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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.

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.

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

Already struggling from a lack of funds for works on its new processing facility, the mining company Chemaf is now having to contend with operational difficulties arising from the coronavirus pandemic.

Subscribers only Mining 24.04.2020

DRC
The rush on cobalt endangers Busanga dam build

An unchecked sprint to extract cobalt around Lualaba is causing significant damage and delays to the construction of the Busanga hydropower plant, whose future 240-MW output the former Katanga region desperately needs to boost its economy.

Subscribers only Energy, Mining 22.04.2020

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

To respond to lawyer Terry Collingsworth's claims that they have been complicit in the use of forced child labour in the DRC, US West Coast tech giants Apple, Google, Microsoft and Tesla are mobilising America's top legal brains.

Subscribers only Mining 20.04.2020

Artisanal miners work at the Tilwizembe outside of Kolwezi.

Mauritius
HM Rawat Group sets out to conquer DRC

The HM Rawat Mauritian business empire is banking on its SEZ experience to persuade the DRC authorities of its telecoms credentials.

Subscribers only Business 27.03.2020

Zambia
ZCCM-IH seeks outside help to lead charge on diversification plan

Now that its gold production arm ZCCM Gold Co is up and running (AMI 455), the Zambian state company ZCCM-Investments [...]

Subscribers only Mining 24.03.2020

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

On March 6, Cahill Gordon & Reindell partner Anirudh Bansal submitted his client, OZ Africa's response, before the court of [...]

Subscribers only Finance, Mining 24.03.2020

Zambia
MPs question state policy on mineral processing

Several Zambian parliamentarians in recent weeks have called the government to task over its choice of mining processing unit projects.

Free access Mining 24.03.2020

DRC
Ruashi buys out the neighbours to fulfil expanding ambitions

Copper and cobalt producer Metorex, a subsidiary of China's Jinchuan [...]

Subscribers only Mining 24.03.2020

DRC
Somika on track to double copper production by year-end 2020

The Congolese firm intends to open two new units near its copper production plant in Haut-Katanga and double its current output of 24,000 tonnes before the end of the year.

Subscribers only Mining 10.03.2020

DRC
ERG seeks solution for Metalkol zinc and cadmium sale

After detecting the presence of metals other than cobalt and copper at its Metalkol mine, the Kazakh group is looking for ways to separate the various elements in order to sell them.

Subscribers only Mining 10.03.2020

DRC
Lubumbashi slag heap: Trafigura wins zinc and Huayou snaps up cobalt

The reopening of the Lubumbashi tailings processing facility has reshuffled the deck of buyers, with Glencore out and Trafigura and Huayou very much in.

Subscribers only Mining 25.02.2020

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Namibia
Namibia oil utopia hangs on TotalEnergies' final investment decision

Nigeria
The latest secrets of a $10bn legal scandal between Abuja and London

Cobalt

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

Zambia
ZCCM-IH seeks outside help to lead charge on diversification plan

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

DRC
Somika on track to double copper production by year-end 2020

DRC
ERG seeks solution for Metalkol zinc and cadmium sale

DRC
Lubumbashi slag heap: Trafigura wins zinc and Huayou snaps up cobalt

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Cobalt

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Zambia Lusaka prices environmental obligations at Vedanta and Glencore mines

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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

Zambia ZCCM-IH seeks outside help to lead charge on diversification plan

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

DRC Somika on track to double copper production by year-end 2020

DRC ERG seeks solution for Metalkol zinc and cadmium sale

DRC Lubumbashi slag heap: Trafigura wins zinc and Huayou snaps up cobalt

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About Africa Intelligence

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Africa Intelligence on social media

Indigo Publications' websites

Namibia
Namibia oil utopia hangs on TotalEnergies' final investment decision

Nigeria
The latest secrets of a $10bn legal scandal between Abuja and London

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

Zambia
ZCCM-IH seeks outside help to lead charge on diversification plan

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

DRC
Somika on track to double copper production by year-end 2020

DRC
ERG seeks solution for Metalkol zinc and cadmium sale

DRC
Lubumbashi slag heap: Trafigura wins zinc and Huayou snaps up cobalt