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Battery Metals

Lithium, cobalt, graphite, vanadium and nickel, of which Africa boasts large reserves, are highly sought after for their capacity to store energy as batteries.

Morocco
Investors continue to circle round Jbiel mine

Its copper and cobalt potential is attracting interest.

Subscribers only Mining 31.10.2024

Cameroon
Sam Jonah's battery metal plans with Tronic Metals

Prominent Ghanaian mining figure Sam Jonah has become the new chair of Geovic Cameroun just as Tronic Metals, a Canadian company he owns a large share of, is finalising its purchase of Geovic's Nkamouna cobalt project.

Subscribers only Mining 21.10.2024

Spotlight | DRC
Tshisekedi's brother's dealings in Lualaba province

The Congolese leader's younger brother Christian Tshisekedi heads a company that has been in talks with the Luxembourg-based mining firm ERG to secure a concession in the rich mining province of Lualaba.

Subscribers only Mining, Politics 17.10.2024

Congolese president Félix Tshisekedi on 30 April 2024 in Paris.

DRC, Zambia
Mercuria restructures metals trading division with sights set on African copper

After defecting from Trafigura to Swiss trader Mercuria in June, Kostas Bintas was at the London Metal Exchange week.

Subscribers only Mining, Commodity traders 04.10.2024

DRC
Gécamines subsidiary EGC refocuses Trafigura alliance

Gécamines' colbalt arm, Entreprise Générale de Cobalt, led since May by Eric Kalala, is unravelling the partnership it has held since its creation in 2019 with Swiss trading giant Trafigura.

Subscribers only Mining, Commodity traders 25.09.2024

DRC
Lualaba Power's Nzilo II power station contract under renewed threat

The public procurement regulator in the Democratic Republic of Congo has called on the hydraulic resources ministry to stick to its 2022 decision to cancel the result of a tender for the construction of the Nzilo II hydroelectric power plant.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 04.09.2024

Senegal
Beijing eyes Senegal lithium

A Chinese firm is stepping up its efforts with Senegal's new government in order to obtain a lithium exploration licence in the country. It is doing so with the help of a senior Sierra Leonean official.

Subscribers only Mining 03.09.2024

Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye arrives in Beijing for the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, 2 September 2024.

Spotlight | Morocco
Washington comes to terms with prospect of Chinese gigafactories

The Americans, faced with Beijing's aggressive industrial strategy in Morocco in the electric vehicle sector, are trying to set up a mining partnership with the kingdom.

Subscribers only Mining, Diplomacy 01.08.2024

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Rabat, Morocco, on 29 March 2022.

Zimbabwe
Lithium: Britain's Premier African Minerals finally to start production

Mining veteran and former UraMin boss George Roach's company was forced to postpone production at its Zimbabwe ore processing plant because of technical problems. The firm is backed by China's Canmax, which is to receive the plant's lithium concentrate.

Subscribers only Mining 22.07.2024

Morocco
Rabat moves to speed up exploration by foreign mining firms in Western Sahara

The head of Morocco's national oil company ONHYM, Amina Benkhadra, wants to encourage joint ventures with mining juniors in the disputed territory of Western Sahara. Several Canadian groups have shown an interest.

Subscribers only Mining 15.07.2024

Amina Benkhadra, head of Morocco's Office National des Hydrocarbures et des Mines, in Rabat, Morocco, on 15 September 2022.

Ivory Coast, Malawi
Mota-Engil's mining investment arm LGM emerges from shadows

Luso Global Mining, a 100%-owned subsidiary of the Portuguese construction group, has made its first mining investments in Malawi and, more recently, in Ivory Coast. It is targeting gold and critical minerals projects.

Subscribers only Mining 12.07.2024

Morocco
SRG defies Ottawa and moves to Abu Dhabi to keep Chinese gigafactory partner

After Canada tried to veto its Chinese industrial partner C-One in an anode plant in Morocco from becoming a shareholder, Benoît La Salle's industrial and mining group has decamped to Abu Dhabi in a bid to win over Middle Eastern sovereign funds.

Free access Mining 03.07.2024

DRC
Gécamines tries to block Chemaf sale to Chinese firm

State-owned Gécamines is fighting the sale of the mining company Chemaf to the Chinese company Norin Mining and could go so far as to withdraw the licences it has granted to this subsidiary of the Shalina Resources group.

Subscribers only Mining 03.07.2024

DRC
Gécamines and ERG seek to bury the hatchet

DRC's state-owned Gécamines is prepared to negotiate a solution with Kazakh miner Eurasian Resources Group that would end arbitration proceedings underway in Paris and Geneva.

Subscribers only Mining 28.06.2024

Morocco
Rabat relaunches floating LNG terminal project

The kingdom is looking at a number of ways to diversify its gas imports. Time is running out as Morocco embarks on the construction of energy-intensive industrial infrastructure.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Energy 26.06.2024

Leila Benali, Morocco's Minister of Energy Transition and Sustainable Development, in Munich, Germany, 18 February 2024.

