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West Africa

Equatorial Guinea
U.S. Lobbies for CMS Energy

A senior official from the U.S. state department’s central African department paid a "courtesy call" on the Equatorial Guinea government [...]

Subscribers only Energy 19.06.2001

Mauritania
Roc Oil Exercises Option

Excitement over Mauritania’s deep offshore appears to be steadily mounting. After a promising discovery by Hardman Resources on a first [...]

Subscribers only Energy 19.06.2001

Nigeria
AES Late With Tests

The first tests on the floating, nine-generator power station built by the U.S. firm AES in Lagos port were due [...]

Subscribers only Energy 19.06.2001

West Africa
Africa Major Exporter to U.S.

Out of $23.5 billion worth of goods and services that [...]

Subscribers only Energy 19.06.2001

Nigeria
Electricity Strategy in Nigeria

Highly involved with Elf and Agip in producing gas, Shell [...]

Subscribers only Energy 19.06.2001

West Africa
Semafo makes another discovery in Burkina

Semafo, the Canadian mining exploration company in West Africa, in [...]

Subscribers only Mining 15.06.2001

Guinea | DIAMOND
Guinea certifies its diamonds

Now that the traffic in diamonds from Sierra Leone and Liberia has been put in check - the latter country [...]

Subscribers only Mining 14.06.2001

Sierra Leone | DIAMONDS
The World Bank bankrolls Jean-Raymond Boulle

The renovation of the Sierra Rutile mine in Mobimbi, in Sierra Leone, ought to be partially financed by the International [...]

Subscribers only Mining 14.06.2001

Mauritania
VEDRINE STOPOVER

French foreign minister Hubert Vedrine dropped by the Moroccan capital [...]

Subscribers only 14.06.2001

Mauritania
NOUAKCHOTT’S BLACK GOLD DREAMS

The Mauritanian government has oil on its mind ever since [...]

Subscribers only 14.06.2001

Mauritania
Visiting Rio Tinto in London

Mauritania’s mines and industry minister, Ishagh Ould Rajel , spent some days in London in early June at the invitation [...]

Subscribers only Mining 12.06.2001

Liberia
Travel Ban on Bosses

The embargo slapped on Liberia early last week will effectively block any growth in the country’s mining industry. The measures [...]

Subscribers only Mining 12.06.2001

Guinea
France Subsidizes Mining Research

Despite Pechiney ’s withdrawal from its partnership with Office des Bauxites de Kindia (OBK) in 1997 (AMI No. 11), the [...]

Subscribers only Mining 12.06.2001

Ghana
Joyce Wereko-Brobby

John Bentum-Williams has stood down as chief executive officer of the Ghana Chamber of Mines in favor of Joyce [...]

Subscribers only Mining 12.06.2001

Ghana
Golden Star Moves On Bogoso

After a lot of hesitation, the U.S. firm Golden Star [...]

Subscribers only Mining 12.06.2001

Ghana
Traditional Chiefs Demand Impact Report

Mining and timber firms in the Akyem Abuakwa area in [...]

Subscribers only Mining 12.06.2001

Liberia | MINING
The consequences of the UN embargo on Liberia

The embargo imposed by the United Nations against Liberia at the beginning of the week will not only handicap the [...]

Subscribers only Mining 07.06.2001

Mauritania
RIO TINTO

RIO TINTO, which owns several diamond exploration licenses in Mauritania, [...]

Subscribers only 07.06.2001

West Africa | ROYAL DUTCH/SHELL
Lure of the Deep Offshore

Already figuring among the biggest oil operators in West Africa, Royal Dutch/Shell has just scored two new points in the [...]