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West Africa

Niger
China Sonangol Eyes Exploring

The joint venture between Angola’s national company and Chinese interests, which operates in Guinea and Zimbabwe, appears interested in exploring Niger’s basins.

Subscribers only Energy 26.10.2010

Nigeria
Scramble for Shell's Licenses

Shell Petroleum Development Co is to shortly shut the data room for three blocks it has put up for sale in the Niger Delta. New alliances are being forged to bid for the licenses.

Subscribers only Energy 26.10.2010

Togo
At Last a Major Knocks on Door

Ex-energy minister in his father’s government, president Faure Gnassingbe has long been trying to persuade a major to explore Togo’s offshore. ENI has now agreed.

Subscribers only Energy 26.10.2010

Ivory Coast
Abidjan Gives Push to Exports

Ivory Coast’s gas production could surge in the near future thanks to recent discoveries on Foxtrot’s offshore block CI 27 [...]

Subscribers only Energy 26.10.2010

Ghana
GNPC

The Ghana National Petroleum Corp (GNPC) offered to pay Kosmos [...]

Subscribers only Energy 26.10.2010

Ivory Coast
SODEMI in Quest for Investors

With presidential elections looming large (they are set in principle for Oct. 31), the Societe pour le développement des Mines [...]

Free access Mining 19.10.2010

Burkina Faso
Vale & Mitsui Set Conditions for Tambao

A program to extend the Abidjan-Kaya railway a further 250 km to Tambo has had the effect to slowing down [...]

Subscribers only Mining 19.10.2010

Burkina Faso
Avion Gold Steps at Heart of Gold Region

After snapping up Nevsun’s Tabakoto and Segala projects in Mali, Avion Gold has planted its flag in next-door Burkina Faso. [...]

Subscribers only Mining 19.10.2010

Sierra Leone
Michael Brown

Changes are continuing at Titanium Resources Group (TRG) following the sale of part of the interests of Jean-Raymond Boulle, the [...]

Subscribers only Mining 19.10.2010

West Africa
Marie Ange Kalenga

The regional director of the French-speaking West African section of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), Marie Ange Kalenga, has [...]

Subscribers only Mining 19.10.2010

Mauritania
Nouakchott, 9-11/11

Mauritanides, the first conference on the mining industry in Mauritania, will be held at the Palais des Congres in Nouakchott [...]

Free access Mining 19.10.2010

Niger
Niamey, 24-25, 11

The Niger Mining Business Forum which was to have been held on Oct. 27-28 was put back to Nov. 24-25 [...]

Free access Mining 19.10.2010

Ivory Coast
A Gold Refinery in Abidjan

The Societe de Developpement des Mines (Sodemi) in Ivory Coast [...]

Subscribers only Mining 19.10.2010

Ivory Coast
Randgold Hires Security Firm

Randgold Resources has penned a security contract with Vision concerning [...]

Subscribers only Mining 19.10.2010

Ivory Coast
Abidjan Woos Areva

Marcel Gossio, the managing director of Abidjan’s port, is stepping [...]

Subscribers only Mining 19.10.2010

Sierra Leone
African Minerals Recruits Perry

The new financial director of African Minerals, a junior which [...]

Subscribers only Mining 19.10.2010