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West Africa

Guinea
Alcoa & Alcan in Refinery Scheme

Alcoa World Alumina LLC and Alcan Inc. signed a memorandum of understanding on May 13 to conduct a feasibility study [...]

Subscribers only Mining 18.05.2004

Mali
Toure Aims For Number Two Gold Spot

The re-opening of the Kalana gold mine in April didn't attract any attention abroad but it provided president Amadou Toumani [...]

Subscribers only Mining 18.05.2004

Liberia
Boulle in Gold & Diamond Venture

Long active in next-door Sierra Leone, mining entrepreneur Jean-Raymond Boulle is banking on the recent stabilization of the security situation [...]

Subscribers only Mining 18.05.2004

Ghana
Michael Cawood

The president and chief executive of Akrokeri-Ashanti Gold Mines (AAGM), Michael Cawood, resigned his job on May 14 when the [...]

Subscribers only Mining 18.05.2004

Ghana
The 6th Biennal Mining and Power Conference WAMPOC 2004

Sevents and Projects International Ltd, Claredon Communications (GB) and Exhibition [...]

Subscribers only Mining 18.05.2004

Ghana
Golden Star in Profit

Golden Star Resources Ltd. posted net earnings of $5.2 million [...]

Subscribers only Mining 18.05.2004

Ghana, Mali
Randgold Resources

Randgold Resources, the company that operates the Morila gold mine [...]

Subscribers only Mining 18.05.2004

Mauritania
U.S. Warning on Mauritania

In an urgent memo issued on May 3, the U.S. embassy in Nouakchott warned Americans living in the country about [...]

Free access 13.05.2004

Nigeria
Inside Story on PanOcean

A question of debt reportedly lay behind the successful move by heirs of Vittorio Fabbri to win back control of [...]

Subscribers only Energy 11.05.2004

Liberia, Sierra Leone
Repsol Spreads its Wings

Already present in Sierra Leone's offshore, the Spanish group Repsol has bolstered its position in West Africa by debuting in Liberia as well.

Subscribers only Energy 11.05.2004

Equatorial Guinea
Glencore Finds a Partner

It took over 18 months of talks but the Swiss trader Glencore has finally joined ranks with Noble Energy to take its first steps in the West African offshore.

Subscribers only Energy 11.05.2004

Equatorial Guinea
Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida

Africa Energy Intelligence understands that Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, former Nigerian president and leading political opponent of Olusegun Obansanjo, recently travelled [...]

Subscribers only Energy 11.05.2004

Nigeria
Richard Granier-Deferre

Previously active in the objets d'art trade, Richard Granier-Deferre is now in business with Tacoma Resources, an oil company founded [...]

Subscribers only Energy 11.05.2004

Nigeria
Ode Ojumu

Charles Soludo has been succeeded as president Olusegun Obasanjo's economic adviser by Ode Ojumu. Soludo was named chairman of Central [...]

Subscribers only Energy 11.05.2004

Guinea-Bissau
Oil Boss as Prime Minister

Appointed prime minister early this week by Guinea Bissau president Henrique Rosa, Carlos Gomes Junior had previously been in charge [...]

Subscribers only Energy 11.05.2004

Nigeria
Norwegians Move In

Like several European countries, Norway has established oil cooperation with Nigeria via its national oil institute. In late April, a [...]

Subscribers only Energy 11.05.2004

Nigeria
Bids Submitted for Agbami

Issued in January, the invitation to tender for a floating [...]

Subscribers only Energy 11.05.2004

Nigeria | NNPC
Scandal Rocks Import Agency

The Pipeline Product Marketing Company (PPMC) which holds a monopoly [...]

Subscribers only Energy 11.05.2004

Nigeria | CENTER FOR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS
Shell Man Questioned

Forced to resign early this year as boss of RoyalDutch/Shell [...]

Subscribers only Energy 11.05.2004

Nigeria | KPMG NIGERIA
Looking at Halliburton's Books

As consultant for Nigeria's Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 11.05.2004

Israel, Mauritania
Boaz Bismuth

The Israeli foreign ministry's appointments committee ratified the nomination of [...]

Subscribers only Business 29.04.2004

Guinea
Semafo Banks On Kiniero

Having posted a net loss of Can $8.2 million in 2003, Canada's Semafo is counting on its lone gold mine, [...]

Subscribers only Mining 27.04.2004

Nigeria
Igor Kudrin

The head of the Russian energy and mining services company Inecotech, Igor Kudrin, is keen on developing Nigeria's mining potential. [...]

Subscribers only Mining 27.04.2004

Sierra Leone
Thomas O'Neill

After acquiring a 51% stake in the jeweller Harry Winston Inc. on April 2, the Canadian diamond firm Aber Diamond [...]

Subscribers only Mining 27.04.2004

Nigeria
Odion Ugbesia

Nigeria's solid minerals minister Odion Ugbesia has been named chairman of a panel that will see to the "development and [...]

Subscribers only Mining 27.04.2004

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