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Niger
Make-Over in View for Mining Conventions?

The mining sector in Niger faces uncertainty following the coup perpetrated on February 18 by the military junta led by [...]

Subscribers only Mining 09.03.2010

Guinea
Guinea Revokes Permits

Guinea's minister for mines on March 1 revoked Mitsubishi's research [...]

Subscribers only Mining 09.03.2010

Ivory Coast
Taurian Stops Work in Ivory Coast

The new minister for mines in Ivory Coast, Augustin Komoé, [...]

Subscribers only Mining 09.03.2010

Niger
Chinese In for a Rough Ride

Africa Energy Intelligence understands that following the Feb. 18 coup d'etat that toppled president Mamadou Tandja most executives from the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 02.03.2010

Guinea
Last Chance for Hyperdynamics

With an MOU signed in September between Guinea’s government and Hyperdynamics expiring on March 11 both sides are preparing their arguments to negotiate a new contract.

Free access Energy 02.03.2010

Nigeria
Threat to Export Projects

Plagued by power shortages for want of gas, the Nigerian authorities could stand in the way of gas export projects.

Subscribers only Energy 02.03.2010

Nigeria
A “Presidential” LNG Plant

The new acting president, Goodluck Jonathan, is a former governor of the state of Bayelsa. Oil companies are using that to re-float a project for an LNG plant in the area.

Subscribers only Energy 02.03.2010

Mauritania
New Plants by Year’s End

According to our sources, executives from Empower., an affiliate of Britain’s Globeleq, signed a contract with Mauritanian prime minister Moulaye [...]

Subscribers only Energy 02.03.2010

Nigeria
Nuhu Ribadu

The former head of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EECC) during the presidency of Olusegun Obasanjo, Nuhu Ribadu could [...]

Subscribers only Energy 02.03.2010

Equatorial Guinea
Private Oil Security

Ten years after the Democrat administration of Bill Clinton vetoed [...]

Subscribers only Energy 02.03.2010

Nigeria
Washington Backs IPPs

The American ambassador to Nigeria, Robin Renee Sanders, signed a [...]

Subscribers only Energy 02.03.2010

Nigeria
Poles Make Fresh Stab

After failing to gain a foothold in Guinea (AEI 589), [...]

Subscribers only Energy 02.03.2010

Nigeria, Uganda
Nigerian Training Sessions?

The special envoy of Uganda president Yoweri Museveni in Nigeria, [...]

Subscribers only Energy 02.03.2010

Nigeria
Yves Louis Darricarrere

Yves Louis Darricarrere, the director for exploration and production at [...]

Subscribers only Energy 02.03.2010

Nigeria
Ledum Mitee

Ledum Mitee, president of the Niger Delta Technical Committee (NDTC) [...]

Subscribers only Energy 02.03.2010

Mauritania
Red Back Mining Revises Up Reserves

The Canadian gold company Red Back Mining Inc. (RBM), quoted on the Toronto Stock Exchange, is in an expansion phase. [...]

Subscribers only Mining 23.02.2010

Guinea
Zogota Iron Ore: A Clarification from BSGR

Following our article in the February 8 issue of Africa Mining Intelligence (AMI nº220), Beny Steinmetz Group Resources (BSGR) wishes [...]

Subscribers only Mining 23.02.2010

Burkina Faso
Adama Barry

Managing director of Nantou Mining which holds the permit to mine zinc at Perkoa, Adama Barry is a key figure [...]

Subscribers only Mining 23.02.2010

Senegal
Dakar, 12-15/04

The Méridien Président hotel in Dakar will host the Salon International des Mines (SIM) on April 12 to 15 2010. [...]

Free access Mining 23.02.2010

Niger
Niamey, 10-12/05

Minepec, the conference-exhibition on mining and oil potential in Niger, will be held in Niamey from May 10 to 12 [...]

Free access Mining 23.02.2010

Mali
Mali Chamber of Mines Election Invalidated

The Bamako district court in early February invalidated the election [...]

Subscribers only Mining 23.02.2010

Guinea
RusAl Lawyer to Advise Guinean President

RusAl’s lawyer in Guinea, Alpha Oumar Diallo, has been appointed [...]

Subscribers only Mining 23.02.2010

Ivory Coast
Australian Firms in Ivory Coast

The Australian companies Acronym and Chipingi have set up a [...]

Subscribers only Mining 23.02.2010

Ivory Coast
Taurian Starts Mining at Bondoukou

Taurian Manganese & Ferro Alloy CI, a subsidiary of India’s [...]

Subscribers only Mining 23.02.2010

Burkina Faso
Nantou Reactivates Perkoa

Adama Barry, director of Nantou Mining, a 90% subsidiary of [...]

Subscribers only Mining 23.02.2010

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