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Rio Tinto

Rio Tinto is an Anglo-Australian mining company and one of the world leaders in the production of aluminium, iron ore, copper and uranium.

Guinea
Rio Tinto's friends talk Conde around

Saved by the bell on Feb. 23 when president Alpha Conde finally agreed to extend its exploration license on two [...]

Subscribers only Mining 01.03.2011

Tanzania
Sichuan Hongda will need to prove its mettle

Picked early this year by the Tanzanian government to both extract iron ore from Liganga and coal from Mchuchuma in [...]

Subscribers only Mining 01.03.2011

Mozambique
Riversdale: Uncertainty continues

Rio Tinto has put back from March 4 to 18 [...]

Subscribers only Mining 01.03.2011

Algeria
Aluminium projects on hold

Maghreb Confidential has learned that prime minister Ahmed Ouyahia has decided to freeze a project for an aluminium smelter at [...]

Subscribers only Business 24.02.2011

Spotlight | Central Africa, West Africa
France’s Bollore on a lucky streak

A former tobacco magnate in Africa, Vincent Bollore had the bright idea to drop that business some time back to return to what was once a core business: shipping. In the space of a few years, the French businessman succeeded [.

Subscribers only Politics 23.02.2011

Mauritania
Taleb Ould Abdi Vall

The former boss of Societe Nationale Industrielle et Miniere (SNIM), Taleb Ould Abdi Vall, became Mauritania’s 10th oil minister in [...]

Subscribers only Energy 22.02.2011

Guinea
February a make-or-break month for Rio Tinto

One of the key issues facing the new mines minister, Mohamed Lamine Fofana, concerns a project to develop the Simandou [...]

Subscribers only Mining 18.01.2011

Africa
BHP’s two-way bet on oil group

In the works for almost a year but not yet formally announced to the market, a move by BHP Billiton [...]

Subscribers only Energy 11.01.2011

Guinea
Conde says his election marks "re-birth of Guinea"

The inauguration ceremony of president Alpha Conde on Dec. 21 in Conakry provided an occasion for several bosses of mining [...]

Subscribers only Mining 04.01.2011

DRC
New Bonanzas Could Be in the Offing

Several geologists pointed to unexplored areas and the potential for new bonanzas in Democratic Republic of Congo at a seminar [...]

Subscribers only Mining 14.12.2010

Congo
Iron Ore: Xstrata Moves into Higher Gear

New to the iron ore scene just a year ago, Xstrata has stepped on the accelerator to catch up with [...]

Subscribers only Mining 16.11.2010

Guinea
Mahmoud Thiam Embarks on Road Show

Guinea's mines minister, Mahmoud Thiam, was in Madagascar and Dubai [...]

Subscribers only Mining 16.11.2010

Namibia
Eliphas Hawala

The managing director of Epangelo Mining, Eliphas Hawala, is struggling to gain greater clout. Epangelo was set up last year [...]

Subscribers only Mining 19.10.2010

Africa
China Africa Fund Seeks to Build Reputation

The result of an original idea by president Hu Jintao, the China Africa Development Fund (CAD Fund) is making its [...]

Subscribers only Mining 05.10.2010

Guinea
Ultimatum for Rio Tinto in Guinea

Rio Tinto, whose affiliate Simfer operates the iron ore project [...]

Subscribers only Mining 05.10.2010

Algeria, Brazil
Miguel Jorge

Is Vale still in the running for the Gara Djebilet iron project? The Brazilian iron giant was represented in a [...]

Subscribers only Mining 21.09.2010

Guinea
Conakry Intent on Taking Stake in Simandou

The authorities are turning up the heat on Rio Tinto/Simfer. On June 25 the company received a warning from prime [...]

Subscribers only Mining 06.07.2010

Mozambique
Rio Tinto Plants its Flag

In mid-June, Rio Tinto Minerals made its debut in Mozambique’s mining sector by forming a joint venture with AfNat Resources, [...]

