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West Africa

Ivory Coast
Business as Usual?

The political instability of these last few weeks has not fundamentally disturbed the activity of the exploration companies. Still operating, [...]

Subscribers only Mining 21.12.2004

Nigeria
Henry McPepple

The chairman of the Nigerian oil services group Adamac/Suffolk Petroleum, Henry McPepple was arrested and then released last month on [...]

Subscribers only Energy 14.12.2004

Mauritania
The Emirates Moving In

A company owned by sheikh Abdullah Bin Saeed al Thani has made its debut in the country. It's the second group from the United Arab Emirates to plant its flag in Mauritania's offshore

Subscribers only Energy 14.12.2004

Benin, Nigeria
South Atlantic Grabs Seme

Nigeria's South Atlantic group has made its debut on the only field in Benin known to house proven reserves.

Subscribers only Energy 14.12.2004

Nigeria
Transparency a Growth Business

Nigeria has just hired the firm of David Goldwyn, former assistant secretary of energy for international affairs, to help improve transparency in Nigeria's oil industry.

Subscribers only Energy 14.12.2004

Burkina Faso
Wartsila Lands $17m Deal

Finland's Wartsila is a big winner of a major World Bank project to back Burkina Faso's power sector.

Subscribers only Energy 14.12.2004

Nigeria
Big Asset Freeze

Switzerland has frozen nearly $100 million in several bank accounts in the country in the wake of an investigation by [...]

Subscribers only Energy 14.12.2004

Nigeria | NIGERIA GAS COMPANY
Soon to be Dismantled

New gas legislation calls for the break-up of the Nigerian [...]

Subscribers only Energy 14.12.2004

Gambia | Petroleum Commission of Gambia
Licensing Round in Offshore

Gambia's petroleum commissioner, Lamin Nije, announced during the Africa Oil [...]

Subscribers only Energy 14.12.2004

Equatorial Guinea, United States | Cassidy and Associates
Malabo's Mouthpiece

Long lacking a lobbyist in Washington - the country was [...]

Subscribers only Energy 14.12.2004

Nigeria
Transparency in the Nigerian Economy

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

Subscribers only Energy 14.12.2004

Equatorial Guinea
Oil and Gas in Equatorial Guinea

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

Subscribers only Energy 14.12.2004

Guinea
Headaches for CBG

Tempers flared in late November at Kamsar, a village that depends on Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinee for its livelihood, [...]

Subscribers only Mining 07.12.2004

Mauritania
EIB in Guelb el Aouj Iron Project

The president of the European Investment Bank, Philippe Maystadt, signed a preliminary agreement with Alexander Burns, manager of Australia's Sphere [...]

Subscribers only Mining 07.12.2004

Sierra Leone
AGD to Start Producing Next Month

African Gold and Diamonds plans to start producing diamonds on its Kono concession in January. We understand AGD imported a [...]

Subscribers only Mining 07.12.2004

Burkina Faso
AIM Resources Buys Zinc Project

An Australian junior which is fast making a name for itself in Africa, AIM Resources, has decided to exercise the [...]

Subscribers only Mining 07.12.2004

Guinea
Brent Horochuk

A former director of Ashanti Goldfields Bibiani Ltd. in Ghana, Brent Horochuk took over as boss of the Ashanti Goldfields [...]

Subscribers only Mining 07.12.2004

Sierra Leone
Who Owns Koidu Kimberlites?

The first GPS surveys to establish a mine register in [...]

Subscribers only Mining 07.12.2004

Guinea
Extractive Industries Transparency

Africa Mining Intelligence understands that the World Bank's mission to [...]

Subscribers only Mining 07.12.2004

Nigeria
New Privatization of Steel Firms

The Nigerian government appears determined to press ahead with the [...]

Subscribers only Mining 07.12.2004

Burkina Faso
High River Builds up Stake in Jilbey

High River Gold Mines Ltd. has injected an additional $Can [...]

Subscribers only Mining 07.12.2004

Ghana
AUSGOLD GHANA LTD

AUSGOLD GHANA LTD, an affiliate of Australia's Niagara Mining Ltd., [...]

Subscribers only Mining 07.12.2004

West Africa
Neale Taylor

A veteran of Australia's oil industry, Neale Taylor, who worked for Esso Australia, Terra Gas Trader and Nexus Energy, has [...]

Subscribers only Energy 30.11.2004

Nigeria
Todd Creeger

Conoco has named Todd Creeger as head of its affiliate in Lagos following the departure of Rob Smith who is [...]

Subscribers only Energy 30.11.2004

Cameroon, Ghana, United States | Econergy
Consultant to TDA

Founded by Thomas Stoner, an ex chairman of EUA Highland [...]

Subscribers only Energy 30.11.2004

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