 64 MW hydro power dam at Katende [...]

Subscribers only Energy 11.02.2014

Joseph Bienvenu Mabondo

Joseph Bienvenu Mabondo, chief of human resources for Perenco RDC, [...]

Subscribers only Energy 11.02.2014

Diamond mining set to start at Tshibwe

The firm Societe Anhui Congo d'Investissement Minier (SACIM) is preparing to start extracting diamonds at the Tshibwe deposit. SACIM is [...]

Subscribers only Mining 04.02.2014

Conflict between MIBA and East Kasai governor

With diamond output collapsing last year in Democratic Republic of [...]

Subscribers only Mining 04.02.2014

Troubling times for Perenco

Some articles in the latest draft of Congo-K’s new oil code sound ominous to the only actual oil producer in the country.

Subscribers only Energy 28.01.2014

François Xavier de Donnea

A former Belgian cooperation and defense minister and now chairman of the Belgian parliament's external relations committee, Francois Xavier de [...]

Subscribers only Energy 28.01.2014

Oil code could deter

Under discussion for the past 18 months by Congo-K’s Parliament, [...]

Subscribers only Energy 28.01.2014

Francois Perrodo

Francois Perrodo, chairman and son of the founder of Perenco, [...]

Subscribers only Energy 28.01.2014

Crispin Atama

Crispin Atama, Congo-K's oil minister, received officials from Perenco in [...]

Subscribers only Energy 28.01.2014

Gold trafficking: UN singles out Uganda

The effect of the sanctions imposed by the Security Council in 2007 against the two main Ugandan gold exporters has [...]

Subscribers only Mining 21.01.2014

Move towards rejoining ITIE

The DRC is on the way to rejoining the Extractive [...]

Subscribers only Mining 21.01.2014

Kalpataru wins good marks

The Indian concern Kalpataru is making fast headway in building a transmission line between the Inga dam and Kinshasa. That puts it in a good stead to win other contracts.

Subscribers only Energy 14.01.2014

Virunga still a hot issue

It won’t be until November that the findings of a [...]

Subscribers only Energy 14.01.2014

Blaise Mbatshi

Blaise Mbatshi, son of a legislator in the Congolese Parliament, [...]

Subscribers only Energy 14.01.2014

Tommy Lo Seen Chong

Boss of several trust companies and holding concerns, including Intercontinental Trust based in Mauritius, Singapore, Seychelles and South Africa, businessman [...]

Subscribers only Mining 07.01.2014

Deep drilling in Kipushi

Ivanhoe Mines is scheduled to begin a diamond drilling campaign [...]

Subscribers only Mining 07.01.2014

MIBA: Kabwelulu plays Father Christmas

Visiting MBuju-Mayi on Christmas eve with national assets minister Louise [...]

Subscribers only Mining 07.01.2014

Inga 1 and Inga 2 bog down

With talks on the Inga 3 dam stepping up, restoration of the two existing dams is continuing to run into snags.

Subscribers only Energy 31.12.2013

Rajiv Shah

Rajiv Shah, administrator of USAID, visited the Inga dam site [...]

Subscribers only Energy 31.12.2013

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