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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.

Angola
Sonangol croise le fer avec Conoco et Cobalt

Son équipe de défenseurs constituée, la Sonangol a décidé de répliquer aux attaques de Conoco et Cobalt en arbitrage à Londres.

Subscribers only Énergies 29.08.2017

Angola
Cobalt ne parvient pas à bloquer la fronde de ses actionnaires

Cobalt, qui voulait retarder le recours lancé contre lui par ses actionnaires pour récupérer leurs pertes liées aux activités de la firme en Angola, vient d'être débouté par la justice.

Subscribers only Énergies 29.08.2017

Madagascar
Henri Randriamanana, Jirama's new and discreet COO

While a drive to recruit a dozen top managers at the national power utility Jirama is still underway, Henri Randriamanana [...]

Subscribers only 25.08.2017

Spotlight | Guinea
Bauxite shunts iron ore off top post

Once seen as one of the potential sources on which to build Guinea's development, iron ore exploration has now all but dwindled to a standstill. Mining giants BHP Billiton and Areva want to sell their project, as secondary actors look [.

Subscribers only Mining 01.08.2017

Ivory Coast
Jean-Claude Brou holds ground over ex-Glencore nickel

According to our information, Apostolos Peppas, managing director of Compagnie miniere du Bafing (CMB), is reported to have visited the [...]

Subscribers only Mining 01.08.2017

Zimbabwe
Yat Hoi Ning tries to return to Asa through back door

It looks as though Chinese businessman Yat Hoi Ning wants to take back his command of British junior Asa Resource [...]

Subscribers only Mining 01.08.2017

DRC
Victor Hanna switches from lithium to gold

According to our information, the discreet company incorporated in Mauritius [...]

Subscribers only Mining 01.08.2017

Angola
Cobalt veut faire échouer l'offensive de ses actionnaires

Cobalt tente une dernière manœuvre pour bloquer le recours lancé contre lui au sujet de ses activités en Angola.

Subscribers only Énergies 25.07.2017

Spotlight | DRC
War for lithium declared in Manono

The big names of the mining industry are rushing into to grab a share of southeast Congo-K's lithium, a metal in hot demand with the electric battery booming. We investigated as British financier Jason Brewer, Australian mining and oil magnate [.

Subscribers only Mining 18.07.2017

Malawi, Mozambique
Globe Metals slips out of Chinese ECE's hands

China's state-owned group ECE has lost the court case it launched in Australia to regain control of junior Globe Metals.

Subscribers only Mining 18.07.2017

Guinea
Terry Stanley lays into Volcanic Gold

Australian Terry Stanley, managing director of OreSearch Drilling, has declared war on its contractor Volcanic Gold Mines, a Canadian junior [...]

Subscribers only Mining 18.07.2017

Ivory Coast
Nickel explorers' semantic dexterity

In early July, Nickel de l'ouest de la Cote d'Ivoire [...]

Subscribers only Mining 18.07.2017

Africa
Influential Robert Amsterdam on the hunt for mining conflicts

Lawyer Robert Amsterdam, whose prestigious clients included former Yukos boss [...]

Subscribers only Mining 18.07.2017

Spotlight | DRC
Mining discord sparked by tensions over power in Katanga

Electricity, or the lack thereof, is a prickly topic in Katanga, and the root of a heated debate between miners and local authorities. Neither side wants to pick up the slack for costly power imports.