The re-structuring of Niger's uranium industry that the IMF insisted upon in the early 1990's is increasingly urgent if this sector so essential to the country's economy is to survive. The very importance of what is at stake has put [.
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Engen boss Rob Angell announced on Nov. 16 that the South African group was setting up an affiliate in the [...]
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Elf Aquitaine's exploration-production director Frederic Isoard was only ready to admit that "smoke had been seen from the coast" but [...]
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Production sharing accords between Elf, Agip and the government for fields already in production were signed last week in Brazzaville, [...]
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The fall in French imports of African crude which became evident in the first quarter following a pick-up in 1994 [...]
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The Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) plans to build a cracker unit for its surplus residual fuel oil to produce gasoline [...]
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The deep offshore will continue to serve as the main arena of exploration activity off Western Africa. Elf's discovery of [...]
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The current oil activity along Africa's west coast has started to be reflected in the order books of ETPM International [...]
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The Centre Francais du Commerce Extérieur (CFCE) is organizing a [...]
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Elf has made an early request to drilling contractors for [...]
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Roman Gozalo, managing director of Elf Exploration Angola and Elf [...]
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Agip is shortly expected to confirm the fixture of the [...]
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Petroconsultants has signed a cooperation accord with Enerdata to include [...]
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Shell recently confirmed that it had extended its contract with [...]
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Bids closed with Elf last week for a requirement for [...]
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Images from the Spot satellite will be used for an [...]
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Amoco has issued a pre-qualification inquiry, which will close on [...]
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After lining up two drilling rigs for exploration and for [...]
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Enerdata and the Institut d'Economie et de Politique de l'Energie [...]
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London and Scottish Marine Oil (Lasmo) recently issued a preliminary [...]
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After Petrobras renewed its contract for Arethusa Yorktown in Brazil, [...]
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Pushing ahead with its efforts to recover receipts from the sale of gold and diamonds, Zaire's government has just installed [...]
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The European Union is considering a Sysmin loan worth 34 million Ecus for a project aimed at boosting production of [...]
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A two kilometer cumulated depth drilling program has begun on the Golden Valley gold prospect in Namibia on a 180 [...]
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Eritrea's incentive-minded mining code adopted eight months ago (AEM 156) is beginning to have an effect. A first invitation to [...]
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The Sanmatenga gold exploration and development project in Burkina Faso will serve as a springboard for a cooperative venture between [...]
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The Caisse Française de Développement (CFD) has just approved a Ffr32 million ($6.4 million) loan to Industries Chimiques du Sénégal [...]
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The U.S. Geological Survey recently participated in an American mission [...]
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More than a year after the government decided to re-establish [...]
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Following a $13 million rehabilitation program carried out over the [...]
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The Australian company Callina NL is being very cagey about [...]
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While there was little doubt that ABB and Sultzer would have their South African affiliates carry out the contract they [...]
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On ice since 1993 because of obstacles stemming mainly from a stalemate in negotiations with the World Bank and IMF [...]
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The second "Europe-South Africa Business and Finance Forum," known as [...]
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Tunisian industry minister Slaheddine Bouguera confirmed last week that the [...]
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A symposium on "power sector reform and efficiency improvement in [...]
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The forthcoming consultative conference of the Southern African Development Community [...]
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Energy and mining will figure among the sectors that a [...]
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