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Spotlight | Angola
Lourenço cherry-picks five experts to lead new mining regulator

Published on 18.06.2020 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

Angolan President João Lourenço. © Reuters/POOL

The centrepiece of Angola's mining reform, the new sector regulatory authority, will be lead by the former deputy director-general of South Africa's mines ministry, Jacinto Rocha. Joining Rocha are former Ferrangol executives and officials from other national regulators.

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Spotlight | Angola
Lourenço cherry-picks five experts to lead new mining regulator

The centrepiece of Angola's mining reform, the new sector regulatory authority, will be lead by the former deputy director-general of South Africa's mines ministry, Jacinto Rocha. Joining Rocha are former Ferrangol executives and officials from other national regulators.

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Spotlight | Angola Lourenço cherry-picks five experts to lead new mining regulator

The centrepiece of Angola's mining reform, the new sector regulatory authority, will be lead by the former deputy director-general of South Africa's mines ministry, Jacinto Rocha. Joining Rocha are former Ferrangol executives and officials from other national regulators.

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Spotlight | Angola
Lourenço cherry-picks five experts to lead new mining regulator

Angola
Luanda prospects for diamond financing

Senegal
Senegal finally gets a shop window for its mining sector

Senegal
Dakar finally moves to get its revised mining register online

Angola
Lourenço woos foreign diplomats to add shine to his economic legacy

Angola
Endiama struggles to find a suitor for its private security subsidiary Alfa-5

Angola
Longonjo rare earths, the ace up Lourenço's sleeve

Angola
Lourenço wants to make up for diamond road repair blunder

Angola
Mining sector reforms: Lourenço sweet talks foreign investors

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