An explosion last week at the Volta River Authority's power plant at Takoradi shut down one of its turbines for an indeterminate period. The incident could hardly have come at a worse time as the turbine in question had been [.
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The final contract between the energy ministry, Central Energy Board (CEB) and promoters of the project for a sugar cane [...]
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Mali president Alpha Oumar Konare declared in Dakar on March [...]
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A World Bank loan for Zambia's power sector rehabilitation project [...]
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A conference on renewable sources of energy in the Indian [...]
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Amalia Gold, a South African company that got its foot in the door in Liberia just before the political settlement [...]
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Angola has called on the European Union for help in overhauling its mining industry. The country's mining strategy was laid [...]
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The Antwerp diamond market experienced a major upheaval in 1997. Imports dropped in value by 5% to $6.7 billion despite [...]
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After several years of talks, Alcan signed an agreement last week to take over the Ghana Bauxite Company (GBC). As [...]
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AEM understands that MIBA's budgetary projection for 1998 results in a $17.9 million deficit. The diamond mining company expects output [...]
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During the conference he attended in Toronto (see above), Congo-Kinshasa's mines minister, Frederic Kibassa Maliba, and the Canadian firm First [...]
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The Canadian mining junior International Panorama Resources has been forced to scale back its project to recover copper and cobalt [...]
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The new chairman of American Mineral Fields, Bernard Vavala (AEM 224) announced on March 17 that the company was dropping [...]
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In a new twist following the dismantling of JCI in [...]
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Comilog has the results of a feasibility study in hand [...]
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The Ivory Coast government's sale of a 13% stake in [...]
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Zimbabwe's Maranatha Holdings expects to shortly gain final government approval [...]
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A survey by the London consultancy CRU International on the [...]
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A Brussels-based company, African Communication, has won a contract to [...]
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Tenke Mining has indicated that it expects to complete the [...]
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AEM has learned that the government intends to supply manganese [...]
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The government plans to buy six reconditioned diesel locomotives from [...]
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The fall in oil prices has begun to make itself felt in E&P in general, with a number of small [...]
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Sonangol and Exxon have confirmed a discovery recorded by Esso Exploration Angola on block 15 in the deep Angolan offshore. [...]
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During a seminar in Madrid last week on the theme of Algeria 2000: a new stage in Spanish-Algerian relations, Algerian [...]
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France's Bouygues Offshore has won a turnkey contract from Elf [...]
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The jack-up Glomar Adriatic I has moved to Congo to [...]
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Negotiations that began in early February between the government and [...]
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Abacan's affiliate West African Resources has signed a letter of [...]
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Ocelot began commercial production this month on Obangue on the [...]
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Chevron Nigeria, which hopes to boost its production by 10% [...]
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Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) is studying a project to [...]
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BHP successfully tested its ROD-2 appraisal well on the Rhourde [...]
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The African Development Bank is expected before the end of [...]
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The Spanish oil group Repsol has made its debut in [...]
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