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  • Vol 52 No 16
  •  5th August 2011

Mutatis mutandis

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

Condé drives a hard bargain

Before parliamentary elections in November, the government is rewriting the mining code and reviewing contracts

  • Vol 52 No 14
  •  8th July 2011

How honesty can cost jobs

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

Feast ore famine

The Tonkolili iron-ore mine looks set to make a billionaire of Frank Timis but the dividend for the nation is less sure

  • Vol 52 No 10
  •  13th May 2011

Glencore connection

The serenity of Glencore’s Initial Public Offering on the Hong Kong and London Stock Exchanges remains undisturbed by revelations of inflated costs and transfer-pricing by Zambia’s Mopani Copper Mines. MCM is 73% owned by the Swiss mining and trading gian...

  • Vol 52 No 10
  •  13th May 2011

Ethical smelting

The Katangese Mines Minister, Juvénal Kitungwa Lugoma, was in Paris on 5 May assuring nervous electronics and automotive company representatives that cassiterite and colombo-tantalite (coltan) from Katanga was ‘conflict-free’ (AC Vol 52 No 1). Kitungwa to...

  • Vol 52 No 6
  •  18th March 2011

Pushing for probity

Pressure is growing for greater accountability and transparency in oil and mining operations, especially in Africa, due to the strengthening of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative and the imminent application of the United States’ Dodd-Fr...

  • Vol 52 No 6
  •  18th March 2011

Taxing problems for Zambia

Some US$66 million in tax revenue owed to the Treasury are missing, according to the mid-February report on Zambia published under the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI). The report showed that the mining companies had paid $463 mn. to t...

  • Vol 52 No 5
  •  4th March 2011

Gold rush

Issayas used to be suspicious of foreigners, but that was before a mineral wealth bonanza looked possible

  • Vol 52 No 5
  •  4th March 2011

Eritrea is not for sale

‘Eritrea is not for sale.’ This used to be President Issayas Afewerki’s customary response to interest in his country’s considerable mineral resources. Now, as he faces greater isolation while needing more cash to pursue his regional objectives, Issa...

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