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Congo
IMF Lists its Conditions

Experts from the International Monetary Fund who turned up for an evaluation visit in Brazzaville on June 15 have ruffled [...]

Subscribers only Energy 03.07.2001

China, Gabon
Chinese Explorers Welcome

A delegation from the China National Oil Development Corporation (CNODC) Libreville last week and indicated it was highly interest in [...]

Subscribers only Energy 03.07.2001

Gabon
Drilling in the Ultra, Ultra Deep

Suspected of wanting to pull out of exploration in Gabon [...]

Subscribers only Energy 03.07.2001

Gabon
How SEEG Has Fared Since Privatization

Shareholders of the Societe d’Energie et d’Eau du Gabon (SEEG) [...]

Subscribers only Energy 03.07.2001

DRC
Belgium to Finance Energy Sector

Unveiled in Kinshasa on June 30, a Belgian "action plan" [...]

Subscribers only Energy 03.07.2001

DRC
Different Statistics on Diamond Sales

Data issued by the Rassemblement Congolais pour la Democratie (RCD) movement on sales by trading posts in Kisangani in 2000 [...]

Subscribers only Mining 26.06.2001

Belgium, DRC
Belgian Task Force on Coltan

The Belgian government has just set up a task force dubbed "coltan group" along the lines of that established for [...]

Subscribers only Mining 26.06.2001

Spotlight | Chad
Does IMF See Chad as New Oil Emirate?

In a "decision document point" the IMF paints a cheerful picture of Chad’s coming oil bonanza and its impact on the country’s economy.

Subscribers only Energy 19.06.2001

Gabon
Elf Gabon Handles Decline Skilfully

Elf Gabon’s financial year in 2000 was marked by a continuing decline in its operations with a 48% drop in [...]

Subscribers only Energy 19.06.2001

Chad
Vivendi Counting on Sedigui

Although it has a 30-year contract in its pocket, France’s Vivendi doesn’t yet know how long it will run Societe [...]

Subscribers only Energy 19.06.2001

Cameroon | AES SIROCCO
SONEL Sell-Off Soon Finalized

The board of Cameroon's Regulatory Agency for the Electricity Sector [...]

Subscribers only Energy 19.06.2001

DRC
Kabila Threatens SNEL Management

Congolese president Joseph Kabila issued an ultimatum to executives from [...]

Subscribers only Energy 19.06.2001

Cameroon
Plant for Waste Oil

Cameroon’s law on safeguarding the environment that was adopted in [...]

Subscribers only Energy 19.06.2001

DRC | STRATEGIC MINERALS
Sabena suspends the transport of coltan

Sabena , the Belgian Airline, indicated June 16 that it was putting a temporary halt to transporting colombo-tantalite (coltan) packages [...]

Subscribers only Mining 18.06.2001

DRC
Operations Pick Up In Katanga

The world’s second-ranking copper producer, the U.S. firm Phelps Dodge , has reached an agreement with Australia’s BHP World Exploration [...]

Subscribers only Mining 12.06.2001

DRC
Bateman to equip Oryx in Congo-K

South African mining equipment company Bateman has signed a contract to install two diamond processing plants together with Switzerland’s Oryx [...]

Subscribers only Mining 07.06.2001

Spotlight | Gabon
Is There Any Oil Left?

Every week or so oil companies announce the discovery of huge new fields containing billions of barrels of black gold bu never in Gabon.

Subscribers only Energy 05.06.2001

DRC
Marc Rich to the Rescue?

Marc Rich and Co., and two South African banks, Rand Merchant Bank and First Rand Bank, have opened a credit [...]

Subscribers only Energy 05.06.2001

Gabon
PanAfrican Steps Up Pace

The Jersey-based company PanAfrican is pushing ahead with an exploration program it launched in February on the Obangueon-shore licence on [...]

Subscribers only Energy 05.06.2001

Cameroon
RSM Signs on Dotted Line

Cameroon’s Societe Nationale des Hydrocarbures signed an agreement with the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 05.06.2001

Congo
Siemens Ready to Bankroll Magnesium Project?

Germany's Siemens group has just been awarded a major contract [...]

Subscribers only Energy 05.06.2001

Cameroon | BOLLORE
Who Will Control Container Terminal in Douala Port?

The privatization of the container terminal in Douala port has [...]

Subscribers only Energy 05.06.2001

Congo
Siemens to be technical partner for Kouilou project

In a new development in Canadian company Magnesium Alloy Corp’s project in Congo-Brazzaville, German electronics giant Siemens is to supply [...]

Subscribers only Mining 05.06.2001

DRC
Who Will Run Diamond Trade?

Organizing Congo’s diamond industry is proving difficult despite an agreement between the Higher Diamond Council and the government on certifying [...]

Subscribers only Mining 29.05.2001

Cameroon, Chad
IFC Backs Local Small and Medium Sized Firms

The World Bank affiliate International Finance Corp . has launched [...]

Subscribers only Energy 22.05.2001

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