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Philippe Vasset
CANADA Editor in Chief
CIRCLING THE WAGONS
The mining giants -- and not only South African -- have won the third round in a game that started with agreements signed under Mobutu and Kengo and continued during Laurent Kabila's drive for power when juniors managed to get their foot in the door. (...)   [654 words]   [$11,2]
OIL & GAS
ANGOLA
EXPLORATION STEPS UP
   Total last week announced new results of tests that resulted in what appeared to be a second major discovery on Angola's block 14, with a higher flow than on the first.  (...)  [166 words]   [$7]
WEST AFRICA
LITTLE IMPACT FOR MERGER
   The merger of Reading & Bates and Falcon Drilling which became effective on Jan. 1 with the creation of R&B Falcon Corp.  (...)  [362 words]   [$7]
NIGERIA
NLNG-ENEL CONTRACT MODIFIED
   Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas signed a new gas agreement with ENEL in London just before New Year's Eve that confirmed modifications in the gas swap agreements signed with Gaz de France.  (...)  [276 words]   [$7]
IVORY COAST
RANGER OIL'S PARTNERS
   After receiving a green light from Ivory Coast to acquire and operate blocks CI-101 and 103 (AEM 219), Ranger Oil and its partners have fixed the share-out on the property.  (...)  [222 words]   [$7]

AT A GLANCE
IVORY COAST    IMPACT OF CRUDE OIL PRICE SLUMP
 [200 words]   [$2,1]
ANGOLA    MAJOR SEISMIC SURVEY
 [108 words]   [$2,1]
ANGOLA    RANGER COMPLETES WELL WITH HAKURYU V
 [63 words]   [$2,1]
CAMEROON    ELF SEEKS JACK-UP
 [37 words]   [FREE]
IVORY COAST    SANTA FE RESOURCES LOOKING FOR RIG
 [38 words]   [FREE]
GABON    SHELLS PLANNING TWO WELLS
 [26 words]   [FREE]
GABON    IMPACT OF CRUDE PRICE DROP
 [117 words]   [$2,1]
MOROCCO    ENTERPRISE OIL TO EXPLORE DEEP SOUTH OFFSHORE
 [114 words]   [$2,1]
TANZANIA    LIBERALIZATION ON TRACK
 [98 words]   [$2,1]
UGANDA    DETAILS ABOUT HARDMAN'S LICENCE
 [85 words]   [$2,1]
AFRICA    ELF TO SEEK STAKE IN PETROGAL?
 [166 words]   [$2,1]
AFRICA/FRANCE    IFP'S PANORAMA 98
 [81 words]   [$2,1]
ELECTRICITY
MOZAMBIQUE
MOMENT OF TRUTH FOR HCB & ESKOM
   Hidroelectrica de Cabora Bassa is sticking to its refusal to deliver electricity to South Africa's Eskom at the price originally agreed upon now that the renovation of the inter-connection  (...)  [454 words]   [$7]
ZIMBABWE
NEW PHASE FOR NATIONAL POWER
   A little over seven months after signing a letter of intent with the Zimbabwe Electric Supply Authority, the British utility National Power has moved on to sign an agreement with the  (...)  [404 words]   [$7]

AT A GLANCE
MOZAMBIQUE    NACALA CONNECTED TO CABORA BASSA VIA MALAWI?
 [160 words]   [$2,1]
AFRICA/EUROPE    MOU BETWEEN CFD AND KFW
 [37 words]   [FREE]

MINING
CANADA
CIRCLING THE WAGONS
   The mining giants -- and not only South African -- have won the third round in a game that started with agreements signed under Mobutu and Kengo and continued during Laurent Kabila's  (...)  [654 words]   [$11,2]
DJIBOUTI
QUEST & SEVEN STAR WIN LICENCES
   Quest International Resources and Seven Star Minerals announced last week that a joint company they formed in March, 1997 had been awarded seven gold prospects in Djibouti.  (...)  [224 words]   [$7]
SOUTH AFRICA
FERROCHRONE VENTURE WITH CHINA
   ASA Metals, a joint venture between China's East Asian Metal Investment Corp. and the state-owned Northern Province Development Co (NPDC) plans to build a high-carbon ferrochrome smelter  (...)  [257 words]   [$7]
ZIMBABWE
NEW ARRANGEMENT FOR DELTA & BHP?
   After Delta Gold's move in October to adopt a cautious approach to its Ngezi mine (AEM 216) new talk has arisen over a possible merger of the Australian company's platinum interests  (...)  [351 words]   [$7]
MOZAMBIQUE
NEW STAGE FOR MOATIZE
   JCI confirmed last week that it was negotiating with Austral Coal on a project concerning the Moatize coal mine. The scheme will run in tandem with JCI's DRI project based on known  (...)  [458 words]   [$7]
MOZAMBIQUE
MITSUI JOINS ENRON/IDC
   Japan's Mitsui group has been named as a potential shareholder in the planned $2 billion Enron-Industrial Development Corp. iron and steel plant in Maputo based on gas from the Pande  (...)  [364 words]   [$7]
GUINEA
SURPRISINGLY BIG SYSMIN LOAN
   The member states of the European Union have just approved an 80 million Ecu loan to Guinea under the Sysmin system, a record total for this European Development Fund facility whose  (...)  [461 words]   [$7]
NIGER
EU COULD BACK PROJECTS
   A "strategy and cooperation" paper just signed by Niger's government and the European Commission raises the possibilities of Sysmin funding to help "promote economic diversification  (...)  [228 words]   [$7]
CANADA
PRESSURE ON TENKE MINING
   Officials from AMFI (See Spotlight) and the Belgian-South African rail consortium Comazar are firmly convinced the Kinshasa government has done them wrong (in Comazar's case, by additionally  (...)  [772 words]   [$7]
CANADA
DIAMOND POLICY LACKS SHINE
   The Democratic Republic of Congo's diamond policy has failed because the new government didn't want to -- or could not -- draw conclusions from the experience of the former Zaire  (...)  [487 words]   [$7]

AT A GLANCE
ANGOLA    UNITA QUITS CUANGO BASIN
 [42 words]   [FREE]
GABON    NEW SYSMIN LOAN CONSIDERED
 [136 words]   [$2,1]
CANADA    ALL'S WELL WITH PANORAMA
 [239 words]   [$2,1]
NIGERIA    GOVERNMENT EARMARKS $800 MILLION FOR IRON AND STEEL
 [123 words]   [$2,1]
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