Subscribers only Mining 22.06.2010

Namibia
Rosatom's USD1 Billion Play on Rossing

Sergei Kiriyenko, the head of Russia's state-owned nuclear energy company Rosatom, is achieving his objectives concerning Namibia's uranium industry (see [...]

Subscribers only Mining 25.05.2010

Algeria
Miir Mirchi

On a back burner since the outset of the world economic crisis, a project by Rio Tinto Alcan to build [...]

Subscribers only Mining 11.05.2010

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Rio Tinto

Guinea
Rio Tinto's friends talk Conde around

Tanzania
Sichuan Hongda will need to prove its mettle

Mozambique
Riversdale: Uncertainty continues

Algeria
Aluminium projects on hold

Spotlight | Central Africa, West Africa
France’s Bollore on a lucky streak

Mauritania
Taleb Ould Abdi Vall

Guinea
February a make-or-break month for Rio Tinto

Africa
BHP’s two-way bet on oil group

Guinea
Conde says his election marks "re-birth of Guinea"

DRC
New Bonanzas Could Be in the Offing

Congo
Iron Ore: Xstrata Moves into Higher Gear

Guinea
Mahmoud Thiam Embarks on Road Show

Namibia
Eliphas Hawala

Africa
China Africa Fund Seeks to Build Reputation

Guinea
Ultimatum for Rio Tinto in Guinea

Algeria, Brazil
Miguel Jorge

Guinea
Conakry Intent on Taking Stake in Simandou

Mozambique
Rio Tinto Plants its Flag

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Rosatom's USD1 Billion Play on Rossing

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Miir Mirchi

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Rio Tinto

Guinea Rio Tinto's friends talk Conde around

Tanzania Sichuan Hongda will need to prove its mettle

Mozambique Riversdale: Uncertainty continues

Algeria Aluminium projects on hold

Spotlight | Central Africa, West Africa France’s Bollore on a lucky streak

Mauritania Taleb Ould Abdi Vall

Guinea February a make-or-break month for Rio Tinto

Africa BHP’s two-way bet on oil group

Guinea Conde says his election marks "re-birth of Guinea"

DRC New Bonanzas Could Be in the Offing

Congo Iron Ore: Xstrata Moves into Higher Gear

Guinea Mahmoud Thiam Embarks on Road Show

Namibia Eliphas Hawala

Africa China Africa Fund Seeks to Build Reputation

Guinea Ultimatum for Rio Tinto in Guinea

Algeria, Brazil Miguel Jorge

Guinea Conakry Intent on Taking Stake in Simandou

Mozambique Rio Tinto Plants its Flag

Namibia Rosatom's USD1 Billion Play on Rossing

Algeria Miir Mirchi

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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

Guinea
Rio Tinto's friends talk Conde around

Tanzania
Sichuan Hongda will need to prove its mettle

Mozambique
Riversdale: Uncertainty continues

Algeria
Aluminium projects on hold

Spotlight | Central Africa, West Africa
France’s Bollore on a lucky streak

Mauritania
Taleb Ould Abdi Vall

Guinea
February a make-or-break month for Rio Tinto

Africa
BHP’s two-way bet on oil group

Guinea
Conde says his election marks "re-birth of Guinea"

DRC
New Bonanzas Could Be in the Offing

Congo
Iron Ore: Xstrata Moves into Higher Gear

Guinea
Mahmoud Thiam Embarks on Road Show

Namibia
Eliphas Hawala

Africa
China Africa Fund Seeks to Build Reputation

Guinea
Ultimatum for Rio Tinto in Guinea

Algeria, Brazil
Miguel Jorge

Guinea
Conakry Intent on Taking Stake in Simandou

Mozambique
Rio Tinto Plants its Flag

Namibia
Rosatom's USD1 Billion Play on Rossing

Algeria
Miir Mirchi