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West Africa

Ivory Coast
Second Licence for Tata Steel

After obtaining a preliminary agreement at the end of 2007 with the presidency of Ivory Coast over mining the iron [...]

Subscribers only Mining 22.12.2009

Benin
Benin Gold Production Rises

Gold exports from Benin came to 3.8 tonnes in 2009, [...]

Subscribers only Mining 22.12.2009

Togo
Process Begins for EITI Membership

Following the example set by Burkina Faso (AMI n°216), now [...]

Subscribers only Mining 22.12.2009

Burkina Faso
Mining Code to be Improved

The government of Burkina Faso is considering improvements to its [...]

Subscribers only Mining 22.12.2009

Nigeria
3-Year Tax Exemption for New Firms

nigeria decided in early December to exempt new mining companies [...]

Subscribers only Mining 22.12.2009

Ghana
Mining Unions Sign Agreement

AngloGold Ashanti and the trade unions representing Ghanaian miners have [...]

Subscribers only Mining 22.12.2009

Spotlight | Guinea
Oil Companies Make Beeline for Conakry

Despite the brutal crackdown on demonstrators that left around 150 dead on Sept. 28 and the attempted assassination of the head of the Guinea’s military regime, Moussa Dadis Camara, in late November, nothing seems to deter Western oil companies from [.

Subscribers only Energy 15.12.2009

Ghana
InterOil in Offshore Push

Africa Energy Intelligence has learned that the Norwegian firm InterOil has submitted an application to the Ghana National Petroleum Co [...]

Subscribers only Energy 15.12.2009

Mauritania
Petronas Aims to Wrap Up Deal

The Malaysian oil company is bringing all the pressure to bear it can to obtain the renewal of its contract in Mauritania’s A and B offshore zones.

Subscribers only Energy 15.12.2009

West Africa
WAGP On Track At Last?

Africa Energy Intelligence understands that the American firm ContourGlobal, which is currently building the 100 MW power plant in Lome, [...]

Subscribers only Energy 15.12.2009

Nigeria
Sena Anthony

The Nigerian group Oando has radically overhauled its board by appointing three women, including Sena Anthony, former legal counsel to [...]

Subscribers only Energy 15.12.2009

Nigeria
Basheer Koko

The national gas company Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) has just hired a mainstay of Nigeria’s oil administration as its [...]

Subscribers only Energy 15.12.2009

Guinea
William Young

The Texas-based group Hyperdynamics hired an oil industry veteran, the American national William Young, in early December and appointed him [...]

Subscribers only Energy 15.12.2009

Ghana
Ghana Oil Co (GOIL)

The Ghanaian oil distribution company Ghana Oil Co will gain [...]

Subscribers only Energy 15.12.2009

Niger
Tuaregs No Longer Scary

On November 27 Nigerian president Mamadou Tandja lifted a ban [...]

Subscribers only Energy 15.12.2009

Ghana, Togo
Accra Talks on Boundaries

Ghana, which is seeking to extend its territorial waters, sent [...]

Subscribers only Energy 15.12.2009

Equatorial Guinea
Gasol in a Tight Corner

The chief executive of Britain's Gasol, Soumo Bose (former CFO [...]

Subscribers only Energy 15.12.2009

Ghana
China Bankrolls Accra

A new credit line that the China Development Bank (CDB) [...]

Subscribers only Energy 15.12.2009

Guinea
Hyperdynamics Raises Cash

The Texas-based group Hyperdynamics that is active in Guinea’s offshore [...]

Subscribers only Energy 15.12.2009

West Africa
Crackdown on Tax Havens

A conference on the theme of taxation and development organized [...]

Subscribers only Energy 15.12.2009

Mauritania
Ernst & Young

Officials in charge of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) [...]

Subscribers only Energy 15.12.2009

Guinea
Rodman & Renshaw Capital Group

The investment bank Rodman & Renshaw Capital Group has been [...]

Subscribers only Energy 15.12.2009

Ghana
Accra, 9-10/12

The All Africa Mining Summit 2009 is to be held at the Royal Beach Hotel in Accra, Ghana, in the [...]

Free access Mining 08.12.2009

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 08.12.2009

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 08.12.2009

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