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Central Africa

DRC
Rawji Family To Ride to MIBA's Rescue?

The financially-strapped Miniere de Bakwange diamond company, which is 80% owned by the government and 20% by Mwana Africa, could [...]

Subscribers only Mining 05.06.2007

Gabon
China Signs on for Belinga

The Chinese group CMEC, which is being advised by the [...]

Subscribers only Mining 05.06.2007

DRC
Chinese Project in Equateur

A Chinese forestry concern that has adopted the name “Nouvelle Societe de Bois” and owns two concessions to cut timber in Democratic Republic of Congo appears intent on investing in the power sector.

Subscribers only Energy 29.05.2007

DRC
Katumbi On the Move in Katanga

The mining entrepreneur and governor of Katanga, Moise Katumbi, intends to unveil a series of measures to both set the [...]

Subscribers only Mining 22.05.2007

DRC
MIBA Boss Fired by Minister

The managing director of Miniere de Bakwanga (MIBA), Gustave Luabeya, was dismissed by portfolio minister Jeanine Mabunda on May 9 [...]

Subscribers only Mining 22.05.2007

DRC
Steinmetz Springs Takeover Bid for Nikanor

Less than a year after it listed on London's Alternative [...]

Subscribers only Mining 22.05.2007

Cameroon, Nigeria
Maritime Boundary Set

The Joint Cameroon-Nigeria Commission managed to reach agreement in Abuja on May 11 on a maritime boundary between the two [...]

Subscribers only Energy 15.05.2007

Cameroon
Addax Bids for License

Addax figures among companies that bid for acreage in a licensing round in the Rio del Rey

Subscribers only Energy 15.05.2007

Congo
World Bank Still Keeping Watch

The International Monetary Fund and World Bank are continuing to force Congo-B’s government to comply with oil transparency criteria.

Subscribers only Energy 15.05.2007

DRC
Russian Firm to Renovate Inga?

A Russian-owned company based in Vienna, UNWF Holdings, has voiced an interest in rehabilitating the Inga dam. Its chairman, Amiel [...]

Subscribers only Energy 15.05.2007

DRC
Nunn Bolsters His Positions

A year after gaining control of the highly coveted Congolese diamond concern Sengamines (now named Emikor: AMI 130), the colourful [...]

Subscribers only Mining 09.05.2007

DRC
Nikanor Finding it Hard to Raise Finance

Question marks hang over Nikanor, operator of the giant KOV copper-cobalt project in Katanga. An extraordinary general assembly of shareholders [...]

Subscribers only Mining 09.05.2007

DRC
Michael Cormier

La Quinta Resources Corp is continuing to flesh out its management team for its gold exploration programs in Kivu. Michel [...]

Subscribers only Mining 09.05.2007

DRC
Edmonds Ups his Stake in Katanga

Central African Mining & Exploration Co (CAMEC). A firm owned [...]

Subscribers only Mining 09.05.2007

DRC
New look at OKIMO's Partnerships

Visiting the Office d’Or de Kilo Moto (OKIMO) on May [...]

Subscribers only Mining 09.05.2007

Gabon
Addax Builds Up Gabon Holdings

The British junior Bowleven is to sell half of its block in Gabon to Switzerland’s Addax.

Subscribers only Energy 24.04.2007

DRC
Spice Energy Spreads its Wings

The Indian junior Spice Energy has bought into a concession in Democratic Republic of Congo.

Subscribers only Energy 24.04.2007

Central Africa
A Priority List for Power Plants

A report drafted for the Nile Basin Initiative has chosen projects that could meet needs for electricity without causing undue harm to the environment.

Subscribers only Energy 24.04.2007

Gulf of Guinea
Gulf of Guinea Oil & Gas 2007

The CWC Group is organizing a conference in London on May 10 during which the CWC Gulf of Guinea Award [...]

Free access Energy 24.04.2007

Cameroon
Mazars Gets its Figures Wrong

In its last issue, Africa Energy Intelligence pointed to a [...]

Subscribers only Energy 24.04.2007

Congo
Glencore Builds Power Station

Century Aluminum, an affiliate of Glencore, has pledged to build [...]

Subscribers only Energy 24.04.2007

DRC
Jean Luc Roy

After appointing a new chief executive, Malcolm Swallow, last autumn, La Qinta Resources Corp has just taken on an expert [...]

Subscribers only Mining 17.04.2007

DRC
Mark de Wit

A former senior executive of De Beers, Mike de Wit, has succeeded Lloyd Bardswich as president and CEO of BRC [...]

Subscribers only Mining 17.04.2007

DRC
Mining Contracts: U.S. NGOs Turn Up Heat on Wolfowitz

The World Bank and its president, Paul Wolfowitz, have come [...]

Subscribers only Mining 17.04.2007

DRC
Nikanor Seeks Fresh Cash

Nikanor has summoned shareholders to an extraordinary general assembly on [...]

Subscribers only Mining 17.04.2007

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