Ivory Coast bitumen producer SMB has cut production at its 520,000 t/yr (10,500 b/d) Abidjan refinery by a third in response to a dramatic fall in construction activity and bitumen import requirements across west Africa .
News ID: 9213 Publish Date : 2020/04/22
The Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI), an independent non-profit organization dedicated towards improving countries' governance over their natural resources to promote sustainable and inclusive development, publicizes that “Natural resource-backed loans are loans surrounded by secrecy”. These loans are contributing to the debt levels profuse in Africa .
News ID: 8569 Publish Date : 2020/03/04
Canyon Resources Limited has appointed senior bauxite executive Rick Smith as Chief Development Officer of the company. Rick Smith will focus on supply chain, offtake and strategic partner negotiations for Canyon’s Minim Martap Bauxite Project in Cameroon.
News ID: 8549 Publish Date : 2020/03/03
West Africa 's two leading oil producers face rather contrasting challenges in the early part of 2020, when Nigeria will need to find a way to keep its monthly output under the Opec+ production cap and Angola will struggle to even reach its own.
News ID: 8122 Publish Date : 2019/12/27
Atotal of 158.45 million square meters of tiles were produced in Iran during the first five months of the current Iranian year (March 21- Aug. 22) to register an increase of 4.4% compared with last year’s corresponding period.
News ID: 7363 Publish Date : 2019/11/10
Danish marine fuel supplier Monjasa has started supplying 0.5pc sulphur marine fuel oil in west Africa .
News ID: 7318 Publish Date : 2019/11/08
London- and Johannesburg-listed tailings treatment specialist Jubilee Metals expects to increase its chrome concentrate output by 8,000-10,000 t/month after acquiring the rights to tailings that were formerly owned by South Africa n ferrochrome producer Hernic.
News ID: 7288 Publish Date : 2019/11/06
Iran’s SAIPA and South Africa n car manufacturer Mureza are to jointly produce vehicles in Zimbabwe.
News ID: 6746 Publish Date : 2019/10/19
K enya's President Uhuru Kenyatta flagged off the country's first export shipment of oil Monday, more than 200,000 barrels of crude.
News ID: 6268 Publish Date : 2019/08/29
West Africa -focused gold miner Avesoro Resources (TSX, AIM:ASO) said on Tuesday it had received an expression of interest from its majority shareholder, Avesoro Jersey Limited (AJL), which wants to acquire the shares in Avesoro it doesn’t already own.
News ID: 6077 Publish Date : 2019/08/21
West Africa -focused gold miner Avesoro Resources (TSX, AIM:ASO) said on Tuesday it had received an expression of interest from its majority shareholder, Avesoro Jersey Limited (AJL), which wants to acquire the shares in Avesoro it doesn’t already own.
News ID: 6073 Publish Date : 2019/08/20
West Africa -focused gold miner Avesoro Resources (TSX, AIM:ASO) has regained control of its Youga gold mine in Burkina Faso after being forced to halt operations last week.
News ID: 6025 Publish Date : 2019/08/18
Africa ’s largest money manager sees “significant investment opportunities” in West Africa n gold mining as the industry at the southern end of the continent declines.
News ID: 5987 Publish Date : 2019/08/16
Kenya has unveiled Africa ’s largest wind power plant, a project aimed at reducing electricity costs and dependence on fossil fuels and moving the nation to meet its ambitious goal of 100% green energy next year.
News ID: 5962 Publish Date : 2019/08/16
Africa -focused Firestone Diamonds (LON:FDI) has dug up a 54 carat intense fancy yellow, sawable diamond from its 75%-owned Liqhobong mine, in Lesotho.
News ID: 5089 Publish Date : 2019/07/09
A Zambian court on Friday lifted an order blocking a provisional liquidator at Vedanta’s Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) business from disposing of assets or making arrangements with creditor until a July 4 hearing.
News ID: 4941 Publish Date : 2019/06/30
The number of artisanal miners killed by a landslide at a copper and cobalt mine run by Glencore in Congo rose to 43 on Friday and officials said the army would deploy at the mine as the search for more victims continued.
News ID: 4924 Publish Date : 2019/06/28
Africa -focused Firestone Diamonds (LON:FDI) has dug up a 72-carat yellow, whole makeable diamond at its Liqhobong Mine in Lesotho, the second one over 70-carat it has found this year.
News ID: 4276 Publish Date : 2019/04/09
West Africa is well endowed with mineral resources, and many world-class deposits have been discovered there in recent years. The region is a key source of gold, iron ore, bauxite, diamonds, phosphate, uranium, and its mainly untapped mineral wealth provides exceptional greenfield development potential.
News ID: 4182 Publish Date : 2019/03/30
Africa -focused Firestone Diamonds (LON:FDI) has put plans to extend the life of its 75%-owned Liqhobong mine in Lesotho on the back burner, saying that current market conditions don’t support the project.
News ID: 4169 Publish Date : 2019/03/30