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West Africa

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
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 [...]

Subscribers only Energy 23.12.2008

Nigeria
Shell Fights for Its Property

The boss of Shell Nigeria, Ann Pickard, has launched new arbitrage proceedings against the Nigerian government.

Subscribers only Energy 23.12.2008

Nigeria
M. Sanusi Barkindo

The appointment of Rilwanu Lukman as energy minister can be expected to benefit his protégé at the Nigerian National Petroleum [...]

Subscribers only Energy 23.12.2008

Nigeria
Nuhu Somo Wya

After several months of deliberations to form a new Nigerian government, a list of fresh appointments was finally issued on [...]

Subscribers only Energy 23.12.2008

Nigeria
NNPC

On Dec. 11, Abubakar Yar'Adua, chairman of the Nigerian National [...]

Subscribers only Energy 23.12.2008

West Africa
A regional Regulator

On Dec. 19, member countries of the Community of West [...]

Subscribers only Energy 23.12.2008

Ghana | Accra
New Project for Gas-Fuelled Plant

An agreement between the Canadian consultancy Canadian Energy Solutions Consortium [...]

Subscribers only Energy 23.12.2008

Ghana
Cash Input for Jubilee

The development of the Jubilee field in Ghana, a potential [...]

Subscribers only Energy 23.12.2008

Nigeria
The Businessman-Minister

The appointment of Rilwanu Lukman as petroleum resources minister in [...]

Subscribers only Energy 23.12.2008

Ivory Coast
Van Meurs Corp.

Based in Nassau in the Bahamas, a Dutch consultancy headed [...]

Subscribers only Energy 23.12.2008

Cameroon, Ghana
Capital Energy

Founded by the former governor of Alaska, Steve Cowper, and [...]

Subscribers only Energy 23.12.2008

Mali
Home-grown Gold Magnates Slow to Emerge

As gold production shrinks gradually in Mali, for instance at the Sadiola and Morila mines, without any major new discovery [...]

Subscribers only Mining 16.12.2008

Guinea
Conakry Turns its Guns on Trivalence

The Guinean government is currently seeking a strategic partner to buy up assets and equipment belonging to Aredor Guinea, the [...]

Subscribers only Mining 16.12.2008

Guinea | iron
Conakry Takes from Rio to Give to Steinmetz

Rio Tinto, which has been in the government’s sights for several months, was notified on December 9 by the ministry [...]

Subscribers only Mining 16.12.2008

Canada, Ghana
Jeffrey Cox

Bravo Resources Partners, a company based in Colorado that originally targeted the entertainment industry, is setting up in gold exploration [...]

Subscribers only Mining 16.12.2008

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 16.12.2008

Nigeria
CGC Bolsters Position in Nigeria

After landing up a number of contracts over the past five years, China’s CGC is moving into Nigeria in a big way by building dams and a power plant.

Subscribers only Energy 09.12.2008

Ghana | Accra
Second Phase of Work on Bui Dam Begins

Early this month Ghanaian president John Kufuor inaugurated work on [...]

Subscribers only Energy 09.12.2008

West Africa
Bouygues Sells Stake in Unit

The Emerging Africa Fund 2 managed by Emerging Capital Partners [...]

Subscribers only Energy 09.12.2008

Benin | Benin City
Jacques Marraud Des Grottes

Jacques Marraud Des Grottes, exploration and production director for Total [...]

Subscribers only Energy 09.12.2008

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