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Central Africa

DRC
Kamoto Restarts Production in Katanga

Kamoto, Congo-Kinshasa’s key mining complex in Katanga, in mid-December restarted [...]

Subscribers only Mining 01.01.2008

DRC
Compromise on Spat in East

Locked in a dispute with Tullow Oil and Heritage over their two concessions on the banks of Lake Albert, the Congo-K government has withdrawn one of the consortium’s blocks.

Subscribers only Energy 18.12.2007

Gabon
Harvest Plants its Flag

The American group Harvest is seeking to reduce its exposure in Venezuela by acquiring acreage in Gabon’s offshore.

Subscribers only Energy 18.12.2007

DRC
China to Restore Plant?

Built in the 1980s on the Ubangi river, the Mobayi-Mbongo dam needs to be restored.

Subscribers only Energy 18.12.2007

Sao Tome and Principe
Cooperating with Angola

The brand new oil agency in Sao Tome e Principe, [...]

Subscribers only Energy 18.12.2007

DRC
Mining Concessions in Return for Chinese Aid

More information has emerged about the conditions obtained by China in return for Beijing's recent accord to grant USD 8.5 [...]

Subscribers only Mining 11.12.2007

Congo
Australians Move into Iron

Active up to now in base metal and gold exploration in Australia, DMC Mining, which has been quoted on the [...]

Subscribers only Mining 11.12.2007

Gabon
Jean Firmin Koumazock

The Belinga iron project with its Chinese partners is following its course despite strong pressure from non-governmental organisations campaigning for [...]

Subscribers only Mining 11.12.2007

Congo
Managem in Congo-B Gold

Managem, the mining arm of Omnium Nord Africain, Morocco’s biggest [...]

Subscribers only Mining 11.12.2007

Congo
ENI Puts its Money on M'Boundi

By buying out Burren Energy, Italy's ENI has become owner of nearly 80% of the M'Boundi concession.

Subscribers only Energy 04.12.2007

DRC
Clackson Power Under Fire

South Africa’s Clackson Power and the Kinshasa government are blaming each other for delays in the Katende power station.

Subscribers only Energy 04.12.2007

Chad
New Handout for Deby

Even though the government of president Idriss Deby has flouted pretty well all of the World Bank’s recommendations concerning the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 04.12.2007

DRC
Additional Finance

The government of Democratic Republic of Congo has piled on its requests for extra money from the World Bank to [...]

Subscribers only Energy 04.12.2007

DRC
Two Heritage Geologists Arrested

On Nov. 24, Congolese soldiers arrested two geologists working for [...]

Subscribers only Energy 04.12.2007

Congo
PA Resources Buys into Murphy's Block

The Swedish company PA Resources has acquired a 35% holding [...]

Subscribers only Energy 04.12.2007

DRC
MPC’s Extraction Permit is Suspended

The extraction permit granted to Mining Processing Company (MPC) has been suspended during a hearing in the Senate of the [...]

Subscribers only Mining 27.11.2007

Congo
Africo Resources : IFC Invests Less than Expected

Although its investment was initially expected to be some USD [...]

Subscribers only Mining 27.11.2007

Cameroon
Back to Africa for Mol

Hungary’s state-owned Mol has just acquired an interest in a block in Cameroon’s Rio del Rey.

Subscribers only Energy 20.11.2007

DRC
Tata Seeks to Restore Tshopo

A group made up of engineers from India’s Tata group and the Congo-K-registered firm Beltexco (its managing director is Mazhar [...]

Subscribers only Energy 20.11.2007

Chad
Board Appointed

Chad’s government has just appointed members to the board of [...]

Subscribers only Energy 20.11.2007

Cameroon
Bowleven & Addax in Tie-Up?

After making three gas finds on its Etinde permit in [...]

Subscribers only Energy 20.11.2007

Sao Tome and Principe
Addax’s Major Commitments

Buying into block 1 in the Joint Development Zone between [...]

Subscribers only Energy 20.11.2007

DRC
Inquiry Opened into Radioactive Pollution

Authorities of Katanga province opened an inquiry on November 7 into the dumping of 18 tonnes of copper ore with [...]

Subscribers only Mining 13.11.2007

DRC, South Africa
Nicky Oppenheimer

De Beers’ legal department will need to deal rapidly with the question of Congo-K, which is a high priority country [...]

Subscribers only Mining 13.11.2007

DRC
European Investment Bank Sets Conditions for Tenke

The European Investment Bank’s recently approved EUR 100 million loan [...]

Subscribers only Mining 13.11.2007

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