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Africa, European Union
Juniors see European Raw Materials Alliance as gateway to growth

Most players in Africa's battery metals and rare-earth minerals are banking on Asian demand, but some smaller firms are looking to the European Union and are playing by Brussels' rules by joining the European Raw Materials Alliance. [...]

Published on 12.04.2021 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Adonis Pouroulis
European Battery Alliance
European Raw Materials Alliance
Ionic Rare Earths
Joao Lourenco
Maros Sefcovic
Mkango Resources
Pensana Rare Earths
Prospect Resources
Rainbow Rare Earths
Syrah Resources
Thierry Breton
Ursula von der Leyen

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Namibia
Rare earths boom fires up Canadian financiers

The rare earths fever sweeping Western capital markets is beginning to make itself felt in Namibia. A network of Canadian financiers has positioned itself as a pioneer in the exploration of the metals so coveted by the battery industry.

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The Eureka site has been under exploration since 2018 by junior E-Tech Namibia.

Zimbabwe
Mnangagwa goes all out for Prospect Resources lithium launch

Harare is ready to pull out all the stops for the Australian firm's launch of production at its Arcadia lithium, success stories involving foreign mining investors being few and far between.

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Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa.

Malawi
Mkango Resources hires General James Jones to curry favour with Biden

In recruiting the retired American general and former national security advisor to Obama, Canada's Mkango Resources is seeking to align itself with Washington's drive to emancipate itself from China's domination of the rare earths sector.

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Retired General James Jones, head of Jones International Group.

European Union, Portugal, South Africa
Lisbon's green EU agenda finds favour with South Africa

As the flagship event of Portugal's presidency of the EU looms, Lisbon has been keen to secure South African backing for its green financing for Africa initiative.

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Angola
Longonjo rare earths, the ace up Lourenço's sleeve

Spearheaded by the UK's Pensana Rare Earths, the Longonjo neodymium-praseodymium project is starting to take shape, with production scheduled to begin in 2022. President João Lourenço has high hopes for this project, which he believes could become a flagship achievement of his mining reforms.

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Sampling at the Longonjo Rare Earths Mine Project.

Africa, Europe
Rare Earth Advisory surfs the corporate responsibility wave

In existence for barely a year, the ESG consultancy to the mining industry Rare Earth Advisory already boasts several heavyweights of the European finance sector among its clients and has been taking advantage of the increasing pressure from Brussels on European companies to ensure their mining supply chains comply with ethical standards.

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Africa, China
Koala Mining helps VSA and Moshe host Chinese-African miner matchmaking

Miners operating in Africa and potential funders were brought together in Beijing at the initiative of British consulting firm VSA Capital and South Africa's Moshe Capital, with guidance from Koala Mining Review, a sector influencer on the WeChat network.

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Pouroulis family's platinum record in Harare

Emmerson Mnangagwa, who has struggled to find investors to spearhead the country's recovery since stepping into power after Robert Mugabe's fall, is happy to see the Cypriot family Pouroulis making progress in the country. For its part, this entrepreneurial clan [.

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Phoevos Pouroulis (left) and Loucas Pouroulis.

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Joao Lourenco
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Mkango Resources
Pensana Rare Earths
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Rainbow Rare Earths
Syrah Resources
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Guinea
Behind the scenes of Mamadi Doumbouya's offensive on Russian miner Nordgold

DRC
Dan Gertler's billions of dollars in royalties at heart of huge legal battle

Africa, European Union
Juniors see European Raw Materials Alliance as gateway to growth

Spotlight | Guinea
Fadi Wazni lobbies for €1.5bn alumnia refinery

Namibia
Rare earths boom fires up Canadian financiers

Zimbabwe
Mnangagwa goes all out for Prospect Resources lithium launch

Malawi
Mkango Resources hires General James Jones to curry favour with Biden

European Union, Portugal, South Africa
Lisbon's green EU agenda finds favour with South Africa

Angola
Longonjo rare earths, the ace up Lourenço's sleeve

Africa, Europe
Rare Earth Advisory surfs the corporate responsibility wave

Africa, China
Koala Mining helps VSA and Moshe host Chinese-African miner matchmaking

Spotlight | Zimbabwe
Pouroulis family's platinum record in Harare