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Great lakes
Fall in "3T" prices drives small miners into gold

The Covid-19 pandemic is not only affecting the price of gold, it is also affecting the numbers of small miners involved in extracting it. [...]

Published on 29.04.2020 at 05:00 GMT

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Great lakes
Producers and foreign buyers clash over mineral traceability costs

Concerns over the unequal distribution of the cost of checking the origins of "3T" minerals between upstream operators in the African Great Lakes region and downstream operators outside the region have become increasingly acute as a result of Covid-19 and the increase in world tin prices.

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DRC, Zimbabwe
Ian Dearing manoeuvres to cling on to Asa Resource's gold and diamond assets

With the nickel, gold and diamonds firm in administration, Ian Dearing, the last man standing on the Asa Resource board, is fighting a rearguard action to regain a semblance of control and to hang on to some potentially very lucrative company assets in the DRC.

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DRC
The rush on cobalt endangers Busanga dam build

An unchecked sprint to extract cobalt around Lualaba is causing significant damage and delays to the construction of the Busanga hydropower plant, whose future 240-MW output the former Katanga region desperately needs to boost its economy.

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Uganda
Optima Mines consultants to help with 3TGs traceability

Uganda is often accused of harbouring illegal exporters of tantalum, [...]

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Behind the scenes of Mamadi Doumbouya's offensive on Russian miner Nordgold

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

Great lakes
Fall in "3T" prices drives small miners into gold

Great lakes
Producers and foreign buyers clash over mineral traceability costs

DRC, Zimbabwe
Ian Dearing manoeuvres to cling on to Asa Resource's gold and diamond assets

DRC
The rush on cobalt endangers Busanga dam build

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Optima Mines consultants to help with 3TGs traceability