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Philippe Vasset
NORTH AFRICA Editor in Chief
LIFT FOR IPPS IN ELECTRICITY
Tunisia's first agreement with an independent power producer, the PSEG Global (ex Community Energy)-Marubeni-Sithe consortium, which won the Rades II (473, 3 MW) contract, will be finalized by next March once negotiations with banks led by Paribas and Sanwa Bank are completed. (...)   [687 words]   [$11,2]
OIL & GAS
MOZAMBIQUE
SASOL BACK ON PANDE
   Fresh clouds over a project by Enron and South Africa's Industrial Development Corp. (IDC) to use gas from Pande for a DRI plant and steelworks at Maputo has given Sasol an opportunity to get back into the running to develop the gas field.  (...)  [666 words]   [$7]
EQUATORIAL GUINEA
FINDS BY OCEAN AND MOBIL
   Ocean Energy (formerly UMC) has struck oil on block D in Equatorial Guinea's offshore in which it acquired a 100% interest after Yukong pulled out.  (...)  [423 words]   [$7]

AT A GLANCE
NIGERIA    FOUR JACK-UPS FOR MOBIL IN 1999
 [219 words]   [$2,1]
NIGERIA    SHELL SEEKS TWO JACK-UPS FOR EA PROJECT
 [74 words]   [$2,1]
NIGERIA    TOTAL LOOKING FOR SEMI OR DRILLSHIP
 [41 words]   [FREE]
TANZANIA    FARM-IN ON CANOP LICENSE
 [129 words]   [$2,1]
GABON    VANCO SIGNS WITH TOTAL, UNOCAL AND KERR-MCGEE
 [70 words]   [$2,1]
GABON    MARATHON FIXES GLOMAR HIGH ISLAND IX
 [113 words]   [$2,1]
GABON    ARCO SEEKS SEMI OR DRILLSHIP
 [52 words]   [$2,1]
MOROCCO    GAS DISCOVERY FOR CABRE
 [187 words]   [$2,1]
MOROCCO    SEISMICS START ON VANCO BLOCK
 [110 words]   [$2,1]
MOROCCO    CEPSA-IPIC MARKETING JOINT VENTURE
 [78 words]   [$2,1]
TUNISIA    TWO YEAR SEISMIC OPTION FOR EUROGAS
 [143 words]   [$2,1]
ELECTRICITY
NORTH AFRICA
LIFT FOR IPPS IN ELECTRICITY
   Tunisia's first agreement with an independent power producer, the PSEG Global (ex Community Energy)-Marubeni-Sithe consortium, which won the Rades II (473, 3 MW) contract, will be  (...)  [687 words]   [$11,2]
KENYA
ACCORD ON TWO NEW IPPS
   An accord providing for Tsavo Power Co., an affiliate of Finland's Warsila group, to provide the Kenya Power and Lighting Co.  (...)  [479 words]   [$7]
GUINEA
SINGLE CONCESSION PLANNED
   Energy and natural resources minister Fasine Fofana signed an agreement in Nov. 14 in Conakry with the Banque Nationale de Paris that will advise the government on setting up a single  (...)  [465 words]   [$7]
SUDAN
JUMPING ON THE IPP BANDWAGON
   The state-owned Malaysian power company Tenega Nasional has begun building a power station at Port Sudan, AEM has learned. Inaugurated without any official announcement, the project  (...)  [595 words]   [$7]

AT A GLANCE
NORTH AFRICA    MOROCCO NAMED COMELEC CHAIRMAN FOR 1999
 [130 words]   [$2,1]
EGYPT    INVITATIONS TO TENDER FOR NEXT TWO IPPS
 [105 words]   [$2,1]
ETHIOPIA    JAPANESE LOAN
 [41 words]   [FREE]
MOROCCO    NUCLEAR POWER FOR ELECTRICITY AND FRESH WATER
 [222 words]   [$2,1]
CANADA    TALKS WITH ESKOM
 [117 words]   [$2,1]

MINING
GUINEA
SETOUROU PROJECT TAKES SHAPE
   A feasibility study has been completed for an alumina plant at Setourou near Boke that will be built by a group of investors from the United Arab Emirates.  (...)  [192 words]   [$7]
GUINEA
ALCOA TO RUN CBG
   Alcoa will take over the full management of the Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinee (CBG) and include it in its world-wide operations in order to give the company "a higher profile",  (...)  [800 words]   [$7]
GUINEA
RTZ TO DEVELOP SIMANDOU IRON
   The government has just signed an agreement with RTZ-CRA to develop an iron mine on the Mount Simandou deposit in the south-east of Guinea, energy and natural resources minister Fassine  (...)  [151 words]   [$7]
GUINEA
SEMAFO LINES UP PARTNERS
   Benoit La Salle, chairman of SEMAFO (West African Mining Exploration Co) claims his company is "totally undervalued" on the stock exchange relative to its cash position (over C$23  (...)  [272 words]   [$7]
ANGOLA
DIAMONDWORKS SITE ATTACKED
   Angolan government troops were combing the area around the Yetwene diamond mine in Lunda Norte early last week as UNITA officials began an investigation into an attack blamed on supporters  (...)  [641 words]   [$7]
NIGER
ETRUSCAN'S HOPES RISE
   The Canadian firm Etruscan Resources last week unveiled the results of fresh drilling at its Samira gold mine in Niger that indicate the site has greater reserves than expected.  (...)  [318 words]   [$7]
BURKINA FASO
IFC LEG-UP FOR GRIFFIN MINING
   The World Bank's International Finance Corp. is investing $US 1.5 million to help London-based Griffin Mining boost output at its Fasomine gold mine in Burkina Faso.  (...)  [242 words]   [$7]

AT A GLANCE
MOZAMBIQUE    BILLITON SHELVES MINERALIZED SAND SCHEME
 [186 words]   [$2,1]
CANADA    BILLY RAUTENBACH BOSS OF GECAMINES
 [129 words]   [$2,1]
SOUTH AFRICA    COMPROMISE IN THE OFFING BETWEEN IMPALA AND THE BAKOFENG
 [130 words]   [$2,1]
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