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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.

Guinea
Where have the Simandou combatants ended up?

The dust is beginning to settle on the battlefield over the award procedure conditions for Guinea's Simandou iron ore contract. [...]

Subscribers only Mining 20.06.2017

Botswana
Quinton Hills to tackle Kraaipan for Laconia

Perth-based junior Laconia Resources, which recently picked up three permits in the Kraaipan area, in southern Botswana, to explore gold, [...]

Subscribers only Mining 20.06.2017

DRC
Deputy Stanley Pelesa pilots Cape Lambert into the country

Congolese deputy Stanley Mbayo Pelesa is busy implementing an equal-split [...]

Subscribers only Mining 20.06.2017

Angola
Cobalt tente de limiter la casse avec ses assureurs

Ses actionnaires réclamant d'être dédommagés à la suite de leurs pertes en bourse, qu'ils incombent aux enquêtes pour corruption à Luanda, Cobalt cherche l'aide financière de ses assureurs.

Subscribers only Énergies 13.06.2017

Tanzania
Magufuli raises hackles at World Bank (once again ?)

Tanzanian president John Magufuli has unwittingly thrown a spanner into [...]

Subscribers only Politics 09.06.2017

Africa
Marcus Struik, from BSGR's iron to Glencore's nickel

Marcus Struik, the former CEO of BSGR Metals & Mining Corp, an affiliate of Beny Steinmetz Group Resources (BSGR) which [...]

Subscribers only Mining 06.06.2017

Guinea
AusCan Exploration puts eggs in more than one basket

AusCan Exploration Guinee appears to have paid attention to president Alpha Conde’s call, voiced on May 9 at the opening [...]

Subscribers only Mining 06.06.2017

DRC
George Forrest wants second bout against Gecamines in Brussels

The Belgian-Congolese magnate is contesting the Brussels court’s decision, which has stated it does not have the jurisdiction to rule on his dispute with Gecamines over Katanga cobalt.

Subscribers only Mining 06.06.2017

Morocco
Chris Farnworth, headhunter for Canada’s miners

To secure a firm foothold in Morocco, two Canadian companies, Maxtech Ventures and Supreme Metals Corp, have teamed up with [...]

Subscribers only Mining 06.06.2017

Mali
Omnium seeks out source of battery production

Malian firm Omnium Invest, which produces batteries via its affiliate [...]

Subscribers only Mining 06.06.2017

Tanzania
Strand Hanson chaperones Opera on LSE

Opera Investments, which made its début on the London stock [...]

Subscribers only Mining 06.06.2017

Guinea
Sama Graphite looking for offtakers

Banking on the electric car market taking off, Canadian firm Sama Graphite Inc, is currently looking for buyers for the [...]

Free access Mining 23.05.2017

DRC
China flexes its muscles in Copperbelt

China is pulling out all the stops, both financial and diplomatic, to win over the Congolese authorities and retain its interests in Katanga’s mines.

Subscribers only Mining 23.05.2017

Mozambique
Nitty gritty on insider trading over Battery Minerals

Penalised for insider trading by the Australian market authority in 2016, Ryan Batros is reported to have traded Battery Minerals stock on behalf of his family.

Subscribers only Mining 23.05.2017

Morocco
Yahya Zinbi on the hunt for buyers of its copper

At the head of the Kharrouba Copper Mining Morocco (KCMM), a Moroccan-based subsidiary of Canadian firm Kharrouba Copper Co, which [...]

Subscribers only Mining 23.05.2017

Africa
Scott Reid pilots Jampur Group’s move into African mining

Emirati conglomerate Jampur Group, already active in electricity, trading, maritime transport and logistics, has opened a mining division and placed [...]

Subscribers only Mining 23.05.2017

Madagascar
Phil Hearse bets on Ianapera and Maniry graphite

Australian metallurgist Phil Hearse is planning to list mining junior BlackEarth Minerals on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) by the [...]

Subscribers only Mining 09.05.2017

Africa
EU wants top spot in offshore mineral exploration

On May 4 and 5, the combined council of ministers [...]

Subscribers only Mining 09.05.2017

Zambia
China’s MMG gaining ground in Zambia

In early April, MMG, affiliate of Chinese state-owned firm China [...]

Subscribers only Mining 09.05.2017

Tanzania
Asimwe Kabunga fleshes out his mining empire

This April, the Australian entrepreneur of Tanzanian origin Asimwe Kabunga [...]

Subscribers only Mining 09.05.2017

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