Tag: Zijin Mining

Aussie Firm Likely to Lose Major Lithium Mine to Web of Chinese Interests: Advisory

May 20, 2022
Asia & PacificAustraliaAVZ MineralsBusiness & EconomyChinaChina Business & EconomyChina-Australia RelationsCompaniesDemocratic Republic of CongoInternationalInternational RelationslithiumWorldZijin Mining
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Hedge fund research firm Boatman Capital says Australian miner AVZ will likely lose control of the valuable Manono lithium project in Africa to a coordinated web of Chinese interests. On May 20, Boatman released its analysis of the troubled Manono Lithium and Tin Project in the south of the Democratic Republic of Congo—estimated to contain…

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Chinese Giant Attempts to Muscle in on Australian Miner’s Lithium Project

May 12, 2022
AfricaAsia & PacificAustraliaAVZ MineralsBusiness & EconomyChinaChina Business & EconomyChina-Australia Relationscritical mineralsDemocratic Republic of CongoInternationalInternational RelationsInvestmentrare earthWorldZijin Mining
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Australian company, AVZ Minerals, is locked in a legal battle with one of China’s largest miners, Zijin Mining, over an ownership stake that could determine control of one of the world’s largest lithium deposits located in the Democratic Republic of Congo. This is not the first challenge Australian miners have faced from competing Chinese interests…

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