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West Africa

Guinea
How Traore Roped in Cassidy

According to Africa Mining Intelligence sources, mining promoter Moussa Traore was behind the Canadian firm Cassidy Gold Corp.'s arrival on [...]

Subscribers only Mining 16.07.2002

Ghana
Merger Could Push Lion Selection's Plans

If it comes off, a planned merger between the Australian firms Red Back Mining and Resolute Mining could provide a [...]

Subscribers only Mining 16.07.2002

Burkina Faso
Cluff Looking at Kasalka's Feasibility

Although Cluff Mining is focussing its efforts on its platinum [...]

Subscribers only Mining 16.07.2002

Guinea
Kenor Wants to Double Resources

The Norwegian mining group Kenor ASA which operates the huge [...]

Subscribers only Mining 16.07.2002

Mauritania
AURORA

AURORA, a trading company owned by Michael Prest, a former [...]

Subscribers only 11.07.2002

Nigeria
IPP Drive Runs Out of Steam

The Nigerian government's hopes of getting five major oil companies to take part in power projects with NNPC have fallen victim to funding concerns.

Subscribers only Energy 09.07.2002

Equatorial Guinea
Africa Energy's Dilemma

After adopting a highly ambitious drilling program for its Equatorial Guinea concessions (AEI 323), the South African firm Energy Africa [...]

Subscribers only Energy 09.07.2002

Ivory Coast
Musical Chairs in Offshore

The latest concession awarded to Canadian Natural Resources is a left-over from licenses held by Ocean Energy and Mondoil.

Subscribers only Energy 09.07.2002

West Africa
Decisive Month for WAGP

Put back on several occasions, the West African Gas Pipeline project is expected to make headway this summer although uncertainty over its future won't be entirely lifted.

Subscribers only Energy 09.07.2002

Equatorial Guinea
A Rush to Help Gepetrole

Set up last year, Equatorial Guinea's oil company, Gepetrole, has called for assistance from consultants to make up for a shortage of qualified staff.

Subscribers only Energy 09.07.2002

West Africa
IFC's Plans for Gulf of Guinea Oil Projects

The International Finance Corp., private investment arm of the World Bank, is thinking of financing new energy projects in Africa [...]

Subscribers only Energy 09.07.2002

Nigeria
Refinery Sell-0ff Set for Next January

The four refineries still in the hands of Nigerian National [...]

Subscribers only Energy 09.07.2002

Mauritania
New Trading Contract

The Mauritanian government has picked Aurora, a company headed by [...]

Subscribers only Energy 09.07.2002

Nigeria | NNPC
?Informal? Indigenisation

AEI has learned that various draft bills designed to increase [...]

Subscribers only Energy 09.07.2002

Nigeria | NEPA
World Bank Disburses Loan

A $100 million loan for Nigeria's ?transmission development project? that [...]

Subscribers only Energy 09.07.2002

Nigeria | WARD CREATIVE COMMUNICATIONS
Consultants to Chrome Energy

The Texas-based consulting and public relations company Ward Creative Communications [...]

Subscribers only Energy 09.07.2002

Equatorial Guinea
Oil & Gas in Equatorial Guinea

The CWC group is organizing a conference on the oil [...]

Subscribers only Energy 09.07.2002

Liberia
Smithson Brings THG Into Mano River Venture

Once again Mano River Resources' favorite geologist, Karl Smithson, has pulled off a coup. Smithson, who discovered diamonds for Mano [...]

Subscribers only Mining 02.07.2002

Ghana
Bare-Knuckle Fight for Chirano

Ashanti Goldfields has renewed its fight to acquire the Chirano gold deposit operated by Australia's Red Back Mining. In April [...]

Subscribers only Mining 02.07.2002

Ghana
Canadian Firm in Industrial Minerals Deal

Holding a reconnaissance license on a giant, 10,000 sq.km. concession off Ghana's coast, the Canadian firm Marine Mining Corp. is [...]

Subscribers only Mining 02.07.2002

Gambia
Atlantic Takes over Carnegie's Zircon

The zircon stockpile at Brufut that was built up by British Titan Products in the 1950s and then acquired by [...]

Subscribers only Mining 02.07.2002

Mali
Ahmed Semega

A skilled mining professional, Ahmed Semega, has crossed the barrier to become Mali's minister of mines, energy and water, a [...]

Subscribers only Mining 02.07.2002

Mauritania
New Shareholders in SNIM

The World Bank has called on Mauritania to sell off [...]

Subscribers only Mining 02.07.2002

Ghana
Lonmin Retains its 32% in Ashanti

The world's No. 3 platinum producer, Lonmin, has decided to [...]

Subscribers only Mining 02.07.2002

Nigeria
**Reform & Privatization of Electricity

The CWC group is organizing a conference on future privatization [...]

Subscribers only Energy 25.06.2002

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