New Tender for Phosphate Mines
Australia’s Sultan Corp has found itself back to square one concerning exploiting Togo’s carbonated phosphates reserves (AMI 263).Under pressure from [...]
Published on 20 December 2011
Cards re-shuffled for country's phosphate
Begun in 2009, the quest for a strategic partner for Societe Nouvelle des Phosphates du Togo (SNPT) is still marking time. Although the government has been engaged for long months in exclusive talks with the Australian firm Sultan Corp., the World Bank and International Monetary fund have managed to force it to issue a new invitation to tender for the sector.
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TOGO 20/12/2011
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