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Central African Republic
Fuel shortage forces MINUSCA to curb travel

The UN peacekeeping mission's supplier Tristar is struggling to import its products.

Subscribers only Mining 23.08.2024

Spotlight | Morocco
Washington comes to terms with prospect of Chinese gigafactories

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Rabat, Morocco, on 29 March 2022. © Jacquelyn Martin/Pool/AFP

Subscribers only Mining, Diplomacy 01.08.2024

Liberia
Joseph Boakai struggles to resolve dispute between Solway Mining and ArcelorMittal

Liberian President Joseph Boakai on 4 June 2024. © Yonhap News Agency/MaxPPP

Free access Mining, Politics 30.07.2024

Cameroon
Yaoundé's unpaid bills threaten to derail iron ore arbitration

The Cameroonian government has not paid the costs of the proceedings, nor the fees of the lawyers and financial expert who have assisted it in the case against the Australian company Sundance Resources.

Subscribers only Mining, Business 25.07.2024

Angola
Turkish firm Calik Enerji bags major energy contract

Presidents Recep Tayyip Erdogan and João Lourenço at the presidential palace in Luanda on 18 October 2021. © Dogukan Keskinkilic/Anadolu via AFP

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Mining Running story - Erdogan's drive in Africa 24.07.2024

Zimbabwe
Lithium: Britain's Premier African Minerals finally to start production

Mining veteran and former UraMin boss George Roach's company was forced to postpone production at its Zimbabwe ore processing plant because of technical problems. The firm is backed by China's Canmax, which is to receive the plant's lithium concentrate.

Subscribers only Mining 22.07.2024

Angola
Lourenço appoints top army officer Mussua Williams to combat diamond trafficking

The lieutenant colonel will also be responsible for tackling illegal immigration.

Subscribers only Defence, Mining 18.07.2024

Gabon
Libreville set to reform mining code

The government will also be auditing the mines ministry with a view to facilitating investment in the sector.

Subscribers only Mining 18.07.2024

DRC
Gécamines hit with monthly bills of $150,000 for financial consultancy

A judicial investigation has been launched into a contract signed last year between the Inspectorate General of Finances and the state-owned mining company.

Subscribers only Finance, Mining 17.07.2024

Senegal
Foreign miners required to register online to ensure local content

The new platform should ensure greater transparency in the selection of suppliers.

Subscribers only Mining 17.07.2024

Morocco
Rabat moves to speed up exploration by foreign mining firms in Western Sahara

The head of Morocco's national oil company ONHYM, Amina Benkhadra, wants to encourage joint ventures with mining juniors in the disputed territory of Western Sahara. Several Canadian groups have shown an interest.

Subscribers only Mining 15.07.2024

Amina Benkhadra, head of Morocco's Office National des Hydrocarbures et des Mines, in Rabat, Morocco, on 15 September 2022.

Guinea
Russian giant Rosgeo eyes Guinean natural resources

A handful of executives from Russian state-owned company Rosgeo accompanied Sergey Lavrov to Conakry on 3 June to discuss geological exploration and mining. But the company's track record on the African continent warrants caution.

Subscribers only Mining 15.07.2024

Ivory Coast, Malawi
Mota-Engil's mining investment arm LGM emerges from shadows

Luso Global Mining, a 100%-owned subsidiary of the Portuguese construction group, has made its first mining investments in Malawi and, more recently, in Ivory Coast. It is targeting gold and critical minerals projects.

Subscribers only Mining 12.07.2024

Zimbabwe
Harare's takeover of mining conglomerate Kuvimba proves costly

The Zimbabwean government is reported to have paid $1.6bn for a 35% stake in the mining conglomerate active in lithium, gold, platinum and chromium.

Subscribers only Mining 12.07.2024

DRC
Unions at ex-Banro mining sites turn against Luc Gérard Nyafé

Union reps no longer believe the promises of their Belgian-Congolese buyer.

Subscribers only Mining 11.07.2024

Senegal
Pro-Chinese business network Future Trends Group cosies up to Dakar

The US business is run by Farzam Kamalabadi.

Subscribers only Mining, Business 11.07.2024

Angola
Washington poised to lend $553 million to Lobito Atlantic Railway

The first stage of the approval process was successfully negotiated on 5 June.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Mining 10.07.2024

Angola
Low output causes headache for Endiama's Lunhinga diamond mine

Production has been so low at the north-eastern diamond mine that the state-owned company has suspended the contracts of 102 workers without notice.

Subscribers only Mining 04.07.2024

Morocco
SRG defies Ottawa and moves to Abu Dhabi to keep Chinese gigafactory partner

After Canada tried to veto its Chinese industrial partner C-One in an anode plant in Morocco from becoming a shareholder, Benoît La Salle's industrial and mining group has decamped to Abu Dhabi in a bid to win over Middle Eastern sovereign funds.

