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Exploration-Production 20/06/2017

Mooncor Oil goes out on a limb to mine local metals

To mitigate the fallout from a continued lull in oil prices, Canadian firm Mooncor Oil & Gas, which explores oil [...] [...]

Business circles 20/06/2017

Jeb Bush's donor Oberndorf leaves Namibia Rare Earths

Chairman of the board at Namibia Rare Earths (NRE), Gerald [...] [...]

Business circles 30/05/2017

State accused over oil storage unit

The noose is being to tighten around the instigators, all within president Hage Geingob’s inner circle, of a dodgy deal over an oil storage unit. [...] [...]

Exploration-Production 23/05/2017

Mining baron Robert Schafer strides into Africa

For the past several weeks, Robert Schafer, a familiar name in Russian, North American and Australian mining, has been looking [...] [...]

Oil 11/04/2017

Tullow Oil confronts Pancontinental over PEL 37

British junior Tullow Oil is dilly-dallying on its decision over the drilling of a well on block PEL 37, of [...] [...]

Oil 14/03/2017

Chariot Oil & Gas does not despair of finding a good match

British junior Chariot Oil & Gas, which has four Namibian offshore blocks (2312, 2412A, 2714A, 2714B) is looking for partners [...] [...]

Oil 28/02/2017

Acrep, a well-connected Angolan firm, makes its mark in Windhoek

The Angolan concern Acrep which kicked off exploration on Namibia’s 1718 and 1818 onshore blocks in mid-February, can claim a [...] [...]

Electricity 28/02/2017

First lady places a bet on solar energy

The Namibian equity fund Stimulus Investment has acquired 67% of [...] [...]

Funding 28/02/2017

Watson Farley & Williams assists BW on Kudu

A leading FPSO constructor, BW Offshore, which has just acquired [...] [...]

BUSINESS CIRCLES 21/02/2017

Auroch Minerals fleshes out its lithium portfolio

With backing from Rare Earth Minerals, Auroch Minerals is in full expansion mode in Namibia. [...] [...]

Consultants 07/02/2017

Rolf Gerritsen spearheads makeover of China Africa Resources

The new chief of China Africa Resources (CAR), Paul Johnson, [...] [...]

Oil 31/01/2017

Pancontinental bends over backwards to get Tullow to drill

The Australian junior Pancontinental Oil & Gas, which saw its share price drop from 17.5 cents in 2012 to 3 [...] [...]

BUSINESSMEN 24/01/2017

A good word from Hamutenya helps Marenica win its bid

With a bit of help from its partner Mathew Hamutenya, the Australian firm Marenica Energy headed by Douglas Buerger managed [...] [...]

BUSINESS CIRCLES 17/01/2017

Eco Atlantic seeks listing on AIM to raise finance for its projects

Planning to drill on its Cooper block in Namibia in [...] [...]

Looking Ahead 08/11/2016

Will Oman's phosphates ever get off the runway?

Less than two months after receiving a green light from [...] [...]

Oil 01/11/2016

TriStone Africa pins highest hopes on onshore blocks

In late October William Saarbach, chairman of the explorer TriStone Africa, was in Windhoek notably in order to finalize the [...] [...]

BUSINESSMEN 25/10/2016

A dash of mystery surrounds Hamutenya

In recent days many local companies and the media have been wondering what Kennedy Hamutenya is up to in his [...] [...]

CORRIDORS OF POWER 18/10/2016

Who is the new chairman of namcor?

Namibia’s energy minister, Obeth Kandjoze, has picked a lawyer relatively [...] [...]

Gas 20/09/2016

Local businessmen struggle for position on Kudu field Free

Development of the Kudu gas field has triggered a turf fight between Namibian businessmen against a backdrop of political rivalry. [...] [...]

CORRIDORS OF POWER 13/09/2016

Kombat Copper still needs that first lift

Hatched early this year, a plan to accelerate the extraction of certain resources of Kombat Copper Inc won’t get off [...] [...]

Exploration & Production 30/08/2016

Paladin does the dance of veils to seduce China's CNNC

While waiting to finalize the sale of a 24% stake in its Langer Heinrich uranium mine to China National Nuclear [...] [...]

Consultants 30/08/2016

Garrow named strategy adviser to Bannerman Resources

In charge of marketing yellowcake produced by Paladin Energy at [...] [...]

PALACE WHISPERS 26/07/2016

Windhoek says Areva asking too much for Trekkopje desalination plant

After long months of bargaining, the Namibian authorities with NamWater [...] [...]

Oil 19/07/2016

Walvis basin virtually flat-lining

After months of negotiations the Canadian explorer Westbridge Energy is still waiting to pull out of Namibia for good. Talks, [...] [...]

Funding 19/07/2016

Fisher, Quarmby & Pfeifer represent Total in Windhoek

Summoned by OBM Engineering & Petroleum Distributors (OBM) to pay [...] [...]

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