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Lourenço cherry-picks five experts to lead new mining regulator

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“Lourenço's Herculean struggles to reform the diamonds sector”

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Lourenço's Herculean struggles to reform the diamonds sector

Angolan president João Lourenço has made reform of diamond mining one of the key objectives of his mandate, as he tries to end the decades-long hold of the dos Santos clan over the sector. He is betting on the deregulation of diamond sales and the development of diamond-related activities in Angola itself to attract investors and increase state revenues. So far, his efforts have produced little in the way of results. [...]

The centrepiece of Angola's mining reform, the new sector regulatory authority, will be lead by the former deputy director-general of South Africa's mines ministry, Jacinto Rocha. Joining Rocha are former Ferrangol executives and officials from other national regulators. [...] (498 words)

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Endiama struggles to find a suitor for its private security subsidiary Alfa-5

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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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Lourenço wants to make up for diamond road repair blunder Free

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Mining sector reforms: Lourenço sweet talks foreign investors

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Who's calling the shots on the mining bid?

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ANGOLA Document 03/09/2019

Lourenco picks out communication team for mining roadshow

Angola is pulling out all the stops for its first licensing round of mineral assets. Both the number of countries [...]

ANGOLA 19/03/2019

Joao Lourenco sets up mining task force to shake off Dos Santos era

On the back of the diamond sector reform launched in January (AMI 433), Angolan president Joao Lourenco has sunk his [...]

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