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Local communities lash out at Banro

The authorities in the eastern Congo-K province of Maniema have raised concerns over the revolt mounted by local communities against [...]

Subscribers only Mining 05.09.2017

Jinchuan and Gecamines want start-up in Musonoi by year-end

In its half-year financial statements published on August 18, Chinese state-run firm Jinchuan Group announced that it intends to start [...]

Subscribers only Mining 05.09.2017

Pascal Beveraggi tightens grip on Necotrans' mining division

Mining subcontracting firm NB Mining's managing director, Pascal Beveraggi, has [...]

Subscribers only Mining 05.09.2017

Can Grant Dempsey help ease Gecamines' predicament?

Congo-K's Katanga-based state-run company Gecamines, which has been scrambling for [...]

Subscribers only Mining 05.09.2017

Apollinaire Bulindi banks on Indians for Ulindi River gold

It looks as though Indian mining operators will reap the [...]

Subscribers only Mining 05.09.2017

Zinsou to succeed Michaelle Jean?

At a recent private meeting with several African heads of [...]

Subscribers only Diplomacy 30.08.2017

Spotlight
Who's hiding behind Oil Quest, future operator of Virunga

In 2015, junior Soco International bowed to mounting pressure from environmentalists and chose to abandon its permit V located in the Virunga National Park. Now, a new company has been negotiating a renewal of the very same permit.

Subscribers only Energy 29.08.2017

Total treads water on block III against rising political instability

According to our sources, the partners of block III held meetings at Total's headquarters in the La Defense business district [...]

Free access Energy 29.08.2017

New Delhi fishes Katende and Kakobola out of another tight spot

The Indian government is sparing no expense in its endeavour to see the two dams through to completion.

Subscribers only Energy 29.08.2017

Prime minister forces former services expert Sungula into oil

Former officer for the national intelligence bureau (Agence nationale de renseignement, ANR), Jean-Claude Sungula will once again handle oil assignments, [...]

Subscribers only Energy 29.08.2017

Minister Mukena more determined than ever to sell Nganzi

According to our sources, Congolese minister of hydrocarbons, Aime Ngoy [...]

Subscribers only Energy 29.08.2017

KLEC wins another round in bout against Mukena over Kivu methane

The president of Congo-K's supreme court of justice has once [...]

Subscribers only Energy 29.08.2017

Kisangani ramps up pressure for its dam

Kisangani, capital of the new Tshopo province, wants its own [...]

Subscribers only Energy 29.08.2017

Pietro Fiorentini touts merits of LNG to miners

The Italian group wants to convince miners active in Congo-K to use liquefied natural gas for their energy production.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Mining 01.08.2017

Miners in a tizzy over threat of international sanctions

Western diplomatic chancelleries are preparing to rain down a series of sanctions on members of Congolese president Joseph Kabila's entourage [...]