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DRC Issue dated 10/07/2018

Mining G7 wants to go its own way

Some members of the "G7" made up of seven mining [...] (141 words)

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Mining G7 scuppered by returning trio

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MMG sounds out future with Kinsevere

Banro plays to bend tax to its advantage

KPMG aims to reassure miners over tax

The rise and rise of the Chinese miners in Katanga

Washington back in the mining game in Kinshasa

Gecamines caught up in own double play between Forrest and Shamrock in Lubumbashi

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