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Key mining officials in South Kivu under arrest

On Sept. 30, the intelligence agency Agence Nationale de Renseignements (ANR) headed by Kalev Mutond arrested three leading officials in [...]

Subscribers only Mining 11.10.2016

Agencies trading traceable gold feel left out

In late September the mines minister in South Kivu, Apollinaire [...]

Subscribers only Mining 11.10.2016

Kabila forced to go easy on oil firms to keep them from bolting

Facing growing political unrest, Congo’s oil ministry has no choice but to close its eyes to the unfulfilled contracts of the few companies that remain active.

Subscribers only Energy 04.10.2016

Perenco loses its fight to maintain production

The gloomy oil outlook in Congo-K has turned even gloomier [...]

Subscribers only Energy 04.10.2016

Total ready to unveil next steps on block 3

A technical panel set up by partners on block 3 [...]

Subscribers only Energy 04.10.2016

Government takes back rights on Lueshe niobium mine

The Congolese authorities cancelled the license of Societe Miniere du Kivu (Somikivu), which manages the pyrochlore (niobium oxide) mine at [...]

Free access Mining 27.09.2016

Kabwelulu sets up talk with Katanga Mining

Congo mines minister Martin Kabwelulu is due to meet shortly with the management of Katanga Mining to push the mining firm to resume production at the end of 2017.

Subscribers only Mining 27.09.2016

Dark clouds gather over Alphamin

Uncertainty weighs over the inauguration of the biggest tin mine [...]

Subscribers only Mining 27.09.2016

Mining shakeup in new provinces

The decentralization process that began in Congo-K in 2015 when [...]

Subscribers only Mining 27.09.2016

inauguration of a diamond trading center

In response to the break-up of western Kasai into two [...]

Subscribers only Mining 27.09.2016

Mukena keeps touting EPPM plant on Lake Kivu

Congo-K’s oil and gas minister Aimé Ngoy Mukena is continuing to lobby in favour of the Tunisian firm EPPM winning [...]

Subscribers only Energy 20.09.2016

High-level talks to explore lake Tanganyika

According to our sources, Congo-K’s oil and gas minister Aimé [...]

Subscribers only Energy 20.09.2016

Kinshasa counting on Ivanhoe to soothe tempers in Katanga

The authorities in Kinshasa hope that an announcement in mid-September [...]

Subscribers only Energy 20.09.2016

Resolute takes an option on Kilo Goldmines

The gold producer now active in West Africa and Australia is now about to plant its flag in the gold belt in Congo-K.

Free access Mining 13.09.2016

None of gold trading agencies in Bukavu are legal

Following a tour of agencies that trade in gold in [...]

Subscribers only Mining 13.09.2016

Mukendi Wafwana tells Ivanhoe Mines how to go about it

The firm Emery Mukendi Wafwana & Associes is spending all [...]

Subscribers only Mining 13.09.2016

Sarkozy meets Katumbi

As well as meeting President Patrice Talon of Benin (WAN [...]

Subscribers only Politics 07.09.2016

Kinshasa bides its time as Delhi picks a company to revive Katende

The Congolese authorities are waiting impatiently for Angelique International to be replaced by another firm to continue building Katende dam.

Subscribers only Energy 06.09.2016

Yuma's latest stab at reviving GCM

The chairman of state-controlled Gecamines, Albert Yuma Mulimbi, unveiled a new plan in August to nurse GCM back to health in two years.