China Molybdenum, one of the largest copper and cobalt miners in the world has been ordered to stop controlling operations at Tenke Fungurume, where the Chinese control an 80% stake, while the DRC owns 20%. Commercial Court of Lubumbashi issued the suspension Lubumbashi in favour of the government and itsContinue Reading
The Democratic Republic of Congo has recovered the mining and oil assets worth about $2 billion that was being controlled by Israeli investor Dan Gertler. The recovery follows a commission that was set up for negotiations. Concluded terms of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) enabled the government to recover aContinue Reading
Zimbabwe has earned close to US$2Bn from mineral exports in the first nine months of the year. The haul is for minerals whose marketing falls under the ambit of the Minerals Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe (MMCZ) and excludes gold and silver that are also high value minerals. Gold, one ofContinue Reading
The US$240m deal for Manono lithium-tin project in Democratic Republic of Congo has been completed. The agreement between ASX-listed AVZ Minerals with Chinese operator Suzhou CATH Energy Technologies, provides certainty of funding to progress the venture, pending the award of a mining licence and collaboration development agreement with the local government. TheContinue Reading
“We hope to move projects to further stages where financiers are more comfortable to get involved” A presentation by Nigeria’s Solid Mineral Development Fund (SMDF) during a session on financing operations in the country’s burgeoning mining sector created a lot of excitement on Tuesday during Nigeria Mining Week’s Digital Event. “The SMDF has beenContinue Reading
DRC’s mining company Gecamines and Ivanhoe Mines IVN have inked a deal that will see Kipushi zinc mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo back to commercial production. The mine located in the province of Haut-Katanga and southeast of the company’s Kamoa discovery, is adjacent to the town of Kipushi and approximately 30 kilometresContinue Reading
AVZ Minerals is set to invest $17.9m in early works and exploration drilling at the Manono Project in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). AVZ managing director, Nigel Ferguson revealed the report and said a portion of a recent A$75m capital raising, the funds are expected to help the firmContinue Reading
Tanzania’s recently established mineral centers located in the country’s mineral-rich regions has boosted revenue collection to over US $154.8m in the fiscal year 2019/20. This is part of the phases by the government in a move to eliminate mineral smuggling and crack down on tax evasion. The mineral centres areContinue Reading
The maiden mineral resource estimation exercise at Mpama South in Democratic Republic of Congo nears completion. Alphamin Resources reported that the assay results are expected to be announced later this month. To date, the miner has completed 24 235 m of drilling in 89 drillholes at its Democratic Republic of Congo-basedContinue Reading
One of the largest producers of copper and cobalt, Shalina Resources and a commodity trading giant, Trafigura have signed a US $600million financing agreement to considerably increase supplies of high-grade cobalt hydroxide and copper cathode from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The financing agreement will enable Shalina Resources, through its DRC subsidiary, Chemaf,Continue Reading
