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Burkina Faso

Merkel snubs Compaore

Unlike Faure Gnassingbe in June 2009, Burkina Faso’s President Blaise Compaore did not get the red carpet treatment from a rather mistrustful German Chancellor Angela Merkel during his recent visit to Germany.

Subscribers only Politics 27.06.2012

Rosneft

The state-owned Russian oil company Rosneft could very shortly buy [...]

Subscribers only Energy 26.06.2012

IFC in trade finance deal

For the first time, the International Finance Corp (IFC), the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 26.06.2012

Timis to win auction for Tambao's manganese?

The lengthy competition between would-be buyers of the key Tambao manganese project could be drawing to a close. The Ouagadougou [...]

Subscribers only Mining 19.06.2012

Desire Aboukan

Having just been awarded an exploration permit for the Poura gold project in Burkina Faso, the American firm Newmont Ventures [...]

Subscribers only Mining 19.06.2012

Senate post for Compaore?

Mining operators in Burkina Faso and in West Africa in [...]

Subscribers only Mining 19.06.2012

Algy Cluff’s crucial swansong deal

The London explorer Cluff Gold finds itself at a crucial crossroads just as its renowned founder, Algy Cluff, has retired [...]

Subscribers only Mining 05.06.2012

Tertius Zongo

Former Burkina Faso prime minister Tertius Zongo, who served between 2007 and 2011, has joined the board of the Canadian [...]

Subscribers only Mining 05.06.2012

Marie Ange Kalenga

Burkina Faso’s participation in the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) seems to be going nowhere. A joint delegation from the [...]

Subscribers only Mining 05.06.2012

Avocet’s new expansion plan at Inata

Avocet Mining intends to invest in further expansion at its [...]

Subscribers only Mining 05.06.2012

Goldrush seeks mining rights by 2015

The Ronguen project some 100 km north of Ouagadougou remains [...]

Subscribers only Mining 22.05.2012

Avion Gold focuses on Hounde

After being forced to rein in its ambitions on gold [...]

Subscribers only Mining 22.05.2012

Compaore looks to the French left

Blaise Compaore is not unhappy about Nicolas Sarkozy's presidential defeat and has been cultivating his Socialist contacts to regain access to France's corridors of power.

Subscribers only Politics 16.05.2012

Actlabs plants flag in Burkina Faso

In setting up operations in Ougadougou, the Canadian group Activation [...]

Subscribers only Mining 03.04.2012

Stratex seeks GBP 7

The British explorer Stratex International has retained Northland Capital Partners [...]

Subscribers only Mining 03.04.2012

Home stretch for Ampella

With CFA 23.5 billion in investment planned for this year [...]

Subscribers only Mining 20.03.2012

Gold output to hit 40 ton mark in 2012

Burkina Faso is expecting mining companies to produce 40 tons [...]

Subscribers only Mining 20.03.2012

Sopatel chief

A fresh round of musical chairs is underway for the [...]

Subscribers only Business 14.03.2012

Newmont beats Ampela to Burkina Faso contract

The U.S. company Newmont Ventures, has been awarded the contract [...]

Subscribers only Business 14.03.2012

Bruce Burrows

With only a few months to go before it starts a three-well drilling campaign in Ivory Coast, Australia's Rialto Energy [...]

Subscribers only Energy 13.03.2012

SEMS Exploration Services in expansion drive

The mining services company SEMS Exploration Services which is active in Ghana, Burkina Faso, Mauritania and Ivory Coast and headed [...]

Subscribers only Mining 06.03.2012

Ouagadougou, 21-25/03

Burkina Faso is organizing its first international fair on energy, mines and quarries (SEMICA) in Ouagadougou under the patronage of [...]

Free access Mining 06.03.2012

Ouagadougou, 12-18/03

A workshop on metallogy (mechanisms involved in the formation of mineral deposits) in Africa is being backed by UNESCO, the [...]

Free access Mining 06.03.2012

Sultan Corp now named Balarama Resources

Holding dual Australian and Polish citizenship, Derek Lenartowicz, boss of [...]

Subscribers only Mining 06.03.2012

Newmont Ventures to reopen the Poura mine

The Burkina Faso government has chosen the American concern Newmont [...]

Subscribers only Mining 06.03.2012

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Burkina Faso

Merkel snubs Compaore

Rosneft

IFC in trade finance deal

Timis to win auction for Tambao's manganese?

Desire Aboukan

Senate post for Compaore?

Algy Cluff’s crucial swansong deal

Tertius Zongo

Marie Ange Kalenga

Avocet’s new expansion plan at Inata

Goldrush seeks mining rights by 2015

Avion Gold focuses on Hounde

Compaore looks to the French left

Actlabs plants flag in Burkina Faso

Stratex seeks GBP 7

Home stretch for Ampella

Gold output to hit 40 ton mark in 2012

Sopatel chief

Newmont beats Ampela to Burkina Faso contract

Bruce Burrows

SEMS Exploration Services in expansion drive

Ouagadougou, 21-25/03

Ouagadougou, 12-18/03

Sultan Corp now named Balarama Resources

Newmont Ventures to reopen the Poura mine

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Burkina Faso

Merkel snubs Compaore

Rosneft

IFC in trade finance deal

Timis to win auction for Tambao's manganese?

Desire Aboukan

Senate post for Compaore?

Algy Cluff’s crucial swansong deal

Tertius Zongo

Marie Ange Kalenga

Avocet’s new expansion plan at Inata

Goldrush seeks mining rights by 2015

Avion Gold focuses on Hounde

Compaore looks to the French left

Actlabs plants flag in Burkina Faso

Stratex seeks GBP 7

Home stretch for Ampella

Gold output to hit 40 ton mark in 2012

Sopatel chief

Newmont beats Ampela to Burkina Faso contract

Bruce Burrows

SEMS Exploration Services in expansion drive

Ouagadougou, 21-25/03

Ouagadougou, 12-18/03

Sultan Corp now named Balarama Resources

Newmont Ventures to reopen the Poura mine

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