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  • 🇨🇳 Chinese investments in the DRC 🇨🇩: a massive presence in the mining and infrastructure sectors!

    🇨🇳 Chinese investments in the DRC 🇨🇩: a massive presence in the mining and infrastructure sectors!

    Key players include: ⚒️ Sicomines (Sinohydro & CREC) – copper & cobalt🔋 CMOC (Tenke Fungurume Mining)🏭 Zijin Mining (Kamoa-Kakula, Katamba Mining)🛠️ China Railway Group – railway infrastructure🚧 Sinohydro – roads & dams🏗️ China Geo-Engineering Corp – civil engineering🛤️ China Railway Engineering Corp – railway projects🏢 China Nonferrous Metal Mining Group – mining🏞️ China National Gold…

  • Secret of Copper Cathodes production.

    Copper cathodes are produced through a multi-stage process of mining, concentration, smelting, and finally, electrolytic refining. Impure copper (blister copper) is cast into anodes and placed in an electrolytic cell alongside starter sheets (cathodes). When an electric current is applied, copper from the anode dissolves into a copper sulfate electrolyte, and pure copper ions are…

  • Own Your Gold, Not Just a Claim on It !

    Why Paper Gold Will Fail You When It Matters Most? Owning gold is not the same as holding a paper claim on it. Most of the price you see on the screen is set by systems built on unallocated credits and leverage, not by bars changing hands. History has shown, from Roosevelt’s 1933 confiscation to…

  • 🌍 The True Size of Africa — A Mind-Blowing Reality for Investors

    Africa is gigantic. Yet most maps make it look smaller than it truly is.This fascinating visualization by Visual Capitalist reveals that the entire United States, China, India, and most of Europe could all fit inside the African continent — and still leave room to spare.⸻📊 Scale That Redefines Perspective• Africa: 11.7 million sq. miles (≈30…

  • Genuine Buyers Only! No Long chain! ICC Paris regulations!

    The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), based in Paris, provides rules and frameworks for international trade, including Incoterms® (defining buyer and seller responsibilities), model contracts for international sales, and regulations for dispute resolution through arbitration. It also issues principles for sustainable trade and guidelines for digital trade transactions to modernize rules for newer technologies. In today’s energy market, time and…

  • Benefits of Exporting Gold Doré Bars !

    Exporting gold doré bars offers benefits like a more manageable intermediate step between mining and refining, potentially lower transportation costs, and the ability to leverage Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) to minimize duties and maximize profit. However, doré bars are a partially refined product requiring further processing to the refinery’s buyer country. Intermediate Product: Doré bars are an intermediate, partially…

  • African central banks turn to gold for stability

    In line with a growing trend across emerging markets, central banks in sub-Saharan Africa are accelerating gold accumulation efforts, as a hedge against perceived United States’ macro instability and rising global geopolitical risks. While South Africa has historically maintained gold in its reserves, some sub-Saharan African countries are currently establishing domestic gold purchasing programs, capitalizing…

  • Ghana & the GoldBod

    Ghana takes control by ordering ALL foreigners to exit GOLD market by April 30: Ghana has ordered foreigners to exit its gold trading market by the end of the month, a new government body said on Monday, as the West African country looks to streamline #gold purchases from small-scale #miners, increase earnings and reduce #smuggling.…