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Business mogul Ernesto Monimambo moves into diamonds with former Luó manager

Ernest Monimambo, a former TAAG national airline board member and oil and gas entrepreneur, is taking his first steps in the mining sector. He has joined forces with the deposed deputy director of Luó diamond mine to create Emza Mining. [...]

Published on 13.11.2020 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Alrosa
Angola Estee Oilfield Services
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Angola
Endiama struggles to find a suitor for its private security subsidiary Alfa-5

Amid the wave of privatisations initiated by President Lourenço, Angola's national diamond company Endiama is seeking a buyer for its Alfa-5 subsidiary, but the tarnished reputation of the security firm is complicating the task.

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Angola
The deal is sealed: Endiama takes over tarnished Odebrecht stake in Catoca Diamond Mine

The sale of Brazilian Odebrecht 8.2% stake in Sociedade Mineira do Catoca (SMC) to Endiama was finally concluded on 21 January for $70m.

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Dubai vies to keep grip on Angolan diamonds

The Dubai Diamond Exchange currently handles 90% of diamonds produced in Angola, and it wants things to stay that way. It is taking steps it hopes will prevent Luanda's mining sector reforms from reducing its market share.

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Sierra Leone
Beny Steinmetz's former right-hand man moves forward with Van Rooyen dynasty on Meya diamond mine

Trustco, owned by the Namibian Van Rooyen family, is in talks over $86m in funding to explore a diamond mine in Sierra Leone, a country where Jan Joubert, head of resources, used to work for BSGR.

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Angola
Local content: should Total, Chevron, ENI, ExxonMobil and BP be worried?

After a wait of five years, the decree providing for greater local company involvement in the oil industry is set to come into force at a difficult time, with the country still in the throes of the Covid-19 crisis.

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The secret story of Total's strike on Anadarko

Total has no intention of losing its seat as one of the largest oil players on the continent and has been busy working to keep ahead of Chevron in the race for Anadarko's African assets.

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Sonangol draws up inventory of blocks to peddle to majors

Angola's financially precarious state-owned firm Sonangol has discreetly launched a vast campaign to sell some of its producing offshore blocks. Block 32 - As Africa Energy Intelligence understands, Sonangol opened a data room in December in Luanda to present block [.

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American major ExxonMobil wants a finger in every pie

Flying in the face of low crude prices, over the past few months ExxonMobil has been on a spending spree across Africa picking up a string of new acquisitions. New boss Darren Woods' arrival in January doesn't seem to have [.

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Guinea
Behind the scenes of Mamadi Doumbouya's offensive on Russian miner Nordgold

DRC
Dan Gertler's billions of dollars in royalties at heart of huge legal battle

Angola
Business mogul Ernesto Monimambo moves into diamonds with former Luó manager

Angola
Endiama struggles to find a suitor for its private security subsidiary Alfa-5

Angola
The deal is sealed: Endiama takes over tarnished Odebrecht stake in Catoca Diamond Mine

Spotlight | Angola, UAE
Dubai vies to keep grip on Angolan diamonds

Sierra Leone
Beny Steinmetz's former right-hand man moves forward with Van Rooyen dynasty on Meya diamond mine

Angola
Local content: should Total, Chevron, ENI, ExxonMobil and BP be worried?

Spotlight | Algeria, Ghana, Mozambique
The secret story of Total's strike on Anadarko

Spotlight | Angola
Sonangol draws up inventory of blocks to peddle to majors

Spotlight | Africa
American major ExxonMobil wants a finger in every pie