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Benin
Cotonou Drive to Draw Interest for Mines

The mining sector in West Africa seems to be coping despite the crisis. One sign of this is the number [...]

Free access Mining 08.12.2009

Ivory Coast
Etruscan to Work Agbaou from October 2010

Etruscan Resources Côte d’Ivoire (ERCI), the Ivory Coast subsidiary of Canada’s Etruscan Resources, is to begin mining at the Agbaou [...]

Subscribers only Mining 08.12.2009

Burkina Faso
Production Delayed at Essakane

Production at the Essakane gold mine in Seno province, initially set to start at the end of this year, will [...]

Subscribers only Mining 08.12.2009

Togo
Hefty Investment Needed in Phosphates

In a report submitted to the government of Gilbert Houngbo in mid-November, the consultancy Africa Label Group (ALG), working with [...]

Subscribers only Mining 08.12.2009

Guinea
Ronald Renton

The board of Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinée (CBG) has managed to persuade Ronald Renton to continue to serve for [...]

Subscribers only Mining 08.12.2009

Guinea
Bambuk Launches Prospecting

the American company Bambuk Minerals’s (BML) local subsidiary is to [...]

Subscribers only Mining 08.12.2009

Burkina Faso
Ouagadougou Ready for EITI Bid

Burkina Faso has completed its application to join the Extractive [...]

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Ghana
Perseus Seeks Loan Facility for Ghana Mine

Perseus Mining of Australia has signed a letter of intent [...]

Subscribers only Mining 08.12.2009

Mauritania
Who Will Market Country’s Oil?

Traders in Africa are on tenterhooks concerning the government’s decision on who will win a new contract to lift the Chinguetti field’s oil.

Free access Energy 01.12.2009

Ghana
Playing a Waiting Game

All would-be buyers of Kosmos’ stake in the Jubilee field are waiting for an agreement signed by the company with Exxon to run out. With no guarantee of success.

Subscribers only Energy 01.12.2009

Guinea
Summa Pushing for Acreage

On the heels of the U.S. firm Hyperdynamics, Poland’s Summa is the second oil company to engage in talks with Guinea’s military masters.

Subscribers only Energy 01.12.2009

Nigeria
Linetrale in Major LPG Move

The Nigerian concern Linetrale Gas is raising funds to set up a private LPG distribution system.

Subscribers only Energy 01.12.2009

Equatorial Guinea
New Projects Attract Gas Giants

Malabo is mulling new gas projects which could involve Britain’s Gasol, E.ON of Germany, Spain’s Fenosa and the Portuguese group Galp

Subscribers only Energy 01.12.2009

Nigeria
NNPC

Through its Nigerian affiliate Mobil Producing Nigeria (MPN), ExxonMobil has [...]

Subscribers only Energy 01.12.2009

Ghana, Ivory Coast
Accra Wants Bigger Offshore

Ivory Coast and Ghana are to negotiate the delineation of [...]

Subscribers only Energy 01.12.2009

Benin
Ultra Deep License on Sale

Benin’s mining and petroleum research minister Barthelemy Kassa organized a [...]

Subscribers only Energy 01.12.2009

Nigeria
Military Gear for Delta

French prime minister Francois Fillon, who visited Nigeria at the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 01.12.2009

Ghana
Freshfields

Ghana’s government has retained the British law concern Freshfields Bruckhaus [...]

Subscribers only Energy 01.12.2009

Nigeria
Rilwanu Lukman

Rilwanu Lukman, the Nigerian oil minister, visited the headquarters of [...]

Subscribers only Energy 01.12.2009

Ghana
Alhaji Collins Dauda

Ghana’s minister for land and natural resources, Alhaji Collins Dauda, is to head up the African Mining Partnership (AMP). Dauda, [...]

Subscribers only Mining 24.11.2009

Guinea
Mahmoud Thiam

Guinea Development Corp, a joint venture between Guinea, China International Fund Singapore and China Sonangol International Singapore, has elected Mahmoud [...]

Subscribers only Mining 24.11.2009

Ghana
Accra, 01-03/12

The annual IPAD West Africa conference is to be organised this year from December 1-3 in Accra, Ghana. Contact: www.spintelligent-events.com/ipad-west2009/en/index.php. [...]

Free access Mining 24.11.2009

Burkina Faso
Ouagadougou, 01-04/12

The capital of Burkina Faso will host the fourth session of Promotion Minière (Promin ‘2009) from December 1 to 4. [...]

Free access Mining 24.11.2009

Ghana
Accra, 7-10/12

Magenta Global is to hold the "All Africa Energy Summit" and the "All Africa Mining Summit" from 7 to 10 [...]

Free access Mining 24.11.2009

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 24.11.2009

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