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Bemba’s DGSE contact back at work again

With the opposition scheduled to pick a would-be successor to Joseph Kabila, former DGSE operative Jean-Marc Gadoullet has touched base with his one-time protégé, Jean-Pierre Bemba.

Subscribers only Politics 14.06.2017

Ministers come and go but Muganza's netwoks stay put

Behind the changing line-up of hydrocarbon ministers, the country’s oil sector is still under the thumb of the same powerful networks.

Subscribers only Energy 13.06.2017

Will STS’s Belgians be driven out of Kivu?

A group of Kivu citizens, led by Gilbert Kambale, a leading figure of Beni’s civil society, have been demonstrating against [...]

Subscribers only Energy 13.06.2017

George Forrest wants second bout against Gecamines in Brussels

The Belgian-Congolese magnate is contesting the Brussels court’s decision, which has stated it does not have the jurisdiction to rule on his dispute with Gecamines over Katanga cobalt.

Subscribers only Mining 06.06.2017

George Soros takes Kinshasa under his wing

After having invested in mining governance in Guinea, American billionaire George Soros, is ready to tackle another African giant in [...]

Subscribers only Mining 06.06.2017

Deputy Patrick Bologna takes consolation in family mines

After failing to pick up the land matters portfolio under Bruno Tshibala’s new administration, Patrick Bologna, Kinshasa’s representative at the [...]

Subscribers only Mining 06.06.2017

Moise Katumbi plays natural resources card

To convince the United States to back his candidacy, Moise [...]

Subscribers only Mining 06.06.2017

Miners baulk at imported power rates

Eric Monga Mumba, chairman of the Katanga-based Congolese federation of [...]

Subscribers only Mining 06.06.2017

Apollinaire Bulindi leading the pack in mining security

Shortly after the latest incident in which a small-scale miner [...]

Subscribers only Mining 06.06.2017

Afridex and Norinco determined to keep monopoly

Congolese mining explosives firm Africaine d'explosifs (Afridex), headed by admiral [...]

Subscribers only Mining 06.06.2017

China flexes its muscles in Copperbelt

China is pulling out all the stops, both financial and diplomatic, to win over the Congolese authorities and retain its interests in Katanga’s mines.

Subscribers only Mining 23.05.2017

Necotrans sheds ports but holds on to mines

French group Necotrans’ asset shedding may be restricted to its port activities and exclude mining services firm NB Mining, purchased by the group in 2015.

Subscribers only Mining 23.05.2017

Blue helmets sent in for Sengamines

In early May, agents of Monusco, the United Nations’ peacekeeping [...]

Subscribers only Mining 23.05.2017

Mining minister umpires Alphamin vs diggers match

In early May, North Kivu’s minister of mines Anselme Kitakia, [...]

Subscribers only Mining 23.05.2017

Minister Mukena in a rush to get rid of block V

Cohydro and the minister are determined to sell off the strategic permit, formerly operated by Soco in Virunga Park, as fast as they can.

Subscribers only Energy 16.05.2017

Who is now behind the helm of the energy ministry?

There is a lot of work cut out for the Congo-K’s new minister of energy and water resources, Jean-Marie Ingele [...]

Subscribers only Energy 16.05.2017

Aime Mukena unsubmersible at ministry of hydrocarbons

He’s done it again. Congo-K’s minister of hydrocarbons Aime Ngoy Mukena has once again manage to save himself a seat [...]

Subscribers only Energy 16.05.2017

Lake Kivu’s methane: Congolese courts put minister Mukena in his place

Congo-K’s hydrocarbons minister Aime Ngoy Mukena is trying to keep [...]

Subscribers only Energy 16.05.2017

Kinshasa nudges Delhi to recall existence of Katende Dam

The EximBank of India, the main financial backer of the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 16.05.2017

Spotlight
Glencore and Trafigura caught in Katanga tangle

The elections scheduled in 2017 to determine Congo-K president Joseph Kabila's successor are disrupting the country's economy. The unsettling climate is taking its toll on trading firms Glencore and Trafigura, who dominate copper and cobalt trading in Katanga.

Subscribers only Mining 09.05.2017

Authorities make battle plans to rescue Banro

The Congolese government has decided to take the bull by the horns and attempt to resolve the hostage crisis that [...]

Subscribers only Mining 09.05.2017

First Cobalt forms dream team to secure foothold in Copperbelt

To make sure its new move into Katanga’s cobalt is a success, First Colbalt has brought in experts both in the area and the metal.

Subscribers only Mining 09.05.2017

ITSCI swoops in to save protected national parks

The International Tin Supply Chain Initiative (ITSCI), which monitors the [...]

Subscribers only Mining 09.05.2017

Diggers fund ministry of mines’ offices

The fund provisioned by the sale of Societe miniere de [...]

Subscribers only Mining 09.05.2017

Influential Paul Baloyi backs Alphamin

With Paul Baloyi on the board of directors, Alphamin Resources’ [...]

Subscribers only Mining 09.05.2017

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