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DRC
Gécamines subsidiary EGC refocuses Trafigura alliance

Gécamines' colbalt arm, Entreprise Générale de Cobalt, led since May by Eric Kalala, is unravelling the partnership it has held since its creation in 2019 with Swiss trading giant Trafigura.

Subscribers only Mining, Commodity traders 25.09.2024

Spotlight | Madagascar, Mozambique
From Maputo to Antananarivo, new graphite sector in turmoil

Following the introduction of restrictions on graphite exports by China, buyers are turning to Madagascar and Mozambique, which have substantial reserves. Development is being hampered, however, by the security situation in Cabo Delgado and governance problems in Madagascar.

Subscribers only Mining 17.01.2024

An origami crane made of graphene at Zhejiang University, China, 14 June 2017.

In Focus | Algeria
The fall of Algeria's powerful Sonatrach boss, Toufik Hakkar

Toufik Hakkar's tenure at the head of Algeria's Sonatrach, the largest state-owned oil company in Africa, ended abruptly on 2 October and the former CEO is now facing judicial scrutiny over a number of deals with foreign firms, despite his friends in high places.

Subscribers only Energy 04.12.2023

Flags of Algeria and Sonatrach at the inauguration of the HGA Sud-Hassi Messaoud separation and compression centre on 23 February 2023.

Africa
Saudi Arabia and South Korea race to win African votes for Expo 2030

Funding, partnerships, competitions… Saudi Arabia and South Korea, favourites in the race to host the world's fair, have been lobbying hard in recent weeks, paying particular attention to African countries.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 28.11.2023

The President of the Republic of Malawi, Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera, arrives in Riyadh on November, 9, 2023 to attend the Saudi-Arab-African Economic Conference.

Mozambique
ENI to decide on Coral Norte FLNG this year

One year after the first floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) came on stream off Mozambique, ENI and ExxonMobil are set to order a second one, but at a higher price.

Subscribers only Energy 12.07.2023

Algeria
TotalEnergies quits Arzew without a word

Just nine months after denying it would withdraw from the polypropylene plant project, the French major has pulled the plug, leaving Sonatrach in charge on its own.

Subscribers only Energy 26.05.2023

Algeria
Samsung drops bid for contract to build TotalEnergies/Sonatrach polypropylene plant

Samsung was one of three companies bidding for the contract to build a polypropylene plant in Arzew in Algeria but escalating costs have forced it to withdraw its bid.

Subscribers only Business 26.04.2023

A polypropylene complex is set to be contructed next to the liquefied petroleum gas refinery in Arzew, pictured here on 30 July 2007.

Spotlight | Algeria
Future of Hassi Massaoud refinery in doubt as Samsung and Técnicas Reunidas clash with Sonatrach

At a cost of more than $3bn, the mega-refinery was supposed to be built next to Algeria's largest oilfield. But money rows between the state-owned Sonatrach and contractors Samsung and Técnicas Reunida mean the facility may never see the light of day.

Subscribers only Energy 14.04.2023

Sonatrach plant in the Algerian Sahara, Hassi Messaoud site in the Ouargla province.

Algeria
TotalEnergies plays for time to reduce Arzew construction bill

The decision on which firm will build the Arzew polypropylene facility in Algeria has already been postponed three times and has still not been made, which could lead to further delays for the project.

Subscribers only Energy 11.11.2022

Algeria
Sonatrach loses two years and $20m on new gas project

State-owned Sonatrach signed a contract for the construction of a liquefied petroleum gas train in Rhourde El Baguel at the end of October with Italian group Maire Tecnimont. The contract, which has been much wrangled over, could have been signed two years earlier, however, for a much lower price.

Subscribers only Energy 10.11.2022

Mozambique
ExxonMobil reorganises its staff as Rovuma shifts to 100% offshore

The US major does not intend to leave more than 100 trillion cubic feet of gas in the depths of the Mozambique Channel. To extract them, a new crack team of executives is at work to overturn the company's initial choices.

Subscribers only Energy 06.10.2022

Algeria
Three subcontractors bid for polypropylene Arzew plant deal

TotalEnergies and Sonatrach have received offers from three international subcontractors for work on the polypropylene facility project. The plant, so crucial to the Algerian state, is running behind schedule.

