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West Africa

Liberia
Contract for Lebanon’s Zakhem

The Liberia Petroleum Refining Co (LPRC) has just picked Lebanon’s [...]

Subscribers only Energy 12.05.2009

Guinea
Momo Sacko’s Grand Plan to Generate Cash

Since being elevated to the job of chief advisor in charge of natural resources and sustainable development for President Moussa [...]

Free access Mining 28.04.2009

Burkina Faso
Wega to Go for Takeover Plan

Wega Mining SA, which is in financial difficulty, is likely to be bought soon by Avocet Mining, a mining company [...]

Subscribers only Mining 28.04.2009

Niger
China Puts Cash on the Table in Niger

As Areva prepares to inaugurate on May 4 its new uranium mine (5 000 t/yr) at Imouraren in Niger, which [...]

Subscribers only Mining 28.04.2009

Nigeria
Orji Uzor Kalu

The former governor of the Nigerian state of Abia and unsuccessful candidate in the presidential elections of 2007 for the [...]

Subscribers only Mining 28.04.2009

Mali
Abou-Bakar Traore

Mali’s President Amadou Toumani Toure wants to prioritise the mining sector. During a recent government reshuffle, he appointed Abou-Bakar Traore [...]

Subscribers only Mining 28.04.2009

Guinea
Anatoli Pantchenko

The former chairman of the Chambre des Mines de Guinée is once again on the right side of the authorities [...]

Subscribers only Mining 28.04.2009

Mali
Bamako, 03-06/11

A 13th conference and exhibition on oil, mining and gas trading and finance in Africa will be staged in Bamako [...]

Free access Mining 28.04.2009

Mali
Syama to Produce From July

The unusually difficult Syama gold mine inMali, which neither BHP [...]

Subscribers only Mining 28.04.2009

Spotlight | Nigeria
New Management Team Finally in Place

For the past two years, the Nigeria National Petroleum Corp (NNPC), the flagship of Nigeria’s oil industry, has been run by interim bosses. A source of considerable uncertainty for oil companies, that situation came to an end last week with [.

Subscribers only Energy 21.04.2009

Nigeria
Oando Stands in for State

The Nigerian group is taking advantage of the poor condition of oil infrastructure to build a new terminal.

Subscribers only Energy 21.04.2009

Mali
Abou Bakar Traore

Mali president Amadou Toumani Toure issued a decree on April 14 to break up the energy portfolio into two parts, [...]

Subscribers only Energy 21.04.2009

Nigeria
NNPC

The state-owned Nigerian National Petroleum Co (NNPC) will reportedly drop [...]

Subscribers only Energy 21.04.2009

France, Senegal | Paris
Samuel Sarr

Samuel Sarr, Senegal's energy minister, will speak during a conference [...]

Subscribers only Energy 21.04.2009

Guinea
Moussa Dadis Declares War on RusAl

Diplomatic relations between Russia and Guinea are deteriorating rapidly because of a dispute with Russki Alumini (RusAl) over the deal [...]

Subscribers only Mining 14.04.2009

Nigeria
Chinese Firm Tries Hand at Rescuing Steel

Nigeria is pinning its hopes on the development of the new steel making project run by Chinese interests in Gusauin [...]

Subscribers only Mining 14.04.2009

Mali
Bamako, 03-06/11

A 13th conference and exhibition on oil, mining and gas trading and finance in Africa will be staged in Bamako [...]

Free access Mining 14.04.2009

Nigeria
Gazprom Presses Charm Offensive

The Russian gas behemoth has just joined forces with a company from northern Nigeria to explore the area that is shunned by the majors.