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CNPC wants to squeeze last drop from Niamey

Beijing is doing everything possible to revise the conditions of its partnership with the government of Niger to make the Zinder refinery profitable. [...]

Published on 16/09/2015 at 04:30 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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