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West Africa

Mauritania
Palace Revolution

The members of the military junta that overthrew president Maaouya Ould Taya on Aug. 3 were all very close to [...]

Subscribers only Energy 30.08.2005

Nigeria
Cooperating with Iran

Nigeria played host for over two weeks in August to a delegation from the Iranian defense ministry headed by Tahir [...]

Subscribers only Energy 30.08.2005

Equatorial Guinea
Obiang visits Annobon

In early August, Equatorial Guinea president Teodoro Obiang Nguema became the first leader of his country to pay a visit [...]

Subscribers only Energy 30.08.2005

Equatorial Guinea
Boss Named

A presidential decree issued by Teodoro Obiang Nguema in late [...]

Subscribers only Energy 30.08.2005

Nigeria
December Deadline for Bonuses

The firms that were awarded concessions in the Joint Development [...]

Subscribers only Energy 30.08.2005

Spotlight | Sierra Leone
Push in Bauxite

There are signs of movement in Sierra Leone's bauxite industry. Two of the three companies that hold bauxite mining licenses in the country are stepping up development programs. In early August, Britain's Argyll Resources Corp sent senior aide Stuart McGregor [...]

Subscribers only Mining 23.08.2005

Guinea
CVRD Wants Piece of the Action

Africa Mining Intelligence understands Brazil's CVRD is taking a close interest in Guinea's iron resources. The group recently made its [...]

Subscribers only Mining 23.08.2005

Mauritania
M. Ould Ismael Ould Abeidna

A legal expert and former adviser to managers of the port of Nouadhibou, Mohamed Ould Ismael Ould Abeidna, was named [...]

Subscribers only Mining 23.08.2005

Guinea
Tatsuya Hosokawa

The managing director for Africa of Japan's Itochu group, Tatsuya Hosokawa, led a delegation of officials to Guinea at the [...]

Subscribers only Mining 23.08.2005

Guinea
Malcolm Hillbeck

A mining engineering with a degree from the University of Birmingham in the U.K., Malcolm Hillbeck has just joined Anvil [...]

Subscribers only Mining 23.08.2005

Guinea
World Bank Experts Turn Up

The World Bank sent lawyer Paul Fortin who specializes in [...]

Subscribers only Mining 23.08.2005

Burkina Faso, Canada
Breton Banville International Inc

Breton Banville International Inc and Micon International have just completed [...]

Subscribers only Mining 23.08.2005

Liberia
Mittal Steel

Mittal Steel has signed an agreement with the Liberian government [...]

Subscribers only Mining 23.08.2005

Ghana
Newmont

Newmont's board has given a go-ahead to the group's 5.4 [...]

Subscribers only Mining 23.08.2005

Mali
Randgold Resources

Randgold Resources plans to inaugurate production at the Loulo gold [...]

Subscribers only Mining 23.08.2005

Nigeria
Koreans in Overdrive

Four state-owned South Korean companies have announced their participation in a call to bids issued by Nigeria in the spring. [...]

Subscribers only Energy 26.07.2005

Mauritania
Two Licenses for Repsol

Spain's Repsol is on the verge of debuting in the Taoudeni basin.

Subscribers only Energy 26.07.2005

Nigeria
Total in Tie with NPDC

After two years of bargaining, France's Total has finally brought the E&P affiliate of state-owned NNPC into its OPL 223 concession.

Subscribers only Energy 26.07.2005

Liberia
Contracts Frozen

At the behest of the World Bank, Liberia's government is conducting an investigation at present into the companies that won [...]

Subscribers only Energy 26.07.2005

Nigeria
Headway in NLNG Case

Inquiries into the payment of bribes by the TSKJ consortium (made up of Kellogg Brown & Root, Technip, Snamprogetti and [...]

Subscribers only Energy 26.07.2005

Nigeria, Russia | nnpc
Lukoil to Bid for Refineries?

Russia's Lukoil has followed Sinopec of China and Libya's Tamoil [...]

Subscribers only Energy 26.07.2005

Nigeria | joint development authority
Bargaining for Acreage

All the companies awarded acreage in the Joint Development Zone [...]

Subscribers only Energy 26.07.2005

Ghana
Call to Re-Start Power Barge

Ghana's education minister, Yaw Osafo-Maafo, has called on Ivory Coast [...]

Subscribers only Energy 26.07.2005

Senegal
BMCE Capital

BMCE Capital, a Senegal-based asset management affiliate of Morocco's BMCE, [...]

Subscribers only 21.07.2005

Sierra Leone
Allan Dolan

A businessman who founded the Sierra Leone Diamond Company (SLDC), Allan Dolan, has resigned as director and vice president of [...]

Subscribers only Mining 19.07.2005

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