European Commission sources have told AEM that a Southern African mining forum which the Commission's development department (DG-8) has been planning for over a year will not be staged until the end of this year.
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Katanga's provincial parliament has followed up governor Kyungu Wa Kumwanza's declaration of "total autonomy" in December with a move to [...]
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Can Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines (ZCCM) carry out the underground Konkola mine project that is crucial to maintaining its production [...]
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Sonangol is the leading state oil company in central Africa, according to Wood Mackenzie's latest annual update of companies operating [...]
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The possibility that Niger could be connected to the future Chad-Cameroon crude oil pipeline has been mentioned up to now [...]
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The jack-ups Key Victoria, currently idle at Port Gentil, and Excelsior 1, presently in the United Arab Emirates, are front [...]
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France's Bouygues Offshore (BOS) has just opened a permanent office in Douala to see that work on extending port facilities [...]
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A mediation committee has been set up to examine complaints over an oil shipment delivered by Vitol last year. The [...]
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The original well and one of two appraisal wells drilled by Sonangol on its first development project have been producing [...]
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AEM understands that the jack-up Petrobras XI owned by Brasoil (Petrobras) will be getting a new contract from Cabinda Gulf [...]
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Apart from a first meeting with Philippe Jaffré since the latter's appointment as boss of Elf Aquitaine (AEM 125) Angolese [...]
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French imports of crude from black Africa dropped by 16.2% in 1993 compared to the previous year, according to figures [...]
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Petrobel will drill one appraisal and possibly one exploration well [...]
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Enterprise Oil's first well on its maritime permit near Mahe [...]
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Conoco has issued an invitation to tender for a jack-up [...]
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A government source told AEM that talks with BP had [...]
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SAPREF in Durban (Shell-BP) has just inaugurated two key parts [...]
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British Gas will drill its 32-day Amilcar exploration well in [...]
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Walter Oil & Gas will use the jack-up Glomar High [...]
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Elf will use the semi Sedco 700 to drill its [...]
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According to the French foreign ministry, 245 French persons live [...]
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Twenty companies are reportedly bidding for exploration permits for the [...]
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The European Investment Bank has announced the signing of a [...]
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Benin has awarded a $200,000 contract to the U.S. firm Gustavson Associates for "a preliminary design and economic feasibility study" [...]
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The African Development Bank (ADB) is expected this month to approve funding worth $1.3 million for an engineering study at [...]
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The so-called "Economic and Social Development Conferences" for Western Kasai (Codesko) and Eastern Kasai (Codeskor) set up a limited liability [...]
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Contracts will shortly be awarded to transfer management of the National Power Authority (NPA) to an outside utility and for [...]
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Following in the footsteps of several West African countries, Tanzania [...]
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