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Burkina Faso

First Gold Mine Launch in 2005?

Semafo, which already operates a mine in Guinea (Jean Gobele) and will soon operate a second one in Niger (Samira [...]

Subscribers only Mining 17.02.2004

De Beers Closes Down and Heads for Congo-K

De Beers is running down its operation in Guinea following its failure to discover a world-class diamond deposit promising a [...]

Subscribers only Mining 03.02.2004

World Bank Saves Pipeline

After long months of bargaining, the World Bank has not only agreed to guarantee the West Africa Gas Pipeline project but even to invest in it.

Subscribers only Energy 09.12.2003

St. Jude Raises Nearly $14 Million

Taking advantage of a rush of investors into shares of [...]

Subscribers only Mining 02.12.2003

Jilbey Gold Wins Four Concessions

The Burkina Faso government has handed Jilbey Gold four new [...]

Subscribers only Mining 02.12.2003

Kumba Resources' Plans Thwarted

In its annual report on its 2002-2003 financial year, the South African iron producer Kumba Resources took stock of the [...]

Subscribers only Mining 07.10.2003

Spotlight
Six Decisive Months for West African Gas Pipeline

The West African Gas Pipeline (WAGP) was meant to be ChevronTexaco's answer to ExxonMobil's Chad-Cameroon line

Subscribers only Energy 30.09.2003

Total Examines Gas Deals

In addition to an agreement it has just signed with NLNG, France's Total is considering teaming up with Marathon in Equatorial Guinea.

Subscribers only Energy 30.09.2003

Fusion Ripe for Takeover?

The announcement by Australia's Fusion Oil & Gas that it had made money for the first time since it was [...]

Subscribers only Energy 16.09.2003

Commercial Pact on WAGP

After signing a fiscal accord concerning the West African Gas [...]

Subscribers only Energy 03.06.2003

Xstrata, Axmin Inc, Jilbey Gold Exploration Ltd

Xstrata has just received a greenlight from the European Union's [...]

Subscribers only Mining 27.05.2003

Who's Going to Fund WAPP?

No less than eight donors are lining up to finance the interconnections needed to set the West Africa Power Pool into motion.

Subscribers only Energy 20.05.2003

New LNG Project for British Gas

BG has been negotiating LNG deals with Nigeria for some months and now plans to also buy LNG from Equatorial Guinea.

Subscribers only Energy 20.05.2003

Light at End of Tunnel for Total?

Hitches concerning the development of two fields, Dalia and Akpo, that had compromised TotalFinaElf's prospects for growth in the Gulf of Guinea look like being resolved.

Subscribers only Energy 06.05.2003

Fight for WAGP Project

The oil services companies bidding for the engineering, procurement and construction contract for the West African Gas Pipeline (WAGP) project [...]

Subscribers only Energy 18.03.2003

Fiscal Treaty for WAGP

In addition to conferring on the Ivory Coast emergency, leaders from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) seized [...]

Subscribers only Energy 04.02.2003

Petro Airlines (part three)

Airlines are continuing to line up to serve the new oil-producing countries in the Gulf of Guinea.

Subscribers only Energy 21.01.2003

Sofreco Calls for Tax Waiver

The French firm Sofreco is to submit its recommendations to the Burkina Faso government under a World Bank program to [...]

Subscribers only Mining 14.01.2003

St. Jude Goes for Gold

The Canadian firm St. Jude Resources Ltd. (see p.4), which had been involved up to now in exploring for gold [...]

Subscribers only Mining 31.12.2002

Abdourahmane N’Dir

A Senegalese national, Abdourahmane N’Dir, will succeed his countryman Babacar Gueye as head of the Societe de Gestion de Manantali [...]

Subscribers only Energy 04.12.2002

Tax Holiday for Orezone?

Pressure on the government to ease its fiscal system has mounted following Orezone Resources' announcement it was launching a big [...]

Subscribers only Mining 01.10.2002

Paul Emile Gamsonre

A geologist trained in Europe and former head of the Bureau des Mines et de la Geologie du Burkina (Bumigeb: [...]

Subscribers only Mining 01.10.2002

David Netherway

The circle of mining engineers specializing in exploration in West Africa is decidedly quite small. David Netherway, who holds a [...]

Subscribers only Mining 01.10.2002

Petrobras Eyes Big Outlay

Over the next four years, Brazil's Petrobras plans to invest nearly $1.5 billion in developing its concessions in Nigeria, Equatorial [...]

Subscribers only Energy 10.09.2002

Managing WAGP

Pre-qualification of equipment and oil services suppliers for the construction [...]

Subscribers only Energy 10.09.2002

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Burkina Faso

First Gold Mine Launch in 2005?

De Beers Closes Down and Heads for Congo-K

World Bank Saves Pipeline

St. Jude Raises Nearly $14 Million

Jilbey Gold Wins Four Concessions

Kumba Resources' Plans Thwarted

Spotlight
Six Decisive Months for West African Gas Pipeline

Total Examines Gas Deals

Fusion Ripe for Takeover?

Commercial Pact on WAGP

Xstrata, Axmin Inc, Jilbey Gold Exploration Ltd

Who's Going to Fund WAPP?

New LNG Project for British Gas

Light at End of Tunnel for Total?

Fight for WAGP Project

Fiscal Treaty for WAGP

Petro Airlines (part three)

Sofreco Calls for Tax Waiver

St. Jude Goes for Gold

Abdourahmane N’Dir

Tax Holiday for Orezone?

Paul Emile Gamsonre

David Netherway

Petrobras Eyes Big Outlay

Managing WAGP

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Burkina Faso

First Gold Mine Launch in 2005?

De Beers Closes Down and Heads for Congo-K

World Bank Saves Pipeline

St. Jude Raises Nearly $14 Million

Jilbey Gold Wins Four Concessions

Kumba Resources' Plans Thwarted

Spotlight Six Decisive Months for West African Gas Pipeline

Total Examines Gas Deals

Fusion Ripe for Takeover?

Commercial Pact on WAGP

Xstrata, Axmin Inc, Jilbey Gold Exploration Ltd

Who's Going to Fund WAPP?

New LNG Project for British Gas

Light at End of Tunnel for Total?

Fight for WAGP Project

Fiscal Treaty for WAGP

Petro Airlines (part three)

Sofreco Calls for Tax Waiver

St. Jude Goes for Gold

Abdourahmane N’Dir

Tax Holiday for Orezone?

Paul Emile Gamsonre

David Netherway

Petrobras Eyes Big Outlay

Managing WAGP

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Six Decisive Months for West African Gas Pipeline