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Angola

Alibhai clan expands local mining empire

Faris Javed Alibhai added a new chapter to his growing list of businesses in Angola in December alongside business partner [...]

Subscribers only Mining 11.02.2020

Former José Eduardo dos Santos spokesman keen to shed mining portfolio

As the media storm continues to rage over the alleged [...]

Subscribers only Mining Running story - The reform of diamond mining 11.02.2020

Diamond security provider Epuaka wants to acquire its own gems

The Angolan firm Epuaka is hoping to finalise the acquisition [...]

Subscribers only Mining 11.02.2020

End of the road for Quilengues' niobium

Angola's minister of mines and petroleum Diamantino Azevedo has dashed [...]

Subscribers only Mining 11.02.2020

Lobbying war with Isabel dos Santos rages in Washington

João Lourenço is seeking to persuade the US to support his investigations into Isabel dos Santos, but the daughter of the Angolan ex-president is defending herself tooth and nail through her lobbyists.

Subscribers only Finance, Politics 05.02.2020

Spotlight
Manuel Vicente's circles still in command of oil dollars

Former Angolan vice president and ex-Sonangol chairman Manuel Vicente may have had to leave executive government when President João Lourenço stepped into office in 2017, he certainly hasn't lost any of the stronghold of the country's oil industry he patiently [...]

Subscribers only Energy 04.02.2020

Who runs Sonangol Sinopec JV, ENI's ally on block 15/06?

Sonangol Sinopec International (SSI), ENI's partner on the Angolan offshore block 15/06 on which the Agogo field was recently brought [...]

Free access Energy 04.02.2020

LNG: why Chevron and Sonangol are dreading 2022

The joint venture Angola LNG, which manages the LNG facility in Soyo, is somewhat down in the dumps. The firm, [...]

Subscribers only Energy 04.02.2020

Attorney General Hélder Fernando Pitta Grós sides with Lourenço against Dos Santos clan

The Luanda Leaks have allowed the Attorney General Hélder Pitta Grós to shine in his role as Mr Anti-Corruption in Angola.

Subscribers only Energy 04.02.2020

Ex-Halliburton VP Jeannot Lorenz's path since 2017 US bribery probe

Ever since American firm Halliburton accepted to pay $29.2 million [...]

Subscribers only Energy 04.02.2020

Cuban multi-tasker takes on Angolan oil

Cuban geologist Yusneurys Perez Martinez is building on his experience [...]

Subscribers only Energy 04.02.2020

Jean-Yves Le Drian navigates Mozambique Channel

French diplomats are currently keen to bolster cooperation with Indian Ocean countries, and to this end France's foreign minister Jean-Yves [...]

Subscribers only Diplomacy 31.01.2020

Jean-Yves Le Drian navigates Mozambique Channel

French diplomats are currently keen to bolster cooperation with Indian Ocean countries, and to this end France's foreign minister Jean-Yves [...]

Subscribers only Politics 31.01.2020

Sodiam reform prompts Lucapa into own diamond polishing

The government's recent move to allow extractors of Angolan diamonds to trade their output themselves has encouraged Lucapa to take a step further into the diamond value chain.

Subscribers only Mining 28.01.2020

Dave Collins offers ways for diamond miners to cut carbon emissions

Engineer Dave Collins, associate director of South Africa's MAC Consulting, [...]

Subscribers only Mining 28.01.2020

Cremonini, the discreet Italian agribusiness giant

The family business based in Modena is one of the leading meat distributors in central Africa.

Subscribers only Business 22.01.2020

Spotlight | Document
Exxon, Chevron and BP's blocks: João Lourenço hoodwinks Félix Tshisekedi

With Angola determined to be the sole owner, it looks as though the new DRC president Félix Tshisekedi will have to be content with mere crumbs of offshore blocks 0 and 14 (Chevron), block 15 (ExxonMobil), in production for over [.