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Cobalt

Some 60% of the world's cobalt reserves are found in the Democratic Republic of Congo, while other African nations, including Zambia, Uganda, Botswana, Namibia, Morocco, Ivory Coast and Guinea also hold resources of this sought-after metal used in the growing electric battery market.

DRC
Heads roll in Lualaba as ERG penny-pinches over Metalkol compensation

An official working for the province of Lualaba has been suspended for having advised Kazakhstan's Eurasian Resources Group on the relocation of farmers affected by its Metalkol copper and cobalt project. The governorate got wind of the affair after complaints from the farmers about the low level of compensation paid by the mining group.

Subscribers only Mining 29.06.2020

DRC
Subcontracting law: mining boss Albert Yuma puts old rival Kalej Nkand in his place

The debates that led to a cut in the sub-contracting regulation authority's prerogatives have rekindled an old dispute between its managing director Kalej Nkand and the chairman of the Congolese employers' association, Albert Yuma, within the state mining company Gécamines.

Subscribers only Mining, Business 25.06.2020

The Congolese employers' association chairman Albert Yuma.

Spotlight | DRC
Erik Prince wins key security contract from Chinese mining giant CNMC

Newly established in the DRC, the insurance subsidiary of Frontier Services Group, headed by private security magnate Erik Prince has won a contract from Chinese conglomerate CNMC, which has extensive interests in the Copperbelt.

Subscribers only Mining 16.06.2020

Angola
Total lands another sweet tax deal with Cobalt Energy's blocks

French major Total is now the owner of an 80% interest in block 21/09 and 50% in block 20/11 previously owned by the now folded Cobalt International Energy.

Subscribers only Energy 15.06.2020

Uganda
Jervois Mining spruces up to secure Kilembe copper

Jervois Mining's management is quietly working to win round key Ugandan private and public actors with the hope this will help it win a licence for the country's flagship project: the reboot of the Kilembe copper mine.

Subscribers only Mining 12.06.2020

DRC
Celebrity attorney Theodore Boutrous to defend Dell in class action suit over child labour in cobalt mines

Having taken on Donald Trump and Harvey Weinstein in the courts and defended Playboy against the White House, the American lawyer Theodore Boutrous has now been retained by the computer maker Dell in a case involving alleged forced labour in Congolese mines.

Subscribers only Mining 08.06.2020

Zambia
Lusaka prices environmental obligations at Vedanta and Glencore mines

A review of the cost of the environmental protections that the Zambian government promised to introduce at the Konkola and Mopani copper mines when it privatised them in the early 2000s is set to get under way.

Subscribers only Mining 05.06.2020

Cameroon
BWA loses Akonolinga rutile to Eramet, charges onwards with new sites

Having failed to win the permit for Cameroon's Akonolinga project, British mining group BWA has begun exploring sites in Nkoteng and Dehane with the assistance of Cameroonian mining specialist Richard Howe.

Subscribers only Mining 03.06.2020

DRC
Congo's Kennesy Brouwers joins the virtual gold rush

Congolese businessman Kennesy Brouwers, who is active in the mining sector, has set up a cryptoasset investment company called SQ IXS. Several other operators see virtual currencies as an alternative source of financing, though without much result to date.

Subscribers only Finance, Mining, Business 03.06.2020

DRC, Uganda
Samta recruits former Vedanta and Chemaf experts to lead its copper and cobalt prospecting drive

India's Agrawal clan, which originally specialised in pharmaceuticals, has recruited former executives from the giant Copperbelt mining groups to run its new prospecting activities in DRC and Uganda. The work is to be carried out by Samta.

Subscribers only Mining 26.05.2020

DRC
Covid-19: minister of mines calls out badly behaved copper players

In a letter sent out to the country's top officials, the Congolese minister of mines Willy Kitobo Samsoni expresses his frustration with the number of contracts cancelled or put on ice by copper producers Eurasian Resources Group and Chemaf because of the coronavirus outbreak.

Subscribers only Mining 13.05.2020

DRC, Zambia
China's CNMC bids to become central player in Copperbelt

Active for a long time in copper production in Zambia and the DRC, China's CNMC is now investing resources in becoming a key operator in trading and mining services.

Subscribers only Mining 12.05.2020

Spotlight | DRC
With lithium in trouble, leading battery producer CATL forges ahead on cobalt

Having completed work on their new processing plant, the bosses of China's CATL group and its partner Putailai are now waiting only for the Covid-19 crisis to ease to officially launch operations at the Luisha South mine in Katanga, which is crucial to their development plans in DRC.

Subscribers only Mining 07.05.2020

Chinese battery maker CATL CEO Robin Zeng.

