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Bauxite: Vimetco in majors’ footsteps

Will Vimetco Ghana (Bauxite) succeed where Alcoa and BHP Billiton among others threw in the towel? The Romanian mining group [...]

Free access Mining 29.03.2011

July boost for WAGP

Initially scheduled to come on stream in 2008, the West African Gas Pipeline (WAGP) will see its compression ratio sharply [...]

Subscribers only Energy 22.03.2011

Kamla Persad Bissessar

Kamla Persad Bissessar, prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago, announced [...]

Subscribers only Energy 22.03.2011

Sam Coetzer

A former executive of Kinross Gold Corp and Xstrata AG, Sam Coetzer, has been put in charge of Golden Star [...]

Subscribers only Mining 15.03.2011

Oil bill adopted at last

The Petroleum Revenue Bill which determines the use and share [...]

Subscribers only Energy 08.03.2011

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France’s Bollore on a lucky streak

A former tobacco magnate in Africa, Vincent Bollore had the bright idea to drop that business some time back to return to what was once a core business: shipping. In the space of a few years, the French businessman succeeded [...]

Subscribers only Politics 23.02.2011

Cut-rate power from WAGP

The regular supply of gas from the West African Gas Pipeline will have a singular effect in Ghana: it will drive down the price of electricity.

Subscribers only Energy 22.02.2011

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Cleaning up African politics

Is the African Union just a tad out of touch? While young people, who make up the vast majority of the population in Africa, have been demonstrating in the streets of Tunis, Algiers and Cairo, on January 28 Obiang Nguema [.

Subscribers only Politics 09.02.2011

Kosmos moves closer to IPO

After reaching a compromise last month in its many disputes [...]

Subscribers only Energy 25.01.2011

SEMS Exploration Services in Mauritania and Liberia

SEMS Exploration Services, a geological and mining consultancy for the [...]

Subscribers only Mining 18.01.2011

Lukoil sees buying opportunities

Failing in its efforts to increase operations in Russia, where it finds itself competing against state-owned Gazprom, Lukoil is thinking of investing more in Africa.

Subscribers only Energy 11.01.2011

Grynberg keeps plugging away

Although a first ruling deprived him of rights on a concession in Central African Republic, Jack Grynberg is continuing his battle against Bangui before the ICSID.

Subscribers only Energy 11.01.2011

Brian Maxted

Kosmos Energy appointed Brian Maxted as its new managing director on Jan. 3 following the departure of the company’s chief [...]

Subscribers only Energy 11.01.2011

New mining frontiers in gold country

Mining exploration in Ghana, which had centered primarily on the country’s gold resources, is to branch out in new directions. [...]

Subscribers only Mining 04.01.2011

Vitol Builds Up Empire

Already present on two licenses in Ghana’s offshore though its [...]

Subscribers only Energy 21.12.2010

BM Funding Put Back

Planned to coincide with the inauguration of the Jubilee field [...]

Subscribers only Energy 21.12.2010

Tema Waiting for Go-Ahead

Although the firm Aldwych International succeeded in October in putting [...]

Subscribers only Energy 21.12.2010

KPMG’s Francophone African ambitions

As well as its traditional auditing activity, KPMG France is [...]

Subscribers only Business 08.12.2010

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Question Marks on Dealing with Oil Riches

With Ghanaian president John Atta Mills scheduled on December 15 to formally open the pumps on the Jubilee field, which will initially produce 55,000 bpd and then 120,000 by the end of 2011, Ghana’s lawmakers have yet to reach agreement [.

Subscribers only Energy 07.12.2010

Frank Timis

The Australian Securities Exchange (ASE), which conducted an inquiry into Frank Timis, chairman of the board of African Petroleum Corp, [...]

Subscribers only Energy 07.12.2010

Rialto’s Man Wants Payoff

The Australian firm Rialto Energy, whose management team is almost [...]

Subscribers only Energy 07.12.2010

Goldplat Shifts into Key Position in Ghana

Goldplat has acquired rights on the Banka mining concession in [...]

Subscribers only Mining 30.11.2010

Spotlight
How the Gasoline Traffickers Work

The smuggling of Nigerian oil products to neighboring countries is continuing to rise, to the despair of service station operators. The economies of Cameroon, Benin and Niger function largely on cheap and illicit gasoline. And the traffic deprives the governments [.

Subscribers only Energy 23.11.2010

A $26 Mn Regulatory Body

The World Bank’s board of directors is expected to vote [...]

Subscribers only Energy 23.11.2010

Stock Listing for Jubilee

Credit Suisse is advising Kosmos on its plan to float [...]

Subscribers only Energy 09.11.2010

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Ghana

Bauxite: Vimetco in majors’ footsteps

July boost for WAGP

Kamla Persad Bissessar

Sam Coetzer

Oil bill adopted at last

Spotlight
France’s Bollore on a lucky streak

Cut-rate power from WAGP

Spotlight
Cleaning up African politics

Kosmos moves closer to IPO

SEMS Exploration Services in Mauritania and Liberia

Lukoil sees buying opportunities

Grynberg keeps plugging away

Brian Maxted

New mining frontiers in gold country

Vitol Builds Up Empire

BM Funding Put Back

Tema Waiting for Go-Ahead

KPMG’s Francophone African ambitions

Spotlight
Question Marks on Dealing with Oil Riches

Frank Timis

Rialto’s Man Wants Payoff

Goldplat Shifts into Key Position in Ghana

Spotlight
How the Gasoline Traffickers Work

A $26 Mn Regulatory Body

Stock Listing for Jubilee

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Ghana

Bauxite: Vimetco in majors’ footsteps

July boost for WAGP

Kamla Persad Bissessar

Sam Coetzer

Oil bill adopted at last

Spotlight France’s Bollore on a lucky streak

Cut-rate power from WAGP

Spotlight Cleaning up African politics

Kosmos moves closer to IPO

SEMS Exploration Services in Mauritania and Liberia

Lukoil sees buying opportunities

Grynberg keeps plugging away

Brian Maxted

New mining frontiers in gold country

Vitol Builds Up Empire

BM Funding Put Back

Tema Waiting for Go-Ahead

KPMG’s Francophone African ambitions

Spotlight Question Marks on Dealing with Oil Riches

Frank Timis

Rialto’s Man Wants Payoff

Goldplat Shifts into Key Position in Ghana

Spotlight How the Gasoline Traffickers Work

A $26 Mn Regulatory Body

Stock Listing for Jubilee

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About Africa Intelligence

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Africa Intelligence on social media

Indigo Publications' websites

Spotlight
France’s Bollore on a lucky streak

Spotlight
Cleaning up African politics

Spotlight
Question Marks on Dealing with Oil Riches

Spotlight
How the Gasoline Traffickers Work