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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.

ZIMBABWE Mining 11/05/2022

Fearing seizures, Mnangagwa transfers state mining assets to a new entity

ZMDC, the state-owned company that owns the majority of the government's mining portfolio, needs to find more than $400m to compensate aggrieved former business partners. [...]

RWANDA Mining 03/05/2022

Bay View suffers setback in mining dispute with Kigali

The American company Bay View, which had sought arbitration with the Rwandan state for allegedly withdrawing its mining permit unfairly, appears to have suffered a setback at ICSID. [...]

DRC Mining 02/05/2022

With AJN, serial entrepreneur Klaus Eckhof could dig deeper into Manono lithium

The deal AJN Resources has struck with the Congolese state should enable the company and its CEO, the DRC mining-savvy Klaus Eckhof, to start lithium exploration in the Manono area, in addition to gold prospection in the eastern part of the country. [...]

SENEGAL Mining 22/04/2022

Haranga triples its chances at Areva's former uranium project

Australian junior Haranga Resources, which has bought the Saraya uranium project in Senegal, says two other hot commodities have been identified there: lithium and tin. [...]

ALGERIA Oil & gas 12/04/2022

Sonatrach shuns Western firms for Chinese oil companies

State-owned Sonatrach, noting the disaffection of Western firms for the Algerian market, is now focused on doing business with Chinese companies, foremost among them Sinopec. [...]

MOZAMBIQUE Mining 08/04/2022

President Nyusi's brother expands mining interests in Nampula province

Cosme Jacinto Nyusi, President Filipe Nyusi's little-known brother, is quietly expanding his mining investments in the rich subsoil of northern Mozambique. [...]

DRC Mining Power 01/03/2022

Cobalt, gold and carbon credits: the company run by Yves Kabongo changes name to fit with latest strategy

First named Bankers Cobalt to ride the cobalt wave, then Central African Gold as gold prices rose, the company led in the DRC by Yves Kabongo has now morphed again into African Energy Metals. [...]

Businessman Yves Kabongo. © The Icon Group DRC

DRC Mining 18/02/2022

ESG in mining industry under scrutiny

Congolese civil society is embarking on an assessment of the extent to which mining companies are respecting the principles of sustainable development and supporting local communities. [...]

MOROCCO Mining Commodity traders 15/02/2022

Transamine takes over from Managem to buy copper from Jbiel mine

Swiss trader Transamine recently struck a deal to buy copper from the Jbiel mine in Morocco. The ore was previously bought by the trading subsidiary of Managem, a mining arm of the holding company owned by the Moroccan royal family. [...]

MOZAMBIQUE Mining 15/02/2022

Ex-police chief Antonio Mongo strengthens grip on tantalum

Antonio Mongo's family-owned Mhongo's Mining Corporation is increasing its investments in tantalum, a highly coveted metal on the Asian market. [...]

DRC Mining 15/02/2022

Chinese miners hire Frontier Services Group for security training in troubled Kivus

The Chinese Enterprises Association in DR Congo hired Frontier Services Group (FSG) for security training in the wake of attacks on Chinese mining firms in North and South Kivu and Ituri provinces. [...]

Focus SOUTH AFRICA RWANDA Mining Mining 14/02/2022

Serial entrepreneur Brian Menell bets double on rare earth mining sovereignty

The mining and defence specialist and heir to the dynasty that co-founded AngloVaal has been investing heavily in "technology metals" with help from the US, worried about being left behind by China. As he had done in the 1990s with British and South African army veterans, who found the first private military companies to help his activities, Menell now has a retired US admiral and a former British army officer on board. [...]

South African Brian Menell. © Facebook/africaminingforum

NAMIBIA Mining 10/02/2022

Xinfeng Investments quietly paves way for Namibia's first lithium mine

With very little fanfare, the Chinese firm Xinfeng Investments is in the process of obtaining the necessary permits to construct what would be the country's first lithium mine, in the Erongo Region. [...]

IVORY COAST Mining 26/01/2022

Robert Friedland and GSOL expand in nickel

Nickel de l'Ouest de la Côte d'Ivoire, a company owned by individuals close to Beny Steinmetz, is planning to develop a new nickel mine in Ivory Coast. Other players are increasingly interested in the country's potential for the metal considered strategic for energy transition. [...]

DRC Mining 24/01/2022

Klaus Eckhof circles back to Manono's lithium

The German-born businessman-geologist has a history of arranging mining deals in the DRC. Now he has joined Tantalex Resources, which is exploring for lithium in Manono, just next to the concessions held by a company he used to work for: [...]

ALGERIA Business Road and rail 17/12/2021

Promised Sahel export hubs slow to get off the ground

Algiers has been slow to make good on its ambitions to develop Sahel trade by building logistics hubs in the far south. President Abdelmadjid Tebboune's government touted the grand plans as a means of boosting the country's influence in the region. [...]

BURUNDI Mining 09/11/2021

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Fearing seizures, Mnangagwa transfers state mining assets to a new entity

Bay View suffers setback in mining dispute with Kigali

With AJN, serial entrepreneur Klaus Eckhof could dig deeper into Manono lithium

Haranga triples its chances at Areva's former uranium project

Sonatrach shuns Western firms for Chinese oil companies

President Nyusi's brother expands mining interests in Nampula province

Cobalt, gold and carbon credits: the company run by Yves Kabongo changes name to fit with latest strategy

ESG in mining industry under scrutiny

Transamine takes over from Managem to buy copper from Jbiel mine

Ex-police chief Antonio Mongo strengthens grip on tantalum

Chinese miners hire Frontier Services Group for security training in troubled Kivus

Serial entrepreneur Brian Menell bets double on rare earth mining sovereignty

Xinfeng Investments quietly paves way for Namibia's first lithium mine

Robert Friedland and GSOL expand in nickel

Klaus Eckhof circles back to Manono's lithium

Promised Sahel export hubs slow to get off the ground

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

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Zealous mining investor Klaus Eckhof back in Bisié tin zone

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Fearing seizures, Mnangagwa transfers state mining assets to a new entity

Bay View suffers setback in mining dispute with Kigali

With AJN, serial entrepreneur Klaus Eckhof could dig deeper into Manono lithium

Haranga triples its chances at Areva's former uranium project

Sonatrach shuns Western firms for Chinese oil companies

President Nyusi's brother expands mining interests in Nampula province

Cobalt, gold and carbon credits: the company run by Yves Kabongo changes name to fit with latest strategy

ESG in mining industry under scrutiny

Transamine takes over from Managem to buy copper from Jbiel mine

Ex-police chief Antonio Mongo strengthens grip on tantalum

Chinese miners hire Frontier Services Group for security training in troubled Kivus

Serial entrepreneur Brian Menell bets double on rare earth mining sovereignty

Xinfeng Investments quietly paves way for Namibia's first lithium mine

Robert Friedland and GSOL expand in nickel

Klaus Eckhof circles back to Manono's lithium

Promised Sahel export hubs slow to get off the ground

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