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Sierra Leone
8 Investments Gambles- and Loses

Present in Sierra Leone’s offshore since 2003, the Las Vegas company 8 Investments has seen its stakes pre-empted by its partner, Elixir Petroleum.

Free access Energy 13.01.2009

Guinea
Reshuffling the Deck

The bloodless putsch at Christmas could spell changes in the oil sector.

Subscribers only Energy 13.01.2009

Ghana
Feverish Plans for Jubilee

An announcement by Kosmos and Tullow Oil that gas will start flowing from the Jubilee field in 2011 has fuelled plans for the construction of power plants and a petrochemical complex.

Subscribers only Energy 13.01.2009

Nigeria
NNPC

The gigantic project to build a Trans-Saharan Gas Pipeline between [...]

Subscribers only Energy 13.01.2009

Ghana
Extending the EEZ?

Ghana’s energy ministry announced in late December that it wished [...]

Subscribers only Energy 13.01.2009

Nigeria
Work Resumes on Escravos Terminal

The U.S. group Chevron announced on Jan. 1 that it [...]

Subscribers only Energy 13.01.2009

Guinea
GAC Project a Test Case for Kabiné Komara

The putsch led by Captain Moussa Dadis Camara on December 23, only a few hours after the death of General [...]

Free access Mining 06.01.2009

Liberia
Chinese Firm to Become Top Mining Employer

China Union Investment Co is to become the biggest mining employer in the country because of its role in the [...]

Subscribers only Mining 06.01.2009

West Africa
External Growth for IamGold

IamGold confirms its model for growth by acquisition, exactly the opposite to the strategy of rivals like Randgold Resources, which [...]

Subscribers only Mining 06.01.2009

Guinea
Kabiné Komara

This finance ministry inspector, who recently worked within the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) in Cairo, was appointed as prime minister [...]

Subscribers only Mining 06.01.2009

Burkina Faso
Don Whalen

High River Gold Mines, which is still facing financial difficulties, is now confronted with the resignation of its two executive [...]

Subscribers only Mining 06.01.2009

Niger
Niamey, 24-26/02 2009

The Niger Chamber of Commerce for agriculture and industry and ITE Group are organising the second "Mining, Petroleum & Telecommunications [...]

Free access Mining 06.01.2009

Guinea
Will Guinea Mining Strike Go Ahead?

Participants in the Forum Intersyndical des Sociétés Minières et Industrielles [...]

Subscribers only Mining 06.01.2009

Mali
Resolute Left With USD 18 Million Gap

Resolute Mining has just completed a fund raising exercise that [...]

Subscribers only Mining 06.01.2009

Spotlight | West Africa
Nigerian Gas Not for Everybody

After a flurry of delays due to the quality of Nigerian gas, the West African Gas Pipeline (WAGP) to supply Togo, Benin and Ghana was put into service in early December and will be officially inaugurated before the end of [.