Free access Mining 03.07.2024

Lesotho
Government minister Lebona Lephema to take over Mothae Diamond Mine

Lephema, a leading figure in Lesotho's ruling RFP party and head of a business conglomerate, is to buy Lucapa Diamonds' majority interest in the highly attractive mine.

Subscribers only Mining 03.07.2024

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Central African Republic
Fuel shortage forces MINUSCA to curb travel

Spotlight | Morocco
Washington comes to terms with prospect of Chinese gigafactories

Liberia
Joseph Boakai struggles to resolve dispute between Solway Mining and ArcelorMittal

Cameroon
Yaoundé's unpaid bills threaten to derail iron ore arbitration

Angola
Turkish firm Calik Enerji bags major energy contract

Zimbabwe
Lithium: Britain's Premier African Minerals finally to start production

Angola
Lourenço appoints top army officer Mussua Williams to combat diamond trafficking

Gabon
Libreville set to reform mining code

DRC
Gécamines hit with monthly bills of $150,000 for financial consultancy

Senegal
Foreign miners required to register online to ensure local content

Morocco
Rabat moves to speed up exploration by foreign mining firms in Western Sahara

Guinea
Russian giant Rosgeo eyes Guinean natural resources

Ivory Coast, Malawi
Mota-Engil's mining investment arm LGM emerges from shadows

Zimbabwe
Harare's takeover of mining conglomerate Kuvimba proves costly

DRC
Unions at ex-Banro mining sites turn against Luc Gérard Nyafé

Senegal
Pro-Chinese business network Future Trends Group cosies up to Dakar

Angola
Washington poised to lend $553 million to Lobito Atlantic Railway

Angola
Low output causes headache for Endiama's Lunhinga diamond mine

Morocco
SRG defies Ottawa and moves to Abu Dhabi to keep Chinese gigafactory partner

Lesotho
Government minister Lebona Lephema to take over Mothae Diamond Mine

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Mining

Central African Republic Fuel shortage forces MINUSCA to curb travel

Spotlight | Morocco Washington comes to terms with prospect of Chinese gigafactories

Liberia Joseph Boakai struggles to resolve dispute between Solway Mining and ArcelorMittal

Cameroon Yaoundé's unpaid bills threaten to derail iron ore arbitration

Angola Turkish firm Calik Enerji bags major energy contract

Zimbabwe Lithium: Britain's Premier African Minerals finally to start production

Angola Lourenço appoints top army officer Mussua Williams to combat diamond trafficking

Gabon Libreville set to reform mining code

DRC Gécamines hit with monthly bills of $150,000 for financial consultancy

Senegal Foreign miners required to register online to ensure local content

Morocco Rabat moves to speed up exploration by foreign mining firms in Western Sahara

Guinea Russian giant Rosgeo eyes Guinean natural resources

Ivory Coast, Malawi Mota-Engil's mining investment arm LGM emerges from shadows

Zimbabwe Harare's takeover of mining conglomerate Kuvimba proves costly

DRC Unions at ex-Banro mining sites turn against Luc Gérard Nyafé

Senegal Pro-Chinese business network Future Trends Group cosies up to Dakar

Angola Washington poised to lend $553 million to Lobito Atlantic Railway

Angola Low output causes headache for Endiama's Lunhinga diamond mine

Morocco SRG defies Ottawa and moves to Abu Dhabi to keep Chinese gigafactory partner

Lesotho Government minister Lebona Lephema to take over Mothae Diamond Mine

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Africa Intelligence on social media

Indigo Publications' websites

Central African Republic
Fuel shortage forces MINUSCA to curb travel

Spotlight | Morocco
Washington comes to terms with prospect of Chinese gigafactories

Liberia
Joseph Boakai struggles to resolve dispute between Solway Mining and ArcelorMittal

Cameroon
Yaoundé's unpaid bills threaten to derail iron ore arbitration

Angola
Turkish firm Calik Enerji bags major energy contract

Zimbabwe
Lithium: Britain's Premier African Minerals finally to start production

Angola
Lourenço appoints top army officer Mussua Williams to combat diamond trafficking

Gabon
Libreville set to reform mining code

DRC
Gécamines hit with monthly bills of $150,000 for financial consultancy

Senegal
Foreign miners required to register online to ensure local content

Morocco
Rabat moves to speed up exploration by foreign mining firms in Western Sahara

Guinea
Russian giant Rosgeo eyes Guinean natural resources

Ivory Coast, Malawi
Mota-Engil's mining investment arm LGM emerges from shadows

Zimbabwe
Harare's takeover of mining conglomerate Kuvimba proves costly

DRC
Unions at ex-Banro mining sites turn against Luc Gérard Nyafé

Senegal
Pro-Chinese business network Future Trends Group cosies up to Dakar

Angola
Washington poised to lend $553 million to Lobito Atlantic Railway

Angola
Low output causes headache for Endiama's Lunhinga diamond mine

Morocco
SRG defies Ottawa and moves to Abu Dhabi to keep Chinese gigafactory partner

Lesotho
Government minister Lebona Lephema to take over Mothae Diamond Mine