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Sao Tome and Principe
Two New Blocks Awarded

The Joint Development Authority is about to award two new blocks in Sao Tome's joint zone with Nigeria, licenses 2 and 4.

Subscribers only Energy 06.07.2004

DRC
Sosider to Pour First Steel in August

Idle over the past 15 years, the Societe Siderurgique de Maluku (Sosider) will resume producing steel in August. Since late [...]

Subscribers only Mining 29.06.2004

Central African Republic
De Beers Pips BHP Billiton at Post

As Africa Mining Intelligence reported in February (AMI 79), De Beers has been poised for some time to make its [...]

Subscribers only Mining 29.06.2004

DRC
Teeling Sets Foot in Moto & Looks at Kilo

African Gold has gained a foothold on the Kilo gold belt in the eastern part of Democratic Republic of Congo [...]

Subscribers only Mining 29.06.2004

Gabon, Guinea
Peter Walker

An experienced geologist, Peter Walker, has just been named new geology consultant to SearchGold Resources, a Canadian firm that operates [...]

Subscribers only Mining 29.06.2004

DRC
John Bredenkamp

Kabankola Mining Co. (KMC), a company controlled by Zimbabwe businessman John Bredenkam which operates the Kabankola copper and cobalt mine, [...]

Subscribers only Mining 29.06.2004

Sao Tome and Principe
American Protection?

Although the American administration has always denied any intention to build a military base in Sao Tome e Principe, a [...]

Subscribers only Energy 22.06.2004

Central Africa
Oil Groups Beef Up Air Fleets

The aviation units of state-owned African oil companies are intent on buying new aircraft.

Subscribers only Energy 22.06.2004

Gabon
Re-Scheduling Debt

On the strength of its agreement with the International Monetary Fund (AEI 371), Gabon won the blessings of the Paris [...]

Subscribers only Energy 22.06.2004

DRC
Katanga Boycott on Alex Stewart

Authorized since late February to exercise a monopoly over the certification of mineral exports from the Katanga region, the Alex [...]

Subscribers only Mining 15.06.2004

DRC
Forrest Sees September Start Up for Mushoshi

As Africa Mining Intelligence reported (AMI 62), the George Forrest International group recently bought the Mushoshi and Kinsanda copper/cobalt mines [...]

Subscribers only Mining 15.06.2004

Angola, Congo
Joint Field in Ultra Deep?

We understand that Total made a discovery early this year on the Mer Tres Profonde Sud concession it operates and [...]

Subscribers only Energy 08.06.2004

Congo
Total's Dilemma

Ordered by the Swiss courts to pay heavy compensation to entrepreneur Antoine Tabet, France's Total is looking for an escape route.

Subscribers only Energy 08.06.2004

Sao Tome and Principe
Carlos Gomes

In keeping with the rotating presidency rule at the Joint Development Authority, the body that manages the Joint Development Zone [...]

Subscribers only Energy 08.06.2004

Equatorial Guinea, Gabon
Mending Fences?

Equatorial Guinea and Gabon have given signs in recent weeks that they might be ready to put their dispute for [...]

Subscribers only Energy 08.06.2004

Cameroon, Nigeria
Deadline on Bakassi

Chaired by Ahmed Ould Abdallah, U.N. secretary-general Kofi Annan's special representative for West Africa, the joint Cameroon-Nigeria committee that is [...]

Subscribers only Energy 08.06.2004

Chad
Supervisors Up In Arms

Invited to the Oil & Gas in Africa conference in London on May 24-25 by the Royal Institute of International [...]

Subscribers only Energy 08.06.2004

Gabon
Paris Club to Meet

Gabon last week obtained a green light from the International Monetary Fund for a $102 million loan spread over 14 [...]

Subscribers only Energy 08.06.2004

Congo
Go Ahead for Total

Meeting on June 4, the Congo-B government awarded the Haute [...]

Subscribers only Energy 08.06.2004

DRC
Who's operating Gecamines' Etoile mine?

Gecamines' Etoile cobalt mine passed under control of Chemical of Africa in November 2003. AMI data show that Chemical of [...]

Subscribers only Mining 01.06.2004

Gabon
China Minmetals signs up for Belinga steel

China is confirming its breakthrough in Gabon's natural resources sector. On May 28 2004, the state-owned company China Minmetals Corporation [...]

Subscribers only Mining 01.06.2004

Congo
Abbey Chikane

The former chairman of the Kimberley Process and current boss of the South African Diamond Board headed a mission of [...]

Subscribers only Mining 01.06.2004

DRC
Rubicon gets nearly 30 percent of Africo Resources

Rubicon Minerals Corporation, a Canadian company headed by David Adamson, [...]

Subscribers only Mining 01.06.2004

DRC
Kawari grows stronger in Oryx

The head of Oryx Natural Resources, Dr. Issa Al Kawari, [...]

Subscribers only Mining 01.06.2004

DRC
Adastra Minerals Inc

Adastra Minerals Inc (ex-America Mineral Fields Inc, AMF) has awarded [...]

Subscribers only Mining 01.06.2004

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