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West Africa

Nigeria
Cozying Up to Iran

The Iranian Offshore Engineering and Construction Co (IOEC) announced on Jan. 1 that it was setting up a new oil [...]

Subscribers only Energy 16.01.2007

Nigeria
Promotion for Daukoru

Up to now state secretary for energy, Edmund Daukuru was promoted energy minister by president Olusegun Obasanjo in a government [...]

Subscribers only Energy 16.01.2007

Nigeria
Alliance with Daewoo

Highly active in Nigeria, where the group is currently building [...]

Subscribers only Energy 16.01.2007

China, Guinea
Ren Xianhua

The Chinese aluminum group Chalco has appointed Ren Xianhua as the new boss of Chalco Guinea. On December 26, a [...]

Subscribers only Mining 09.01.2007

Liberia
UN Maintains Sanctions

The United Nations Security Council acknowledged that the Liberian government [...]

Subscribers only Mining 09.01.2007

Guinea
Kamsar Woman in Protest March

The acting director of the Compagnie des Bauxite de Guinee, [...]

Subscribers only Mining 09.01.2007

Burkina Faso
AIM Resources Raises GBP 9.5 Mn

AIM Resources succeeded in raising GBP 9.5 million through the [...]

Subscribers only Mining 09.01.2007

West Africa
West African Diamonds on AIM

West African Diamonds made an initial public offering (IPO) on [...]

Subscribers only Mining 09.01.2007

Spotlight | West Africa
Guinea the Last West African Frontier?

Although it operates on a long-term basis the oil industry nonetheless remains quick to pick up on trends, especially in the exploration field. Madagascar had its turn in the spotlight in 2006 - a lot of companies acquired acreage in [.

Subscribers only Energy 02.01.2007

Nigeria
Election Fever Spreads

Concentrated mainly on oil companies, violence in the Niger Delta recently took a more political turn. A bomb exploded on [...]

Subscribers only Energy 02.01.2007

Guinea-Bissau
World Bank Brandishes Stick

The World Bank’s director for Guinea Bissau, Madani Tall, wrote to the government in mid-December to threaten to suspend funding [...]

Subscribers only Energy 02.01.2007

Nigeria | NNPC
The Next Bidding Round?

Oil minister Edmund Daukuru is due to announce this week [...]

Subscribers only Energy 02.01.2007

Equatorial Guinea
Okume in Production

The U.S. group Amerada Hess has begun pumping oil on [...]

Subscribers only Energy 02.01.2007

Nigeria
Nigeria Oil & Gas 2007

CWC Associates is organizing a conference on Nigeria's oil industry [...]

Subscribers only Energy 02.01.2007

Spotlight | Senegal
OCP: Yesterday's Rival Becomes Today's Life Buoy

Industries Chimiques du Senegal (ICS), one of the Senegalese economy's crown jewels, appeared destined to fall into Indian or Chinese hands after running into dire financial straits. However, Morocco's Office Cherifien de Phosphates (OCP) appears set to buy into the [.

Subscribers only Mining 19.12.2006

Guinea
IFC to Team Up with Alcan-Alcoa?

New partners could shortly join a project by Alcan Alcoa to build an alumina refinery in Guinea. Under an agreement [...]

Subscribers only Mining 19.12.2006

Sierra Leone
Sierra Gold Corporation

Sierra Gold Corporation has found diamonds on its Pampana diamond [...]

Subscribers only Mining 19.12.2006

Guinea
3PL Trade SA Loses its License

The firm 3PL Trade which is close to businessman and [...]

Subscribers only Mining 19.12.2006

Guinea
Transguineen Railway: New Suitors

The three-sided transport committee overseeing the TransGuineen railway project met [...]

Subscribers only Mining 19.12.2006

Burkina Faso
Gryphon Places Stock with Newmont.

Australia’s Gryphon Minerals has just completed the placement of 7 [...]

Subscribers only Mining 19.12.2006

Sierra Leone
SLDC Raises GBP 13.8 million

The Sierra Leone Diamond Co (SLDC) has raised GBP 13.8 [...]

Subscribers only Mining 19.12.2006

Nigeria
Local Oil Fund

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corp last week officially launched the "Nigeria Content Support Fund" to which all the majors operating [...]

Subscribers only Energy 12.12.2006

Mauritania
Aigrette Deemed Not Commercial

Although Britain’s Dana found a 65 foot gas column on [...]

Subscribers only Energy 12.12.2006

Nigeria
Exile Replaces Afren

The Canadian junior Exile Resources has acquired a 40% stake [...]

Subscribers only Energy 12.12.2006

Nigeria
Nigeria Oil & Gas 2007

CWC Associates is organizing a conference on Nigeria's oil industry [...]

Subscribers only Energy 12.12.2006

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