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West Africa

Sierra Leone
Cream Begins Offshore Prospecting

The Sierra Leone government confirmed and renewed Casiera Diamond Fund Inc.’s exploration license EXPL 5/94 for alluvial diamonds at the [...]

Subscribers only Mining 15.11.2005

Mali
Glencar Mining

Glencar Mining, an Irish company that recently floated on London's [...]

Subscribers only Mining 15.11.2005

Sierra Leone
Privatizing mining services

Charles Roger, managing director of the state-owned mining services firm [...]

Subscribers only Mining 15.11.2005

Spotlight | Ivory Coast
Oil Men Move in Despite Civil Strife

The civil conflict between rebel forces that control all of northern Ivory Coast and Laurent Gbago’s government in the south doesn’t seem to have either affected the operations of big international companies present in the country nor discouraged others from [...]

Subscribers only Energy 07.11.2005

Nigeria
Amnesty Slams Oil Groups

Increasingly active on matters pertaining to oil extraction (see P. 1, AEI 400), Amnesty International has just issued a new [...]

Subscribers only Energy 07.11.2005

Equatorial Guinea
Beijing “Leading Partner”

After a two-week tour of China, Singapore and Malaysia, Equatorial Guinea president Teodoro Obiang Nguema indicated that he henceforth considered [...]

Subscribers only Energy 07.11.2005

Sierra Leone
New Nigerian Firm in Offshore

Another Nigerian firm, Frazimex, has followed in the footsteps of Arthur Eze’s Atlas company in acquiring a stake in Sierra Leone’s offshore.

Subscribers only Energy 07.11.2005

Equatorial Guinea
Ophir Takes Total’s Place

Owned by South African businessman Tokyo Sexwale, Ophir has won block R in Sierra Leone’s offshore.

Subscribers only Energy 07.11.2005

Sierra Leone
New South African Generator

South Africa’s Eskom, which has been involved in the management of Sierra Leone’s National Power Authority since 2002, has delivered a new 7 MW generator.

Subscribers only Energy 07.11.2005

Ivory Coast
Soubre Project Resurrected?

Following the renewal of its concession to run state-owned Compagnie Ivoirienne d’Electricite (CIE) in the spring, France’s Bouygues group has [...]

Subscribers only Energy 07.11.2005

Spotlight | Guinea
Chinese & Russians Fight it Out for Friguia

The Aluminum Corp of China (Chalco) has been striving for some months to win control of the Alumina Co of Guinea (ACG) at Friguia, the only alumina refinery in the country that is currently managed by RusAl.

Subscribers only Mining 01.11.2005

Burkina Faso
Royal Gold Plants Debuts in Africa

An American company that makes its money from royalties from precious metals mines, Royal Gold Inc., intends to invest $35 [...]

Subscribers only Mining 01.11.2005

Liberia
Varney Sherman

Influential Liberian lawyer Varney Sherman, who came fifth in the first round of Liberia's presidential election, has announced his backing [...]

Subscribers only Mining 01.11.2005

Ghana
Derrick Colling

A chartered accountant, Derrick Colling, has been appointed financial director of Gold Coast Resources Inc., a company based in Nevada [...]

Subscribers only Mining 01.11.2005

Mali
North Atlantic Resources

North Atlantic Resources, a Canadian firm listed on the Toronto [...]

Subscribers only Mining 01.11.2005

Guinea
Another $50 million for GlobAl

Global Alumina Corp (GlobAl) has received the first $50 million [...]

Subscribers only Mining 01.11.2005

Niger
Exxon & Petronas Keep on Trying

Having failed as yet to find enough reserves on their Agadem concession to launch its development, ExxonMobil and Petronas have asked for an extension on their acreage.