260:. In February 2008 the two companies announced that the Mukondo Mountain operations had restarted. In July 2008 CAMEC said the Luita facility, due to be completed later that year, would be the largest of its kind in the world. The target was to produce 100,000 tonnes per year of copper cathode. In July 2009 CAMEC announced a long-term agreement under which CAMEC would deliver its entire annual production of cobalt in concentrate from Mukondo Mountain to Zhejiang Galico Cobalt & Nickel Materials of China.
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was arrested and deported to
Zimbabwe. The DRC deputy mines minister, Victor Kasongo, stated that way the C19 license had been obtained was fraudulent. CAMEC strongly disputed this, and stated the move was designed to destabilize its bid for Katanga. CAMEC withdrew the offer in September 2007, citing
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of South Africa an effective economic interest of 99.99%. In May 2009 CAMEC said it had found bauxite on a property in Mali with an inferred resource of 439 million tons. In July 2009 CAMEC said it was conducting a feasibility study at the Bokai platinum prospect in
Zimbabwe, due to be completed by
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uncertainty due to a review of mining licenses being conducted by the DRC government. Despite statements from DRC attorney general
Tshimanga Mukeba that certain CAMEC mining rights were annulled, in October 2007 CAMEC continued to argue that they remained valid.
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680:"UPDATE 2-CAMEC shares soar after agrees Congo joint venture"
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597:"Camec Katanga bid withdrawn after DRC 'uncertainy'"
475:"CAMEC raises intended bid for Katanga to $ 1.9 bln"
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393:"Copper/cobalt bull elephants square up in the DRC"
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706:"Camec, Prairie restart operations at DRC mine"
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