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West Africa

Guinea
New Chinese Group Formed for Souapiti

It seems that the removal of China Eximbank and its [...]

Subscribers only Mining 27.11.2007

Guinea
Conakry

The minister for mines, Ahmed Kante, organised a one-day meeting [...]

Subscribers only Mining 27.11.2007

Spotlight | Nigeria
The Three Faces of Dan Etete

Convicted of money-laundering in Paris, former Nigerian oil minister Dan Etete has paradoxically made a comeback in Abuja by managing to regain control of one of the country’s most promising petroleum concessions. In a striking manner his case illustrates the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 20.11.2007

Ghana
Norway Offers Expertise

Ghanaian president John Kufuor met with a delegation of Norwegian oil experts in the presence of Norway's ambassador to Accra, [...]

Subscribers only Energy 20.11.2007

Mauritania
Malaysians On the Move

State-owned Petronas has bought into Mauritania but it was beaten to the draw by two Malaysian juniors.

Subscribers only Energy 20.11.2007

Niger
A Last-Minute Guest at Party

A new firm is expected to make a last-minute bid for the Agadem concession.

Subscribers only Energy 20.11.2007

Guinea
Terralliance Tests the Waters

Officials from the American group Terralliance have paid a visit to Guinea and could acquire acreage in the country.

Subscribers only Energy 20.11.2007

Nigeria
Centrica Takes Bull By Horns

After trying in vain to barge into a consortium mounting an LNG project in Nigeria, Britain’s Centrica has decided to put together its own program with Norway’s StatoilHydro.

Subscribers only Energy 20.11.2007

Ivory Coast
Money for Oil Transparency

According to our sources, the World Bank will present a project to lend USD 275 million to Ivory Coast when [...]

Subscribers only Energy 20.11.2007

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 20.11.2007

Nigeria
New Consortium on Aje

Following the withdrawal of Syntroleum and Lundin from the Aje [...]

Subscribers only Energy 20.11.2007

Senegal | Nanes Delorme
Advising Surestream

The French-British oil group Surestream run by the former prime [...]

Subscribers only Energy 20.11.2007

Niger
Trendfield, a Go-Between in Uranium

Active in Niger for a year as "an advisor on uranium to Asian investors", Trendfield Energy & Resources is becoming [...]

Subscribers only Mining 13.11.2007

Guinea | Bauxite
Eximbank Floored by Competition !

The vast Cogon project to build an aluminium smelter linked to the planned Souapiti dam could slip through the fingers [...]

Subscribers only Mining 13.11.2007

Ivory Coast
Kimberley : Abidjan Waits for Readmission

After being excluded in 2004, Congo-Brazzaville last week was readmitted to the Kimberley Process of diamond certification at a meeting [...]

Subscribers only Mining 13.11.2007

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 13.11.2007

Guinea
Rio Tinto Alcan Mission to Conakry

A delegation from the newly merged Rio Tinto Alcan was [...]

Subscribers only Mining 13.11.2007

West Africa
HE-5 Resources in Advanced Talks on West African Iron

The US firm HE-5 Resources Corp, run by Denyse Raynault, [...]

Subscribers only Mining 13.11.2007

Guinea | Conakry
Bids for Advice Role in Revision of Mining Conventions

The government has begun a limited consultation with five legal [...]

Subscribers only Mining 13.11.2007

Guinea | Conakry
A Move Towards Restarting Aredor’s Diamond Exports ?

The Guinean government and the diamond production company Aredor are [...]

Subscribers only Mining 13.11.2007

Mauritania
Qatar Steel Increases its Stake in Guelb el Aouj

Qa tar Steel Co is no longer considering taking a [...]

Subscribers only Mining 13.11.2007

Nigeria
First Coal-Fired Power Plants?

The Dutch trading group Imperial Trading Overseas Inc (ITOI) is currently mounting a huge program to build coal-fired power plants [...]

Subscribers only Energy 06.11.2007

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 06.11.2007

Nigeria | Bunker Hill
Advising Atlas Petroleum

The Texas-based law firm Bunker Hill is advising Atlas Petroleum, [...]

Subscribers only Energy 06.11.2007

Nigeria | Africa Strategy Group
Mission in Nigeria

Former American ambassador Lannon Walker, a long-standing Africa adviser to [...]

Subscribers only Energy 06.11.2007

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