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January 23, 2012
2012 will not be quiet

The Mayans predicted that 2012 would bring the end of days. Let’s hope it doesn’t, but it’s sure to be a turbulent year, says Peter Leeds.

The Mayans predicted that 2012 would bring the end of days. Let’s hope it doesn’t, but it’s sure to be a turbulent year, says Peter Leeds.

 

 

Whether the Mayans were right or not remains to be seen, but I am predicting a turbulent year in which major events will play out on the world stage that may forever alter our history. Based on analysis which I conduct for my financial newsletter, the following 12 points are what I'm expecting to see in 2012.

July 15, 2011
Telecom Namibia

Namibia’s telecommunications revolution continues as Telecom Namibia increases its business and profitability. Communications is the cement that will knit the country’s industry sectors together and connect them to global markets.

Namibia’s telecommunications revolution continues as Telecom Namibia increases its business and profitability. Communications is the cement that will knit the country’s industry sectors together and connect them to global markets.

 

 

 

 

July 11, 2011
Vale

Vale, the world’s second largest mining company, is about to open a new coal mine in Mozambique. Ben Sansom lifts the veil on corporate social responsibility and discovers the efforts Vale is making to ensure the benefits percolate through to the local community.

Vale, the world’s second largest mining company, is about to open a new coal mine in Mozambique. Ben Sansom lifts the veil on corporate social responsibility and discovers the efforts Vale is making to ensure the benefits percolate through to the local community.

 

 

 

February 23, 2011
Electricidade de Moçambique

Mozambique has emerged from the hardships of civil war to become a fast-developing economic nation. That growth has put pressure on national supplier Electricidade de Moçambique to expand, as Carlos Yum, director of the Corporate Performance unit and Business Development, explains.

Mozambique has emerged from the hardships of civil war to become a fast-developing economic nation. That growth is hugely dependent on electricity; and this has put pressure on national supplier Electricidade de Moçambique to expand, as Carlos Yum, director of the Corporate Performance unit and Business Development, explains to Andrew Pelis.

 

January 13, 2011
Hidroeléctrica de Cahora Bassa

As African economies develop, many nations have learnt the value of maintaining links to their former colonial pasts. In Mozambique, the Cahora Bassa Dam has delivered energy across Southern Africa for over 30 years. Andrew Pelis explores how Hidroeléctrica de Cahora Bassa has managed to maintain supplies through a turbulent 30 years, with a little help from Portugal.

As African economies develop, many nations have learnt the value of maintaining links to their former colonial pasts. In Mozambique, the Cahora Bassa Dam has delivered energy across Southern Africa for over 30 years. Andrew Pelis explores how Hidroeléctrica de Cahora Bassa has managed to maintain supplies through a turbulent 30 years, with a little help from Portugal.

 

July 1, 2010
American Sugar Refining buys Tate & Lyle

American Sugar Refining is to buy the sugar business of UK food processing company Tate & Lyle for £211 million ($299 million) in cash, it has been announced. 

April 1, 2010
Aguablanca

Keeping it clean
Luis Merino, managing director of the Aguablanca nickel mine in southern Spain, talks to Jayne Flannery about this flagship operation within the Lundin Mining Corporation.
The Aguablanca nickel-copper sulfide deposit is located in the province of Badajoz in southern Spain. The extensive deposits, which were not discovered until the early 1990s, lie almost exposed on an inconspicuous hill that looks very much like any of the other similar hills that break up the plains in the dry, arid lands to the east of Andalucia.

February 1, 2010
Somincor

Exploring all the options
Lundin Mining’s copper mining company Somincor has discovered massive reserves of zinc in its Neves-Corvo mine, situated in the Alentejo, Portugal. Managing director John Andreatidis talks to Gay Sutton about ambitious plans to develop the reserves and quadruple the mine’s production capacity over the next three years.
The arid rolling hills and plains of the Portuguese Alentejo region are famous for their wines, castles, Roman ruins and cork oaks. And yet nestled into this sparsely populated agricultural landscape is one of Portugal’s most important exporters, a significant contributor to its economy and a major local employer, providing jobs for around 1,500 people. Located at Neves-Corvo, just 15 kilometres from Castro Verde, Somincor is a major producer of copper; but recent discoveries look set to make it a world class producer of zinc.