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Central Africa

Congo
Potash Mines Back in Business

Mined between 1969 and 1977 by the Compagnie des Potasse du Congo, an affiliate of France’s Mines Domaniales de Potasse [...]

Subscribers only Mining 17.02.2009

DRC
Top-Line Recruit for Energulf

Jean Muganza, former adviser to Congo-K’s hydrocarbons minister, has taken a job with the Energulf oil company that has a holding in the coastal basin.

Subscribers only Energy 10.02.2009

Central Africa
Everybody Plugs Into Inga

Mining groups are all pushing projects to increase the capacity of dams at Inga but want some of the extra power for themselves.

Subscribers only Energy 10.02.2009

DRC
New Faces at Oil Ministry

Africa Energy Intelligence understands that Congo-K oil minister Rene Isekemanga [...]

Subscribers only Energy 10.02.2009

DRC
SNEL’s Financial Woes Worsen

The financial crisis is pushing Societe Nationale d’Electricite (SNEL) into [...]

Subscribers only Energy 10.02.2009

Gabon
Investment Frozen

The continuing drop in the oil price has forced the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 10.02.2009

DRC
Politics and the Opening of Tenke Fungurume

The giant Tenke Fungurume copper cobalt project continues to be developed regardless of the downturn in the commodities sector. The [...]

Subscribers only Mining 03.02.2009

DRC
MIBA: Paul Kabongo Fuila under Pressure

Efforts by the chairman of the board of MIBA (Minière de Bakwanga), Paul Kabongo Fuila, to restart the national diamond [...]

Subscribers only Mining 03.02.2009

Congo
Mexivada Extends Hold with Gold, Diamond Deal

Mexivada Mining Corp, which has been working in exploration for coloured diamonds since 2006 and is headed by Richard Redfern, [...]

Subscribers only Mining 03.02.2009

DRC | angola
Despite Crisis, Last Year Not So Bad for Gecamines

Despite the recession, Gecamines improved its performance last year compared with 2007. Turnover at the national copper company, which is [...]

Subscribers only Mining 03.02.2009

Belgium, DRC
Thierry Michel

The Belgian film producer specialising in documentaries about Central Africa (Mobutu, King of Zaire, Congo River)has finished a new two-hour [...]

Subscribers only Mining 03.02.2009

Gabon
Mitsubishi Ups The Ante

The Japanese group is about to put a new field into production in Gabon, its main production center in Africa.

Subscribers only Energy 27.01.2009

Gulf of Guinea
Malabo Sees Itself as Gas Hub

Equatorial Guinea has by no means dropped its project to centralize gas production in the Gulf of Guinea and has formed a consortium with E.On, Galp and Union Fenosa.

Subscribers only Energy 27.01.2009

DRC
SNEL/Mag Deal Under Scrutiny

Congo-K’s parliament is examining a contractual dispute between Societe National d’Electricite and MagEnergy over the rehabilitation of the Inga dam.

Subscribers only Energy 27.01.2009

DRC | Kinshasa
First Quantum Minerals to Work on Inga 2

The Canadian mining concern First Quantum has been chosen as [...]

Subscribers only Energy 27.01.2009

DRC
SNEL’s Profits to be Seized

For the past two years, the American firm FG Hemisphere [...]

Subscribers only Energy 27.01.2009

DRC
Vulture Funds Target Chinese Cash

What will the American commercial lender FG Hemisphere Associates do next? Last year, the vulture fund tried to recover a [...]

Free access Mining 20.01.2009

Gabon
Comilog Puts Expansion on Back Burner

Must Comilog abandon its dream of becoming the world’s biggest manganese producer? From its euphoria just a few months ago, [...]

Subscribers only Mining 20.01.2009

DRC
Parliament Sets Ultimatum for Mining Reviews

The government has until March 7 to finalise the renegotiation of mining contracts which has dragged on for some time. [...]

Subscribers only Mining 20.01.2009

DRC | Kinshasa
Dramatic Collapse in Diamond Production

Congo’s diamond production, put at 28.4 million carats in 2007 [...]

Subscribers only Mining 20.01.2009

Cameroon | Yaounde
Cam Iron to Work with Rio Tinto and Bollore on Deep Water Port

Cam Iron, a subsidiary of the Australian mining company Sundance [...]

Subscribers only Mining 20.01.2009

Central Africa
Indians on the March

The Indian firm Angelique International has picked up contracts for numerous power projects in Rwanda, Democratic Republic of Congo and in the Central African Republic.

Subscribers only Energy 13.01.2009

Central African Republic
Enerca Calls for Help

The World Bank is expected at the end of January to approve an emergency loan of USD 8 million to the cash-strapped CAR.

Subscribers only Energy 13.01.2009

Gulf of Guinea
Constantine Ogunbiyi

Nigeria’s Constantine Ogunbiyi has just been named executive director and member of the board of Afren. He had previously served [...]

Subscribers only Energy 13.01.2009

Gabon | Libreville
Vaalco to Start Producing on New Field This Month

The U.S. firm Vaalco announced at the end of December [...]

Subscribers only Energy 13.01.2009

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