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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.

Rio Tinto plays Maputo off against Antananarivo Free

As Antananarivo seeks to maximise its tax revenues from QMM, the ilmenite production arm of Rio Tinto, the mining giant is preparing to get its Mutamba project in Mozambique off the ground. It is a signal to the Madagascan authorities that it has an alternative, should the tax negotiations fall through. [...]

MOZAMBIQUE Mining 26/09/2022

Former first lady's cousin moves into gemstones

Jose Eduardo Dai, who has long played a key role in the Guebuza family's mining business, is launching a new company to exploit gems in northern Mozambique. [...]

MOZAMBIQUE Defence Mining 21/09/2022

After security and gas, Rwanda sees graphite opportunities in Cabo Delgado

With Rwandan troops still helping to secure the far northern Mozambican province, investors close to Kigali now have their sights set on graphite, a mineral which is increasingly in demand for manufacturing electric batteries. [...]

Rwandan army and police personnel boarded a plane for Mozambique in Kigali, capital city of Rwanda, on July 10, 2021.

SpotlightDRC Politics 16/09/2022

Cloak and daggers in the highest echelons of the Congolese state

President Tshisekedi's strategic adviser Vidiye Tshimanga has been secretly caught on film meeting two fake investors on several occasions. Parts of these recordings have been made public and they cast an unflattering light on the practices, and also the tensions, within the president's office. [...]

SpotlightALGERIA Mining 08/09/2022

Tebboune's grand plans for cobalt, iron and coltan mining

President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has placed major mining projects at the top of his agenda. Chinese and Russian operators have traditionally been Algeria's partners of choice, but Algiers now wants to open up to Western firms, including French companies on the lookout for rare metals. [...]

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune.

ZIMBABWE Mining 07/09/2022

Harare calls Zambian Kalaluka to testify in Amari Resources arbitration

A major new player entered the US side of the $70m dispute between South Africa's Amari Resources and the state-owned Zimbabwe Mining Development Corp (ZMDC) on 19 August. [...]

ANGOLA DRC Infrastructures Mining Commodity traders 06/09/2022

Trafigura, Vecturis and Mota-Engil all set to restart Kolwezi-Lobito rail corridor

The consortium of the three European groups, which won the tender to run the Angolan part of the mining railway, has already begun talks with Kinshasa and the Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Congolais. [...]

In Focus DRC UNITED STATES Mining Diplomacy 05/09/2022

US disillusioned over failure to turn DR Congo away from Beijing

Ever since Félix Tshisekedi took power, Washington had hoped he would curb China's huge influence in the country. Four years later, the United States is bitterly disappointed that it has failed to break Beijing's hegemony in strategic mining issues. [...]

US president Joe Biden and his Congolese counterpart Félix Tshisekedi in October 2021.

TANZANIA Mining 02/09/2022

Suluhu's stick and carrot approach to revive mining sector

The Tanzanian president has been taking steps to reconcile relations with the mining sector after six years of tensions under her predecessor. While she is keen to attract new investors, she is equally determined to have them on her terms. [...]

Tanzania president, Samia Suluhu Hassan.

BOTSWANA Mining 21/07/2022

Masisi welcomes Premium Nickel Resources move into tourism

Ater buying BCL's mining assets, Canadian Premium Nickel Resources has just invested in the region's tourism sector, much to the delight of President Masisi, who wants mining groups to boost the country's second biggest source of revenue, which was hit hard by Covid-19. [...]

NAMIBIA Mining 13/07/2022

King Frans Indongo Jr seeks licences in uranium zone

King Frans Indongo Jr, the son of one of the wealthiest people in Namibia, has been buying up exploration permits across Namibia. His latest haul is a set of permits next to the huge Husab uranium mine. [...]

SpotlightMOZAMBIQUE Energy 12/07/2022

Total unlikely to resume Mozambique LNG in 2022 despite Rwandan military protection

The French major no longer believes that it can restart its operations in Cabo Delgado in the next few months. Despite the presence of Rwandan soldiers, it has no way of guaranteeing even minimal security for several hundred contracted personnel on the LNG site. [...]

Rwandan soldiers patrolling in Afungi, near the TotalEnergies complex in Cabo Delgado, 22 September 2021.

ANGOLA Mining 30/06/2022

Geoangol spearheads Luanda's mining strategy

Now controlled by the state-owned diamond company Endiama, the geological analysis laboratory is to help the Luanda authorities build up data on the country's mineral resources with a view to attracting investors. [...]

MALI Mining 27/06/2022

Juniors on the lookout for local nickel

Mali is seeing a rise in the number of nickel exploration applications as demand for this metal essential to energy transition continues to grow across West Africa. [...]

BOTSWANA Mining 22/06/2022

Christian Cordier doubles down in Botswana's metal fever

The Australian entrepreneur, already among the most active players in the recent wave of international investment in metal exploration in Botswana, is expanding his operations. He relies on a network of local partners. [...]

CAMEROON Mining 22/06/2022

Eramet looks beyond rutile

On top of its flagship rutile project in Akonolinga, the French group Eramet has embarked on a permit acquisition and application drive in Cameroon, in line with its strategy to find new high-potential deposits. [...]

CAMEROON Mining 20/06/2022

Battle over Nkamouna-Mada cobalt

US-based Phoenix Mining announced in March that it had taken control of the Nkamouna-Mada nickel-cobalt project in Cameroon. But Australian junior Cyclone Metals said in June that it had applied for a licence for the same site. [...]

ANGOLA Mining 14/06/2022

Angolan lithium in the limelight Free

In recent years, the main energy transition metals that have been of interest to Angola's investors have been cobalt, nickel and copper. However, a listed junior is now targetting lithium, an essential metal for battery manufacturing, which is highly sought after on the African continent. [...]

ZIMBABWE Mining 10/06/2022

Exit of Vi Holding and Lafarge tightens Tagwirei's grip

The two biggest international investors in Zimbabwe are pulling out at the same time and selling their assets to companies with links to the powerful magnate and presidential adviser Kuda Tagwirei. [...]

DRC Finance Business 09/06/2022

Arise prepares ground for DRC debut Free

In negotiations with Kinshasa to set up in the DRC, the investment fund Arise is deliberating over the location and size of its two industrial and logistics platforms, one dedicated to wood processing and the other to agribusiness. [...]

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