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The state's second-ranking copper mining company behind Gecamines, Sodimiza, which operates mines at Musoshi and Kinsenda, announced that production of [...]

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Canada
BLUE BUDDHA TO RUN GECAMINES

Zimbabwe
GECAMINES SAVES MCM

DRC
KABILA AND RAUTENBACH FALL OUT

DRC, Sierra Leone
BOULLE ON THE MOVE

Canada
GECAMINES CREDITORS UP IN ARMS

Canada
BILLY RAUTENBACH BOSS OF GECAMINES

Canada
STRANGE RIDGEPOINTE CONTRACT

Canada
FIRST QUANTUM ON FOUR SITES

Canada
SBSA-FINANCED PROJECT STARTS

Canada
PRESSURE ON TENKE MINING

DRC
TWO NEW PROJECTS FOR FORREST

Canada
CLIMATE IMPROVES AT GECAMINES

Zaire
LIST OF GECAMINES PROJECTS

Zaire
AMF CLARIFIES PROJECTS

Spotlight | South Africa
MBEKI TAKES CARE OF ZAIRE

Zaire
ISCOR NOW BIDDING FOR KAMOTO

Spotlight | Zaire
GECAMINEs SET FOR 150 000 T/Y

Zaire
WORLD BANK'S GUARDED OPTIMISM

Zaire
GCM HOLDING AND KIMIN

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GCM CALLS FOR TAX RELIEF

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SYSMIN AID REJECTED

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Canada BLUE BUDDHA TO RUN GECAMINES

Zimbabwe GECAMINES SAVES MCM

DRC KABILA AND RAUTENBACH FALL OUT

DRC, Sierra Leone BOULLE ON THE MOVE

Canada GECAMINES CREDITORS UP IN ARMS

Canada BILLY RAUTENBACH BOSS OF GECAMINES

Canada STRANGE RIDGEPOINTE CONTRACT

Canada FIRST QUANTUM ON FOUR SITES

Canada SBSA-FINANCED PROJECT STARTS

Canada PRESSURE ON TENKE MINING

DRC TWO NEW PROJECTS FOR FORREST

Canada CLIMATE IMPROVES AT GECAMINES

Zaire LIST OF GECAMINES PROJECTS

Zaire AMF CLARIFIES PROJECTS

Spotlight | South Africa MBEKI TAKES CARE OF ZAIRE

Zaire ISCOR NOW BIDDING FOR KAMOTO

Spotlight | Zaire GECAMINEs SET FOR 150 000 T/Y

Zaire WORLD BANK'S GUARDED OPTIMISM

Zaire GCM HOLDING AND KIMIN

Zaire GCM CALLS FOR TAX RELIEF

Zaire SYSMIN AID REJECTED

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Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Mali, Senegal, Togo
The secrets of Demex, the trader selling Russian oil in West Africa

Zaire
BREAKDOWN CONTINUES

Canada
BLUE BUDDHA TO RUN GECAMINES

Zimbabwe
GECAMINES SAVES MCM

DRC
KABILA AND RAUTENBACH FALL OUT

DRC, Sierra Leone
BOULLE ON THE MOVE

Canada
GECAMINES CREDITORS UP IN ARMS

Canada
BILLY RAUTENBACH BOSS OF GECAMINES

Canada
STRANGE RIDGEPOINTE CONTRACT

Canada
FIRST QUANTUM ON FOUR SITES

Canada
SBSA-FINANCED PROJECT STARTS

Canada
PRESSURE ON TENKE MINING

DRC
TWO NEW PROJECTS FOR FORREST

Canada
CLIMATE IMPROVES AT GECAMINES

Zaire
LIST OF GECAMINES PROJECTS

Zaire
AMF CLARIFIES PROJECTS

Spotlight | South Africa
MBEKI TAKES CARE OF ZAIRE

Zaire
ISCOR NOW BIDDING FOR KAMOTO

Spotlight | Zaire
GECAMINEs SET FOR 150 000 T/Y

Zaire
WORLD BANK'S GUARDED OPTIMISM

Zaire
GCM HOLDING AND KIMIN

Zaire
GCM CALLS FOR TAX RELIEF

Zaire
SYSMIN AID REJECTED