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West Africa

Mauritania
Red Back Wants Bigger Gold Profile

Canada’s Red Mining Inc signed an agreement with its countryman Lundin Mining Corp in early April to acquire an option [...]

Subscribers only Mining 17.04.2007

Spotlight | Nigeria
Sleight of hand in the offshore

Each change of government in Nigeria is preceded by what now seems a traditional charade: the transfer of oil assets in often-dubious contractual conditions to friends of the outgoing regime. Two of the predecessors of current president Olusegun Obasanjo, Sani [...]

Subscribers only Energy 10.04.2007

Guinea
Government Re-Shuffle

Guinea’s president Lansana Conte, who was recently the target of mass protests in his country, named a new government under [...]

Subscribers only Energy 10.04.2007

Nigeria
Shell Clings to Small Fields

The Anglo-Dutch major refuses to dispose of marginal fields in the Niger Delta.

Subscribers only Energy 10.04.2007

Equatorial Guinea
Malabo Fleshes Out Portfolio

Seeking for some years to invest its oil revenue in the petroleum sector, Equatorial Guinea is poised to buy out Devon’s assets in the offshore.l

Subscribers only Energy 10.04.2007

Senegal
Islamic Bank Backs Kounoune 2

Newly re-elected Senegalese president Abdoulaye Wade can continue to count on the support of the Gulf countries. To be sure, [...]

Subscribers only Energy 10.04.2007

Ghana
Miners Chip in For Power Plant

Four mining companies have joined forces with the Ghana National Chamber of Mines to buy a 80 MW power station.

Subscribers only Energy 10.04.2007

Nigeria
Turf War over Dadin Kowa

The water resources and energy departments are opposing one another over a contract for a hydro power station in Gombe state in the north-east of Nigeria.

Subscribers only Energy 10.04.2007

Equatorial Guinea
Carlyle in Offshore

According to our sources, an oil company financed by the American private equity concern Carlyle and the Goldman Sachs bank [...]

Subscribers only Energy 10.04.2007

Liberia
Hong Kong Investors Move In

The Genesis Energy Holdings group listed on the Hong Kong [...]

Subscribers only Energy 10.04.2007

Benin
Two New Gas Turbines

Benin’s government has decided to quickly acquire two gas-fired turbines [...]

Subscribers only Energy 10.04.2007

Spotlight | Burkina Faso
Lebovits Makes His Move

As African Mining Intelligenceanticipated would be the case (AMI 145), Israeli businessman Chaim Lebovits has acquired a position in Burkina Faso’s gold sector. His firm ACC Resources., incorporated in the British Virgin Islands, purchased 4.5 million shares at CAD 0.

Subscribers only Mining 03.04.2007

Guinea
SUAL Drops Out of Running for GlobAl

After teaming up with BHP last autumn to bid for a 25% stake in Global Alumina (GlobAl) Corp., Russia’s SUAL [...]

Subscribers only Mining 03.04.2007

Guinea
Simfer Deploys Heavy Gear at Simandou

Long accused by the Guinea authorities of dragging its feet on the Simandou iron project - which it has stoutly [...]

Subscribers only Mining 03.04.2007

Liberia, Nigeria
Kfaf Nigeria Picks Up Bong Iron Scheme

A little more information has surfaced about a program by the Kkaf Nigeria. industrial group to rehabilitate the Bong iron [...]

Subscribers only Mining 03.04.2007

Guinea
Ahmed Kante

An economist by training, Ahmed Kante was named mines minister when the new government of prime minister Lansana Kouyate was [...]

Subscribers only Mining 03.04.2007

Niger
Bruno Chareyron

A senior official from the Commission de Recherche et d’Information Independante sur la Radioactivite (CRIIRAD), Bruno Chareyron, will take part [...]

Subscribers only Mining 03.04.2007

West Africa
Luis da Silva

The financial director of Mano River Resources since February, Luis da Silva has been promoted to the post of executive [...]

Subscribers only Mining 03.04.2007

Ghana
AngloGold Ashanti

AngloGold Ashanti, Newmont Ghana, Gold Fields and Golden Star Resources [...]

Subscribers only Mining 03.04.2007

Nigeria
Mowdow Mines

Mowdow Mines, an Irish junior headed by Brian Kiernan, and [...]

Subscribers only Mining 03.04.2007

Nigeria
South Koreans to Run Egbin

Nigeria is seeking to turned management of the Egbin power station over to a South Korean firm after a blast in one of its boilers hit at the country’s generation capacity.

Subscribers only Energy 27.03.2007

Nigeria
BNP Puts its Money on Afren

Highly appreciated in financial circles because of its connections in West Africa, the Afren company founded by former OPEC secretary [...]

Subscribers only Energy 27.03.2007

Nigeria
Elf Investigation is Finally Wound Up

As expected (AEI 411), an investigation into payments made by Gilbert Chagouri, Samir Traboulsi and Ely Calil on behalf of [...]

Subscribers only Energy 27.03.2007

Niger
Mohamed Abdoulahi

Niger’s mines and energy minister Mohamed Abdoulahi retained his portfolio when president Mamadou Tandja reshuffled his government on March 1. [...]

Subscribers only Energy 27.03.2007

Niger
George Chelico

The Canadian junior TG World Energy, an affiliate of TG World, has appointed George Chelico as its chief financial officer. [...]

Subscribers only Energy 27.03.2007

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