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Philippe Vasset
SOUTHERN AFRICA Editor in Chief
MINING IN SADC: GETTING THE BALL ROLLING
Investment totalling over $200 million was pledged during a Mining Forum staged jointly in Lusaka between Sept. 7-9 by the European Union and the Southern Africa Development Conference (SADC). That could appear modest in view of how far sub-Saharan Africa has fallen behind in the investments stakes, with just 4 to 5% of world mining investment made in the region. (...)   [573 words]   [$11,2]
OIL & GAS
ALGERIA
LL&E DRILLS ON ONE OF ITS PERMITS
   The American independent Lousiana Land & Exploration is expected over coming days to start drilling the first of three obligation wells scheduled during the initial five year period on the contract it signed on Nov.  (...)  [569 words]   [$7]
ANGOLA
SONANGOL-GLOBAL MARINE JV
   The government has given a green light to a move by Sonangol and the U.S. drilling contractor Global Marine to set up a joint venture named Empresa Servicos Sondagems Angola (ESSA).  (...)  [252 words]   [$7]
CONGO
CALL FOR CORAF CLOSEDOWN
   Congo is preparing to privatize the Congolaise de Raffinage (CORAF) concern in the second quarter of 1995 as the World Bank has long advocated, with particuliar insistance in 1991 following an audit carried out by Coopers & Lybrand.  (...)  [695 words]   [$7]
CONGO
PERMIT FOR WALTER-NUEVO
   A partnership set up by Walter International and Nuevo Energy to buy Amoco's (operator) 43.75% stake on the Yombo field will open an office in Pointe Noire at the end of December.  (...)  [193 words]   [$7]
SUDAN
IRAQ SAID TO ENTER PICTURE
   One of the obstacles to financing the Arakis-State Petroleum project to develop Chevon's Unity and Heglig discoveries has been lifted with the signing of an accord between Khartoum and the IMF on re-scheduling payments of the country's $1.  (...)  [376 words]   [$7]

AT A GLANCE
NIGERIA    FARM-OUT ARRANGEMENTS PRIOR TO DRILLING
 [110 words]   [$2,1]
EGYPT    IEOC SEEKING SEMI-SUB
 [45 words]   [FREE]
FRANCE    LE GAZ NATUREL: PRODUCTION, TRAITEMENT, TRANSPORT
 [70 words]   [$2,1]
ANGOLA    GARY SMITH REPORT A DAMP SQUIB?
 [275 words]   [$2,1]
NAMIBIA    SASOL STARTS LOOKING ANEW FOR RIG
 [141 words]   [$2,1]
MAURITIUS    FREE TRADE ZONE FOR LPG TERMINAL
 [104 words]   [$2,1]
ZAMBIA    PRE-TENDER FOR OIL PROJECT
 [36 words]   [FREE]
FRANCE    "MAJOR ENERGY TRENDS"
 [146 words]   [$2,1]
CENTRAL AFRICA/WEST AFRICA    ELF'S V-SAT NETWORK
 [81 words]   [$2,1]
ELECTRICITY
CONGO
SLOW AND UNCERTAIN SELL-OFF
   The privatization of the Congolese utility Société Nationale d'Electricité is not expected to take place until the end of 1996 or early 1997 if nothing comes along to hasten the timetable  (...)  [539 words]   [$7]
GHANA
FRENCH VS FRENCH
   Four French groups are bidding to build one of the transmission lines that Ghana is planning to construct under its current electricity programme.  (...)  [279 words]   [$7]
TANZANIA
CARL BROS FOR METHANE PROJECT
   The Tanzanian division of Denmark's Carl Bros hopes that a project for a power station running on methane from household and other garbage can be set up as a private sector operat  (...)  [314 words]   [$7]
MOROCCO
3,300 MW MORE BY YEAR 2000
   The Jorf Lasfar thermal power station and its third and fourth units are being programmed to enter service by 1999, AEM has learned.  (...)  [374 words]   [$7]
ETHIOPIA/UGANDA
POWER PLAY FOR NILE
   Ethiopia and Uganda are examining the idea of developing their hydro-electric potential, located essentially in the Nile river basin. This ought to eventually lead them to join forces  (...)  [390 words]   [$7]
ERITREA
PRIVATE CURE FOR ENERGY BRANCH
   The World Bank is calling for the energy sector in Eritrea to be gradually turned over to private hands in a move starting with electricity but also including oil.  (...)  [742 words]   [$7]

AT A GLANCE
NIGERIA    MEDIUM VOLTAGE DISTRIBUTION SECTOR TO BE PRIVATIZED
 [74 words]   [$2,1]
WEST AFRICA/MAURITANIA    NEW STUDY PHASE ON MANANTALI
 [130 words]   [$2,1]

MINING
SOUTHERN AFRICA
MINING IN SADC: GETTING THE BALL ROLLING
   Investment totalling over $200 million was pledged during a Mining Forum staged jointly in Lusaka between Sept. 7-9 by the European Union and the Southern Africa Development Conference  (...)  [573 words]   [$11,2]
ZAMBIA
LAST HOPE OF SELLING KABWE
   Zambia will make its decision early next year on the direction and timing of the privatization of Zambia Consolidated Copper Corporation (ZCCC), the country confirmed during a meeting  (...)  [202 words]   [$7]
MADAGASCAR
NEW START FOR KRAOMITA
   Sofremines has just started a feasibility study on Kraomita Malagasy's long-standing project to mine the chromite deposit at Bemanevika. Surveyed by BRGM under an agreement dating  (...)  [289 words]   [$7]

AT A GLANCE
CONGO    SOCOREM CLOSES DOWN
 [108 words]   [$2,1]
SOUTH AFRICA    "MINING RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY"
 [106 words]   [$2,1]
EGYPT    BRITISH MINING/SOFRESID PRIME CONTRACTOR AT ABU TARTOUR
 [63 words]   [$2,1]
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