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Trafigura

DRC
UBA extends new $65m credit line to Sonahydroc

United Bank for Africa has renewed its financing for the DRC state-owned oil company, but halved the amount it is providing. The funds could be used to purchase petroleum products from Angola's Sonangol.

Subscribers only Finance, Energy 08.02.2024

Nigeria
Afreximbank struggles to get Project Gazelle backers

Criticism of the $3.3bn loan to Nigeria's state oil company has had a chilling effect on potential investors, with only Chinese and Russian financing bids remaining.

Subscribers only Energy 06.02.2024

Spotlight | Zambia
Vedanta and Zambia finally agree on Konkola Copper Mines takeover

Four years after having been ousted from the Zambian mining concern, Vedanta's boss is preparing to retake control of it. It now only requires the approval of Konkola's creditors.

Subscribers only Mining 31.01.2024

Vedanta Resources Chairman Anil Agarwal in Jaipur, India, 18 November 2015.

Liberia
Facing numerous hurdles, miners Solway and HPX look to Joseph Boakai for help

The Swiss and US firms are hoping the newly installed president will clean up Liberia's mining sector. With Washington's backing, they are trying to undo the former administration's manœuvres and to build a rail corridor.

Subscribers only Mining 30.01.2024

Angola, DRC
Ivanhoe Mines in pole position on Lobito corridor railway

Robert Friedland's group managed to transport its copper via the Angolan port of Lobito late last month. It has thus won its logistical gamble and is one step ahead of its competitors.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Mining, Commodity traders 22.01.2024

Inner circles | DRC, South Africa
Glencore's reforming boss Nagle emerges from Glasenberg's shadow

The South African boss of the Swiss trading and mining giant is counting on two righthand men and a close-knit new team of managers to usher in a new era and turn the page on old corruption cases.

Subscribers only Mining, Commodity traders 19.01.2024

The South African Glencore CEO Gary Nagle.

Angola
Ambassador-less China keeps close eye on Luanda

With Lourenço ostensibly seeking closer relations with Washington, Beijing has yet to appoint an ambassador in Luanda, six months after the departure of Gong Tao.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 04.01.2024

Spotlight | Angola, Congo, DRC
Swiss prosecute Trafigura for 'bribing' Angolan officials

In a first for Switzerland, the commodities trading giant and two of its former executives, Mike Wainwright and Thierry Plojoux, are to stand trial for allegedly bribing foreign officials.

Subscribers only Energy, Commodity traders 22.12.2023

Spotlight | Angola, DRC
Trafigura and Mota-Engil all set to upgrade Lobito Corridor

The consortium comprising Trafigura, Vecturis and Mota-Engil is hoping to take over the running of the Lobito Corridor railway by 15 January. A deal with the DRC will allow trains to run through to Kolwezi, but there is still a large question mark over the state of the rolling stock.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Mining 15.12.2023

The exit from the port of Lobito, Angola.

Spotlight | Gabon
Traders compete to finance GOC's bid to takeover Carlyle's oil assets

A number of traders are courting state-owned Gabon Oil Co. They want to market the crude oil at stake in US giant Carlyle's sale of its Gabonese assets.

Subscribers only Energy 11.12.2023

An offshore oil rig, off the coast of Port-Gentil in Gabon.

In Focus | Africa
From Dubai to Cape Town, upstart trader Coral Energy rolls out African offensive

Dubai-based Coral Energy has recently made an aggressive entrance on the oil trading market in several sub-Saharan African countries where competitors suspect it of reselling Russian products. Africa Intelligence lifts the veil on this little-known trader.

Subscribers only Energy 20.11.2023

From left to right: Coral's founder, Azerbaijani Tahir Garayev, his compatriot Ahmed Karimov and the head of the Rosneft group, Igor Setchine.

Gabon
New regime prepares to pre-empt Carlyle's oil assets

Until recently, Maurel & Prom was the best-placed bidder for US investment group Carlyle's Gabonese oil interests, but the new regime in Libreville is working on an alternative all-Gabonese takeover plan.

