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African Petroleum trims its board

After delisting from the Australian stock exchange and cutting into both its headcount and the size of its offices, African [...]

Subscribers only Energy 08.12.2015

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Mining groups ever more doubtful about Bollore rail play

Recently retained by Bollore Africa Logistics to arrange a stock market introduction for its affiliate that seeks to carry passengers, freight and minerals by train in West Africa, Goldman Sachs, BNP Paribas, Societe Generale and Crédit agricole have all suspended [...]

Subscribers only Mining 01.12.2015

Lootah Group of Companies goes on offensive

The United Arab Emirates company has hired an African former ambassador to help it penetrate the West African marketplace

Subscribers only Business 25.11.2015

Issoufou, Ouattara compete for leadership of UEMOA

Ivory Coast is intending to take the presidency of the West African Economic and Monetary Union UEMOA in 2016. That is unless Niger muddies the pitch…

Subscribers only Business 25.11.2015

Vaalco’s stakeholders still on the war path

After strongly criticizing the strategy of Vaalco Energy Inc’s management [...]

Subscribers only Energy 24.11.2015

PVE Consulting, a favourite go-between

The London-based consultancy PVE Consulting headed by Peter Elliott is [...]

Subscribers only Energy 10.11.2015

Panoro Energy prospecting in Gulf of Guinea

With a healthy $33 million in its coffers at the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 27.10.2015

Some breathing space for African Petroleum

Thanks to $2 million it raised from its shareholders, the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 27.10.2015

The Wagner Firm fights Vaalco's management on behalf of shareholders

Deeming that Vaalco Energy Inc’s board had acted in cavalier [...]

Subscribers only Energy 27.10.2015

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Why La Mancha steered clear of Randgold

With consolidation very much the watchword in West Africa's gold sector, the Ity mine in Ivory Coast has ended up in the portfolio of Endeavour Mining. Here's the reason. Once its partnership with La Mancha comes into effect on Nov.

Subscribers only Mining 20.10.2015

Sula Iron & Gold asks IFC to help fund coltan project

While waiting for a clearer idea of the potential of [...]

Subscribers only Mining 20.10.2015

Railway loop issue: New advisers for Africarail

Yves Baratte, a mining specialist from Simmons & Simmons, is [...]

Subscribers only Mining 20.10.2015

Frank Timis’ sprawling empire shaken to the core

With a newly-named chief executive, African Petroleum hopes to fight its way back while taking its distance from its all-too-known founder, Frank Timis.

Subscribers only Energy 13.10.2015

Peter Finan, a French-speaker for DLA Piper in Perth

The Australian firm Minemakers, which has just finalized the acquisition [...]

Subscribers only Mining 06.10.2015

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Bollore's rail deal stranded on platform

Although it has been loudly trumpeted in media in the region as the infrastructure project of the century, the West African rail loop being promoted by Vincent Bollore is as uncertain as it is litigious.

Subscribers only Politics 02.09.2015

Ballard sets up his own Africarail company

In highly discreet fashion, the firm Africa Rail Innovation was [...]

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Mining 21.07.2015

Federation of Chambers of Mines on the cards

ECOWAS has just put the finishing touch to a statement [...]

Subscribers only Mining 21.07.2015

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Africarail tells Bollore that it has rights to rail scheme

In a memo dated June 10 that Africa Mining Intelligence has seen, the firm Africarail has reminded the Bolloré group [...]

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Mining 23.06.2015

African Petroleum hunting for funds in Germany

In urgent need of cash to explore on its 10 [...]

Subscribers only Energy 16.06.2015

Cap Energy lured to the Gulf of Guinea

The junior Cap Energy, which is based in London and [...]

Subscribers only Energy 02.06.2015

Michael Barton adds to Sierra Rutile’s kitty

Pala Investments, a Swiss investment fund headed by Michael Barton, is to kick in a further $15 million into Sierra [...]

Subscribers only Mining 26.05.2015

Mike Anderson, a former spy at Kosmos

Kosmos Energy’s big discovery of gas on block C8 off Mauritania in April (AEI 745) looks likely to alter the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 19.05.2015

Oryx now run by an old Nigerian veteran

Former managing director of Addax Petroleum in Nigeria, Vance Querio, [...]

Subscribers only Energy 05.05.2015

Turkish billionaire Gunal keeps plugging away

Even if it recently failed to win control of the Samira Hill gold mine in Niger (AMI 339), the Turkish [...]

Subscribers only Mining 10.03.2015

Noble Energy seeks to erase debt

Noble Energy is going to proceed with a private placement [...]

Subscribers only Energy 03.03.2015

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Sierra Leone

African Petroleum trims its board

Spotlight
Mining groups ever more doubtful about Bollore rail play

Lootah Group of Companies goes on offensive

Issoufou, Ouattara compete for leadership of UEMOA

Vaalco’s stakeholders still on the war path

PVE Consulting, a favourite go-between

Panoro Energy prospecting in Gulf of Guinea

Some breathing space for African Petroleum

The Wagner Firm fights Vaalco's management on behalf of shareholders

Spotlight
Why La Mancha steered clear of Randgold

Sula Iron & Gold asks IFC to help fund coltan project

Railway loop issue: New advisers for Africarail

Frank Timis’ sprawling empire shaken to the core

Peter Finan, a French-speaker for DLA Piper in Perth

Spotlight
Bollore's rail deal stranded on platform

Ballard sets up his own Africarail company

Federation of Chambers of Mines on the cards

Document
Africarail tells Bollore that it has rights to rail scheme

African Petroleum hunting for funds in Germany

Cap Energy lured to the Gulf of Guinea

Michael Barton adds to Sierra Rutile’s kitty

Mike Anderson, a former spy at Kosmos

Oryx now run by an old Nigerian veteran

Turkish billionaire Gunal keeps plugging away

Noble Energy seeks to erase debt

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African Petroleum trims its board

Spotlight Mining groups ever more doubtful about Bollore rail play

Lootah Group of Companies goes on offensive

Issoufou, Ouattara compete for leadership of UEMOA

Vaalco’s stakeholders still on the war path

PVE Consulting, a favourite go-between

Panoro Energy prospecting in Gulf of Guinea

Some breathing space for African Petroleum

The Wagner Firm fights Vaalco's management on behalf of shareholders

Spotlight Why La Mancha steered clear of Randgold

Sula Iron & Gold asks IFC to help fund coltan project

Railway loop issue: New advisers for Africarail

Frank Timis’ sprawling empire shaken to the core

Peter Finan, a French-speaker for DLA Piper in Perth

Spotlight Bollore's rail deal stranded on platform

Ballard sets up his own Africarail company

Federation of Chambers of Mines on the cards

Document Africarail tells Bollore that it has rights to rail scheme

African Petroleum hunting for funds in Germany

Cap Energy lured to the Gulf of Guinea

Michael Barton adds to Sierra Rutile’s kitty

Mike Anderson, a former spy at Kosmos

Oryx now run by an old Nigerian veteran

Turkish billionaire Gunal keeps plugging away

Noble Energy seeks to erase debt

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Mining groups ever more doubtful about Bollore rail play

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Why La Mancha steered clear of Randgold

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Bollore's rail deal stranded on platform

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Africarail tells Bollore that it has rights to rail scheme