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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.

DRC
Mining G7 scuppered by returning trio

The DRC branches of Australian miner MMG, Canadian firm Ivanhoe [...]

Subscribers only Mining 12.11.2019

Spotlight | Namibia
Trans-Zambezi railway project getting back on track

Namibian authorities have relaunched the plan to transport minerals by rail from the Copperbelt to Walvis Bay, calling for bids for a feasibility study.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 11.11.2019

Copperbelt to Walvis Bay railway projects.

DRC
New Yorker holding company Nimba Group opens shop in Kinshasa

The New York-based investment holding company Nimba Group, which boasts an active minerals and metals trading branch, has taken an [...]

Subscribers only Mining 29.10.2019

Africa
Gold expert John Anderson gives cobalt a shot

Canadian capital markets expert John Anderson has set out in search of cobalt opportunities in Africa with the fledgling Cobaltic [...]

Subscribers only Mining 29.10.2019

DRC
Och-Ziff vs. Africo: Kalukundi appraisal due mid-November

Mining consultant Neil Rigby should soon present his estimation of how much the Africa's former shareholders can ask from Och-Ziff for the loss of the Kalukundi copper and cobalt site.

Subscribers only Mining 29.10.2019

Africa
Indaba goes all out to charm Chinese mining backers

With Chinese firms now among the largest investors in African mining, the organisers of Cape Town's annual get-together travelled to Beijing and Shanghai to win over new clients.

Subscribers only Mining 29.10.2019

Mozambique
Self-proclaimed dynamic Urbix to purify Montepuez graphite

The Arizona-based graphite refinement and processing company has set its sights on the African continent via a partnership with Battery Minerals, which explores the Montepuez deposit.

Subscribers only Mining 29.10.2019

DRC
Glencore doubles down on security in Kamoto

Swiss trading house Glencore has made good progress on the [...]

Subscribers only Mining 29.10.2019

Zimbabwe
Mirrorplex plans cash-boost to make headway on Shamva lithium

While Six Sigma Metals, a junior Australian mining firm of which he is a member of the board, has decided [...]

Free access Mining 15.10.2019

DRC
Lubumbashi slag heap processing unit back in action

Idle since 2017 following the heated scuffle between George Forrest international and Gécamines, the Lubumbashi tailings processing unit is up and running again.

Subscribers only Mining 15.10.2019

DRC
Bankers Cobalt ready to bank on lithium to woo investors

Cobalt content analyses of its permits and the falling price of the metal has prompted Bankers Cobalt to consider highlighting its lithium potential ahead of its next capital raise.

Subscribers only Mining 15.10.2019

DRC
Washington's good cop/bad cop traceability strategy

While the US secretary of state has signed a battery metals good governance partnership with Kinshasa, his Homeland Security peers have decided to stop importing gold from DRC precisely due to a lack of good governance!

Subscribers only Mining 15.10.2019

DRC
Coltan Valley pushes for mining industry to adopt tech hubs

With his aptly named Coltan Valley, Eric Mutonji has grand plans to set up tech hubs across the DRC where electronics companies, digital developers and battery manufacturers can source their battery and 3TG metals directly.

Subscribers only Mining 15.10.2019

Mauritania
Nouakchott keen to register list of strategic minerals

After holding on to his seat as Mauritania's minister of petroleum, energy and mining in the recent cabinet reshuffle (AEI [...]

Subscribers only Mining 01.10.2019

Zambia
Oilman Julian Hammond dons new copper and cobalt hat

With his junior mining firm Zamare Minerals, Julian Hammond, the executive better known for his oil & gas ventures, has moved into several Zambian mining permits.

Subscribers only Mining 01.10.2019

Zambia
Qatar Mining delves into country's mining potential

Qatar Mining, a firm wholly owned by the state of [...]

Subscribers only Mining 01.10.2019

Namibia
Viriathus helps uranium explorers win over American investors

A year after counselling Australian mining firm Deep Yellow, owner [...]

Subscribers only Mining 01.10.2019

Madagascar
Andry Rajoelina's chief of staff on her way to Ottawa?

It has been a stressful week for Stephanie Delmotte, the [...]

Subscribers only Politics 20.09.2019

DRC
Miners put on a brave face over subcontracting law

The sign that, two years after it passed into law, [...]

Subscribers only Mining 17.09.2019

Africa
Traceablity: Pamela Fierst-Walsh helps Assent prove know-how

To demonstrate its expertise in mining traceability and win over [...]

Subscribers only Mining 17.09.2019

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