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Africa, France
Why Bollore was best-placed to take control of Necotrans

The Paris Court of Commerce wanted to save as many employees of the group as possible.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 05.09.2017

Spotlight | Guinea
Steinmetz and Soros' Simandou duel still raging

Since Franco-Israeli mining magnate Beny Steinmetz's court battle against American billionaire George Soros, was announced mid-April with a resounding thunder clap, scarce more detail has come to light. Behind the scenes, however, the two men have continued to reveal the [...]

Subscribers only Mining 05.09.2017

Ivory Coast
Bictogo brothers pilot Alassane Ouattara into bauxite

Ivorian president Alassane Ouattara is determined to see his country become a bauxite producer to capture a share of rising [...]

Subscribers only Mining 05.09.2017

Guinea
Alexander Zotov makes headway on Telimele bauxite

Russian businessman Alexander Zotov is hoping to kick off bauxite production in the prefectures of Telimele and Fria, Guinea, as [...]

Free access Mining 05.09.2017

Ivory Coast
Randgold, Teranga and Resolute take the lead over Afema

The three firms have been pre-selected to contend for the project to develop Sodim's gold deposit.

Subscribers only Mining 05.09.2017

Ghana
Ukrainian oligarch Gennadiy Bogolyubov flogs mining jewels

Caught in a legal wrangle with the Kiev courts, Ukrainian billionaire Gennadiy Bogolyubov is discreetely selling off his Ghanaian mining assets.

Subscribers only Mining 05.09.2017

Guinea
Andre Baya takes over Alliance Mining Commodities' bauxite from Bob Adam

In mid-October, Mauritian Andre Baya will have to step down as Canadian gold producer Roxgold Inc's MD for Burkina Faso [...]

Subscribers only Mining 05.09.2017

Mali
Soumaila Diakite look for funds for Baoule River gold

Malian businessman Soumaila Diakite is hoping to gain support for his company Barila Mining Co from mining investors attending Bamako's [...]

Subscribers only Mining 05.09.2017

Guinea
James Tounkara attempts to pave way into country's mines

In early August, Guinean-born businessman James Mohamed Tounkara registered an affiliate of his company West African Diamond Corp (WADCO) in [...]

Subscribers only Mining 05.09.2017

Ivory Coast
Anstruther Bradley waves goodbye to Ity

Gold producer Endeavour Mining, headed by Sébastien de Montessus, will have to find a new captain to steer its Ivorian [...]

Subscribers only Mining 05.09.2017

Guinea
Benoit la Salle adds new metal to his belt

Canadian firm Sama Resources, which develops Guinea's first graphite project, [...]

Subscribers only Mining 05.09.2017

Guinea
RBC twice thwarted by Crew Gold

On August 10, the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) lost [...]

Subscribers only Mining 05.09.2017

Guinea
With one foot in bauxite, Ashapura places the other in diamonds

In early August, Indian conglomerate Ashapura Minechem filed for two [...]

Subscribers only Mining 05.09.2017

Guinea
Alpha Conde gains ground on hydropower projects pledged to miners

Guinean president Alpha Conde has completed an important step in [...]

Subscribers only Mining 05.09.2017

Burkina Faso
Consultant BCM transfers Amara's hefty bill to Perseus Mining

According to its latest financial statements published late August, junior [...]

Subscribers only Mining 05.09.2017

Senegal
Mansa, the new Senegalese financial outpost in Abidjan

Several of Macky Sall's friends have acquired stakes in the future bank.

Subscribers only Business 30.08.2017

Ivory Coast
Darwin Coulibaly, a nephew of ADO, in charge of the National Lottery

The nephew of President Alassane Ouattara, Darwin Dramane Coulibaly, has been appointed managing director of the Loterie Nationale de COte [...]

Subscribers only Politics 30.08.2017

Ivory Coast
Raymonde Goudou Coffie in the firing line

Alassane Ouattara has his health minister Raymonde Goudou Coffie in his sights due to the poor investment performance of his [...]

Subscribers only Politics 30.08.2017

Ivory Coast, South Korea
Jaewon project nears completion

By the end of October, the South Korean company Jaewon [...]

Subscribers only Business 30.08.2017

Ivory Coast
ExxonMobil ups sticks

Little more than a year after opening its regional office [...]

Subscribers only Business 30.08.2017

Togo
Radisson Blu out of Lome

The Swedish hotel group Carlson Rezidor, which owns the Radisson [...]

Subscribers only Business 30.08.2017

Ivory Coast
Snedai rejected by the CCC

The tender of Snedai, founded by the former minister for [...]

Subscribers only Business 30.08.2017

Ivory Coast
The MD of BNI in the firing line

The managing director of the state-owned Banque Nationale d'Investissement (BNI) [...]

Subscribers only Business 30.08.2017

Ivory Coast
Yves Kone, Gon Coulibaly's man, at the head of the CCC

The appointment on 2 August of the agricultural engineer Yves [...]

Subscribers only Business 30.08.2017

Ivory Coast
Hilaire Lamizana disowned by Amadou Kone

The Ivorian transport minister, Amadou Kone, recently put Hilaire Lamizana [...]

Subscribers only Business 30.08.2017

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