Subscribers only Energy 21.09.2022

Algeria
Sonatrach's love-in with Chinese irks European and Asian rivals

China is hoovering up all the major Algerian hydrocarbon projects launched by state-owned Sonatrach, much to the chagrin of European, Korean and Indian firms.

Subscribers only Energy 21.07.2022

Spotlight | Algeria
Algiers-Madrid split endangers Técnicas Reunidas's $3.7bn refinery

Spain's rapprochement with Morocco over Western Sahara should see Sonatrach launch a major attack on Spanish business, with the first victim likely to be Técnidas Reunidas and its huge refinery project in Hassi Messaoud.

Subscribers only Energy 21.06.2022

Africa, Germany
BMW, Volkswagen and BASF skirt around DRC's cobalt for their electric vehicles

Repelled by DRC mines' bad reputation, BMW has turned to Morocco and Australia for its cobalt supplies, while Volkswagen prefers to deal with Chinese battery manufacturers. At the same time through their supplier BASF, the car makers are funding a project to support Congolese artisanal mining cooperatives, managed by German development agency GIZ.

Subscribers only Mining, Commodity traders 21.02.2022

Artisanal miners work at Tilwizembe, a former industrial copper-cobalt mine outside Kolwezi, Lualaba province, DRC.

South Africa
PR whizz Cambridge Mokanyane takes over Glencore's marketing in southern Africa

Glencore's fuel distribution subsidiary in South Africa and Botswana is about to undergo a major rebrand and to rename all of its Caltex service stations. A South African PR guru is steering the makover.

Subscribers only Energy 03.09.2021

Botswana
South African steel boss Miriam Motha bets on Botswana

The Botswana-born director of the Benoni foundry, operated by South Africa's leading steel company Scaw Metals, has taken to investing in her native land. Her latest incursion comes amid a wave of optimism buoying the Botswana metal industry.

Subscribers only Mining 17.03.2021

Africa, South Korea
Prompted by Seoul, Posco joins rush on Africa's battery metals

Though less accustomed to investing in Africa than its Japanese and Chinese counterparts, the South Korean steel giant Posco has been ramping up its activities on the continent, guided by Australian mining juniors. Its latest move:

Subscribers only Mining 23.12.2020

Nigeria
SecPro Africa dives deeper into maritime security with Italian surveillance camera sales

By equipping major local customers with maritime surveillance cameras, SecPro Africa is asserting itself as an increasingly important player at the heart of Nigeria's highly competitive defence market.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 04.09.2020

Spotlight | Mozambique
Total, Société Générale, TechnipFMC... French groups reign supreme in LNG

Total's arrival in Mozambique in September 2019, which marked a high point in France's efforts to establish its presence in the southern African country, was only the cherry on the cake of a wider-ranging campaign in which French banks and companies were already heavily involved.

Subscribers only Energy 07.07.2020

Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Samsung

DRC
Gécamines subsidiary EGC refocuses Trafigura alliance

Spotlight | Madagascar, Mozambique
From Maputo to Antananarivo, new graphite sector in turmoil

In Focus | Algeria
The fall of Algeria's powerful Sonatrach boss, Toufik Hakkar

Africa
Saudi Arabia and South Korea race to win African votes for Expo 2030

Mozambique
ENI to decide on Coral Norte FLNG this year

Algeria
TotalEnergies quits Arzew without a word

Algeria
Samsung drops bid for contract to build TotalEnergies/Sonatrach polypropylene plant

Spotlight | Algeria
Future of Hassi Massaoud refinery in doubt as Samsung and Técnicas Reunidas clash with Sonatrach

Algeria
TotalEnergies plays for time to reduce Arzew construction bill

Algeria
Sonatrach loses two years and $20m on new gas project

Mozambique
ExxonMobil reorganises its staff as Rovuma shifts to 100% offshore

Algeria
Three subcontractors bid for polypropylene Arzew plant deal

Algeria
Sonatrach's love-in with Chinese irks European and Asian rivals

Spotlight | Algeria
Algiers-Madrid split endangers Técnicas Reunidas's $3.7bn refinery

Africa, Germany
BMW, Volkswagen and BASF skirt around DRC's cobalt for their electric vehicles

