De Beers' decision to stop buying rough diamonds from Angola is probably the single most important announcement the group has made in years, according to market analysts. The company has everything to win and nothing to lose from the move.
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The privatization of Cameroon's Societe Nationale d'Electricite (SONEL) finally is on track after years of hesitation due to resistance to [...]
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Ethiopia has opened its power sector to private investment, including [...]
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No less than 10 consortia are bidding for a third [...]
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The second Sub Saharan Power Conference is being organized, like [...]
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Triton Energy extended the contract of Diamond Offshore's semi-submersible Ocean Alliance for an appraisal well immediately after a discovery on [...]
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Elf Exploration-Production is examining the first results from a series of surveys conducted by the French marine research institute Infremer [...]
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The American Anti-Slavery Group (AASG) has launched a campaign against the Canadian oil company Talisman and its partners in the [...]
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A new financial package guaranteed against future production has been [...]
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Chevron has invited tenders for two jack-up contracts for drilling [...]
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Operator Ocean Energy has abandoned the East Grand Lahou well [...]
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The semi submersible Scarabeo 4 is about to mobilize to [...]
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Marathon is understood to be planning to drill two wells [...]
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Before planned talks with TotalFina on Elf Gabon's future, president [...]
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The Sao Tome government has started legal action for "slander" [...]
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A Saudi firm named Usama Company is to spend $1.3 [...]
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Foster Wheeler South Africa has landed a basic engineering contract [...]
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Stolt Comex Seaway has won a $10 million contract from [...]
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Well established in the Onne oil and gas free zone [...]
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A low-key conference organized in Washington on Oct. 5 by the State Department's Bureau of Intelligence and Research and Bureau [...]
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UNITA's forces have been ordered by their headquarters at Bailundo "not to spare Brazilian interests" when conducting operations, the rebel [...]
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Union Miniere announced on Oct. 4 that it had acquired a 19% stake in American Mineral Fields by subscribing to [...]
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Peter Bradford, managing director of Perth-based Anvil Mining, was named president and CEO of Golden Star Resources (GSR) on Oct. [...]
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Many of Africa’s gold companies have been saved from having to abandon expansions, lay off workers or even close marginal [...]
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South Africa’s Iscor, which produces steel and mines iron and [...]
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Managem, the mining affiliate of Moroco's ONA group, has subscribed [...]
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Another South African company, AngloGold, has also increased its interest [...]
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The Australian-led Namibian company Metals and Mining Corp. of Namibia [...]
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The Canadian firm DiamondWorks says it has set a record [...]
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Canada's Magnesium Alloys Corp is seeking a partner for its [...]
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The Ghana Bauxite Co. and Ghana Railways Corporation are to [...]
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