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West Africa

Sierra Leone
Boulle Alone in Rutile Revival

Sierra Rutile (SRL), a company owned by Jean-Raymond Boulle, plans to resume rutile mining in the fourth quarter of this [...]

Subscribers only Mining 08.02.2005

Ghana
Fight for Big Bauxite Deposits

The race for bauxite deposits at Kibi Suhum in southern Ghana and Nyinahin in the east has stepped up. Alcoa [...]

Subscribers only Mining 08.02.2005

Burkina Faso
Gold Fields in Move on Essaken

South Africa's Gold Fields Ltd. was expected to approve the acquisition of 50% of the Essaken gold project in Burkina [...]

Subscribers only Mining 08.02.2005

Guinea
China Aluminum Still Plugging Away

The Aluminum Corp of China (Chalco) has been trying for years to gain a foothold in Guinea. The company, which [...]

Subscribers only Mining 08.02.2005

Ghana
David Bumstead

A mining industry financial specialist, David Bumstead, has been named to the board of Golden Star Resources Ltd., an American [...]

Subscribers only Mining 08.02.2005

Burkina Faso
Correction

In response to our article "Chill Between Managem & Semafo" [...]

Subscribers only Mining 08.02.2005

Guinea
GlobAl Runs into Opposition

Strongly backed by mines minister Alpha Mady Soumah, a project [...]

Subscribers only Mining 08.02.2005

Guinea
World Bank Conclave

The World Bank's administrator in charge of Guinea, Mamadou Dia, [...]

Subscribers only Mining 08.02.2005

Nigeria
Money, Politics and LNG

Nigerian politicians were very closely involved (and some financially) in the first LNG project in Nigeria - the NLNG plant on Bonny Island - and will continue to insinuate themselves into new schemes.

Subscribers only Energy 01.02.2005

Nigeria
Exxon in IPP Deal

The lone major to lack a power project in Nigeria, Exxon has tied its LNG program at Bonny Island into a gas-fuelled station scheme.

Subscribers only Energy 01.02.2005

Mauritania
Raising Funds for Chinguetti

Australian firms active on the Chinguetti concession in Mauritania are hard at work raising funds to pay their share of [...]

Subscribers only Energy 01.02.2005

Nigeria
Bank Merger

United Bank of Africa and Standard Trust Bank are planning a merger that will form the leading private bank in [...]

Subscribers only Energy 01.02.2005

Nigeria
New Legal Action on NLNG

The alleged payment of bribes for the contract to build the Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas plant at Bonny island has [...]

Subscribers only Energy 01.02.2005

Mauritania
Oil Diplomacy

Highly active on behalf of state-owned PetroSA, the South African government last week signed a cooperation agreement with Nouakchott which [...]

Subscribers only Energy 01.02.2005

Equatorial Guinea
Obiang Crony in London

President Teodoro Obiang Nguema last week named one of his closest friends, Agustin Nze Nfumu, as Equatorial Guinea's ambassador to [...]

Subscribers only Energy 01.02.2005

Mauritania
Total to Invest

Present in the Taoudeni basin since last year, Total signed [...]

Subscribers only Energy 01.02.2005

Togo
Second Well for Hunt

Owner of a huge concession that covers all of Togo's [...]

Subscribers only Energy 01.02.2005

Equatorial Guinea | Barbour Griffith & Rogers
Malabo's New Mouthpiece

Already represented by two lobbying concerns - C/R International headed [...]

Subscribers only Energy 01.02.2005

Nigeria | NNPC
Licenses Withdrawn

After an exhaustive review of all of Nigeria's offshore and [...]

Subscribers only Energy 01.02.2005

Nigeria
Transparency in the Nigerian Economy

The British firm Clearwater Research Service is organizing a conference [...]

Subscribers only Energy 01.02.2005

Equatorial Guinea
Oil & Gas in Equatorial Guinea

The CWC Group is organizing a conference in Kuala Lumpur [...]

Subscribers only Energy 01.02.2005

Burkina Faso
High River Seeks to be First Producer

Canada's High River Gold Mines Ltd. appears to be leading the race to open the first industrial-scale gold mine in [...]

Subscribers only Mining 25.01.2005

Sierra Leone
Vasile Frank Timis

Romanian businessman Vasile Frank Timis, who is CEO of Regal Petroleum, watched intently over the flotation of the Sierra Leone [...]

Subscribers only Mining 25.01.2005

Guinea
Alkhaly Yasane

Rio Tinto & Exploration Ltd Guinea is seeking to recruit a new representative in Guinea to replace Alkhaly Yansane, who [...]

Subscribers only Mining 25.01.2005

Ghana
Niagara Nabs Dadwen Project

Wells Gold Corp., an affiliate of Niagara Mining Ltd. of [...]

Subscribers only Mining 25.01.2005

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