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West Africa

Equatorial Guinea
...and Obiang in Kiev

Equatorial Guinea president Teodoro Obiang Nguema flew to Kiev last week for lengthy talks with his Ukrainian counterpart, Leonid Kutchma. [...]

Subscribers only Energy 21.09.2004

Nigeria
Who Used Tesler's Network?

In addition to Kellogg, Brown & Root, the British lawyer Jeffrey Tesler worked for other groups in Nigeria. At least one has been identified.

Subscribers only Energy 21.09.2004

Nigeria
Second Private Refinery

The U.S. firm Ventech has signed an agreement with a Nigerian group to build a refinery at Calabar. The move comes after Ventech signed a first accord to construct a plant at Amakpe in Akwa Ibom state.

Subscribers only Energy 21.09.2004

Nigeria
NNPC Wants Locals for Agbami

Although it has kicked Nigeria's Famfa Oil out of the field, NNPC wants to see that half of development work on Agbami goes to Nigerian firms--even if that could hold up the process.

Subscribers only Energy 21.09.2004

Nigeria
Chagoury May Share Famfa Fate

Like the Famfa Oil company, South Atlantic Petroleum could well be evicted from OPL 246 just as Total is poised to start developing the Akpo field.

Subscribers only Energy 21.09.2004

Nigeria
Brass LNG Launched

ConocoPhillips, Agip, Chevron and NNPC last week approved launching the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 21.09.2004

Ghana
Will Mystery Buyer Turn Up?

Ghana's Divestiture Implementation Committee (DIC), a government agency which has been trying for years to privatise Ghana Consolidated Diamonds Ltd [...]

Subscribers only Mining 14.09.2004

Guinea
Alhassane Onigui

Mines minister Alpha Mady Soumah's return from a trip to Jamaica and Australia was not a joyful occasion for some [...]

Subscribers only Mining 14.09.2004

Guinea, Niger
Patrick Moryoussef

Mining engineer Patrick Moryoussf was named mining operations manager at Canada's Semafo Inc. on Sept. 13. Mouryoussef, who graduated from [...]

Subscribers only Mining 14.09.2004

Guinea
Soumah's Big Push in Paris

In a first-ever undertaking of its kind, Guinea's mines minister, Alpha Mady Soumah, will lead a government delegation to Paris [...]

Subscribers only Mining 14.09.2004

Burkina Faso
Actis Capital Bets on Orezone

Actis Capital LLP, a private equity investor working on behalf [...]

Subscribers only Mining 14.09.2004

Mali
$60 Million to Develop Loulo

Randgold Resources won a $60 million loan on Sept. 6 [...]

Subscribers only Mining 14.09.2004

Guinea
Soumah's Harsh Words for Rio Tinto

An Africa Mining Intelligence correspondent in Conakry in Guinea questioned [...]

Subscribers only Mining 14.09.2004

Ghana
Mining Legislation Soon

Ghana's parliament is expected to shortly vote on the country's [...]

Subscribers only Mining 14.09.2004

Guinea
Alcoa-Alcan

Alcoa-Alcan will send a team to Conakry on Sept. 21 [...]

Subscribers only Mining 14.09.2004

Niger
Explorers Hard at Work

With Petronas beginning to drill its first well, TG World and CNPC have signed an agreement on the Tenere block and are shortly to begin exploring the region.