Zimbabwe
Behind the scenes of Algy Cluff's lithium project

The British oil and mining veteran visited Zimbabwe twice before signing a contract to resume lithium extraction at the Sandawana lithium deposit. President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the UK's top diplomat in Harare were instrumental in Cluff's decision to re-invest in the country.

Subscribers only Mining 24.06.2024

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Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Battery Metals

Morocco
Investors continue to circle round Jbiel mine

Cameroon
Sam Jonah's battery metal plans with Tronic Metals

Spotlight | DRC
Tshisekedi's brother's dealings in Lualaba province

DRC, Zambia
Mercuria restructures metals trading division with sights set on African copper

DRC
Gécamines subsidiary EGC refocuses Trafigura alliance

DRC
Lualaba Power's Nzilo II power station contract under renewed threat

Senegal
Beijing eyes Senegal lithium

Spotlight | Morocco
Washington comes to terms with prospect of Chinese gigafactories

Zimbabwe
Lithium: Britain's Premier African Minerals finally to start production

Morocco
Rabat moves to speed up exploration by foreign mining firms in Western Sahara

Ivory Coast, Malawi
Mota-Engil's mining investment arm LGM emerges from shadows

Morocco
SRG defies Ottawa and moves to Abu Dhabi to keep Chinese gigafactory partner

DRC
Gécamines tries to block Chemaf sale to Chinese firm

DRC
Gécamines and ERG seek to bury the hatchet

Morocco
Rabat relaunches floating LNG terminal project

Zimbabwe
Behind the scenes of Algy Cluff's lithium project

DRC
Conflict escalates between miners AVZ and Manono Lithium in Tanganyika

Morocco
Hunan businesses go prospecting in Moroccan market

Morocco
Australian mining giant Fortescue CEO heads to Rabat

Zimbabwe
Veteran miner Algy Cluff is back in the game with lithium

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Battery Metals

Morocco Investors continue to circle round Jbiel mine

Cameroon Sam Jonah's battery metal plans with Tronic Metals

Spotlight | DRC Tshisekedi's brother's dealings in Lualaba province

DRC, Zambia Mercuria restructures metals trading division with sights set on African copper

DRC Gécamines subsidiary EGC refocuses Trafigura alliance

DRC Lualaba Power's Nzilo II power station contract under renewed threat

Senegal Beijing eyes Senegal lithium

Spotlight | Morocco Washington comes to terms with prospect of Chinese gigafactories

Zimbabwe Lithium: Britain's Premier African Minerals finally to start production

Morocco Rabat moves to speed up exploration by foreign mining firms in Western Sahara

Ivory Coast, Malawi Mota-Engil's mining investment arm LGM emerges from shadows

Morocco SRG defies Ottawa and moves to Abu Dhabi to keep Chinese gigafactory partner

DRC Gécamines tries to block Chemaf sale to Chinese firm

DRC Gécamines and ERG seek to bury the hatchet

Morocco Rabat relaunches floating LNG terminal project

Zimbabwe Behind the scenes of Algy Cluff's lithium project

DRC Conflict escalates between miners AVZ and Manono Lithium in Tanganyika

Morocco Hunan businesses go prospecting in Moroccan market

Morocco Australian mining giant Fortescue CEO heads to Rabat

Zimbabwe Veteran miner Algy Cluff is back in the game with lithium

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About Africa Intelligence

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Africa Intelligence on social media

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Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Morocco
Investors continue to circle round Jbiel mine

Cameroon
Sam Jonah's battery metal plans with Tronic Metals

Spotlight | DRC
Tshisekedi's brother's dealings in Lualaba province

DRC, Zambia
Mercuria restructures metals trading division with sights set on African copper

DRC
Gécamines subsidiary EGC refocuses Trafigura alliance

DRC
Lualaba Power's Nzilo II power station contract under renewed threat

Senegal
Beijing eyes Senegal lithium

Spotlight | Morocco
Washington comes to terms with prospect of Chinese gigafactories

Zimbabwe
Lithium: Britain's Premier African Minerals finally to start production

Morocco
Rabat moves to speed up exploration by foreign mining firms in Western Sahara

Ivory Coast, Malawi
Mota-Engil's mining investment arm LGM emerges from shadows

Morocco
SRG defies Ottawa and moves to Abu Dhabi to keep Chinese gigafactory partner

DRC
Gécamines tries to block Chemaf sale to Chinese firm

DRC
Gécamines and ERG seek to bury the hatchet

Morocco
Rabat relaunches floating LNG terminal project

Zimbabwe
Behind the scenes of Algy Cluff's lithium project

DRC
Conflict escalates between miners AVZ and Manono Lithium in Tanganyika

Morocco
Hunan businesses go prospecting in Moroccan market

Morocco
Australian mining giant Fortescue CEO heads to Rabat

Zimbabwe
Veteran miner Algy Cluff is back in the game with lithium