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Zambia
SMALLER PACKAGE FOR ANGLO

Anglo American is finally back in the saddle again in the saga concerning the main assets of ZCCM that remain [...]

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Canada
BLUE BUDDHA TO RUN GECAMINES

The appointment of Belgian entrepreneur George-Arthur Forrest, who was born in Katanga, as chairman of Gecamines' board last week capped [...]

Subscribers only Energy 10.11.1999

Canada
CHAOS GRIPS MINING SECTOR

The only resources that Kinshasa can count upon in the short term are diamonds and to a lesser extent cobalt [...]

Subscribers only Energy 29.09.1999

Spotlight | Kenya
BARELY A THREE-MONTH HONEYMOON

Richard Leakey, the man Kenyan head of state Daniel arap Moi chose in July to lead Kenya's civil service, can maybe reckon on three months to prove he and his team are up to the job of cleaning out the [.

Subscribers only Politics 04.09.1999

DRC
KABILA AND RAUTENBACH FALL OUT

Relations between Congo president Laurent Kabila and Billy Rautenbach, the Zimbabwe businessman who controls Gecamines, have taken a sharp turn [...]

Subscribers only Energy 14.07.1999

DRC, Sierra Leone
BOULLE ON THE MOVE

Jean-Raymond Boulle has just transferred his controlling interest in Sierra Rutile (SRL) to MIL (Investment), the unlisted Luxembourg company owned [...]

Subscribers only Energy 14.07.1999

Uganda
AES AHEAD IN FINAL STRETCH

Barring unforeseen hitches, the first power project carried out by an independent power producer (IPP) in Uganda will be the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 14.07.1999

Spotlight | DRC
MINES COULD DICTATE SETTLEMENT

The mining factor has begun to loom large again as prospects for a cease-fire in Democratic Republic of Congo brighten. Indeed, any accord would owe much to the situation in the industry, with Gecamines (GCM) plunging further into crisis and [.

Subscribers only Energy 30.06.1999

Zambia
WAY OPEN FOR SYSMIN AID

The European Development Fund has declared that Zambia is eligible [...]

Subscribers only Energy 16.06.1999

Canada
GECAMINES CREDITORS UP IN ARMS

Gecamines has fallen into deep financial trouble. In early March, the Antwerp-based forwarding agent DMF got the authorities to seize [...]

Subscribers only Energy 17.03.1999

South Africa
AAC BOGGED DOWN IN ZAMBIA

The acquisition by South African firm Anglo American Corporation of 80 percent of the shares of Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines, [...]

Subscribers only 27.02.1999

Canada
STRANGE RIDGEPOINTE CONTRACT

A 10-year "partnership agreement" between the Virgin Islands-based company Ridgepointe Overseas Development and Gecamines that was signed on Sept. 3 [...]

Subscribers only Energy 04.11.1998

Canada
PACTS WITH ISCOR AND CLUFF

President Laurent Kabila last week signed decrees approving two mining ventures. One of them had been in the pipeline for [...]

Subscribers only Energy 04.11.1998

Burundi
AUSTRALIAN/CANADIAN PROJECT

The nickel belt that lies across the entire east of Burundi figured in a recent agreement between the government and [...]

Subscribers only Energy 09.09.1998

Canada
CALEDONIAN IN NEW ACCORD WITH SODIMICO

Toronto-based Caledonia Mining Corporation, which already has interests in the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 22.07.1998

DRC
PANORAMA CONFIRMS DOWNSCALING OF KAKANDA PROJECT

Kenneth McLeod, chairman and CEO of International Panorama Resources, confirmed [...]

Subscribers only Energy 29.04.1998

Canada
BLUE BUDDAH'S COBALT EMPIRE

Until a string of planned projects swing into production, including schemes to re-process tailings, one of the rare foreign companies [...]

Subscribers only Energy 29.04.1998

Canada
TENKE PROJECT AND FINANCING READY IN JUNE

Tenke Mining has indicated that it expects to complete the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 25.03.1998

Canada
PANORAMA DOWNSCALES KAKANDA

The Canadian mining junior International Panorama Resources has been forced to scale back its project to recover copper and cobalt [...]