South Africa
PR whizz Cambridge Mokanyane takes over Glencore's marketing in southern Africa

Botswana
South African steel boss Miriam Motha bets on Botswana

Africa, South Korea
Prompted by Seoul, Posco joins rush on Africa's battery metals

Nigeria
SecPro Africa dives deeper into maritime security with Italian surveillance camera sales

Spotlight | Mozambique
Total, Société Générale, TechnipFMC... French groups reign supreme in LNG

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Senegal Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Botswana, South Africa From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

West African cocoa cartel battles with the traders

Africa in the Russia-Ukraine war

East Africa's hotly contested coffee sector

Samsung

DRC Gécamines subsidiary EGC refocuses Trafigura alliance

Spotlight | Madagascar, Mozambique From Maputo to Antananarivo, new graphite sector in turmoil

In Focus | Algeria The fall of Algeria's powerful Sonatrach boss, Toufik Hakkar

Africa Saudi Arabia and South Korea race to win African votes for Expo 2030

Mozambique ENI to decide on Coral Norte FLNG this year

Algeria TotalEnergies quits Arzew without a word

Algeria Samsung drops bid for contract to build TotalEnergies/Sonatrach polypropylene plant

Spotlight | Algeria Future of Hassi Massaoud refinery in doubt as Samsung and Técnicas Reunidas clash with Sonatrach

Algeria TotalEnergies plays for time to reduce Arzew construction bill

Algeria Sonatrach loses two years and $20m on new gas project

Mozambique ExxonMobil reorganises its staff as Rovuma shifts to 100% offshore

Algeria Three subcontractors bid for polypropylene Arzew plant deal

Algeria Sonatrach's love-in with Chinese irks European and Asian rivals

Spotlight | Algeria Algiers-Madrid split endangers Técnicas Reunidas's $3.7bn refinery

Africa, Germany BMW, Volkswagen and BASF skirt around DRC's cobalt for their electric vehicles

South Africa PR whizz Cambridge Mokanyane takes over Glencore's marketing in southern Africa

Botswana South African steel boss Miriam Motha bets on Botswana

Africa, South Korea Prompted by Seoul, Posco joins rush on Africa's battery metals

Nigeria SecPro Africa dives deeper into maritime security with Italian surveillance camera sales

Spotlight | Mozambique Total, Société Générale, TechnipFMC... French groups reign supreme in LNG

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Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

DRC
Gécamines subsidiary EGC refocuses Trafigura alliance

Spotlight | Madagascar, Mozambique
From Maputo to Antananarivo, new graphite sector in turmoil

In Focus | Algeria
The fall of Algeria's powerful Sonatrach boss, Toufik Hakkar

Africa
Saudi Arabia and South Korea race to win African votes for Expo 2030

Mozambique
ENI to decide on Coral Norte FLNG this year

Algeria
TotalEnergies quits Arzew without a word

Algeria
Samsung drops bid for contract to build TotalEnergies/Sonatrach polypropylene plant

Spotlight | Algeria
Future of Hassi Massaoud refinery in doubt as Samsung and Técnicas Reunidas clash with Sonatrach

Algeria
TotalEnergies plays for time to reduce Arzew construction bill

Algeria
Sonatrach loses two years and $20m on new gas project

Mozambique
ExxonMobil reorganises its staff as Rovuma shifts to 100% offshore

Algeria
Three subcontractors bid for polypropylene Arzew plant deal

Algeria
Sonatrach's love-in with Chinese irks European and Asian rivals

Spotlight | Algeria
Algiers-Madrid split endangers Técnicas Reunidas's $3.7bn refinery

Africa, Germany
BMW, Volkswagen and BASF skirt around DRC's cobalt for their electric vehicles

South Africa
PR whizz Cambridge Mokanyane takes over Glencore's marketing in southern Africa

Botswana
South African steel boss Miriam Motha bets on Botswana

Africa, South Korea
Prompted by Seoul, Posco joins rush on Africa's battery metals

Nigeria
SecPro Africa dives deeper into maritime security with Italian surveillance camera sales

Spotlight | Mozambique
Total, Société Générale, TechnipFMC... French groups reign supreme in LNG