Despite its return to "democracy," Nigeria is clearly sitting on a barrel of highly inflammable oil. "You liked the Ogonis, now you're going to love the Ijaws, Itserikis, Urhobos, Isikos, Liages, Ekpeyes, Ikwerres and Ogulaghas," warned an oil company official [.
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An international invitation to tender is being prepared for work to be carried out in "partnership" to bring the Inga [...]
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Public enterprises minister Stella Sicau announced on Feb. 16 that [...]
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Siemens South Africa has undertaken talks with a black empowerment [...]
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The Southern African Development Bank and the International Finance Corp, [...]
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South Africa's two iron-ore exporters, Iscor and Associated Manganese Mines of South Africa, are planning to cooperate to reduce the [...]
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Reunion Mining has confirmed that it is talking with unidentified interests on the sale of all or part of its [...]
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War and confusion in both Angola and Democratic Republic of Congo has caused some doors to slam shut for diamond [...]
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Burundi's parliament has been sharply split in a debate over a draft bill that was to have confirmed a mining [...]
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Canada's Barrick Gold is to develop Bulyanhulu, Africa's biggest gold mine project at the moment. Barrick, the world's second-ranking gold [...]
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Marked by the arrival of several Canadian and Australian juniors in recent years, South Africa's diamond scene has just seen [...]
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An interim report by the Vancouver-based consultants Rescan Engineering and Steffen, Robertson, Kirston who were commissioned in early 1998 to [...]
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Although it has not yet won rights to the project, [...]
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Australian financial circles believe that BHP is on the point [...]
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Namibia's Tsumeb Corp which had been facing liquidation at the [...]
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Suedelektra's Rhombus Vanadium mine has had its annual output of [...]
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The Office Cherifien des Phosphates has signed a memorandum of [...]
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Tenke Mining Corp announced on Feb. 23 that it had [...]
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Zimbabwe's state-controlled copper company Mhangura Copper Mines is almost halving [...]
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Statoil has decided to remain active as an operator in Nigeria after striking oil and gas in its latest offshore [...]
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Ranger Oil is once again reviewing its drilling strategy for the Espoir field re-development in block CI-40 in offshore Ivory [...]
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French imports of crude oil rose by 2.5% last year to total 89.9 million tons but those from Black Africa [...]
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Although the end of the year 2000 still officially remained [...]
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Chevron/Cabinda Gulf has released the R&B Falcon jack-up Randolph Yost. [...]
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The drillship Discoverer 511 has no further work after it [...]
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Mobil Nigeria has given Noble Drilling notice that it is [...]
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Angola, Mozambique and Tanzania have appealed to the African Development [...]
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AEM has learned that the state-owned South African company Soekor [...]
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Phillips Petroleum is in the market with a check into [...]
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Africa's share in Elf Aquitaine's net output of crude rose [...]
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Elf Gabon cut back on investment in exploration for the [...]
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