Subscribers only Energy 25.03.1998

Zambia
QASIM MINING SEEKS FRESH START WITH PROJECT

Quasim Mining Enterprises Ltd. has temporarily halted production on the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 11.03.1998

Canada
SBSA-FINANCED PROJECT STARTS

Gecamines has just begun a project for which it won a loan totalling $30 million from a consortium of banks [...]

Subscribers only Energy 25.02.1998

Canada
PRESSURE ON TENKE MINING

Officials from AMFI (See Spotlight) and the Belgian-South African rail consortium Comazar are firmly convinced the Kinshasa government has done [...]

Subscribers only Energy 14.01.1998

Canada
ANVIL & 1ST QUANTUM ADVANCE

Anvil Mining is awaiting initial results of drilling on 3,000m that began this month on Dikilushi to come back from [...]

Subscribers only Energy 01.10.1997

Canada
STAKE IN KAKANDA UP FOR SALE

International Panorama is planning to sell a stake in the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 30.07.1997

Uganda
FUNDING READY FOR KASESE

An agreement putting together a financial package for the Kasese cobalt project was signed on June 18 in London and [...]

Subscribers only Energy 30.07.1997

DRC
TWO NEW PROJECTS FOR FORREST

Gecamines, the Belgian group George Forrest International and OM Group of the U.S. signed a joint venture agreement on June [...]

Subscribers only Energy 02.07.1997

DRC
COPPER/COBALT SCHEMES ADVANCE

AEM understands that American Mineral Fields will employ a total of 38 expatriates on its projects in Katanga. They include [...]

Subscribers only Energy 04.06.1997

Zaire
LIST OF GECAMINES PROJECTS

While American Mineral Fields was busy receiving around 30 bankers and brokers in Shaba AEM managed to obtain updated information [...]

Subscribers only Energy 21.05.1997

Zaire
AMF CLARIFIES PROJECTS

What is the real scope of the huge contract signed in mid-April between American Mineral Fields with the AFDL "government?" [...]

Subscribers only Energy 07.05.1997

Spotlight | South Africa
MBEKI TAKES CARE OF ZAIRE

The Republic of South Africa has grabbed the mantle of guardian of Zaire's political aggiornamento simply by providing a site for negotiations between the Zairean rebels led by Laurent Désiré Kabila and representatives of head of state Mobutu Sese Seko [.

Subscribers only 05.04.1997

West Africa
PATCHWORK OF JUNIORS

In the swirl of activity by junior companies in West Africa one can clearly see the mark of two Canadian [...]

Subscribers only Energy 02.04.1997

Mauritania
LICENCE AND COBALT FOR GGR

General Gold Resources of Australia has been awarded another 3,000 sq.km. of exploration territory in Mauritania. The new licence covers [...]

Subscribers only Energy 05.03.1997

Zaire
ISCOR NOW BIDDING FOR KAMOTO

South Africa's Iscor group is thinking of buying Kamoto, one [...]

Subscribers only Energy 19.02.1997

Mauritania
AUSTRALIANS GOING FOR GOLD

General Gold Resources of Australia is moving to consolidate its dominant position in Mauritania by applying for large gold exploration [...]

Subscribers only Energy 20.11.1996

Zaire
UM'S SOUTH AFRICAN NEW CARD

Belgium's Union Miniere which has always been active in Zaire has begun using a new South African card to push [...]

Subscribers only Energy 20.11.1996

Zaire
POLES AND JAPANESE JOIN PACK

The Polish group KGMH Polska Miedz and Japan's Mitsubishi have joined the ranks of foreign companies anxious to get into [...]

Subscribers only Energy 06.11.1996

Zaire
THE SINEWS OF WAR

Zaire's production of precious minerals stood up well during the first nine months of the year and is unlikely to [...]

Subscribers only Energy 06.11.1996

Ethiopia
THREE WORLD BANK PROJECTS

The International Development Association, an affiliate of the World Bank, has begun work on three projects for loans to Ethiopia, [...]

Subscribers only 20.07.1996

Uganda
KILEMBE BUILD-UP POSSIBLE

The partners in the Kilembe cobalt project have just decided on commissioning a full feasibility study on extending the scheme [...]

Subscribers only Energy 15.05.1996

Zaire
GCM LOWERS TARGETS

Gécamines isn't as optimistic at present about its output in 1996 as it was in late 1995 when a spokesman [...]

