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West Africa

Nigeria
NNDC's Chinese Partner

Africa Energy Intelligence has learned that Sinopec, which presently draws most of its revenue from six oil fields in China [...]

Subscribers only Energy 30.12.2003

Iran, Senegal
Iranian Partnership

Senegal's state-owned oil company Petrosen has signed several partnership accords [...]

Subscribers only Energy 30.12.2003

Nigeria
Modifying PSCs

The standard production sharing contract that prevails in Nigeria's offshore [...]

Subscribers only Energy 30.12.2003

Senegal
Scramble for Sabodala Gold Mine

The Senegalese government is due to award the Sabodala gold mine concession in the south-east of the country in late [...]

Subscribers only Mining 16.12.2003

Guinea
Better Days for Iron Market

Long stalled because of soft world prices and lack of proper infrastructure, Guinea's iron reserves are now back in the [...]

Subscribers only Mining 16.12.2003

Nigeria
Ajaokuta to Soon Start Producing

Delayed for want of funding, a project by Solgas Energy Incorporated to rehabilitate the Ajaokuta steelworks is now underway. Experts [...]

Subscribers only Mining 16.12.2003

Sierra Leone
DiamondWorks Turns Up Jewel-Quality Gems

Tests on DiamondWorks' new processing plant at Koidu (AMI 66) turned up 282 carats of diamonds from different samples. Among [...]

Subscribers only Mining 16.12.2003

Liberia
Jonathan Mason

A Liberian geologist and graduate of the prestigious Colorado School of Mines, Jonathan Mason, has been named mines and energy [...]

Subscribers only Mining 16.12.2003

Nigeria
James Shiganga

A lot of changes at the top have occurred at the West African Portland Cement Company Plc (WAPCO) since it [...]

Subscribers only Mining 16.12.2003

Ghana
Daniel M. A. Owiredu

With AngloGold waiting for a green light from Ghana's parliament for its takeover of Ashanti Goldfields, the Ghana gold producer [...]

Subscribers only Mining 16.12.2003

Ghana
Golden Star Wants to Raise $50 Million

The American firm Golden Star Resources aims to double its [...]

Subscribers only Mining 16.12.2003

Spotlight | Nigeria | NNPC
Kupolokun Lines Up His Team

A month after his appointment as boss of Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC), Funsho Kupolokun has started eliminating 1,400 jobs.

Subscribers only Energy 09.12.2003

West Africa
World Bank Saves Pipeline

After long months of bargaining, the World Bank has not only agreed to guarantee the West Africa Gas Pipeline project but even to invest in it.

Subscribers only Energy 09.12.2003

Ivory Coast
Surprise Assault on IFC

The International Finance Corp., private investment arm of the World Bank, has been ordered by a court in Ivory Coast to pay Petro-Ivoire damages, a highly unusual situation for a company widely courted on the continent.

Subscribers only Energy 09.12.2003

Nigeria
Cost Over-Run for Bonga

Initially set to cost $2.3 billion, the final price tag for the development of RoyalDutch/Shell's Bonga field will work out [...]

Subscribers only Energy 09.12.2003

Nigeria
Edmund Daukoru

Appointed oil adviser to president Olusegun Obasanjo last month, Edmund Daukoru has resigned from the board of Platform Petroleum, a [...]

Subscribers only Energy 09.12.2003

Nigeria
Second Shell Contract with NLNG

RoyalDutch/Shell last week signed a contract to receive 1.4 million [...]

Subscribers only Energy 09.12.2003

Nigeria
Nigeria Oil & Gas

IBC Energy is organizing a conference on Dec. 10-11 at [...]

Subscribers only Energy 09.12.2003

Gambia
Zircon Project for Next Year ?

The Australian firm Carnegie Corporation is going to shortly start extracting ilmenite and zircon from its deposit in Gambia. A [...]

Subscribers only Mining 02.12.2003

Ghana
Ashanti Squeaky Clean for IFC

Ashanti Goldfields, the leading Ghanaian gold mining company that has just been bought by AngloGold, is drafting a ?resettlement action [...]

Subscribers only Mining 02.12.2003

Mali
Richard Savard

A Canadian geologist who has worked in West Africa for three decades, Richard Savard, will begin serving as consultant to [...]

Subscribers only Mining 02.12.2003

Burkina Faso, Ghana
St. Jude Raises Nearly $14 Million

Taking advantage of a rush of investors into shares of [...]

Subscribers only Mining 02.12.2003

Burkina Faso
Jilbey Gold Wins Four Concessions

The Burkina Faso government has handed Jilbey Gold four new [...]

Subscribers only Mining 02.12.2003

Senegal
New Mining Legislation

The Senegalese parliament approved the country's new mining code on [...]

Subscribers only Mining 02.12.2003

Mauritania
BRGM Presents Survey Results

France's Bureau de Recherche Geologiques et Minieres (BRGM) will unveil [...]

Subscribers only Mining 02.12.2003

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