ENRC: Serious Fraud Office launches criminal investigation

…its Kazakhstan and African businesses, the findings of which the company had been reporting to the SFO. See http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2013/apr/25/serious-fraud-office-enrc-documents. Global Witness welcomes SFO announcement of formal investigation into ENRC http://www.globalwitness.org/library/global-witness-welcomes-sfo-announcement-formal-investigation-enrc

DR Congo mining comes under scrutiny

…already highly complex problem rather than making it better”. Meanwhile, following last year’s highly dubious acquisition by London-listed ENRC of stakes in one of the country’s major mines, the IMF…