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Battery Metals

Lithium, cobalt, graphite, vanadium and nickel, of which Africa boasts large reserves, are highly sought after for their capacity to store energy as batteries.

MOZAMBIQUE Mining 13/05/2022

MRG Metals reignites uranium ambitions in Zambezia province Free

Maputo, seeking to profit from rising uranium prices, hopes that a new project involving Australia's MRG Metals, the first in Mozambique for almost a decade, will herald a new wave of investment in the nuclear fuel. [...]

DRC Mining Commodity traders 12/05/2022

Trafigura plays catch-up on cobalt and copper with two deals worth a billion dollars

Having already secretly signed a $400m financing deal with the Chinese firm Chengtun, which has taken over Nzuri Copper's mines, the Genevan trader Trafigura is now set to finalise a deal with Chemaf first announced in late January. [...]

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. [...]

NAMIBIA Mining 10/05/2022

Chinese mining companies eye lithium in Dorob National Park

Zhuang Cai Zeng is following in the footsteps of Xinfeng Investments. The Chinese entrepreneur has been busy lately filing a number of lithium exploration permits in Erongo province, with many located in the protected Dorob National Park. [...]

GUINEA Mining 05/05/2022

Battery metals attract new exploration hopefuls

The increasing demand for minerals used in the manufacture of electric batteries, namely lithium, cobalt, nickel and manganese, is leading to greater interest in Guinea's natural resources. [...]

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. [...]

ZIMBABWE Mining 02/05/2022

Government looks to speed up reopening of ZiscoSteel ahead of presidential elections

Thanks to funding from Kuvimba Mining House, the state-controlled firm with links with controversial business magnate Kudakwashe Tagwirei, Zimbabwean president Emmerson Mnangagwa hopes to speed up the reopening of former industrial flagship Ziscosteel in time for the 2023 elections. [...]

Zimbabwe Iron and Steel Company (ZISCO) facilities in Redcliff, Kwekwe, Zimbabwe. © Philimon Bulawayo/Reuters

MOZAMBIQUE Mining 27/04/2022

Joao Lameiras, local partner in UraMin's gold mining drive

Operating mainly in the booming lithium sector in Zimbabwe, the company Premier African Minerals, led by one of the founders of UraMin, is pushing ahead with its gold project in northern Mozambique in partnership with a local consultant. [...]

SpotlightDRC Mining 26/04/2022

Several paths forward for giant Manono lithium project Free

Manono deposit's Australian operator, AVZ Minerals, says its future looks bright on this world-class lithium project but there are few uncertainties about its development. [...]

The Manono site, DRC. © @AvzMinerals/Twitter

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. [...]

SOUTH AFRICA Mining 20/04/2022

African Rainbow Minerals and Nornickel at odds over Nkomati mine

With nickel prices soaring, the South African mining group hopes to resume operations at its nickel mine. However, it seems not to have taken the trouble to inform its Russian partner and co-owner. [...]

The Nkomati nickel mine. © African Rainbow Minerals

LIBERIA Mining 19/04/2022

Pioneers probe for rare earths and lithium

Next Generation Resources is using decades-old US Geological Survey data to try to find rare earth and lithium deposits in Liberia, as global demand for the precious minerals continues to grow. [...]

Focus DRC Politics Mining 18/04/2022

How a 40-tonne seizure of cobalt has led to Lualaba's leaders tearing each other apart

Between accusations of conspiracy, fictitious expert reports and squabbles between departments, Lualaba's leaders have not stopped pulling each other apart after the seizure last year of a 40-tonne shipment of cobalt. At stake is the question of who will succeed Fifi Masuka Saini as head of the rich mining province after Governor Richard Muyej was ousted. [...]

The new governor of Lualaba province, Fifi Masuka Saini, and her predecessor, Richard Muyej. © Lualaba.gouv.cd

GHANA Mining 15/04/2022

Atlantic Lithium hires matchmaker to choose suitor

Global battery giants have been battling for stakes in lithium projects under development in Zimbabwe and Mali. Now they have set their sights on one run by Atlantic Lithium in Ghana. The British junior has hired consultants to help it scrutinise the offers it is getting. [...]

Lithium ore crystals. © Twitter @AtlanticLithium

ANGOLA Mining 11/04/2022

Bankers, geologists and energy experts show interest in UK mining offensive

When a vanguard of British companies came to Angola to identify mining opportunities, they scoped out potential strategic support for project development. [...]

UNITED KINGDOM Mining 05/04/2022

African critical minerals fever grips corridors of Westminster

Lobbyists in the UK parliament are campaigning to diversify Britain's supply of critical minerals. To the delight of the country's juniors, who are exploring for rare earths, graphite and manganese in Africa. [...]

BURUNDI Mining 31/03/2022

New proposal expected for mining code reform

Burundi is looking to reform its mining code as quickly as possible to make it better suited to deal with growing interest from foreign investors in its strategic rare earth and nickel resources. The government has nevertheless asked for changes to be made to the first draft of the revised code. [...]

SpotlightDRC Mining 29/03/2022

Behind-the-scenes of Glencore's battle to resolve its disputes with Kinshasa

Led by Gary Nagle since last July, the Swiss group, which reported a $5bn net income for 2021, is now practising a policy of amicable settlement to iron out disputes with local and US authorities over its activities in the DR Congo. [...]

Glencore CEO, the South African Gary Nagle. © Glencore

DRC Mining 28/03/2022

UN assigning consultants to establish battery precursor factory in Katanga

DR Congo has plans to make the most of its resources in cobalt, nickel, lithium and manganese by building battery cathode precursor factories in the Haut-Katanga Special Economic Zone. The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa will lend a hand. [...]

DRC Mining Commodity traders 25/03/2022

Huayou Cobalt tries to salvage its Congolese supply

The Chinese group has taken advantage of Gécamines' reluctance to pursue artisanal mining at the Kasulo mine, which Kinshasa wanted to suspend. But if it wants to keep its access to Congolese cobalt, this provider of large battery manufacturers in China will have to invest more in the sector's modernisation. [...]

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Several paths forward for giant Manono lithium project Free

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