Depending on outside sources for two thirds of its oil supplies, South Africa is stepping up its efforts to attract foreign companies to its shores in the hope of finding oil and gas. In 1994 the South African government issued [.
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While France's Suez Lyonnaise des Eaux posted a 29% surge of revenue to 19.1 billion Euros ($16.8 billion) in first [...]
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On Sept. 30 the Societe Nationale d'Electricite (SNEL) completed the infrastructure work needed to bring electricity and water to the [...]
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The Mozal aluminum project has pointed up the excellent cooperation existing between three of the region's power utilities, the South [...]
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The maximum capacity that Uganda can sell to Kenya could [...]
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In the first half of 2000, production of crude operated by foreign companies in association with Sonatrach represented roughly 21% [...]
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The Africa Upstream 2000 conference organized in Cape Town in late September by Global Pacific & Partners cast light on [...]
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In announcing a new discovery – Lobito – on block 14 in Angola's deep offshore on Oct. 4, operator Chevron [...]
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Land-locked Niger is seeking to attract foreign companies that can develop exploration operations and trying to find ways of exporting [...]
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Perenco has made its debut in the Democratic Republic of Congo's upstream by acquiring TotalFinaElf's stake on five on-shore oil [...]
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The economic impact of oil projects on three African nations – Chad, Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea—will be the object of [...]
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As the Skidmore energy affiliate Lone Star Energy prepares to begin offshore drilling from mid-November, the company is pressing ahead [...]
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South Africa's Engen, an affiliate of the national Malaysian oil [...]
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Mineral resources and energy minister Abdallah Kigoda appears optimistic over [...]
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The National Oil Company of Zimbabwe (NOCZIM) and the South [...]
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No diamonds have been mined in Swaziland since 1996 but the government says the Dvokolwako diamond mine could soon re-open. [...]
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A new firm, Namakwa Diamond Co., will shortly be floated on the Australian stock exchange to raise money to develop [...]
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Vaaldiam Resources Ltd. has begun exploration on the 2,335 hectare Mooikloof Diamond Property that the company owns jointly with the [...]
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Malawi may have found a market for its as yet unexploited bauxite deposits. The Malawi government has held talks with [...]
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The Mozambique authorities are cracking down on illegal gold prospecting in the northern Niassa province, ostensibly to curtain environmental damage [...]
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Output of Cobalt by Gecamines (GCM) dropped from around 500 tons a month in July and August to only 250 [...]
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The Tanzanian affiliate of Twigg Minerals plc, Twigg Gold Ltd., claims to have discovered "extremely promising mineralisation on the Miyabi [...]
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The Canadian-Belgian firm Rex Diamonds Mining has announced the discovery of a new kimberlite on one of its nine licenses [...]
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Has the mining organization FECODI (Federation Congolaise des Negociants d'Or [...]
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Barrick Gold has announced a 40% rise in reserves on [...]
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Already facing serious problems, Zimbabwe's Mhangura Copper Mines (MCM) encountered [...]
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The Canadian gold company Conquest Resources Ltd. has signed a [...]
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