Mining
Extractive industries: Firms paid XAF908.28 bln to state and institutions in 2019, up 18.9% YoY
In 2019, extractive companies paid XAF908.28 billion to the State and its institutions. This was revealed by the EITI committee in Cameroon’s 2019...
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Minim Martap Project: Cameroon and Canyon Resources launch negotiations for a mining convention
Yesterday October 27, 2021, Canyon Resources Ltd, the Australian Junior mining firm controlling Camalco (owner of three permits on the Minim Martap and...
Foreign trade: Togo became Cameroon’s leading African supplier of petroleum products in 2020 (INS)
In 2020, Togo became Cameroon’s leading African supplier and the 7th worldwide, according to figures published by the National Institute for Statistics...
Cameroon: Sonamines launches campaign against child labor on mining sites
Today September 21, 2021, the National Mining Corporation (SONAMINES) officially launched an awareness campaign against child labor on mining fields....
China’s Yousheng Cement Co Ltd to build a cement plant in Douala
Chinese company Yousheng Cement Co Ltd is currently finetuning the establishment of a new cement plant inside the port area in Douala. The information was...
Canyon Resources and China’s MCC-CIE partner to expedite the Minim Martap project
Australian junior mining firm Canyon Resources Ltd recently inked a strategic partnership with MCC-CIE, the mining engineering division of Chinese...
Cameroon: Government program CAPAM to soon cease operations
On July 5, 2021, Minister of Mines Gabriel Dodo Ndoké signed a decision notifying of the temporary layoff of the staff of CAPAM, a government program...
Cameroon publishes its EITI 2018 report
On June 29, 2021, Cameroon finally published its 2018 EITI (Extractive Industries Transparency Initiatives) report. The country, which experienced delays...
Mbalam-Nabeba iron ore project: Sundance Resources expresses "shock" at new MoU
Yesterday June 27, 2021, Australian junior mining company Sundance Resources issued a release expressing its "shock" concerning the June 25, 2021,...
Mbalam-Nabeba iron ore exploitation: Towards a memorandum of understanding to relaunch the project
In Cameroon, the Minister of Transport Jean Ernest Ngallé Bibéhé and his peer of Mines Gabriel Dodo Ndoke have been authorized to sign a memorandum of...
Cameroon suspends a mining license in the East after the May 30, 2021, deadly incident in Kambélé
On June 4, 2021, the Cameroonian Minister of Mines Gabriel Dodo Ndocké issued a decision suspending the artisanal mining permit issued for a site in...
Cameroon: Defence forces go all out in the fight against illegal miners in the Benoue National Park
During an operation carried out by Cameroonian defense forces, on May 18, 2021, over 50 clandestine gold miners were arrested in the Benoue National Park,...
Cameroon: 30kg of gold seized at the Yaoundé-Nsimalen international airport
On the night of May 18 to 19, 2021, 30 kilograms of gold were seized at the Yaoundé-Nsimalen international airport, official sources...
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...
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...
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