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West Africa

Burkina Faso
Essakane Gets Environmental Green Light

As it builds up to starting construction at the Essakane gold mine, Orezone Resources Inc of Canada, the mine’s operator, [...]

Subscribers only Mining 11.12.2007

Nigeria
Americans Prospect Mining Opportunities

A mission from the US Trade Development Agency (TDA) visited Nigeria from December 1 to 7to consider opportunities in the [...]

Subscribers only Mining 11.12.2007

Sierra Leone
Roy Pitchford

Currently a director of companies including Central African Gold, Sabi Gold, Lesego Platinum Mining, Umbono Financial Serives, Roy Pitchford has [...]

Subscribers only Mining 11.12.2007

Guinea
Alexandre Makarenko

The director of the Africa department of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Alexandre Makarenko, visited Guinea on November 26 [...]

Subscribers only Mining 11.12.2007

Guinea
Bauxite Permits are Sought in Guinea

Tecnum/Siatou of Canada is seeking a bauxite bloc in return [...]

Subscribers only Mining 11.12.2007

Niger
NGM halts work in Niger

NGM Resources, the Australian exploration company quoted on the ASX, [...]

Subscribers only Mining 11.12.2007

Togo | Lomé
Call for Help for Togo Phosphates

Togo's Finance Minister Adji Othèth Ayassor has asked international financial [...]

Subscribers only Mining 11.12.2007

Senegal | Dakar
Roullier Moves into ICS

After several years of financial difficulty, Industries Chimiques du Sénégal [...]

Subscribers only Mining 11.12.2007

Burkina Faso
Convertible Bond Issue for AIM Resources

AIM Resources of Australia is to launch an AUD 25 [...]

Subscribers only Mining 11.12.2007

Mauritania
Abdellahi Drops in on Sudan

Mauritanian president Sidi Mohamed Ould Sheikh Abdellahi travelled to Sudan on Dec. 1 for an official visit. He met with [...]

Subscribers only Energy 04.12.2007

Nigeria
Tempers Rise on Bakassi

An agreement penned on June 12, 2006 in New York between the Nigerian president at the time, Olusegun Obasanjo, and [...]

Subscribers only Energy 04.12.2007

Nigeria
New Minister for Delta

Godsay Orubebe, who belongs to the Ijaw ethnic community, was to have been officially named to the newly-created post of [...]

Subscribers only Energy 04.12.2007

France, Nigeria
Fallout from Court Case

Africa Energy Intelligence understands that a French court’s recent conviction of former Nigerian oil minister Dan Etete (452) prompted several [...]

Subscribers only Energy 04.12.2007

West Africa
Markmore Fleshes Out Portfolio

Under various names, the private Malaysian firm Markmore is snapping up acreage in the region.

Subscribers only Energy 04.12.2007

Mali
Gazprom in Swap Arrangement

Italy’s ENI has offered to bring Gazprom into its concessions in Libya in return for some of the Russian giant’s assets.

Subscribers only Energy 04.12.2007

Mali
Centric Finds a Partner

The Canadian junior has brought its countryman Heritage into its two licenses in western Mali.

Subscribers only Energy 04.12.2007

Guinea
New Oil Map

Conakry intends to carve out the country’s offshore as the U.S. firm Hyperdynamics clings to its contract.

Subscribers only Energy 04.12.2007

Nigeria
Shell Shuffles the Cards

The Anglo-Dutch group that dominates Nigeria’s offshore has decided to dispose of its stakes in two ultra deep permits.

Subscribers only Energy 04.12.2007

Nigeria
Financial Crunch Looms

Long-standing disputes between the majors and the Nigerian government on the funding of development costs could come to a head this year.

Subscribers only Energy 04.12.2007

Nigeria
Nigeria Oil & Gas 2008

The CWC Group is organizing a conference on the latest developments in Nigeria’s oil industry along with a related exhibition [...]

Free access Energy 04.12.2007

Senegal | Senelec
Transmission Contract

The state-owned Senegalese utility Senelec has issued a call for [...]

Subscribers only Energy 04.12.2007

West Africa
WAGP to Start Up Shortly

The West African Gas Pipeline (WAGP) operated by Chevron that [...]

Subscribers only Energy 04.12.2007

Guinea
Anatoly Pantchenko

The managing director of Compagnie des Bauxites de Kindia (CBK), a subsidiary of RusAl, has been in great demand recently. [...]

Subscribers only Mining 27.11.2007

Nigeria
Abuja, 11-14/12

The Nigerian Ministry of Mines & Steel Development is to hold the West Africa Mining Investment Conference on December 11, [...]

Free access Mining 27.11.2007

Ghana
Accra, 3-5/06/2008

Exhibition Management Services is organising the sixth West African Mining & Power Exhibition & Conference on June 3, 4 and [...]

Free access Mining 27.11.2007

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