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Spotlight | Guinea
Turkish tycoon and Erdogan pal, Ahmet Calik embarks on mining adventure

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Erdogan sets out to conquer Africa

Keen to reassert Turkey's international status, and also to help Turkish companies to break into the African market, the Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been spearheading a major diplomatic and business drive in Africa. To achieve its goals, the Turkish government is counting on the assistance of its religious networks. [...]

Ahmet Calik's mining projects. © Indigo Publications

Riding on the honeymoon phase of Ankara and Conakry's political and economic relations (WAN 811), Turkish billionaire Ahmet Calik, who is close to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has secured a strategic mining alliance with the Guinean government.Territory - On December [...]

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Mining

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“Erdogan sets out to conquer Africa”

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Ahmet Calik
Aktif Bank
AngloGold Ashanti
Berat Albayrak
Calik Enerji
Calik Holding
DEIK
Esra Erdogan
Fatih Volkan Kazova
Lidya Madencilik
Mitsubishi
Nordgold
Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Toya Holding
Zafer Topaloglu

Russia, UAE
Nordgold's golden airlift from Dinguiraye to Dubai

Despite the sanctions imposed on its main shareholder, the Russian mining company Nordgold is busy shifting its stocks of gold mined in Guinea to Dubai, where it is getting it refined. It is a complex circuit and a tightly guarded operation.

Subscribers only Mining 07.10.2022

Africa, Guinea
Turkish billionaire Calik's company sets sights on African mines beyond Guinea and DRC

The holding company of Turkish businessman Ahmet Calik, who is said to be close to President Erdogan, is trying to obtain permits in other countries on the continent, having entered the mining sector in Africa via the exploration activities of his company Lidya Madencilik in Guinea and DRC.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Mining 31.05.2022

Guinea
Turkish billionaire and Erdogan ally Ahmet Calik hones in on gold and iron

Lidya Madencilik, the Ahmet Calik-led company which set up in Guinea in late 2019 to explore the country's mining potential in partnership with the mines ministry, has given details of the areas it is most interested in developing.

Subscribers only Mining 24.08.2021

DRC
Turkey's Calik takes solar step into Kinshasa

Turkish conglomerate Calik's electricity subsidiary has set up shop in the DR Congo, where it plans to develop solar projects with the US entrepreneur Rubar Sandi.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 30.03.2021

Burkina Faso, Ghana
Still in the fight for Cardinal Resources, Russia's Nordgold is on a roll in Bissa

To prepare for the start of production at new satellite deposits around its Bissa gold mine in northern Burkina Faso, the Russian mining company Nordgold is about to start the relocation of the populations living in the area.

Subscribers only Mining 16.12.2020

Ghana
Cassius finds possible patron for $275m fight with Accra

Demanding compensation for Ghana's refusal to renew its Gbane gold licence, Cassius Mining has reached a tentative agreement with a litigation funder to pay its arbitration costs.

Subscribers only Mining 10.12.2020

Senegal
West African Energy makes quick progress on 300 MW power plant with GE and Erdogan buddy

West African Energy is planning to barge into the Senegalese energy market with a fast-track build all thanks to the drive of its director, former Senelec boss and former minister of energy under Abdoulaye Wade.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 14.10.2020

Former Senelec boss Samuel Sarr (here in 2012) is the main promoter of the West African Energy project.

Guinea
Adonis Pouroulis looks to expand on Kada gold partnership with Turkish magnate Zafer Topaloglu

Australian mining junior Golden Rim Resources applied on 20 August for a new exploration permit on the southern edge of its existing Kada project in north eastern Guinea.

Subscribers only Mining 01.09.2020

Guinea, Turkey
Turkey's plan to compete with China centres on mining sector

At a recent investment forum, Ankara highlighted opportunities in Guinea's mining sector. It's part of Turkey's aim to challenge China's position as Conakry's number one partner.

