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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.

Zambia
ZCCM-IH starts the hunt for gold at Mwinilunga

Zambia's national mining firm ZCCM-Investments Holdings (ZCCM-IH), which is about [...]

Subscribers only Mining 14.01.2020

Angola
Affaire Cobalt : Total remet à flot les finances de Sonangol

La love story se poursuit entre Total et la société publique Sonangol. Après leur projet de créer une joint-venture (JV) [...]

Subscribers only Énergies 07.01.2020

Zambia
ZCCM-IH hoping for a new El Dorado in Rufunsa gold

As part of its strategy to diversify its assets beyond copper and cobalt (AMI 443), Zambia's national mining firm ZCCM-Investments [...]

Subscribers only Mining 24.12.2019

DRC
Albert Yuma's vision of Gécamines, the cobalt trader

On December 17, Gécamines chairman Albert Yuma Mulimbi announced that the national firm would be creating a new Entreprise Générale [...]

Subscribers only Mining 24.12.2019

Zambia
ZCCM-IH scours former zinc and lead mine for traces of vanadium

Zambia's national mining investments and operations company ZCCM-Investments Holdings (ZCCM-IH) [...]

Subscribers only Mining 24.12.2019

Spotlight | Angola
Lourenço's hype over copper assets works on Anglo American and Pengxin

Angolan President João Lourenço has been working hard to convince foreign firms to invest in the country's diamond sector (AMI 451) but also its copper assets and his efforts are beginning to pay off. The London and Johannesburg-based mining giant [.

Subscribers only Mining 10.12.2019

DRC
$1.38 billion: the top figure ex-Africo investors put on Kalukundi losses

The expert hired by Africo's former shareholders has estimated the amount they can claim from Och-Ziff for the loss of rights to the Katanga copper and cobalt site.

Subscribers only Mining 10.12.2019

Zambia
Relocations take toll on ZCCM-IH's manganese goals

Zambia's state-owned ZCCM-Investments Holdings (ZCCM-IH) had first planned to start [...]

Subscribers only Mining 10.12.2019

DRC
Gryphon Advisors helps Katanga Mining pay off its debt to Glencore

Katanga Mining, which launched a funding round among its shareholders to reimburse the $4.4 billion it owns its parent company Glencore, has hired Gryphon Advisors to help make sure things run smoothly.

Subscribers only Mining 26.11.2019

DRC
Wanbao and Managem plan to start copper production at Pumpi by April

The joint venture operating the Katanga copper project Pumpi expects [...]

Subscribers only Mining 26.11.2019

DRC
Afai backs OECD team to analyse copper and cobalt sourcing

To complete their report on copper and cobalt supply chains [...]

Subscribers only Mining 26.11.2019

DRC
Mining G7 scuppered by returning trio

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

Subscribers only Mining 12.11.2019

DRC
PACT tests waters for interest in fight against child labour in mines

The NGO PACT is keen to make enquiries to see [...]

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

DRC
Glencore doubles down on security in Kamoto

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

Subscribers only Mining 29.10.2019

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

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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

Zambia
ZCCM-IH starts the hunt for gold at Mwinilunga

Angola
Affaire Cobalt : Total remet à flot les finances de Sonangol

Zambia
ZCCM-IH hoping for a new El Dorado in Rufunsa gold

DRC
Albert Yuma's vision of Gécamines, the cobalt trader

Zambia
ZCCM-IH scours former zinc and lead mine for traces of vanadium

Spotlight | Angola
Lourenço's hype over copper assets works on Anglo American and Pengxin

DRC
$1.38 billion: the top figure ex-Africo investors put on Kalukundi losses

Zambia
Relocations take toll on ZCCM-IH's manganese goals

DRC
Gryphon Advisors helps Katanga Mining pay off its debt to Glencore

DRC
Wanbao and Managem plan to start copper production at Pumpi by April

DRC
Afai backs OECD team to analyse copper and cobalt sourcing

DRC
Mining G7 scuppered by returning trio

DRC
PACT tests waters for interest in fight against child labour in mines

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

DRC
New Yorker holding company Nimba Group opens shop in Kinshasa

Africa
Gold expert John Anderson gives cobalt a shot

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

DRC
Glencore doubles down on security in Kamoto

DRC
Washington's good cop/bad cop traceability strategy

DRC
Coltan Valley pushes for mining industry to adopt tech hubs

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Cobalt

Zambia ZCCM-IH starts the hunt for gold at Mwinilunga

Angola Affaire Cobalt : Total remet à flot les finances de Sonangol

Zambia ZCCM-IH hoping for a new El Dorado in Rufunsa gold

DRC Albert Yuma's vision of Gécamines, the cobalt trader

Zambia ZCCM-IH scours former zinc and lead mine for traces of vanadium

Spotlight | Angola Lourenço's hype over copper assets works on Anglo American and Pengxin

DRC $1.38 billion: the top figure ex-Africo investors put on Kalukundi losses

Zambia Relocations take toll on ZCCM-IH's manganese goals

DRC Gryphon Advisors helps Katanga Mining pay off its debt to Glencore

DRC Wanbao and Managem plan to start copper production at Pumpi by April

DRC Afai backs OECD team to analyse copper and cobalt sourcing

DRC Mining G7 scuppered by returning trio

DRC PACT tests waters for interest in fight against child labour in mines

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

DRC New Yorker holding company Nimba Group opens shop in Kinshasa

Africa Gold expert John Anderson gives cobalt a shot

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

DRC Glencore doubles down on security in Kamoto

DRC Washington's good cop/bad cop traceability strategy

DRC Coltan Valley pushes for mining industry to adopt tech hubs

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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

Zambia
ZCCM-IH starts the hunt for gold at Mwinilunga

Angola
Affaire Cobalt : Total remet à flot les finances de Sonangol

Zambia
ZCCM-IH hoping for a new El Dorado in Rufunsa gold

DRC
Albert Yuma's vision of Gécamines, the cobalt trader

Zambia
ZCCM-IH scours former zinc and lead mine for traces of vanadium

Spotlight | Angola
Lourenço's hype over copper assets works on Anglo American and Pengxin

DRC
$1.38 billion: the top figure ex-Africo investors put on Kalukundi losses

Zambia
Relocations take toll on ZCCM-IH's manganese goals

DRC
Gryphon Advisors helps Katanga Mining pay off its debt to Glencore

DRC
Wanbao and Managem plan to start copper production at Pumpi by April

DRC
Afai backs OECD team to analyse copper and cobalt sourcing

DRC
Mining G7 scuppered by returning trio

DRC
PACT tests waters for interest in fight against child labour in mines

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

DRC
New Yorker holding company Nimba Group opens shop in Kinshasa

Africa
Gold expert John Anderson gives cobalt a shot

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

DRC
Glencore doubles down on security in Kamoto

DRC
Washington's good cop/bad cop traceability strategy

DRC
Coltan Valley pushes for mining industry to adopt tech hubs