Subscribers only Energy 06.11.2023

Spotlight | Congo, DRC, Gabon
Trafigura shakes up its Africa team

The Swiss oil and mining trade giant is making changes among its executives on the continent and has just decided on its next head of oil trading in Africa.

Subscribers only Energy, Mining, Commodity traders 27.10.2023

Jeremy Weir, Chief Executive Officer of Trafigura Group, attends the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, 23 January 2018.

DRC
EGC struggles to make cobalt comeback

Five months after the arrival of its new managing director, the Gecamines subsidiary has still not revived its partnership with trading giant Trafigura, nor has it signed an ore processing agreement with Buenassa, contrary to some reports.

Subscribers only Mining 20.10.2023

Spotlight | Gabon
Maurel & Prom rivals hope for post-coup reallocation of Carlyle assets

The new regime in Libreville will need to give its verdict on the planned sale of Carlyle's oil assets in Gabon to Maurel & Prom. Ali Bongo's government did not formally approve the deal and some disappointed parties believe they have an opportunity to get back into the running.

Subscribers only Energy 19.10.2023

Angola
The Lobito Corridor, a golden opportunity for drone surveillance specialists

The handover to new operators of the railway that links Kolwezi in DR Congo to the Angolan port of Lobito offers an opening for infrastructure inspection firms. French start-up ROAV7, already well-established in Central Africa, hopes to get in on the action.

Subscribers only Energy 19.09.2023

Burkina Faso
Business booming for local fuel trader Salfo Souleymane Ilboudo

The loyal acquaintance of Inoussa Kanazoé has made the most of the void left by the global trading giants and support from the coup leaders to become one of the country's biggest fuel suppliers and a major player in the wider West African region.

Subscribers only Energy, Commodity traders 31.08.2023

DRC
Sonahydroc has trouble selling stock bought from Trafigura

Of the 20,000 tonnes of hydrocarbons received under a contract with Trafigura, Sonahydroc has delivered only 6,000 tonnes to service stations over the past two months.

Subscribers only Energy, Commodity traders 29.08.2023

Angola, Zambia
Zambia eyes up Sonangol's future Lobito refinery

Zambian Energy Minister Peter Kapala and Bradford Machila, adviser to President Hakainde Hichilema, were on a trip to Angola mid-July to study the possibility of Lusaka's participation in Sonangol's refinery project at Lobito.

Subscribers only Energy, Commodity traders 25.07.2023

Senegal
Political tensions in Dakar put off miners

Senegal had hoped to attract mining and oil investors to the latest EITI Global Conference. But the event was overshadowed by the arrest of opposition politician Ousmane Sonko and ensuing unrest, which appears to have jeopardised the launch of new extractive projects in the short term.

Subscribers only Mining 03.07.2023

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Trafigura

DRC
UBA extends new $65m credit line to Sonahydroc

Nigeria
Afreximbank struggles to get Project Gazelle backers

Spotlight | Zambia
Vedanta and Zambia finally agree on Konkola Copper Mines takeover

Liberia
Facing numerous hurdles, miners Solway and HPX look to Joseph Boakai for help

Angola, DRC
Ivanhoe Mines in pole position on Lobito corridor railway

Inner circles | DRC, South Africa
Glencore's reforming boss Nagle emerges from Glasenberg's shadow

Angola
Ambassador-less China keeps close eye on Luanda

Spotlight | Angola, Congo, DRC
Swiss prosecute Trafigura for 'bribing' Angolan officials

Spotlight | Angola, DRC
Trafigura and Mota-Engil all set to upgrade Lobito Corridor

Spotlight | Gabon
Traders compete to finance GOC's bid to takeover Carlyle's oil assets

In Focus | Africa
From Dubai to Cape Town, upstart trader Coral Energy rolls out African offensive

Gabon
New regime prepares to pre-empt Carlyle's oil assets

Spotlight | Congo, DRC, Gabon
Trafigura shakes up its Africa team

DRC
EGC struggles to make cobalt comeback

Spotlight | Gabon
Maurel & Prom rivals hope for post-coup reallocation of Carlyle assets

Angola
The Lobito Corridor, a golden opportunity for drone surveillance specialists

