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West Africa

Mali
Attijarawafa Bank

Attijarawafa Bank has paid Mali's government 800 millon DH (EUR [...]

Subscribers only 20.11.2008

Burkina Faso
Orezone Triples Reserves at Bambore

Orezone Resources Inc (Canada) not only runs the largest gold project in the Burkina Faso, Essakane, with reserves of over [...]

Subscribers only Mining 18.11.2008

Guinea
Mitsubishi and BRGM Gear Up in Guinea

Jean Louis Lasserre, head of iron projects for Bureau de recherches géologiques et minières, presented the results of a geological [...]

Subscribers only Mining 18.11.2008

Ghana
Alumina Project Back in Business?

The elusive project for building an alumina refinery in Ghana has surfaced again. This time it is part of a [...]

Subscribers only Mining 18.11.2008

Guinea
Nicolaj Zouks

Nicolaj Zouks, CEO of Bellzone Group of Australia, met the Guinean minister for mines and geology Louceny Nabe on November [...]

Subscribers only Mining 18.11.2008

Ivory Coast
Yamoussoukro, 17-20/11

The Singaporean company Magenta Global is organising the first energy and mining summit for West Africa under the patronage of [...]

Free access Mining 18.11.2008

Spotlight | Nigeria
Rilwanu Lukman as Offshore Minister?

Named as a possible oil minister since a government re-shuffle on Oct. 29, Rilwanu Lukman has stepped forward in the past 18 months as the leading architect of Nigeria’s petroleum policy even though he lives outside of the country, in [.

Subscribers only Energy 11.11.2008

Niger
Oil as a Political Springboard

President Tandja is handling the oil issue to electoral ends without concerning himself with the economic viability of certain projects like the Zinder refinery.

Subscribers only Energy 11.11.2008

Mali, Mauritania
Baraka Staves Off Bankruptcy

The sale of Baraka Petroleum’s licenses in Mali have saved the Australian junior from going to the wall. It still retains its blocks in Mauritania.

Free access Energy 11.11.2008

Nigeria
Oando Undaunted by Crisis

Despite the financial crisis, Nigeria’s Oando is continuing its development in the upstream thanks to its trading operations.

Subscribers only Energy 11.11.2008

Nigeria
Doors Open for Total…

Highly appreciated in Abuja, France’s Total oil group has managed to win green lights to develop its fields.

Subscribers only Energy 11.11.2008

Nigeria
… And Close for Mittal

Threatened with the withdrawal of its concessions, Mittal has teamed up with Total in view of its good relations with the Yar’Adua government.

Subscribers only Energy 11.11.2008

Nigeria
Gas for Delta Residents

Nigeria has put out an international call for expressions of interest in a major project for processing associated gas in the Niger Delta.

Subscribers only Energy 11.11.2008

Equatorial Guinea
Legal Assault on EGLNG Builder

A British court has frozen all the revenue that Consolidated Contractor Co has made in its capacity as contractor of the EGLNG plant.

Subscribers only Energy 11.11.2008

Nigeria
Chike Onyejekwe

Supervising the operations of Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCo) in Nigeria’s onshore and shallow offshore since 2005, Nigeria’s [...]

Subscribers only Energy 11.11.2008

Guinea
ADB Clears Power Project

On Oct. 29, the board of the African Development Bank [...]

Subscribers only Energy 11.11.2008

Liberia | YamoUssoukro
Eugene Shannon

Eugene Shannon, Liberia's minister for energy, will take part in [...]

Subscribers only Energy 11.11.2008

Guinea
Conakry Rebukes Rio Tinto Offer at Simandou

Some light has been shed on the behind-the-scenes talks between Simfer SA, part of Rio Tinto, and the Guinean government [...]

Subscribers only Mining 04.11.2008

Ghana
African Gold Group Partners with Newmont

Capitalising on its team of veterans of African mining, African Gold Group Inc (AGG) last week reached a decisive agreement [...]

Subscribers only Mining 04.11.2008

Guinea
Yuriy Trutnev

The Guinean government is actively preparing for a visit by the Russian minister for natural resources to Conakry. Yuriy Trutnev [...]

Subscribers only Mining 04.11.2008

Guinea, Nigeria
Michael Awunor

The legal advisor to Central African Mining and Exploration Company (Camec) recently obtained an authorisation to carry out reconnaissance on [...]

Subscribers only Mining 04.11.2008

Guinea
Bruno Pennetier

The appointment of Bruno Pennetier, who is French, as managing director of the company Bellzone Guinée, replacing Alexandre Orlov from [...]

Subscribers only Mining 04.11.2008

Ivory Coast
Yamoussoukro, 17-20/11

The Singaporean company Magenta Global is organising the first energy and mining summit for West Africa under the patronage of [...]

Free access Mining 04.11.2008

Guinea
Ministers Set New Tax Rules in Guinea

The ministers of the economy and for mines, respectively Ousmane [...]

Subscribers only Mining 04.11.2008

Guinea | Conakry
Protests Stop Mining at CBG

President Lansana Conté made an emergency visit on November 1 [...]

Subscribers only Mining 04.11.2008

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