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Angola

Diamond bill not everybody’s best friend

Implemented in late summer, a new law on the diamond trade in Angola already has its opponents. The grumbling comes [...]

Subscribers only Mining 11.10.2016

Sonangol drops Galp in bid for a fresh bill of health

Struggling to overlook any source of new revenue, Sonangol has sold off some of its stake in Galp Energia.

Subscribers only Energy 04.10.2016

Dos Santos in a hurry to bring power to Luanda region

In a bid to put an end to power shortages [...]

Subscribers only Energy 04.10.2016

PWC helping local oil services firms

The Angolan president’s favourite auditing and consulting concern PricewaterhouseCoopers has [...]

Subscribers only Energy 20.09.2016

Lucapa Diamond in quest for new stakeholders

The emerging producer Lucapa Diamond Co has begun looking for fresh investors prepared to buy into its business. The firm, [...]

Subscribers only Mining 13.09.2016

Luanda gives in to Repsol on block 22/11

Angolan oil minister Jose Maria Botelho de Vasconcelos has extended [...]

Subscribers only Energy 06.09.2016

China Sonangol told to leave Cabinda

Failing to honour its commitments on the onshore Cabinda Norte [...]

Subscribers only Energy 06.09.2016

Diamond production steady against Dos Santos’ wishes

Confronted with a drop in the oil price, Angola’s leading [...]

Subscribers only Mining 30.08.2016

Full steam ahead for diamond cooperatives

The national diamond company Endiama awarded new artisanal and semi-industrial [...]

Subscribers only Mining 30.08.2016

Botelho de Vasconcelos names team to find investors

Although a shakeup in Angola’s oil sector has primarily targeted Sonangol (see report here), they also concern the oil ministry. [...]

Free access Energy 23.08.2016

Mirage of Lobito refinery fading ever faster

Sonangol has suspended construction of the Lobito refinery in order [...]

Subscribers only Energy 23.08.2016

Sonangol in drive to drum up cash

Angolan oil minister Jose Marie Botelho de Vasconcelos announced in [...]

Subscribers only Energy 23.08.2016

Carvalho acts as Isabel dos Santos’ wild card to rescue Sonangol

The daughter of Angola’s leader is counting on the ex managing director of Chevron in Brazil to help her overhaul the state-owned giant.

Subscribers only Energy 19.07.2016

Tycoon Iskandar Safa tests the waters in Luanda

Privinvest, a firm owned by the Franco-Lebanese businessman, has forged a partnership with the authorities in the hydropower sector.

Subscribers only Energy 19.07.2016

Limpopo gold mine on stream in 2018

Angola is edging closer and closer to joining the club of African gold producers. The gold mine at Limpopo in [...]

Subscribers only Mining 12.07.2016

Workers question Sumbula on Chitotolo

In an open letter to the chairman of Endiama, Carlos Sumbula, on June 28, workers for Sociedade Mineira do Chitotolo [...]

Subscribers only Mining 12.07.2016

Isabel dos Santos has Daewoo in a bind

In late June, the chairman of South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding [...]

Subscribers only Energy 07.07.2016

Miranda seeks to retain strong footing in Luanda

Portugal’s Miranda law firm is determined to keep a high [...]

Subscribers only Energy 05.07.2016

Nobium : Luanda issues a license

In a few years’ time Angola could join the club [...]

Subscribers only Mining 28.06.2016

Luanda gives the nod again to China’s CMEC

The China Machinery Engineering Corp (CMEC) is decidedly on a roll in Angola. In late May the company was awarded [...]