Subscribers only Energy 27.03.1996

Mozambique
NEW POWER-PLANT PROJECT

The British government is to make a grant of US$1 million to finance a comparative study on a project to [...]

Subscribers only 16.03.1996

Zaire
MAJOR COMPANIES COURT GCM

Major mining operators are displaying a fresh interest in copper and cobalt reserves in Shaba-Katanga and are discussing several projects [...]

Subscribers only Energy 17.01.1996

Nigeria
LNG PROJECT UP AND RUNNING

Work is shortly to begin on the liquefaction plant that Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas Ltd. (NLNG) is to build at [...]

Subscribers only Energy 03.01.1996

Botswana
SYSMIN LOAN FOR BCL STUDIED

The European Union is considering a Sysmin loan worth 34 million Ecus for a project aimed at boosting production of [...]

Subscribers only Energy 29.11.1995

Madagascar
PAYING FOR FUN AND GAMES

Madagascar, with the agreement of the World Bank, has submitted a fresh financing plan to the Comité international des jeux [...]

Subscribers only 25.11.1995

Uganda
COBALT SCHEME BECOMES CANADIAN

The joint industrial affiliate of BRGM and the Australian group Normandy, La Source Compagnie Minière, is going to carry out [...]

Subscribers only Energy 18.10.1995

Kenya
LOANS FOR LIGHTS

Delegates of Kenya Power and Light Corporation and the Kenyan government are due to submit their joint reform programme and [...]

Subscribers only 09.09.1995

Zaire
SWIPCO PACT A MAJOR BOON

Zaire's arrears on its ADB debt amount to $400M along with some $11M owed to the African Development Fund, according [...]

Subscribers only Energy 24.05.1995

Mauritius
BIG FAT CONTRACTS AHEAD

Mauritius' ministers of finance (Rama Sithanen) and energy (Swaley Kassenaly) are expected to be in Paris next week for a [...]

Subscribers only 29.04.1995

Mauritius
BIDDING FOR BAGASSE STATION

Prequalification for the construction of a power station running on sugar cane waste and coal has been initiated by Centrale [...]

Subscribers only Energy 08.03.1995

Eritrea
INTERNATIONAL AID DETAILED

International fund donors for Eritrea who attended the World Bank's consultative group meeting in Paris in December (ION N° 652) [...]

Subscribers only 04.02.1995

Uganda
NEW PACT ON KILEMBE

Uganda recently signed an agreement with the Canadian firm Banff Resources regarding the Kilembe copper mine at Kasese in western [...]

Subscribers only Energy 25.01.1995

Zaire
WORLD BANK'S GUARDED OPTIMISM

The World Bank's delegate for Central Africa and the Indian Ocean, Eugene Scanteje, met in late November with prime minister [...]

Subscribers only Energy 07.12.1994

Zaire
GCM IN COBALT PUSH

Gecamines Commerciale will have 4,000t of cobalt available for sale this year compared to demand of only 3,000t last year [...]

Subscribers only Energy 26.10.1994

Zaire
GCM AIMS FOR 6,500T OF COBALT

The technical director of Gécamines-Exploitation, Yumba Monga, told the governor of Shaba in late May that the company's work was [...]

Subscribers only Energy 15.06.1994

Morocco
PRIVATE SECTOR ROUND STARTS

Bidding in the pre-qualification round for the construction of Morocco's first power stations to be built with private capital was [...]

Subscribers only Energy 18.05.1994

Zaire
GCM AS DIAMOND TRADING AGENCY

In a bid to overcome its deepening woes Gécamines Commerciale is thinking of resuming the marketing and export of diamonds [...]

Subscribers only Energy 30.03.1994

Spotlight | East Africa
THE SOUTH AFRICAN AND CHINESE OUTSIDERS

Times are going to be very hard. With the arrival in East Africa of South African outsiders, of Chinese firms with price dumping in public works sectors, of Japanese companies' renewed aggressiveness in several sectors (telecommunications, electricity distribution, road construction), [.

