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COUNTRY IN FOCUS
SOUTH AFRICA: IN THE WAKE OF CORONA’S
CARNAGE
As South Africa slowly emerges from more than five weeks of lockdown
some of African Mining’s usual contributors share their views on the impact
of Covid-19 on the mining industry.
MINING IN FOCUS
GABON’S NATURAL FISSION SITES
Nature has a way of doing things first, better and safer
– even nuclear fission.
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IN THE STOPE
BOTSWANA’S COAL MOGUL
Shumba Energy is the only locally-owned coal and energy development
company in Botswana.
FINANCE FORUM
AMERICA’S FOCUS ON AFRICA
The US government’s trade finance arm, the Export-Import Bank of the
United States (EXIM), convened a joint meeting on April 14th with their EXIM
Advisory Committee and sub-Saharan Africa Advisory Committee (SAAC).
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