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Central Africa

Congo
Emmanuel Yoka

An increase in the number of law firms working for Congo-B that we revealed in our last issue has gone [...]

Subscribers only Energy 04.03.2003

Congo
Race for New Oil-Backed Loans

Following the partial failure of Operation Olearius - it involved [...]

Subscribers only Energy 04.03.2003

DRC
AngloGold Could Return

AngloGold's exploration budget for this year provides for the company's possible return to Democratic Republic of Congo which it quit when hostilities peaked in 2000

Subscribers only Mining 25.02.2003

DRC
Senate Report Slammed

On the whole, the final report by a Belgian Senate [...]

Subscribers only Mining 25.02.2003

DRC
New Partners for Kolwezi

Following Anglo American's withdrawal from the Kolwezi tailings project led [...]

Subscribers only Mining 25.02.2003

DRC
Pan African Consortium for Inga

South Africa's national utility Eskom has just formed a consortium to develop a power-production project at the Inga dam.

Subscribers only Energy 18.02.2003

DRC
Power Unit for Former Rebels

With Eskom working with the Kinshasa government on one side, another South African firm, Clackson Power, is building a power station for a former rebel movement.

Subscribers only Energy 18.02.2003

Congo
Jean-Pierre Vignaud

As an adviser to the Societe Nationale des Petrole du Congo (SNPC), Jean-Pierre Vignaud is in charge of energy issues [...]

Subscribers only Energy 18.02.2003

Congo
Bringing it All into the Open

To put further pressure on TotalFinaElf the Congo-B government got the country's parliament to mull its dispute over the Haute Mer concession.

Subscribers only Energy 18.02.2003

DRC
Heritage's Headaches

Nine months after winning a gigantic concession in eastern Congo-K, Canada's Heritage Oil still hasn't managed to sign a production sharing agreement for the acreage.

Subscribers only Energy 18.02.2003

DRC
Correction

Claude Froidbise, head of the Anglo Belgian Corporation, has written [...]

Subscribers only Energy 18.02.2003

Congo
Oil Management Slammed

A debate in Congo-B's parliament on TotalFinaElf's operating license on [...]

Subscribers only Energy 18.02.2003

DRC
CAMEC's Shady Friends

The British-registered junior company Central African Mining and Exploration Company Plc, which specializes in tantalite, has set up an extensive [...]

Subscribers only Mining 11.02.2003

DRC
Cassiterite Impounded in Rebel-Held Zone

An open conflict has flared between independent traders at Kalima and Societe Miniere du Kivu (Sominki) following the impoundment of [...]

Subscribers only Mining 11.02.2003

DRC
Patokh Chodiev

The head of Kazakhstan Mineral Resources Corp., Patokh Chodiev, has begun talks with the Congo-K government on acquiring the Societe [...]

Subscribers only Mining 11.02.2003

Sao Tome and Principe
The Big Offshore Bluff

Conflicting information concerning reserves has made it particularly difficult to re-negotiate contracts Sao Tome e Principe signed with ExxonMobil, PGS, Chrome and Nigeria.

Subscribers only Energy 04.02.2003

Congo
Maurel & Prom Targets North

After bolstering its position on the Kouilou concession, Maurel & Prom has turned its attention to another concession in the northern part of the country.

Subscribers only Energy 04.02.2003

Congo
Americans Eye Haute Mer

TotalFinaElf's tribulations on the Haute Mer concession have aroused the interest of several majors, particularly ChevronTexaco.

Subscribers only Energy 04.02.2003

Chad
Top-Level Talks

A summit meeting of the Commission Economique des Etats d'Afrique Centrale held in Libreville on Jan. 24 gave Chad president [...]

Subscribers only Energy 04.02.2003

Congo, United States | WALKER INTERNATIONAL
Wins Case Against SNPC

The American law firm Walker International which holds a debt [...]

Subscribers only Energy 04.02.2003

Congo, France | HERBERT SMITH
Advice on Funding for Congo-B

According to La Lettre du Continent (Indigo Publications), the French [...]

Subscribers only Energy 04.02.2003

Cameroon | SNH
Border Problem over Sanaga

Efforts by Cameroon's national oil company SNH to develop the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 04.02.2003

DRC
Rise in Diamond Exports

Diamond exports from Congo-K in 2002 climbed to $395.9 million [...]

Subscribers only Mining 28.01.2003

DRC
UN Pushes Ahead with Inquiry

The United Nations Security Council voted on Jan. 27 to [...]

Subscribers only Mining 28.01.2003

Gabon, Namibia
NAMDEB, CHC HELICOPTER CORPORATION, SEARCHGOLD RESOURCES

NAMDEB, a joint venture between De Beers and Namibia's government, [...]

Subscribers only Mining 28.01.2003

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