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Mauritania

Leaders mull four-nation railway scheme

A plan for a railway running between Cotonou, Niamey, Ouagadougou and Abidjan has been concentrating minds among leaders in the [...]

Subscribers only Mining 08.11.2011

Concordia turns to Vallee Poussin for top job

Active up to now in North and South America, Concordia Resources Corp has turned its attention to Africa by acquiring [...]

Subscribers only Mining 08.11.2011

First Reserve on buying spree

A stakeholder in Glencore and CHC Helicopters, the huge oil investment fund First Reserve Corp now has a company specializing [...]

Subscribers only Energy 04.10.2011

Nigeria holds WAGP hostage

Abuja is refusing to increase the amount of gas carried by the West African Gas Pipeline, putting the squeeze on Ghana.

Subscribers only Energy 04.10.2011

SMH

The new president of Societe Mauritanienne des Hydrocarbures (SMH), Saad [...]

Subscribers only Energy 04.10.2011

Alan Linn

Alan Linn, the chief executive of Australia's Roc Oil, has [...]

Subscribers only Energy 04.10.2011

Harmattan Gold soon to list

The Australian explorer Harmattan Gold headed by John Cameron is [...]

Subscribers only Mining 13.09.2011

SMH

The Societe Mauritanienne des Hydrocarbures (SMH) has sold a new [...]

Subscribers only Energy 06.09.2011

Focus on continental shelf

Like virtually all coastal nations in West Africa, Cape Verde [...]

Subscribers only Energy 06.09.2011

Xstrata pushes ahead at Askaf

Saipem, an affiliate of Italy’s ENI, has won the contract [...]

Subscribers only Mining 29.08.2011

Simba still on shopping spree

Present only in Liberia up to now, Canada’s Simba Energy has planted its flag in both Kenya and Guinea and is working on other acquisitions.

Subscribers only Energy 23.08.2011

France turns on the lights

A promise by French president Nicolas Sarkozy in October, 2009 to prod AFD into offering strong assistance to Mauritania’s electricity sector has been fulfilled.

Subscribers only Energy 23.08.2011

Mohamed Ould Bahiya

Named boss of Societe Mauritanienne des Hydrocarbures (SMH), Saad Ould Maaynye, a computer engineer who had worked for Societe Nationale [...]

Subscribers only Energy 23.08.2011

Contract terms eased

At the urging of oil minister Taleb Ould Abdi Vall, [...]

Subscribers only Energy 19.07.2011

Tullow could operate Banda

Africa Energy Intelligence has been told by sources at the oil ministry in Nouakchott that Britain’s Tullow Oil would like [...]

Subscribers only Energy 05.07.2011

AME beefs up gold portfolio

After setting foot in Mali, a London-based explorer founded last year, AME, has ventured into Guinea by winning three promising [...]

Subscribers only Mining 28.06.2011

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Oil companies aren’t about to desert Sahara

The Sahara region still appears to draw oil companies. Despite Total’s letdown in Mauritania and the Taoudenni basin, and with only months before the Agadem block is due to start producing in Niger, new players like Tullow Oil are displaying [.

Subscribers only Energy 07.06.2011

Petronas awaits Banda verdict

Mauritania’s government has founded a new joint company with mining concerns that could acquire gas from the Banda field to generate power.

Subscribers only Energy 07.06.2011

ArcelorMittal in push for Agareb

ArcelorMittal is planning a major drilling campaign this year on [...]

Subscribers only Mining 26.04.2011

Total draws a blank in Taoudeni region

Contrary to what an optimistic statement by Total ’s chief [...]

Subscribers only Energy 19.04.2011

July boost for WAGP

Initially scheduled to come on stream in 2008, the West African Gas Pipeline (WAGP) will see its compression ratio sharply [...]

Subscribers only Energy 22.03.2011

SMH

The Societe Mauritanienne des Hydrocarbures (SMH) has been the object [...]

Subscribers only Energy 22.03.2011

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France’s Bollore on a lucky streak

A former tobacco magnate in Africa, Vincent Bollore had the bright idea to drop that business some time back to return to what was once a core business: shipping. In the space of a few years, the French businessman succeeded [.

Subscribers only Politics 23.02.2011

Taleb Ould Abdi Vall

The former boss of Societe Nationale Industrielle et Miniere (SNIM), Taleb Ould Abdi Vall, became Mauritania’s 10th oil minister in [...]

Subscribers only Energy 22.02.2011

New mines minister

In a partial government shuffle in Nouakchott this weekend, Taleb [...]

Subscribers only Mining 15.02.2011

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Mauritania

Leaders mull four-nation railway scheme

Concordia turns to Vallee Poussin for top job

First Reserve on buying spree

Nigeria holds WAGP hostage

SMH

Alan Linn

Harmattan Gold soon to list

SMH

Focus on continental shelf

Xstrata pushes ahead at Askaf

Simba still on shopping spree

France turns on the lights

Mohamed Ould Bahiya

Contract terms eased

Tullow could operate Banda

AME beefs up gold portfolio

Spotlight
Oil companies aren’t about to desert Sahara

Petronas awaits Banda verdict

ArcelorMittal in push for Agareb

Total draws a blank in Taoudeni region

July boost for WAGP

SMH

Spotlight
France’s Bollore on a lucky streak

Taleb Ould Abdi Vall

New mines minister

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Andry Rajoelina

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Paul Biya

Erik Prince

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Mauritania

Leaders mull four-nation railway scheme

Concordia turns to Vallee Poussin for top job

First Reserve on buying spree

Nigeria holds WAGP hostage

SMH

Alan Linn

Harmattan Gold soon to list

SMH

Focus on continental shelf

Xstrata pushes ahead at Askaf

Simba still on shopping spree

France turns on the lights

Mohamed Ould Bahiya

Contract terms eased

Tullow could operate Banda

AME beefs up gold portfolio

Spotlight Oil companies aren’t about to desert Sahara

Petronas awaits Banda verdict

ArcelorMittal in push for Agareb

Total draws a blank in Taoudeni region

July boost for WAGP

SMH

Spotlight France’s Bollore on a lucky streak

Taleb Ould Abdi Vall

New mines minister

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Africa Intelligence on social media

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Burkina Faso, Mali
Gold traders cast in uncertainty as jihadist threat looms

Gabon
The secrets behind the FGIS, a sovereign wealth fund set adrift

Spotlight
Oil companies aren’t about to desert Sahara

Spotlight
France’s Bollore on a lucky streak