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Central Africa

Guinea, Libya
Bechir Saleh

Chief of staff to Muammar Gaddafi, Bechir Saleh, headed a Libyan delegation to Guinea between Aug. 3-5 to take stock [...]

Subscribers only Mining 04.09.2007

DRC
Surge in Mining Revenue

Mining receipts in Katanga province of DRC have increased sharply [...]

Subscribers only Mining 04.09.2007

DRC
Heritage Under Fire- Literally

Growing tension between Heritage and the Congo-K authorities led to a clash that cost the life of one of the group’s employees.

Subscribers only Energy 28.08.2007

Cameroon
Major Contract for Globeleq

An affiliate of Globeleq, Sud Energy, has won the tender for the 200 MW power station on the N’tem river [...]

Subscribers only Energy 28.08.2007

Sao Tome and Principe
EHRC Mentor Walks Out

The Nigerian businessman Emeka Offor has quit the board of ERHC, the small American company that holds rights in the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 28.08.2007

Congo
New Discovery for Total

France’s Total group announced its fourth discovery on the Mer [...]

Subscribers only Energy 28.08.2007

DRC
Sofreco Contract: Fortin Still on Board

A "misunderstanding" of sorts continues to prevail between Sofreco, the French firm contracted to put Gecamines (GCM) back on track, [...]

Free access Mining 21.08.2007

DRC
Banro Has High Hopes for Twanziga

Canada’s Banro Corp has completed a preliminary assessment on the best way to mine its Twanziga gold project in South [...]

Subscribers only Mining 21.08.2007

Congo
Richey Stairs Morrow

A former senior officer at Jennings Capital, CIBC World Markets and BBN James Capel, Richey Stairs Morrow has been put [...]

Subscribers only Mining 21.08.2007

DRC
Rautenbach No Longer Welcome

Long active in Katanga's mining industry, and most recently as [...]

Subscribers only Mining 21.08.2007

DRC
IFC Injects CAD 8 Million in Africo Resources

Africa Resources, a Canadian junior which is arguing with the [...]

Subscribers only Mining 21.08.2007

Congo
New Alliance in South

Congolese president Denis Sassou N’Guesso travelled to Namibia between July 17-19 to meet with his Namibian counterpart, Hifikepunye Pohamba, and [...]

Subscribers only Energy 24.07.2007

Central African Republic
The Leader’s Powerful Nephew

Now holding the finance portfolio as well as the oil brief, colonel Sylvan Ndoutingai, nephew of Central African Republic’s president, finds himself negotiating all oil accords.

Subscribers only Energy 24.07.2007

Sao Tome and Principe
New Inquiry into ERHC

Specializing in investigations concerning Africa's oil industry, the U.S. Senate's permanent subcommittee on investigations has sent a subpoena to ERHC, [...]

Subscribers only Energy 24.07.2007

DRC
Gecamines' Future on the Line

Will the French consultancy Sofreco that was commissioned by the World Bank to take over the management and restructuring of [...]

Subscribers only Mining 23.07.2007

DRC
TEAL to Inaugurate Lubumbashi Smelter

TEAL Mining & Exploration plans to put a copper smelter with a capacity of 5,000 tons a year into service [...]

Subscribers only Mining 17.07.2007

DRC
Forrest Sells Stake in Copper Resources Corp

Metorex has just paid GBP 42.85 million to Entreprise Generale [...]

Subscribers only Mining 17.07.2007

DRC
Merger in Congo-K Diamond Sector

BRC Diamonds and Diamond Core Resources signed an agreement in [...]

Subscribers only Mining 17.07.2007

Spotlight | Gulf of Guinea
Next Autumn's Licensing Rounds

Several central African countries are preparing to stage licensing rounds in the last quarter of 2007. The bidding in the highly prospective region is expected to focus on almost unexplored regions, notably in the Congo basin and in Gabon's deep [.