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Will the future president want to open road to diamonds and copper?

Joao Lourenco wants to expand two railway lines to evacuate Angolan diamonds but he might also want to capture a share of the mining transport business out of Katanga, in Congo-K. [...]

Published on 23/05/2017 at 03:30 GMT

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The deal is sealed: Endiama takes over tarnished Odebrecht stake in Catoca Diamond Mine

The sale of Brazilian Odebrecht 8.2% stake in Sociedade Mineira do Catoca (SMC) to Endiama was finally concluded on 21 January for $70m.

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Luanda willing to go private to secure ore evacuation

With commodity prices back on the rise, Luanda wants to offer investors safer solutions for evacuating their future output.

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Bombarded on the oil front, Joao Lourenco shores up his mining turf

While handing over the reins of the oil sector to Isabel dos Santos, daughter of Angola's former president (AEI 802), [...]

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Alrosa boss Sergei Ivanov Jr explores his options for Africa

Russian giant Alrosa, which in late June signed an agreement [...]

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Lourenco, future president of a cash-strapped country

After years of enjoying the fruits of a high oil price, Angola, the continent's second-ranking producer, now looks like a graveyard to would-be investors. The designated successor of president Jose Eduardo Dos Santos, who decided not to stand for re-election [.

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Indaba 2017: Francisco Queiroz pulls out all the stops to court miners

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Dos Santos forced to share the cake

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Connections in High Places for Local Groups

Among the many Angolan businesses active in commodities, three major groups are gaining increasingly in clout. The most active local private concern in the diamond industry at present is Hipergesta Gestao de Empreendientos e Coercio even through it is a [.

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

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The sensational rise and spectacular fall of Pefaco casino and hotels

Angola
Will the future president want to open road to diamonds and copper?

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Bolsonaro under pressure to allow Lula's flagship development bank to return to Africa

Angola
The deal is sealed: Endiama takes over tarnished Odebrecht stake in Catoca Diamond Mine

Angola
Luanda willing to go private to secure ore evacuation

Angola
Lourenco successfully dims Petrobras power scandal

Angola
Indaba 2018: Lourenco restores interest after Dos Santos era

Angola
Electricity: Gen. Pedro de Morais Neto's whirlwind venture in ENDE

Angola
Bombarded on the oil front, Joao Lourenco shores up his mining turf

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Lourenco, future president of a cash-strapped country

Angola
Indaba 2017: Francisco Queiroz pulls out all the stops to court miners

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Kangamba to pocket dollars from Tchegi’s diamonds

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