Mining
Canyon Resources to meet potential partners for the development of the Minim Martap bauxite project
Tomorrow, March 17, 2021, CAMALCO will meet with Cameroonian economic operators at the premises of the Inter-Patronal Grouping of Cameroon (GICAM), in...
Customs authorities seized over 6,000 contraband Covid-19 test kits in Douala
Former first lady Germaine Ahidjo has passed on
Distribution of public wage between public servants unveiled
Adamaoua: Disgruntled artisanal miners burn Chinese firm’s equipment and stone local authorities
Last March 11, 2021, in Leggal-Goro (a small neighborhood in Adamaoua), artisanal gold miners burnt the equipment of a Chinese mining firm and stoned...
Minim Martap Project: Canyon Resources partners with Belgian Vecturis to improve transport process
On March 9, Canyon Resources announced the conclusion of a service agreement with Belgian rail engineering expert Vecturis for the Minim...
Cameroon: The UNDP funds 37 artisanal mining companies
Artisanal mining companies operating in Cameroon (37) recently signed funding agreements with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP). The...
Surface rights: Cameroon claims XAF184 mln from 16 mining companies
On February 24, 2021, Minister of Mines Gabriel Dodo Ndoké (photo) published a note inviting 16 mining companies to pay a cumulative amount of XAF184.02...
French Eramet to install a pilot rutile processing plant in Cameroon
The French industrial and mining group Erameth (that obtained a rutile exploration license in Cameroon in 2019) has begun the second phase of its...
Sundance Resources serves dispute notice to Cameroon over Mbalam mining project
Today, December 16, Australian mining company Sundance Resources (which is currently developing the Mbalam iron ore project) published a market update...
Cameroon establishes Sonamines, a national mining company
Yesterday December 14, 2020, President Paul Biya signed a decree creating the National Mining Company (Sonamines). According to the presidential decree,...
Codias SA to obtain exploitation permit for Colomine gold project in 2021
Codias SA could receive an exploitation permit for the Colomine gold project and launch the construction of the said mine, according to the Ministry of...
Quarry exploitation: Cameroon partners with a private firm to improve its revenues
The Cameroonian administration, through the Support Framework for Artisanal Mining (Capam), will collaborate with the Business Facilities Corporation...
Cameroon: MINMIDT extends GDC’s exploration license on Matanda block by an additional 1-year
The Ministry of Mines, Industry and Technological Development recently extended Gaz Du Cameroon's (GDC) exploration license on the Matanda block by an...
Cameroon: 1,028 carats of diamond seized at Douala airport in Jan-Oct 2020
Diamonds (1,028 carats) were seized at the International Airport of Douala this year. This was revealed during the November 11, 2020, budgetary session...
Cameroon: The Kimberley Process traced 2,438 carats of diamonds produced locally in Jan-Oct 2020
On November 11, 2020, in Yaoundé, during a session dedicated to the vote of the 2021 budget, the National Permanent Secretary of the Kimberly Process...
Dynasty Mining suspended for 6 months over illegal mining operations
Cameroon’s Minister of Mines, Industry and Technological development Gabriel Dodo Ndocké recently issued a decree suspending the operations of Dynasty...
SNH to establish petroleum geology labs in six public universities
The National Hydrocarbons Corporation (SNH) recently published the results of six calls for tenders it issued to select suppliers that will provide...
SNH estimates its stored oil data at over XAF10,000 billion
The Cameroonian National Hydrocarbon Company (SNH) estimates the value of oil data currently stored in its Mbanga-Bakoko (Douala) based Petroleum...
Eramet group expresses interest in nickel and cobalt exploration in Cameroon
French group Eramet, which recently began exploration works on the 2,500 sq. km rutile block in Akonolinga (in Cameroon’s Centre province) revealed on its...
Avima Iron Ore chooses Port of Kribi as its iron exports’ gateway
On June 8, Avima Iron Ore Limited, signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Port Authority of Kribi (PAK), establishing a formal partnership for the...
Cameroon plans to create a mining promotion corporation to reduce artisanal mining
Cameroon currently seeks a consultant that will elaborate on the geological and mineral information system (GMIS) for the Ministry of Mines. This...
British group BWA Resources secures 2 exploration permits in Cameroon
British group BWA Resources “secured its direct exposure” to Cameroon with the obtention of a first license covering an area of 497 km2 in Nkoteng,...
SNH unveils its 2020-2024 development plan focused on revenue optimization
The National Hydrocarbons Corporation of Cameroon (SNH) recently published a magazine presenting its 2020-2024 development plan approved by the board of...
Cameroon: Three illegal gold panners die in a mine in the Northern region
Three Chadian gold miners died in a landslide at an artisanal gold mine in Bandjoungri, Northern Cameroon, on the night of May 7 to 8,...
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