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West Africa

Nigeria
NewBonanza for Security Firms

According to our sources, the boss and founder of the private security firm Aegis Defence Services, Tim Spicer, was in [...]

Subscribers only Energy 09.12.2008

Mali
Lots of Players but Little Action

The oil sector has enabled a lot of local companies to diversify. But exploration has been held back by operators who don’t meet their contractual obligations.

Subscribers only Energy 09.12.2008

Nigeria
Militants Hit at LNG Facility

Closed down on Nov. 27 by Shell Nigeria for emergency repairs on gas pipelines damaged by attacks by local groups, [...]

Subscribers only Energy 09.12.2008

Ghana
Oil a Factor in Election

The new Ghanaian president who comes to office following elections [...]

Subscribers only Energy 09.12.2008

Nigeria
Parliamentary Investigation Stalled

. The publication of a final report by a parliamentary [...]

Subscribers only Energy 09.12.2008

Nigeria
Pre-Qualifiers for Latest Licensing Round to be Announced in late December

As Nigerian oil minister Odein Ajumogobia prepares to reveal which [...]

Subscribers only Energy 09.12.2008

Nigeria | Abuja
Host of Candidates for Gas Master Plan

Despite the insecurity prevailing in the Niger Delta, no less [...]

Subscribers only Energy 09.12.2008

Guinea
Trutnev Defends Russian Interests

Even as some of RusAl’s Guinean assets come under the government’s microscope as part of the general revision of mining [...]

Subscribers only Mining 02.12.2008

Liberia
Suspense Over Bong Iron Mines

After years in the pipeline, the privatisation of the former Bong iron mines is being followed very closely by investors, [...]

Subscribers only Mining 02.12.2008

West Africa
Randgold Targets 600,000 oz for 2011

Ivory Coast is set to become a major motor of growth for Randgold Resources (quoted on the NYSX and LSX) [...]

Subscribers only Mining 02.12.2008

Guinea
Rio Tinto Gets Cold Shoulder at CBG

The board of Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinée (CBG), meeting in Conakry on November 12 and chaired by the minister [...]

Subscribers only Mining 02.12.2008

Guinea
Ibrahima Soumah

Three former Guinean ministers are working for the World Bank. The ex-minister for mines, geology and the environment, Ibrahima Soumah, [...]

Subscribers only Mining 02.12.2008

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 02.12.2008

Guinea
New Diamond Mine in Guinea

John Teeling is due to inaugurate a new diamond mine [...]

Subscribers only Mining 02.12.2008

Liberia
Delta Mining May Sue Liberia

The South African company Delta Mining Consolidated is considering appealing [...]

Subscribers only Mining 02.12.2008

Sierra Leone
A Mexican Firm in Africa

Mexivada Mining Corp has set up Mexivada Gold & Diamond [...]

Subscribers only Mining 02.12.2008

Nigeria | Abuja
Alscon Operations Suspended for Weeks

An electricity outage has suspended work at Alscon’s aluminium smelter [...]

Subscribers only Mining 02.12.2008

Mauritania
Red Carpet for Petronas

The Malaysian company would like to extend the exploration period of blocks it acquired from Woodside beyond the expiry date in 2009.

Subscribers only Energy 25.11.2008

Nigeria
Amni Pulls in its Horns

Tycoon Sani Bello could sell off some of his oil assets or even dispose of his firm Amni International Petroleum.

Subscribers only Energy 25.11.2008

Senegal
Senelec Prepares for Makeover

Senegal’s energy minister, Samuel Sarr, has just announced an overhaul of the national utility Senelec. After several abortive attempts to [...]

Subscribers only Energy 25.11.2008

Ghana
Osafo Adjei

The equity fund Abu Dhabi National Energy Co (TAQA) has just appointed Osafo Adjei as general manager of its operations [...]

Subscribers only Energy 25.11.2008

Guinea-Bissau, Senegal
Difficult Relations on JDZ

The Senegalese authorities are irate over the way that Guinea [...]

Subscribers only Energy 25.11.2008

Ghana | Accra
An Oil Training Institute To Be Founded

The Nigerian training center Petroleum Technology Institute plans to open [...]

Subscribers only Energy 25.11.2008

Mauritania | Nouakchott
Offshore Gas Find

The East- 1B assessment well drilled by Malaysia's Petronas and [...]

Subscribers only Energy 25.11.2008

Ghana | Accra
George Maxwell Richards

George Maxwell Richards, president of Trinidad and Tobago, was received [...]

Subscribers only Energy 25.11.2008

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