How to Avoid Flawed Minerals-for-Infrastructure Deals Like DR Congo and China's Sicomines Pact

Apr 3, 2019 | Adoni Maiza Larrarte and Gloria Claudio-Quiroga
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It was confidently billed at the time as the "deal of the century." The Sino Congolaise des Mines (Sicomines) was the most significant Chinese investment project in Africa when it was agreed in 2007. More than a decade on, the Sicomines deal has not lived up to expectations.