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Impala Platinum Plunges on $400 Million Bond Refinance

JOHANNESBURG (Capital Markets in Africa) – Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd., the world’s second-largest producer of the precious metal, plunged in Johannesburg trading after saying it will refinance about $400 million of convertible bonds, which could dilute existing shareholders. The existing bonds had an equity conversion price more than four times higher than yesterday’s closing price of 41.46 rand a share. The new bonds will convert to equity at a much lower level of 30 to…

AFC makes maiden $205m mining investment in Guinea-Conakry

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LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – An international consortium including Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) is set to invest in Alufer Mining Limited to fund the development of Guinea-Conakry’s high grade bauxite reserves. The US$205 million deal will be one of the largest foreign investments in the country since the 2014 Ebola crisis. Once complete, the project will increase production levels in line with global demand, which at present outpaces supply. Currently, there is a greater…

China Moly Poised to Acquire All of Congolese Copper Project

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CONGO (Capital Markets in Africa) – China Molybdenum Co. reached an agreement to increase its control of one of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s biggest copper and cobalt mines, giving the Chinese miner a powerful position in the market for the two metals. China Moly agreed in May to acquire a 56 percent stake in Tenke Fungurume from Freeport-McMoRan Inc., before Toronto-based Lundin Mining Corp. in November said it was selling its 24 percent stake to Chinese private-equity…

Nigeria Plan to Link Mines to Steel Mill Seen as Buhari Test

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LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – Nigeria’s plan to build a railway to supply iron ore to its idle Ajaokuta steel plant could be the biggest sign yet that President Muhammadu Buhari is implementing his policy to diversify away from oil. The project began in 1979 with what the World Bank in 2002 called obsoleteSoviet technology, and has never been finished. Authorities want to revive it as part of Buhari’s efforts to lessen the economy’s dependence on crude, which accounts for…

Safa Afrique raised capital for diamond mining in West Africa

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CONAKRY (Capital Markets in Africa) – Citigate International Ltd has announced the successful closing of Safa Afrique with $10 million raised from GCC investors. These funds will be deployed for Safa Afrique’s diamond mining portfolio which primarily consists of its flagship project in Sierra Leone as well as two joint venture projects in Guinea and Liberia with Stellar Diamonds plc, a London listed (AIM: STEL) company. Work on the project will begin immediately with activities…

Anglo’s Top Shareholder Wants More South African Control

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JOHANNESBURG (Capital Markets in Africa) – Anglo American Plc’s biggest shareholder wants South African investors to follow its lead and increase their holdings in the century-old miner as it pushes for the creation of a domestic commodities “champion.” “Our role is to make Anglo more South African-owned and controlled,” Public Investment Corp. Chief Executive Officer Dan Matjila said in an interview on Tuesday in the capital, Pretoria. “We have been vocal and when the price was low we…

Zimbabwe to issue new bond notes to bolster liquidity

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HARARE (Capital Markets in Africa) – It was announced by the Governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ), Dr Mangudya, on 15 September 2016, that “bond notes” will be issued by the end of October, in an effort to ease the recent cash shortages in the country. Liquidity difficulties – Zimbabwe has run out of US dollars, and does not have its own currency – have meant civil servants’ salaries are in arrears, and…

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