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Burkina Faso

Metorex's Conditions for Zinc Project

A southern African mining company, Metorex , has signed a MOU with the Burkina Faso government that lays down stiff [...]

Subscribers only Mining 06.11.2001

Watchdog Panel for Manantali

An offshoot of OMVS , the Societe de Gestion de l’Energie de Manantali has just set up a committee to [...]

Subscribers only Energy 30.10.2001

Government Promises to Lower Rates

Burkina Faso’s minister for energy, quarries and mines, Abdoulaye Abdoul [...]

Subscribers only Energy 16.10.2001

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Atlas Petroleum & Friends Gain Ground

A small oil company that counts among the holdings of Nigerian millionaire Prince Arthur Eze , Atlas Petroleum has grown in recent years into a fairly big regional player. Its affiliate, Oranto Petroleum , has just acquired 50% on two [...]

Subscribers only Energy 02.10.2001

Charles Taylor Jr.

Relations between Liberia and Burkina Faso remain very close and they’ve even become vital for president Charles Taylor since the [...]

Subscribers only Mining 24.09.2001

The Bank’s Privatization Bonus

After awarding a loan worth nearly $100 million in late July for the renovation of NEPA’s facilities in Nigeria, the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 18.09.2001

Setback for Okore Mining

A project by Australia’s Shield Telecommunications to bring all of its mining assets in West Africa under the roof of [...]

Subscribers only Mining 11.09.2001

Eskom to Manage Manantali

An operating contract for the Manantali dam worth $84 million was signed on July 26 between the Societe de Gestion [...]

Subscribers only Energy 21.08.2001

Privatization Bill Adopted

Putting changes it had promised to the International Monetary Fund [...]

Subscribers only Energy 21.08.2001

Toad Rule in Nimba

A species of toad that lives exclusively in the Nimba [...]

Subscribers only Mining 24.07.2001

Focus on West Africa

In snapping up the U.S. company Triton Energy early last week, Amerada Hess considerably beefed up its portfolio in the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 17.07.2001

Sell-off for SONABEL

The Burkina Faso government has promised the International Monetary Fund that it will shortly privatize SONABEL, the country’s power utility. [...]

Subscribers only Energy 17.07.2001

Ranger Minerals Quits Essakan Project

Ranger Minerals of Australia has pulled out of the Essakan gold project in Burkina Faso after investing $1.6 million in [...]

Subscribers only Mining 09.07.2001

Africa Major Exporter to U.S.

Out of $23.5 billion worth of goods and services that [...]

Subscribers only Energy 19.06.2001

Semafo makes another discovery in Burkina

Semafo, the Canadian mining exploration company in West Africa, in [...]

Subscribers only Mining 15.06.2001

Lure of the Deep Offshore

Already figuring among the biggest oil operators in West Africa, Royal Dutch/Shell has just scored two new points in the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 05.06.2001

Truce in Border Disputes ?

The oil-producing nations in West Africa are having a lot of trouble sharing out oil wealth inasmuch as some of [...]

Subscribers only Energy 22.05.2001

A Profitable Region

West Africa’s share in revenue of Global Industries ., a [...]

Subscribers only Energy 08.05.2001

Channel Seeks Partners

The Canadian company Channel Resources is seeking new partners for three of its remaining licenses in Burkina Faso after relinquishing [...]

Subscribers only Mining 27.03.2001

New Start & Name Switch for Shield

Shield Telecommunications, previously known as Leo Shield Exploration, which owns the Abore gold project in Ghana, plans to revive its [...]

Subscribers only Mining 13.03.2001

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The Sonatrach Imbroglio

With Algerian energy and mines minister Chakib Khelil standing in since Feb. 28 as acting chairman of Sonatrach, the Algerian authorities have remained remarkably close-mouthed about the departure of Abdelhak Bouhafs a little over a year after he returned as [.

Subscribers only Energy 06.03.2001

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Burkina Faso

Metorex's Conditions for Zinc Project

Watchdog Panel for Manantali

Government Promises to Lower Rates

Spotlight
Atlas Petroleum & Friends Gain Ground

Charles Taylor Jr.

The Bank’s Privatization Bonus

Setback for Okore Mining

Eskom to Manage Manantali

Privatization Bill Adopted

Toad Rule in Nimba

Focus on West Africa

Sell-off for SONABEL

Ranger Minerals Quits Essakan Project

Africa Major Exporter to U.S.

Semafo makes another discovery in Burkina

Lure of the Deep Offshore

Truce in Border Disputes ?

A Profitable Region

Channel Seeks Partners

New Start & Name Switch for Shield

Spotlight
The Sonatrach Imbroglio

John Craven

New Push to Drilling

Essakan Resource Confirmed

Placer Dome Teams up With Solomon

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Ibrahim Traoré

Virtus Minerals

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Savannah Energy

Denis Sassou-Nguesso

Burkina Faso

Metorex's Conditions for Zinc Project

Watchdog Panel for Manantali

Government Promises to Lower Rates

Spotlight Atlas Petroleum & Friends Gain Ground

Charles Taylor Jr.

The Bank’s Privatization Bonus

Setback for Okore Mining

Eskom to Manage Manantali

Privatization Bill Adopted

Toad Rule in Nimba

Focus on West Africa

Sell-off for SONABEL

Ranger Minerals Quits Essakan Project

Africa Major Exporter to U.S.

Semafo makes another discovery in Burkina

Lure of the Deep Offshore

Truce in Border Disputes ?

A Profitable Region

Channel Seeks Partners

New Start & Name Switch for Shield

Spotlight The Sonatrach Imbroglio

John Craven

New Push to Drilling

Essakan Resource Confirmed

Placer Dome Teams up With Solomon

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Africa Intelligence on social media

Indigo Publications' websites

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Atlas Petroleum & Friends Gain Ground

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The Sonatrach Imbroglio