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.

IVORY COAST Mining 23/02/2021

Guggenheim clan want greater share of country's mines 

The wealthy American Guggenheim family has applied for new exploration permits in Ivory Coast, this time adding other minerals to its coltan activities. But the Ivorian government has still not granted its previous applications. [...]

DRC ZIMBABWE Mining 15/12/2020

3T leader AfriMet plans to break into battery metals 

AfriMet, which has pumped half a million dollars into lithium developer Tantalex Resources in the DRC, is keen to get involved in other countries rich in the metal, with Zimbabwe top of the list. The move is a way of diversifying into battery metals, which are in great demand for electronics, a sector AfriMet already serves as a "3T" trader. [...]

AFRICA FRANCE Mining 07/12/2020

Eric Buisson, France's new conflict minerals due diligence compliance officer 

France's Ministry for Ecological Transition has set up a unit to monitor compliance with the new EU conflict minerals regulation that will come into effect on 1 January 2021. [...]

DRC Mining 13/11/2020

Zoé Kabila aspires to transform Tanganyika into the new Haut-Katanga 

DRC Business Mining 21/09/2020

Gigawatts and metal ores: what Fortescue pitched to Tshisekedi 

On a visit to Kinshasa on 16 September, the Australian metals giant Fortescue put forward an ambitious plan to develop electrical power and mining projects. [...]

ALGERIA Business 19/03/2020

Cieptal to cater for Sonatrach laboratory in Hassi Messaoud 

Catering company Cieptal, a subsidiary of France's Catering International & [...]

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AFRICA ANGOLA Oil & gas 17/03/2020

Are Spanish giant Repsol's days on the continent numbered? 

What has cursed Repsol's African endeavours? Despite the verve of its Exploration Director Europe, Middle East, Africa and Russia Didier [...]

ANGOLA AFRIQUE Pétrole 17/03/2020

Le colosse espagnol Repsol va-t-il disparaître du continent ? 

Repsol amorce son retrait de l'Angola, ajoutant un pays à la longue liste de ses échecs africains. Seul le Maghreb fait timidement figure d'exception. [...]

DRC Mining 25/02/2020

MD Services promotes mineral wealth to Canadians 

The DRC delegation's annual breakfast at the Investing in African [...]

MADAGASCAR Mining 25/02/2020

Child labour: MEPs add their voice to the code revision debate 

In their joint motion for a resolution on child labour [...]

TANZANIA Business Road and rail 14/02/2020

Potential new rival to Rwanda rail link project 

The viability of the Isaka-Kigali rail link project has been thrown into doubt by the new roadmap for the Central Corridor. [...]

DRC Mining 11/02/2020

Yves Kabongo one step further towards total copper supply chain 

As he continues to make headway at his copper processing unit in Lubumbashi, Yves Kabongo has also founded a trading unit for this highly sought-after battery metal. [...]

AFRICA Mining 28/01/2020

Washington takes about-turn on anti-disclosure stance 

After slamming commodity supply chain regulations for their negative impact on American firms in the first months of Donald Trump's [...]

UGANDA Mining 28/01/2020

African Panther in a rush to find financial backer for tin project 

African Panther needs to quickly find partner so that it can reassure the Ugandan authorities that it has the cash needed to explore its Kikagati tin project. [...]

TANZANIA Mining 14/01/2020

Jakarta helps Dar es Salaam find and extract its tin resources 

One of world's largest tin producers, with 44,500 tonnes extracted [...]

Spotlight EQUATORIAL GUINEA Mining 24/12/2019

Who are the pioneers heading into the country's mines? 

Despite being relatively unknown in the mining industry, most of the five firms awarded blocks in Equatorial Guinea's first ever mining licencing round EG Ronda 2019 Mining (AMI 448) have African mining veterans aboard. Specialists - While Oro Sac Corp, [. [...]

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC Mining 24/12/2019

Bangui wants to diversify with coltan 

While the Central African Republic's main source of mining revenue - diamonds - is still under a partial export ban [...]

DRC Mining 26/11/2019

Afai backs OECD team to analyse copper and cobalt sourcing 

To complete their report on copper and cobalt supply chains [...]

RWANDA Mining 12/11/2019

The back-story to Kigali coltan refinery developer Metalysis 

Saved from bankruptcy from its acquisition by Power Resources Group, Metalysis is now busy developing a unit to transform coltan into tantalum in Rwanda. [...]

DRC Mining 12/11/2019

PACT tests waters for interest in fight against child labour in mines 

The NGO PACT is keen to make enquiries to see [...]