The African Review – Spotlight Mining

5th Annual Nigeria Mining Week

Featured Image: Gas flaring in Nigeria. The 5th edition of the Nigerian Mining Week (NMW) started a bit patchy, but one thing was for sure the main point: mining needs to become a driver of economic recovery. Amid the COVID-19 epidemic, the government seems to think that the challenges created by the new world situation […]

The Kangari African Review #9

We are back! After spending the majority of August in Africa and the month to date catching up on everything else. Starting with COVID-19 and my review of how well the countries that hosted me in Africa are doing with the pandemic. In Ethiopia almost everyone uses a mask, inside and outside, there are extra […]

The Kangari African Review #8

Featured Image: A Coffee Break in Lisbon We write this week from a café in our new home of sunny Lisbon, the San Francisco of Europe. Work is on again and we start in Ethiopia next week for a private client. I for one look forward to hitting some rocks and eating some Injera (washed […]

The Kangari African Review #7

Work is piling up and it seems the industry is having a post-COVID19 kick in the correct direction. I would be wrong to suggest that we are back to normal, with industry peers flying back to Africa for rotations being quarantined for 14 days before getting to site and other borders still not open, but […]

The Kangari African Review #6

Featured Image: A Sudan sunset, 2012 Another busy couple of weeks in Camp Kangari, The UK and elsewhere is slowly opening Post-COVID-19 and we are organizing a temporary summer move to Lisbon, Portugal (watch this space for a joint Kangari/Spotlight Lisbon festa!). We are still being delayed for Africa trips, but we hope July brings […]

The Kangari African Review #5

Featured Image: Camping on the edge of the Faleme River, Mali – 2013 A slightly shorter round up this week as the Kangari team, much like our friends on the Spotlight team, are back with some post-COVID work! Hurrah! The big news this comes out of West Africa, where Perseus Mining (ASX:PRU) announced that they […]

The Kangari African Review #4

I cannot resist starting these round-ups with a diamond story… It is usually doom and gloom and that continues this week too. Sociedade Mineira de Catoca, the Angolan company which runs the worlds 4th largest diamond mine, Catoca, has cut production due to COVID-19. Advice from Alrosa (who own a share of Catoca) has suggested […]

The Kangari African Review #3

As has been tradition, we start the week with Southern Africa and Diamonds….. Lucara Diamonds (TSX:LUC) reported a massive loss of $3.2 million for the first 3 months of year. Production was on target, but a depressed diamond market has hurt the bottom line for all diamond producers. With the on-going COVID-19 situation, the diamond […]

The Kangari African Review #2

A LOT CAN HAPPEN IN TWO AFRICAN WEEKS Wow, 2 weeks already!!! One of the biggest developments is that South Africa and Lesotho have eased measures on mining companies and mines are slowly opening again, despite the countries still being in lockdown. Gem Diamonds (LON:GEMD), will reopen its Letseng Mine in Lesotho on Monday, […]

The Kangari African Review #1

A new fortnightly African Review from Tim Strong at Kangari Consulting KANGARI’S AFRICA ROUND-UP Whilst things are generally slow in the industry due to the COVID-19 outbreak there is still some (and by some, I mean minimal!) activity happening on the continent. Resolute Mining (ASX/LSE: RSG) has pledged US$1 million to the Government of their […]