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West Africa

Nigeria
Seplat partner Belema steps from shadows

Belema Oil Producing, the partner of Seplat when it acquired Chevron’s 40% stake on OML 53 and 55, is going [...]

Subscribers only Energy 03.03.2015

Ghana, Nigeria, Tanzania
Heritage Oil makes most of its Qatari owner’s unlimited cash

The acquisition of Heritage last June by the Al Mirqab company owned by an ex-prime minister of Qatar has unleashed the Canadian explorer’s African ambitions.

Subscribers only Energy 03.03.2015

Nigeria
The firms lying in wait to ambush Afren

Nigerian companies are jockeying for the best position to snap up a company with handsome assets but empty pockets.

Subscribers only Energy 03.03.2015

Spotlight | Niger
Issoufou to make the call on privatization of Samira Hill goldmine

While the future of Areva’s new uranium mine at Imouraren remains increasingly uncertain, Niger’s mines ministry is in a hurry to complete the sell-off of the Samira Hill gold mine, the lone industrial-scale gold operation in the country. The disposal [...]

Subscribers only Mining 24.02.2015

Mali
Wanbao Mining bids for AngloGold Ashanti’s assets

Africa Mining Intelligence understands AngloGold Ashanti has finally decided to wave goodbye to Mali. And the company that’s trying to [...]

Subscribers only Mining 24.02.2015

Guinea
Under pressure, RusAl finally wakes up at Fria

RusAl is working once again on re-opening the alumina refinery it manages at Friguia and which has been closed since [...]

Subscribers only Mining 24.02.2015

Ivory Coast
Timis in talks with Bollore on warehouse deal

Pan African Minerals, a company founded by Australian-Romanian businessman Frank Timis, has begun talks with Bollore Africa Logistics on buying [...]

Subscribers only Mining 24.02.2015

Guinea
Allan Davies offers his idea on Simandou timeline

The boss of Rio Tinto’s metals division, Alan Davies, was in Conakry on Feb. 20 to help smooth over a [...]

Subscribers only Mining 24.02.2015

Mali
Two firms ahead in mining audit tender

Out of 21 firms which submitted bids to conduct a [...]

Subscribers only Mining 24.02.2015

Guinea
World Bank helps with Conakry corridor

A World Bank mission headed by transportation expert Henry des [...]

Subscribers only Mining 24.02.2015

Burkina Faso
Mining code: a warning from World Bank

The World Bank has decided to increase to $100 million [...]

Subscribers only Mining 24.02.2015

Ivory Coast
Ivoirian mining department swamped by applications for rights

Since early last year over 100 applications have been examined. [...]

Subscribers only Mining 24.02.2015

Mali
Jack Lang in push for Robex

At the behest of Georges Cohen, boss of the Robex [...]

Subscribers only Mining 24.02.2015

Niger
Areva to pay $10 million to Niamey

Areva is honouring its payments under an agreement with Niger [...]

Subscribers only Mining 24.02.2015

Senegal
Macky Sall eyes 2017 victory

Planning ahead for Senegal’s presidential elections in two years’ time, President Macky ² is preparing a campaign that he hopes will lead him to victory in the first round of voting.

Subscribers only Politics 18.02.2015

Niger
Imouraren mining project dies slow death

The much-hyped Imouraren uranium mining project signed by Areva and the government of Niger in 2009 may never see the light of day.

Subscribers only Business 18.02.2015

Senegal
ArcelorMittal dispute moves on to Paris

Several figures close to Abdoulaye Wade have teamed up to try to get French courts to cancel an agreement between Dakar and ArcelorMittal.

Subscribers only Business 18.02.2015

Ivory Coast
Bouygues & subsidiaries still have the inside track

Despite a rise in the number of Asian firms in the country, Ivory Coast remains a key market for French construction groups.

Subscribers only Business 18.02.2015

Senegal
Khalifa Sall, the other Sall takes on Macky

Elected as the Socialist mayor of Dakar in the municipal elections in June 2014, the current national secretary of the [...]

Subscribers only Politics 18.02.2015

Ivory Coast
Blaise Compaore confers in Abidjan

Overthrown in a mass uprising in Burkina Faso last October, Blaise Compaore is still residing in Ivory Coast after a [...]

Subscribers only Politics 18.02.2015

Niger
Varuna casts lustful eyes at SML

The Varuna company has entered into exclusive talks with Niger’s [...]

Subscribers only Business 18.02.2015

Ivory Coast
Morocco’s BMCE pulls out of Eurobond issue

A second Eurobond issue by the Ivory Coast government between [...]

Subscribers only Business 18.02.2015

Ivory Coast
China’s Eximbank pushes Ivoirian debt skywards

Loans by China’s Eximbank to Ivory Coast have reached $4.4 [...]

Subscribers only Business 18.02.2015

Ivory Coast
Konan Kouassi re-enlists as head of Conseil Cafe-Cacao

Chairman of the Conseil Café Cacao (CCC), an entity that [...]

Subscribers only Business 18.02.2015

Ivory Coast
Delmotte eyes the Aviennes and Indenie health care clinics

Saham Sante Cote d’Ivoire, an affiliate of the Moroccan insurance [...]

Subscribers only Business 18.02.2015

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