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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
Lubumbashi slag heap processing unit back in action

Idle since 2017 following the heated scuffle between George Forrest international and Gécamines, the Lubumbashi tailings processing unit is up and running again.

Subscribers only Mining 15.10.2019

DRC
Bankers Cobalt ready to bank on lithium to woo investors

Cobalt content analyses of its permits and the falling price of the metal has prompted Bankers Cobalt to consider highlighting its lithium potential ahead of its next capital raise.

Subscribers only Mining 15.10.2019

Mauritania
Nouakchott keen to register list of strategic minerals

After holding on to his seat as Mauritania's minister of petroleum, energy and mining in the recent cabinet reshuffle (AEI [...]

Subscribers only Mining 01.10.2019

Zambia
Oilman Julian Hammond dons new copper and cobalt hat

With his junior mining firm Zamare Minerals, Julian Hammond, the executive better known for his oil & gas ventures, has moved into several Zambian mining permits.

Subscribers only Mining 01.10.2019

Zambia
Qatar Mining delves into country's mining potential

Qatar Mining, a firm wholly owned by the state of [...]

Subscribers only Mining 01.10.2019

Namibia
Viriathus helps uranium explorers win over American investors

A year after counselling Australian mining firm Deep Yellow, owner [...]

Subscribers only Mining 01.10.2019

Madagascar
Andry Rajoelina's chief of staff on her way to Ottawa?

It has been a stressful week for Stephanie Delmotte, the [...]

Subscribers only Politics 20.09.2019

Guinea
Washington takes an interest in Conakry's strategic minerals

When on a visit to Washington in September, Guinean president Alpha Conde was able to present his country's strategic minerals, [...]

Subscribers only Mining 17.09.2019

DRC
Falling cobalt prices at the heart of Och-Ziff and Africo scuffle

A group of former Africo Resources investors has been authorised by court to seek damages from American hedge fund Och-Ziff [...]

Subscribers only Mining 17.09.2019

Zambia
Colin Bird adds yet another project to already plump mining portfolio

British engineer Colin Bird has added another string to his [...]

Subscribers only Mining 17.09.2019

DRC
Miners put on a brave face over subcontracting law

The sign that, two years after it passed into law, [...]

Subscribers only Mining 17.09.2019

Africa
Traceablity: Pamela Fierst-Walsh helps Assent prove know-how

To demonstrate its expertise in mining traceability and win over [...]

Subscribers only Mining 17.09.2019

Spotlight | Document | Zambia
Mining and trading rush on manganese

A combination of tumbling cobalt prices, aging copper assets in Copperbelt Province and sustained global demand for steel is pushing mining operators and traders active in Zambia towards the manganese sector.A steely resolve - Even as the state-owned ZCCM-Investments Holdings [.

Subscribers only Mining 03.09.2019

DRC
Tshisekedi has loyal supporter shadow pro-Kabila mines minister

While the former Congolese head of state Joseph Kabila did [...]

Subscribers only Mining 03.09.2019

Africa
Du Plessis steers DGWA's ambitions to conquer continent

The German financial advisory firm DGWA recruited South African mining [...]

Subscribers only Mining 03.09.2019

Mozambique
Dinis Napido takes the head of Kazakh ERG's coal project

Kazakh firm Eurasian Resources Group (ERG) has brought in Dinis [...]

Subscribers only Mining 03.09.2019

DRC
With Lualaba Copper Smelter, CNMC takes early hold of ERG copper

Interested in purchasing Kazakh firm ERG's mines, the Chinese group CNMC has already found a way to get its hands on the copper by promising to transform it with its future smelter.

Subscribers only Mining 30.07.2019

DRC
AfDB wants to help children out of cobalt mines

The African Development Bank (AfDB), which estimates that there are [...]

Subscribers only 30.07.2019

Tanzania
Another setback in coltan trading for Chris Huber

A court in Tanzania has rejected a request submitted by the trader, a man mentioned in a 2009 UN report about coltan trafficking in Africa, and his partners.

Subscribers only Mining 16.07.2019

DRC
Jacques Kanda offers Jogmec mining advice

The two representatives of the Japanese public firm Jogmec (Japan [...]

Subscribers only Mining 16.07.2019

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