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Southern Africa and Islands

South Africa
Lots of suitors bang on door for Central Rand Gold

Like an oil company in search of partners for its blocks, Central Rand Gold had to open an electronic data [...]

Subscribers only Mining 09.12.2014

South Africa
Euro legislators turn sights on Evraz Highveld

Evraz Group, the Luxembourg-registered parent company of South Africa's Evraz Highveld Steel & Vanadium, figures among the 300-odd companies that [...]

Free access Mining 09.12.2014

Zambia
Where do the majors sell cathodes?

The latest monthly statistics from Zambia’s Central Statistical Office (CSO) indicate that 91.5% of Zambia’s copper exports went to Switzerland [...]

Subscribers only Mining 09.12.2014

Namibia
Namibia Rare Earths boss excludes equity dilution

Gerald McConnell, chief executive officer of Namibia Rare Earths Inc., began talks with potential investors in the Lofdol rare earths [...]

Subscribers only Mining 09.12.2014

Eswatini
Burrow calls on ANC to act at Maloma

Sharon Burrow, secretary-general of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) [...]

Subscribers only Mining 09.12.2014

Angola
Sumbula India-bound

Carlos Sumbula, the chief executive of Endiama, will be in [...]

Subscribers only Mining 09.12.2014

Namibia
Will Polo increase stake in Weatherly?

Polo Resources has finalized its agreement to acquire a 7.06% [...]

Subscribers only Mining 09.12.2014

Mozambique
“Decree Law” in sight, triggering first reproaches

Adopted on Nov. 25 by Mozambique’s government, a so-named "decree law" which sets out the conditions of extracting gas in [...]

Subscribers only Energy 02.12.2014

Mozambique, South Africa
SacOil hopes to build a gas pipeline

Eight months after signing a memorandum of understanding with Maputo, SacOil Holding is due to kick off feasibility studies in [...]

Subscribers only Energy 02.12.2014

Angola
Luanda moves to make its dams safer

Angolan energy minister Joao Baptista Borges is working on a national plan to ensure the safety of existing dams and [...]

Subscribers only Energy 02.12.2014

Mozambique
Indians also want their coal-fired power plant

The Indian consortium International Coal Ventures (ICVL) has just announced construction of a coal-fired power station in Tete province. With [...]

Subscribers only Energy 02.12.2014

Zambia
Oil firms under pressure as election looms

Only a few months after being granted dozens of exploration [...]

Subscribers only Energy 02.12.2014

Mozambique
ONGC buttonholes Mozambique minister

India's state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) seized the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 02.12.2014

South Africa
Russia's Gazprombank plants its flag

Gazprombank is to team up with South Africa’s Public Investment [...]

Subscribers only Energy 02.12.2014

South Africa
A financial adviser on Ssafen's board

Founder and general manager of FairCourt Capital, Reinhold Heus, has [...]

Subscribers only Energy 02.12.2014

Mauritius
List of potential ministers becomes clearer

The names of the likely ministers in the Labour Party (LP) of Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam and the MMM of [...]

Subscribers only Politics 28.11.2014

Mozambique
A Frelimo heavyweight attracted by black gold

Former energy and mining minister Jose Langa is still active in the sector, but now in his private capacity.

Subscribers only Business 28.11.2014

Madagascar
Acting energy minister puts his stamp

General Herilanto Raveloharison, who is moreover the minister for economy and planning, has taken over as minister of energy on [...]

Free access Business 28.11.2014

Seychelles
Hotel project is still hotly contested

Emirates Group has renewed its plan to build a luxury hotel on Cap Ternay. This time in a more modest version than in 2007, but just as contested.

Subscribers only Business 28.11.2014

Madagascar
The new trump cards in the presidential PR machine

Hardly had the Council of Ministers officialised the appointment of [...]

Subscribers only Politics 28.11.2014

Madagascar
The revolt of those disappointed after presidential election

After several weeks of discussions, three unsuccessful candidates in the [...]

Subscribers only Politics 28.11.2014

Madagascar
Dominique de Tassigny relinquishes Mauritius for Madagascar

The Frenchman Dominique de Tassigny, who founded consulting company ANTs [...]

Subscribers only Business 28.11.2014

Madagascar
International budgetary aid is finally disbursed

In early November it was announced that budgetary aid would [...]

Subscribers only Business 28.11.2014

Madagascar
An Indian company prospecting for construction work

The export manager of trading company Mohan Mutha Export, owned [...]

Subscribers only Business 28.11.2014

Mozambique
New charter aeroplanes to arrive in Nampula

The small South African air company Angel Gabriel Aeronautics, based [...]

Subscribers only Business 28.11.2014

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