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DRC
Gécamines and ERG seek to bury the hatchet

DRC's state-owned Gécamines is prepared to negotiate a solution with Kazakh miner Eurasian Resources Group that would end arbitration proceedings underway in Paris and Geneva. [...]

Published on 28/06/2024 at 05:40 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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DRC
Benedikt Sobotka
Boss Mining
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Eurasian Resources Group
Felix Tshisekedi
Gecamines
International Chamber of
Nicolas Tréand
Swanmines

Spotlight | DRC
Tshisekedi's brother's dealings in Lualaba province

The Congolese leader's younger brother Christian Tshisekedi heads a company that has been in talks with the Luxembourg-based mining firm ERG to secure a concession in the rich mining province of Lualaba.

Subscribers only Mining, Politics 17.10.2024

Congolese president Félix Tshisekedi on 30 April 2024 in Paris.

DRC
Gécamines tries to block Chemaf sale to Chinese firm

State-owned Gécamines is fighting the sale of the mining company Chemaf to the Chinese company Norin Mining and could go so far as to withdraw the licences it has granted to this subsidiary of the Shalina Resources group.

Subscribers only Mining 03.07.2024

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Tshisekedi clan involved in former Katanga province's mining wild west

The names of several members of President Félix Tshisekedi's family keep quietly cropping up in connection with artisanal mining in Lualaba. Some of the sites invaded by artisanal miners last year are owned by Kazakhstan's Eurasian Resources Group.

Subscribers only Mining 05.02.2024

© Illustrated by Julien Pacaud Pictures: F. Scoppa/P. Meinhardt/AFP; J. Graylock/M. Kaplan/E. Zani/Alamy

DRC
New mining register boss cracks down on private permits

Popol Mabolia Yenga, who took up his new duties as the head of the DRC’s mining register authority CAMI on 3 August, has adopted a hardline stance towards private citizens holding mining permits.

Subscribers only Mining 30.10.2023

DRC
Mines minister Antoinette N'Samba Kalambayi backtracks on mining rights withdrawals

A number of mining companies have been notified that their mining rights have been restored. They were withdrawn by mines minister Antoinette N'Samba Kalambayi in July because of alleged social and environmental misdemeanours.

Subscribers only Mining, Politics 02.10.2023

Congolese Minister of Mines Antoinette N'Samba Kalambayi.

DRC
Kazakh miner ERG clashes with presidential family in Lualaba

In June, the army conducted investigations to find out who is behind the artisanal diggers working on ERG's mining permits. The names of presidential family members and a cooperative belonging to Lualaba province's acting governor came up during on-site interviews.

Subscribers only Mining 28.07.2023

ERG CEO Benedikt Sobotka and Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi.

Spotlight | DRC
Kinshasa turns to the mining companies for fresh funds

As it struggles to balance its books despite record revenues last year, Kinshasa is looking to the mining sector to help it improve its finances. The government is using every means at its disposal, including a tax on exceptional profits and an increase in Chinese companies' royalty payments.

Subscribers only Mining 21.06.2023

President of the DRC Felix Tshisekedi, 4 February 2023.

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French investigation sends tremors through Abidjan's political class

Libya
From Tripoli to Benghazi, Turkish trader BGN's oil odyssey

DRC
Gécamines and ERG seek to bury the hatchet

Spotlight | DRC
Tshisekedi's brother's dealings in Lualaba province

DRC
Gécamines tries to block Chemaf sale to Chinese firm

In Focus | DRC
Tshisekedi clan involved in former Katanga province's mining wild west

DRC
New mining register boss cracks down on private permits

DRC
Mines minister Antoinette N'Samba Kalambayi backtracks on mining rights withdrawals

DRC
Kazakh miner ERG clashes with presidential family in Lualaba

Spotlight | DRC
Kinshasa turns to the mining companies for fresh funds