Vol 6 (AAC) No 6 | GUINEACHINA The problems with CPI’s Boffa deal 4th April 2013 Guinea’s former National Director of Large Mining Projects, Tidiane Diallo has been sidelined by President Alpha Condé and problems are now besetting the most advanced Chinese mining project...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 6 | LIBERIACHINA Missing money 4th April 2013 The political class is up in arms about the local authorities who are responsible for spending development funds from mining companies A Liberian politician has accused a presidential appointee – who secretly recorded him making comments suggestive of corruption – of misappropriating government funds. Representative Edward Forh of the...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 6 | LIBERIACHINA Ups and downs in palm oil 4th April 2013 China Development Bank is lending a hand to the agricultural investment plans of Golden Veroleum, controlled by Singapore-based Golden Agri-Resources. In March, the CDB extended a US$500-million loan...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 6 | NAMIBIACHINA Experts only rule for work permits 4th April 2013 The SWAPO government has turned down a request from a Chinese state-backed company for unlimited numbers of work permits. Eastern China Non-Ferrous Metals Investment Holding (ECE) is developing...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 6 | CHINAAFRICA Workers of China unite – in Africa 4th April 2013 Trades unions may still have problems operating independently in China but Chinese workers and entrepreneurs are more ready to take industrial action on African projects.
Vol 6 (AAC) No 6 | CONGO-KINSHASACHINA Fametal, SOKIMO and Ituri’s gold 4th April 2013 Despite its troubles with the Congolese authorities last year, the Chinese group Fametal has now established a dominant position in Ituri’s gold belt. In March, Fametal President Wang...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 6 | CAMEROONCHINA Hanlong misses the Sundance deal deadline 4th April 2013 One of the longest and most problematic Chinese takeover sagas is finally drawing to a sorry end for Sichuan-based Hanlong Mining and Australia’s Sundance Resources. The main attraction...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 6 | GABONCHINA Extractive pains 4th April 2013 Addax Petroleum, the Swiss-based oil company acquired by China’s Sinopec in August 2009, is the latest firm to enter into a dispute with Gabon as President Ali Bongo...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 6 | JAPAN Toshimitsu Motegi 4th April 2013 Trade Minister, Japan Toshimitsu Motegi will meet representatives from twelve African countries to discuss developments in their mining sectors to prepare for the Fifth Tokyo International Conference on African Development...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 5 | CHINAAFRICA Negotiating African risk 7th March 2013 After underestimating the challenges facing their African investments, Chinese companies are looking for new ways to protect their projects and personnel 'China wholeheartedly welcomed by Africa,’ crowed the state-owned China Daily on 5 March. Yet China’s ever-growing relations with the continent face a complex environment of political and economic...