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DRC
Washington deal: intricacies behind Tshisekedi's poker move

Namibia
Namibia oil utopia hangs on TotalEnergies' final investment decision

Cobalt

DRC
Heads roll in Lualaba as ERG penny-pinches over Metalkol compensation

DRC
Subcontracting law: mining boss Albert Yuma puts old rival Kalej Nkand in his place

Spotlight | DRC
Erik Prince wins key security contract from Chinese mining giant CNMC

Angola
Total lands another sweet tax deal with Cobalt Energy's blocks

Uganda
Jervois Mining spruces up to secure Kilembe copper

DRC
Celebrity attorney Theodore Boutrous to defend Dell in class action suit over child labour in cobalt mines

Zambia
Lusaka prices environmental obligations at Vedanta and Glencore mines

Cameroon
BWA loses Akonolinga rutile to Eramet, charges onwards with new sites

DRC
Congo's Kennesy Brouwers joins the virtual gold rush

DRC, Uganda
Samta recruits former Vedanta and Chemaf experts to lead its copper and cobalt prospecting drive

DRC
Covid-19: minister of mines calls out badly behaved copper players

DRC, Zambia
China's CNMC bids to become central player in Copperbelt

Spotlight | DRC
With lithium in trouble, leading battery producer CATL forges ahead on cobalt

DRC
Chemaf streamlines copper and cobalt operations to stay open for business during pandemic

DRC
The rush on cobalt endangers Busanga dam build

In Focus | DRC
Cobalt: activist lawyer Terry Collingsworth forces Apple, Tesla & co to answer child labour charges

Mauritius
HM Rawat Group sets out to conquer DRC

DRC
Och-Ziff non-plussed with ex-Africo investors' compensation figure

Zambia
MPs question state policy on mineral processing

DRC
Ruashi buys out the neighbours to fulfil expanding ambitions

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Cobalt

DRC Heads roll in Lualaba as ERG penny-pinches over Metalkol compensation

DRC Subcontracting law: mining boss Albert Yuma puts old rival Kalej Nkand in his place

Spotlight | DRC Erik Prince wins key security contract from Chinese mining giant CNMC

Angola Total lands another sweet tax deal with Cobalt Energy's blocks

Uganda Jervois Mining spruces up to secure Kilembe copper

DRC Celebrity attorney Theodore Boutrous to defend Dell in class action suit over child labour in cobalt mines

Zambia Lusaka prices environmental obligations at Vedanta and Glencore mines

Cameroon BWA loses Akonolinga rutile to Eramet, charges onwards with new sites

DRC Congo's Kennesy Brouwers joins the virtual gold rush

DRC, Uganda Samta recruits former Vedanta and Chemaf experts to lead its copper and cobalt prospecting drive

DRC Covid-19: minister of mines calls out badly behaved copper players

DRC, Zambia China's CNMC bids to become central player in Copperbelt

Spotlight | DRC With lithium in trouble, leading battery producer CATL forges ahead on cobalt

DRC Chemaf streamlines copper and cobalt operations to stay open for business during pandemic

DRC The rush on cobalt endangers Busanga dam build

In Focus | DRC Cobalt: activist lawyer Terry Collingsworth forces Apple, Tesla & co to answer child labour charges

Mauritius HM Rawat Group sets out to conquer DRC

DRC Och-Ziff non-plussed with ex-Africo investors' compensation figure

Zambia MPs question state policy on mineral processing

DRC Ruashi buys out the neighbours to fulfil expanding ambitions

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About Africa Intelligence

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Africa Intelligence on social media

Indigo Publications' websites

DRC
Washington deal: intricacies behind Tshisekedi's poker move

Namibia
Namibia oil utopia hangs on TotalEnergies' final investment decision

DRC
Heads roll in Lualaba as ERG penny-pinches over Metalkol compensation

DRC
Subcontracting law: mining boss Albert Yuma puts old rival Kalej Nkand in his place

Spotlight | DRC
Erik Prince wins key security contract from Chinese mining giant CNMC

Angola
Total lands another sweet tax deal with Cobalt Energy's blocks

Uganda
Jervois Mining spruces up to secure Kilembe copper

DRC
Celebrity attorney Theodore Boutrous to defend Dell in class action suit over child labour in cobalt mines

Zambia
Lusaka prices environmental obligations at Vedanta and Glencore mines

Cameroon
BWA loses Akonolinga rutile to Eramet, charges onwards with new sites

DRC
Congo's Kennesy Brouwers joins the virtual gold rush

DRC, Uganda
Samta recruits former Vedanta and Chemaf experts to lead its copper and cobalt prospecting drive

DRC
Covid-19: minister of mines calls out badly behaved copper players

DRC, Zambia
China's CNMC bids to become central player in Copperbelt

Spotlight | DRC
With lithium in trouble, leading battery producer CATL forges ahead on cobalt

DRC
Chemaf streamlines copper and cobalt operations to stay open for business during pandemic

DRC
The rush on cobalt endangers Busanga dam build

In Focus | DRC
Cobalt: activist lawyer Terry Collingsworth forces Apple, Tesla & co to answer child labour charges

Mauritius
HM Rawat Group sets out to conquer DRC

DRC
Och-Ziff non-plussed with ex-Africo investors' compensation figure

Zambia
MPs question state policy on mineral processing

DRC
Ruashi buys out the neighbours to fulfil expanding ambitions