Subscribers only 26.03.1994

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Canada BLUE BUDDHA TO RUN GECAMINES

Canada CHAOS GRIPS MINING SECTOR

Spotlight | Kenya BARELY A THREE-MONTH HONEYMOON

DRC KABILA AND RAUTENBACH FALL OUT

DRC, Sierra Leone BOULLE ON THE MOVE

Uganda AES AHEAD IN FINAL STRETCH

Spotlight | DRC MINES COULD DICTATE SETTLEMENT

Zambia WAY OPEN FOR SYSMIN AID

Canada GECAMINES CREDITORS UP IN ARMS

South Africa AAC BOGGED DOWN IN ZAMBIA

Canada STRANGE RIDGEPOINTE CONTRACT

Canada PACTS WITH ISCOR AND CLUFF

Burundi AUSTRALIAN/CANADIAN PROJECT

Canada CALEDONIAN IN NEW ACCORD WITH SODIMICO

DRC PANORAMA CONFIRMS DOWNSCALING OF KAKANDA PROJECT

Canada BLUE BUDDAH'S COBALT EMPIRE

Canada TENKE PROJECT AND FINANCING READY IN JUNE

Canada PANORAMA DOWNSCALES KAKANDA

Zambia QASIM MINING SEEKS FRESH START WITH PROJECT

Canada SBSA-FINANCED PROJECT STARTS

Canada PRESSURE ON TENKE MINING

Canada ANVIL & 1ST QUANTUM ADVANCE

Canada STAKE IN KAKANDA UP FOR SALE

Uganda FUNDING READY FOR KASESE

DRC TWO NEW PROJECTS FOR FORREST

DRC COPPER/COBALT SCHEMES ADVANCE

Zaire LIST OF GECAMINES PROJECTS

Zaire AMF CLARIFIES PROJECTS

Spotlight | South Africa MBEKI TAKES CARE OF ZAIRE

West Africa PATCHWORK OF JUNIORS

Mauritania LICENCE AND COBALT FOR GGR

Zaire ISCOR NOW BIDDING FOR KAMOTO

Mauritania AUSTRALIANS GOING FOR GOLD

Zaire UM'S SOUTH AFRICAN NEW CARD

Zaire POLES AND JAPANESE JOIN PACK

Zaire THE SINEWS OF WAR

Ethiopia THREE WORLD BANK PROJECTS

Uganda KILEMBE BUILD-UP POSSIBLE

Zaire GCM LOWERS TARGETS

Mozambique NEW POWER-PLANT PROJECT

Zaire MAJOR COMPANIES COURT GCM

Nigeria LNG PROJECT UP AND RUNNING

Botswana SYSMIN LOAN FOR BCL STUDIED

Madagascar PAYING FOR FUN AND GAMES

Uganda COBALT SCHEME BECOMES CANADIAN

Kenya LOANS FOR LIGHTS

Zaire SWIPCO PACT A MAJOR BOON

Mauritius BIG FAT CONTRACTS AHEAD

Mauritius BIDDING FOR BAGASSE STATION

Eritrea INTERNATIONAL AID DETAILED

Uganda NEW PACT ON KILEMBE

Zaire WORLD BANK'S GUARDED OPTIMISM

Zaire GCM IN COBALT PUSH

Zaire GCM AIMS FOR 6,500T OF COBALT

Morocco PRIVATE SECTOR ROUND STARTS

Zaire GCM AS DIAMOND TRADING AGENCY

Spotlight | East Africa THE SOUTH AFRICAN AND CHINESE OUTSIDERS

Uganda FINANCE HANGING FIRE

Djibouti PORT REFORM

Spotlight | Zimbabwe POWER III UNDERWAY

Ghana TWO STAGES FOR ABOADSE

Ethiopia CALUB ENERGY PROJECT COST RISES

Eritrea ABANDONED INDUSTRY

Cameroon SONEL SEMI-PUBLIC?