Burkina Faso
Business booming for local fuel trader Salfo Souleymane Ilboudo

DRC
Sonahydroc has trouble selling stock bought from Trafigura

Angola, Zambia
Zambia eyes up Sonangol's future Lobito refinery

Senegal
Political tensions in Dakar put off miners

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Ivory Coast French investigation sends tremors through Abidjan's political class

Libya From Tripoli to Benghazi, Turkish trader BGN's oil odyssey

The generals waging war from Khartoum to Darfur

Makhzen Inc. or the ever more prosperous business empire of Mohammed VI's entourage

Kinshasa's pan-African plans for Grand Inga

Trafigura

DRC UBA extends new $65m credit line to Sonahydroc

Nigeria Afreximbank struggles to get Project Gazelle backers

Spotlight | Zambia Vedanta and Zambia finally agree on Konkola Copper Mines takeover

Liberia Facing numerous hurdles, miners Solway and HPX look to Joseph Boakai for help

Angola, DRC Ivanhoe Mines in pole position on Lobito corridor railway

Inner circles | DRC, South Africa Glencore's reforming boss Nagle emerges from Glasenberg's shadow

Angola Ambassador-less China keeps close eye on Luanda

Spotlight | Angola, Congo, DRC Swiss prosecute Trafigura for 'bribing' Angolan officials

Spotlight | Angola, DRC Trafigura and Mota-Engil all set to upgrade Lobito Corridor

Spotlight | Gabon Traders compete to finance GOC's bid to takeover Carlyle's oil assets

In Focus | Africa From Dubai to Cape Town, upstart trader Coral Energy rolls out African offensive

Gabon New regime prepares to pre-empt Carlyle's oil assets

Spotlight | Congo, DRC, Gabon Trafigura shakes up its Africa team

DRC EGC struggles to make cobalt comeback

Spotlight | Gabon Maurel & Prom rivals hope for post-coup reallocation of Carlyle assets

Angola The Lobito Corridor, a golden opportunity for drone surveillance specialists

Burkina Faso Business booming for local fuel trader Salfo Souleymane Ilboudo

DRC Sonahydroc has trouble selling stock bought from Trafigura

Angola, Zambia Zambia eyes up Sonangol's future Lobito refinery

Senegal Political tensions in Dakar put off miners

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Africa Intelligence on social media

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Ivory Coast
French investigation sends tremors through Abidjan's political class

Libya
From Tripoli to Benghazi, Turkish trader BGN's oil odyssey

DRC
UBA extends new $65m credit line to Sonahydroc

Nigeria
Afreximbank struggles to get Project Gazelle backers

Spotlight | Zambia
Vedanta and Zambia finally agree on Konkola Copper Mines takeover

Liberia
Facing numerous hurdles, miners Solway and HPX look to Joseph Boakai for help

Angola, DRC
Ivanhoe Mines in pole position on Lobito corridor railway

Inner circles | DRC, South Africa
Glencore's reforming boss Nagle emerges from Glasenberg's shadow

Angola
Ambassador-less China keeps close eye on Luanda

Spotlight | Angola, Congo, DRC
Swiss prosecute Trafigura for 'bribing' Angolan officials

Spotlight | Angola, DRC
Trafigura and Mota-Engil all set to upgrade Lobito Corridor

Spotlight | Gabon
Traders compete to finance GOC's bid to takeover Carlyle's oil assets

In Focus | Africa
From Dubai to Cape Town, upstart trader Coral Energy rolls out African offensive

Gabon
New regime prepares to pre-empt Carlyle's oil assets

Spotlight | Congo, DRC, Gabon
Trafigura shakes up its Africa team

DRC
EGC struggles to make cobalt comeback

Spotlight | Gabon
Maurel & Prom rivals hope for post-coup reallocation of Carlyle assets

Angola
The Lobito Corridor, a golden opportunity for drone surveillance specialists

Burkina Faso
Business booming for local fuel trader Salfo Souleymane Ilboudo

DRC
Sonahydroc has trouble selling stock bought from Trafigura

Angola, Zambia
Zambia eyes up Sonangol's future Lobito refinery

Senegal
Political tensions in Dakar put off miners