Subscribers only Mining 24.08.2020

Guinea
Adonis Pouroulis and Zafer Topaloglu team up to mine Kada's gold

Under the leadership of its chairman Adonis Pouroulis, Australian junior Golden Rim Resources will join the Kada gold project alongside Turkey's Vetro Gold, a subsidiary of Turkish businessman Zafer Topaloglu's Toya Group. Topaloglu has been planning a partnership with Pouroulis in Guinean gold for more than a year.

Subscribers only Mining 30.07.2020

Spotlight | Libya
Malta becomes Turkey's stepping stone to Libyan markets

The alluring prospect of reconstruction, oil and energy contracts in Libya is attracting the interest of leading Turkish firms, who are taking advantage of the honeymoon between Tripoli and Ankara, an ally of the national unity government in its battle against General Haftar.

Subscribers only Politics, Business 16.07.2020

Ghana, West Africa
China's Shandong aims to take on Barrick, Newmont and AngloGold

In bidding to take control of Cardinal Resources, which is developing Ghana's Namdini gold field, China's Shandong Gold aims to compete with the world's gold industry giants, all of which have a permanent presence in West Africa.

Subscribers only Mining 09.07.2020

Africa, Turkey
Ankara angling for opportunities to match its ambitions

Mining is one of the key drivers behind Turkey's growing [...]

Subscribers only Mining 28.01.2020

Spotlight | Guinea
Snubbed in the West, Alpha Condé turns to Ankara and Moscow

The scrupulously stage-managed ‘jubilant crowds' who welcomed Alpha Condé at Conakry airport on 31 October served not only as a riposte to the opposition demonstrations that paralysed the country in mid-October but also to underscore a major shift in foreign [.

Subscribers only Politics 06.11.2019

Guinea
Fatih Volkan Kazova bolsters Turkish hold of precious metals

In late July, Turkish businessman and consultant Fatih Volkan Kazova created his firm Landmark Mining to start up trading of [...]

Subscribers only Mining 28.08.2018

Guinea
Toya Gold expands grip on country's gold

The company Vetro Guinea Resources, which has held two gold [...]

Subscribers only Mining 01.05.2018

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Berat Albayrak
Calik Enerji
Calik Holding
DEIK
Esra Erdogan
Fatih Volkan Kazova
Lidya Madencilik
Mitsubishi
Nordgold
Recep Tayyip Erdogan
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Zafer Topaloglu

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Guinea Turkish billionaire and Erdogan ally Ahmet Calik hones in on gold and iron

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Guinea Adonis Pouroulis and Zafer Topaloglu team up to mine Kada's gold

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

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

Spotlight | Guinea
Turkish tycoon and Erdogan pal, Ahmet Calik embarks on mining adventure

Russia, UAE
Nordgold's golden airlift from Dinguiraye to Dubai

Africa, Guinea
Turkish billionaire Calik's company sets sights on African mines beyond Guinea and DRC

Guinea
Turkish billionaire and Erdogan ally Ahmet Calik hones in on gold and iron

DRC
Turkey's Calik takes solar step into Kinshasa

Burkina Faso, Ghana
Still in the fight for Cardinal Resources, Russia's Nordgold is on a roll in Bissa

Ghana
Cassius finds possible patron for $275m fight with Accra

Senegal
West African Energy makes quick progress on 300 MW power plant with GE and Erdogan buddy

Guinea
Adonis Pouroulis looks to expand on Kada gold partnership with Turkish magnate Zafer Topaloglu

Guinea, Turkey
Turkey's plan to compete with China centres on mining sector

Guinea
Adonis Pouroulis and Zafer Topaloglu team up to mine Kada's gold

Spotlight | Libya
Malta becomes Turkey's stepping stone to Libyan markets

Ghana, West Africa
China's Shandong aims to take on Barrick, Newmont and AngloGold

Africa, Turkey
Ankara angling for opportunities to match its ambitions

Spotlight | Guinea
Snubbed in the West, Alpha Condé turns to Ankara and Moscow

Guinea
Fatih Volkan Kazova bolsters Turkish hold of precious metals

Guinea
Toya Gold expands grip on country's gold