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3T

This group of metals used to produce the world's electronic devices - coltan, tin, tantalum, tungsten, cassiterite, tantalite and wolframite - are largely extracted from Africa's Great Lakes region, essentially on the Democratic Republic of Congo side.

BURUNDI Mining 09/11/2021

Will US stake help Rainbow Rare Earths get its mine reopened?

Rainbow Rare Earths is highlighting the indirect presence of the US government in its capital, as Burundi seeks to position itself as an alternative to China for the supply of rare earths to Western countries, primarily the United States. [...]

Activity at the Gakara mine is still suspended. © Rainbow Rare Earths

DRC Mining 03/11/2021

Sceplum partners Gécamines, Trafigura and Pact on small-scale cobalt mining

Run by DRC mining experts and financed by businessman Gad Cohen, Sceplum is the fourth partner on the state-run project to formalise artisanal cobalt mining in the country. [...]

NETHERLANDS AFRICA Mining 28/10/2021

Prince Jaime de Bourbon-Parme adds lustre to China's image Free

To improve their reputation in the eyes of Western investors and partners, Chinese mining companies in Africa teamed up with a leading proponent of responsible mining, the Dutch prince Jaime de Bourbon-Parme, for a conference on ESG. [...]

Dutch Prince Jaime de Bourbon de Parme. © Twitter/@UNCTAD

DRC Mining 21/10/2021

Zealous mining investor Klaus Eckhof back in Bisié tin zone

With the prospects for tin looking rosy over the next few years, Klaus Eckhof, a keen investor in the DRC's mining sector, is hoping to develop a tin project next to Alphamin's very high-grade Bisié deposit. [...]

DRC Mining 05/10/2021

Chinese miners undaunted by critics

Under unprecedented fire from both Felix Tshisekedi and his allies, Chinese operators continue to arrive en masse in DRC's mines. [...]

RWANDA Mining 23/09/2021

Kagame to get prized coltan refinery by the New Year

Power Resources' first coltan refinery in Kigali has entered its final construction phase. The plant will turn Rwanda into a key global supplier of this strategic mineral used in the telephone and electronics industries. [...]

NAMIBIA Mining 26/08/2021

AfriTin seeks new permits as tin prices soar

After bursting onto the Namibian tin scene in 2017, the company led by Anthony Viljoen is on the verge of picking up two new exploration permits in the country, just as high demand for tin sends prices skyrocketing. [...]

DRC Mining 25/08/2021

North and South Kivu inspired by Katanga's model for gold and 3T exports

The procedure for exporting minerals from North and South Kivu is an administrative headache, a situation that the DRC employers' federation believes leads to smuggling of gold and the 3Ts to its neighbours. The organisation is calling for the creation of a single exports processing station. [...]

NAMIBIA Mining 28/07/2021

Arcadia Minerals starts tantalum exploration in Raubex's shadow

The newcomer to mineral exploration in Namibia is run by serial entrepreneur Jurie Wessels and 27% owned by South African construction group Raubex, but this is not the first time they have worked together. [...]

SOMALIA Mining 19/07/2021

Mining code: Mogadishu's uncertain message for attracting investors

In order to convince foreign miners to invest in the country's resources, the Somali government has promised that a specific code is being prepared to replace the one from 1984 - while also admitting that it does not know when it will be adopted. [...]

SpotlightCHINA SIERRA LEONE Mining 14/07/2021

Freetown aims to break DRC's grip on China phone sector

The government has granted a Chinese company a licence to extract coltan at an industrial scale. Its ambition is to compete with other African countries in supplying electronics giants. [...]

DRC Mining 30/06/2021

Uganda's Dott Services snaps up mining permits with its road construction contracts

Dott Services, the Ugandan group which is building a strategically important road between the DRC and Uganda, has also acquired a number of equally strategically important mining sites. Prospecting is now under way on the sites, which are located in Maniema province and are rich in "3Ts". [...]

UNITED STATES Mining 16/06/2021

US plays catch-up with EU on conflict minerals to turn page on Trump era

Joe Biden and his advisors are busy making up for lost time after Donald Trump's lack of action relegated Washington to following Brussels' initiatives on mining supply chain transparency. [...]

United States President Joseph R. Biden Jr. speaks during the Virtual CEO Summit on Semiconductor and Supply Chain at the White House in Washington, on Monday, April 12, 2021. Seated with Biden, clockwise from bottom left, are Daleep Singh, United States Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economics, Brian Deese, Director, National Economic Council, and US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan. © AmrAlfiky/picturealliance/ConsolidatedNewsPhotos/Newscom/MaxPPP

SIERRA LEONE Mining 01/06/2021

Government to flaunt mineral wealth in London, Dubai, and Moscow

After presenting the findings of a two-year study of the country's mining resources in Freetown, the Sierra Leone government now wants to tout this potential to the world's investors. [...]

GREAT LAKES Mining 24/05/2021

How more responsible mining can mean more profit

Praised by those advocating more ethical business, decried by others for their prohibitive cost, the accountability and traceability measures presented at the OECD Forum on Mineral Supply Chains are seen as key to profitability by some miners. [...]

Focus RWANDA DRC GREAT LAKES Mining 17/05/2021

DRC wants back in driver's seat on coltan

Tired of seeing coltan from its Kivu and Tanganyika mines processed and re-exported by its neighbours, Kinshasa plans to create facilities and smelters to process the ore on site. The initiative comes amid a warming of relations between the DRC and Rwanda, the country through which most of its coltan passes. [...]

A miner holding coltan in a mine in Rukunda, Masisi territory, North Kivu province, DRC. © Goran Tomasevic/Reuters

DRC Mining 11/05/2021

Chamber of mines, civil society anxious as generals take charge of two eastern provinces

Given that problems at mines in the east of the country are often linked to the armed forces, the installation of military governments in Nord Kivu and Ituri is a source of concern. [...]

SEYCHELLES Business Finance 03/05/2021

Chrystold Chetty, chairman of the Seychelles Revenue Commission, has his work set out for him

Chrystold Chetty, reappointed as chairman of the Seychelles Revenue Commission (SRC) in April, and SRC Commissioner Veronique Herminie are under pressure from the OECD, the European Union and the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). [...]

Seychelles Revenue Commission Chairman, Chrystold Chetty. © Facebook

GREAT LAKES Mining 22/04/2021

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. [...]

RWANDA CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC Diplomacy Business 07/04/2021

Kagame backs embattled Touadéra on all fronts

On top of diplomatic and military aid to the Central African Republic, Rwanda has quietly been placing its pawns in the country's mining sector and has its sights set on various infrastructure projects. This economic entryism is made possible by a handful of advisors close to the CAR president. [...]

Rwanda's President Paul Kagame. © Reuters

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Zealous mining investor Klaus Eckhof back in Bisié tin zone

Chinese miners undaunted by critics

Kagame to get prized coltan refinery by the New Year

AfriTin seeks new permits as tin prices soar

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Arcadia Minerals starts tantalum exploration in Raubex's shadow

Mining code: Mogadishu's uncertain message for attracting investors

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Arcadia Minerals starts tantalum exploration in Raubex's shadow

Mining code: Mogadishu's uncertain message for attracting investors

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US plays catch-up with EU on conflict minerals to turn page on Trump era

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Chamber of mines, civil society anxious as generals take charge of two eastern provinces

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