- Vol 54 No 8
- 12th April 2013
Beny Steinmetz, the Israeli mining magnate who has massive investments in Congo-Kinshasa and Guinea, is suing the public relations company FTI Consulting and its Europe Chairman, Lord Mark Malloch-Brown.
- Vol 53 No 23
- 16th November 2012
Lobbyists failed to dilute the strong disclosure requirements that are now law in the USA but the transparency battle still rages in Europe
- Vol 53 No 23
- 16th November 2012
In August, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission published its 236-page guide to the operation of Section 1504 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, which governs transparency for extractive companies and other m...
- Vol 53 No 5
- 2nd March 2012
Two of the world’s biggest mining and trading companies are joining forces to launch new ventures in West and South Africa
- Vol 53 No 5
- 2nd March 2012
New US laws and planned European regulations are coming under fire from well-organised oil and mining lobbyists
- Vol 53 No 4
- 17th February 2012
Brazilian mining conglomerate Vale is keeping its operations under close review, after threatening to sell its investments in Guinea last month. After tough talks with its minority partner and President Alpha Condé’s government, Vale has for now pulled ba...
- Vol 52 No 16
- 5th August 2011
Mystery surrounds a sale by the state-owned Générale des Carrières et des Mines to a company linked to Dan Gertler, a close friend of President Joseph Kabila. Just three months before the elections, the deal is ringing alarm bells among opposition politic...
- Vol 52 No 14
- 8th July 2011
Before parliamentary elections in November, the government is rewriting the mining code and reviewing contracts
- Vol 52 No 14
- 8th July 2011
Local officials and Western companies argue about new regulations on conflict minerals which they say could worsen economic hardship
- Vol 52 No 13
- 24th June 2011
The Tonkolili iron-ore mine looks set to make a billionaire of Frank Timis but the dividend for the nation is less sure