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Zimbabwe to end tax relief for miners to spur mineral processing

me-metals: Zimbabwe said it won’t grant further tax relief to mining houses from next January in a bid to force them to complete plants to process raw materials.

News ID: 11465 Publish Date : 2024/11/13

Mercuria eyes equity in Africa n assets, new metals boss says

me-metals: Kostas Bintas, who started as Mercuria Energy Group’s new head of metals this year, says the trading house could take stakes in Africa n projects as it looks to build out a large-scale metals business.

News ID: 11429 Publish Date : 2024/11/02

SMB cuts Abidjan bitumen refinery output by a third

Ivory Coast bitumen producer SMB has cut production at its 520,000 t/yr (10,500 b/d) Abidjan refinery by a third in response to a dramatic fall in construction activity and bitumen import requirements across west Africa .

News ID: 9213 Publish Date : 2020/04/22

The China-Guinea $20 billion bauxite deal might be a risky loan for Guinea: NRGI

The Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI), an independent non-profit organization dedicated towards improving countries' governance over their natural resources to promote sustainable and inclusive development, publicizes that “Natural resource-backed loans are loans surrounded by secrecy”. These loans are contributing to the debt levels profuse in Africa .

News ID: 8569 Publish Date : 2020/03/04

Canyon Resources appoints experienced bauxite executive Rick Smith as Chief Development Officer

Canyon Resources Limited has appointed senior bauxite executive Rick Smith as Chief Development Officer of the company. Rick Smith will focus on supply chain, offtake and strategic partner negotiations for Canyon’s Minim Martap Bauxite Project in Cameroon.

News ID: 8549 Publish Date : 2020/03/03

Viewpoint: WAF nations face challenges familiar and new

West Africa 's two leading oil producers face rather contrasting challenges in the early part of 2020, when Nigeria will need to find a way to keep its monthly output under the Opec+ production cap and Angola will struggle to even reach its own.

News ID: 8122 Publish Date : 2019/12/27

Tile Production Exceeds 150m m2 in 5 Months

Atotal of 158.45 million square meters of tiles were produced in Iran during the first five months of the current Iranian year (March 21- Aug. 22) to register an increase of 4.4% compared with last year’s corresponding period.

News ID: 7363 Publish Date : 2019/11/10

Monjasa starts IMO-fuel supply in west Africa

Danish marine fuel supplier Monjasa has started supplying 0.5pc sulphur marine fuel oil in west Africa .

News ID: 7318 Publish Date : 2019/11/08

Jubilee metals to increase chrome output

London- and Johannesburg-listed tailings treatment specialist Jubilee Metals expects to increase its chrome concentrate output by 8,000-10,000 t/month after acquiring the rights to tailings that were formerly owned by South Africa n ferrochrome producer Hernic.

News ID: 7288 Publish Date : 2019/11/06

SAIPA Expanding Presence in Africa

Iran’s SAIPA and South Africa n car manufacturer Mureza are to jointly produce vehicles in Zimbabwe.

News ID: 6746 Publish Date : 2019/10/19

Kenya Exports First Oil Shipment

K enya's President Uhuru Kenyatta flagged off the country's first export shipment of oil Monday, more than 200,000 barrels of crude.

News ID: 6268 Publish Date : 2019/08/29

Avesoro Resources main shareholder submits takeover bid

West Africa -focused gold miner Avesoro Resources (TSX, AIM:ASO) said on Tuesday it had received an expression of interest from its majority shareholder, Avesoro Jersey Limited (AJL), which wants to acquire the shares in Avesoro it doesn’t already own.

News ID: 6077 Publish Date : 2019/08/21