Mine dispute, poll fears raise Congo risk premiums

Democratic Republic of Congo's political risk insurance premiums have risen 40 percent since a dispute over mining licences and are set to rise further as 2011 elections approach, a leading African insurance agency said. The central African...

Many recession-battered African junior miners have turned the corner – banking group

During the serious commodity price crash, the bulk of exploration juniors were forced to revisit their drawing boards and seriously rethink their development plans and cost structures

ATI ensuring mining projects in hot spots go ahead

Africa is a continent with significant and impressive mining reserves and resources; unfortunately, it is also associated with a great degree of risk to investors.

Nikanor to secure outstanding finance in 2008 for DRC project

LSE-listed copper-miner Nikanor had secured funding for two-thirds of its flagship KOV project in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and plans were in place to arrange the last stretch of debt funding next year, the company said on Wednesday....

Potentially destabilising factors continually arising on continent

Skyrocketing commodity prices mean an increasing number of companies getting involved in mining projects in what were once considered high-risk areas throughout Africa.

African risk reassessed in wake of 9/11

A few days prior to the fifth anniversary of 9/11, a key political risk insurance group has told a resources conference in Perth that Africa has been a beneficiary of the swing in investment sentiment towards mining projects with lower risk profiles.

African risk reassessed in wake of 9/11

On the eve of the fifth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the US, a key political risk insurance group has told a resources conference in Perth that Africa had been a beneficiary of the swing in investment sentiment towards mining projects with...

Independent teams to probe mining-related rights abuse claims

Two independently organised teams of investigators have arrived in Tanzania to look into various aspects of the 1996 evictions and alleged killing of small-scale artisanal miners at the Bulyanhulu gold-mine in the north of the country.

Firm advises on R6,6-billion mining project

HSBC Investment Services Africa is currently advising WMC, of Australia, Southern Mining and the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC), of South Africa on the development of the R6,6-billion Corridor Sands project, a titanium mineral sands...