Even though the Kinshasa government's credibility in the eyes of foreign investors has hit rock-bottom, the Canadian government officially protested against the "nationalization"' of gold concessions of Sakima, a company 93% controlled by Toronto-based Banro Resource Corporation.
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The most eye-catching effect of the fall of the Inga hydro-electric dams to anti-Kabila forces was power cuts and shortage [...]
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The long-standing fight by the Syndicat Unique des Travailleurs de [...]
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The Canadian company Ocelot Energy has committed itself to a [...]
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As it had been thinking of doing since late last [...]
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When the Kabila regime's former allies overran Moanda in the offensive they launched on Aug. 4 Kinshasa's supplies of oil [...]
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Australia's BHP group is now waiting only for a green light from Algiers to undertake a first development on the [...]
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The second phase of the Oso development project centered on the production of NGL has been commissioned. Output began at [...]
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Australian junior oil explorer Hardman Resources has found new backers to bankroll exploration in the A and B areas in [...]
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Mobil has won a serious option on all 22 blocks in the deep offshore that Sao Tome & Principe is [...]
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While some observers doubt whether the plant destroyed by American cruise missiles near Khartoum was truly making chemical weapons the [...]
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Although Petrofina intends to remain active in the upstream in [...]
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Marathon is pushing ahead with its exploration-appraisal program on its [...]
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Shell is shortly expected to invite bids for rigs for [...]
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An affiliate of the Canadian independent Profco, Summit, is slated [...]
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Fred Olsen Production AS has signed a letter of intent [...]
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Alongside its acquisition of Petrofina's downstream assets in Gabon in [...]
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Pecten has extended its contract in Cameroon with the jack-up [...]
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The jackup Glomar Rig 83 (ex Falrig 83) is finishing [...]
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Arco has tendered for a jack-up to drill one well [...]
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An explosion caused major damage to a gas pipeline on [...]
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Australia's Resolute has further strengthened its position in West Africa by picking up tenements in Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast [...]
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Normandy is keen on taking over La Source, a joint venture it set up with France's Bureau de Recherches Geologiques [...]
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Montreal-based SEMAFO (Societe d'Exploration Miniere en Afrique de l'Ouest) plans to merge with the U.S. firm High Desert Mineral Resources [...]
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Some officials from the Comptoir National d'Expertise (CNE) have been officially accused of complicity in fraud involving the diamond trade. [...]
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A delegation from the South African Diamond Board headed by its CEO, V.B. Sibiya, and the chief of one of [...]
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Zambia Copper Investment, an affiliate of Anglo American that owns [...]
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Angola has just signed a new accord with Russia calling [...]
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