Zaire COPPER, COBALT: MORE SLOWDOWN

Egypt FIRST CONTRACT FOR KUREIMAT

Ethiopia FULL AID FOR ECONOMIC RECOVERY PLAN

Mauritius SUGAR CANE WASTE FOR ENERGY PROJECT

Spotlight | Zambia REBOUND

About Africa Intelligence

Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Mali, Senegal, Togo
The secrets of Demex, the trader selling Russian oil in West Africa

Zambia
SMALLER PACKAGE FOR ANGLO

Canada
BLUE BUDDHA TO RUN GECAMINES

Canada
CHAOS GRIPS MINING SECTOR

Spotlight | Kenya
BARELY A THREE-MONTH HONEYMOON

DRC
KABILA AND RAUTENBACH FALL OUT

DRC, Sierra Leone
BOULLE ON THE MOVE

Uganda
AES AHEAD IN FINAL STRETCH

Spotlight | DRC
MINES COULD DICTATE SETTLEMENT

Zambia
WAY OPEN FOR SYSMIN AID

Canada
GECAMINES CREDITORS UP IN ARMS

South Africa
AAC BOGGED DOWN IN ZAMBIA

Canada
STRANGE RIDGEPOINTE CONTRACT

Canada
PACTS WITH ISCOR AND CLUFF

Burundi
AUSTRALIAN/CANADIAN PROJECT

Canada
CALEDONIAN IN NEW ACCORD WITH SODIMICO

DRC
PANORAMA CONFIRMS DOWNSCALING OF KAKANDA PROJECT

Canada
BLUE BUDDAH'S COBALT EMPIRE

Canada
TENKE PROJECT AND FINANCING READY IN JUNE

Canada
PANORAMA DOWNSCALES KAKANDA

Zambia
QASIM MINING SEEKS FRESH START WITH PROJECT

Canada
SBSA-FINANCED PROJECT STARTS

Canada
PRESSURE ON TENKE MINING

Canada
ANVIL & 1ST QUANTUM ADVANCE

Canada
STAKE IN KAKANDA UP FOR SALE

Uganda
FUNDING READY FOR KASESE

DRC
TWO NEW PROJECTS FOR FORREST

DRC
COPPER/COBALT SCHEMES ADVANCE

Zaire
LIST OF GECAMINES PROJECTS

Zaire
AMF CLARIFIES PROJECTS

Spotlight | South Africa
MBEKI TAKES CARE OF ZAIRE

West Africa
PATCHWORK OF JUNIORS

Mauritania
LICENCE AND COBALT FOR GGR

Zaire
ISCOR NOW BIDDING FOR KAMOTO

Mauritania
AUSTRALIANS GOING FOR GOLD

Zaire
UM'S SOUTH AFRICAN NEW CARD

Zaire
POLES AND JAPANESE JOIN PACK

Zaire
THE SINEWS OF WAR

Ethiopia
THREE WORLD BANK PROJECTS

Uganda
KILEMBE BUILD-UP POSSIBLE

Zaire
GCM LOWERS TARGETS

Mozambique
NEW POWER-PLANT PROJECT

Zaire
MAJOR COMPANIES COURT GCM

Nigeria
LNG PROJECT UP AND RUNNING

Botswana
SYSMIN LOAN FOR BCL STUDIED

Madagascar
PAYING FOR FUN AND GAMES

Uganda
COBALT SCHEME BECOMES CANADIAN

Kenya
LOANS FOR LIGHTS

Zaire
SWIPCO PACT A MAJOR BOON

Mauritius
BIG FAT CONTRACTS AHEAD

Mauritius
BIDDING FOR BAGASSE STATION

Eritrea
INTERNATIONAL AID DETAILED

Uganda
NEW PACT ON KILEMBE

Zaire
WORLD BANK'S GUARDED OPTIMISM

Zaire
GCM IN COBALT PUSH

Zaire
GCM AIMS FOR 6,500T OF COBALT

Morocco
PRIVATE SECTOR ROUND STARTS

Zaire
GCM AS DIAMOND TRADING AGENCY

Spotlight | East Africa
THE SOUTH AFRICAN AND CHINESE OUTSIDERS

Uganda
FINANCE HANGING FIRE

Djibouti
PORT REFORM

Spotlight | Zimbabwe
POWER III UNDERWAY

Ghana
TWO STAGES FOR ABOADSE

Ethiopia
CALUB ENERGY PROJECT COST RISES

Eritrea
ABANDONED INDUSTRY

Cameroon
SONEL SEMI-PUBLIC?

Zaire
COPPER, COBALT: MORE SLOWDOWN

Egypt
FIRST CONTRACT FOR KUREIMAT

Ethiopia
FULL AID FOR ECONOMIC RECOVERY PLAN

Mauritius
SUGAR CANE WASTE FOR ENERGY PROJECT

Spotlight | Zambia
REBOUND