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AngloGold Ashanti's main sulphide treatment plant is seen in Obuasi. Source: Reuters/Kwasi Kpodo

At least seven killed at Ghana gold mineMaxwell Akalaare Adombila and Christian Akorlie

Chevron also comes up short in Namibia energy exploration

By Ron Bousso 16 Jan 2025

Souvenir luggage tags are displayed at a Barrick Gold Corp at the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) annual conference in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Source: Reuters/Chris Helgren

Barrick to suspend operations in Mali after gold seized

By Portia Crowe, Divya Rajagopal, David Lewis and Giulia Paravicini 14 Jan 2025

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Source: © AngloGold Ashanti’s Obuasi Gold Mine

Obuasi underground ore mining resumes

30 Sep 2021

Kenya cancels power purchase negotiations, replaces energy minister

Kenya cancels power purchase negotiations, replaces energy minister

George Obulutsa 30 Sep 2021

Senegal: Boosting the role of women in the energy sector

Senegal: Boosting the role of women in the energy sector

29 Sep 2021

Uranium: what the explosion in prices means for the nuclear industry

Uranium: what the explosion in prices means for the nuclear industry

Edward Thomas Jones, Danial Hemmings, Simon Middleburgh 27 Sep 2021

Nigeria foresees 2022 oil production at 1.88 million bpd, GDP growth of 4.2%

Nigeria foresees 2022 oil production at 1.88 million bpd, GDP growth of 4.2%

Camillus Eboh 23 Sep 2021

Align your brand with cutting edge trends

Bizcommunity.com 20 Sep 2021

AOG 2021 Women in Energy panel highlights role of women in energy development

AOG 2021 Women in Energy panel highlights role of women in energy development

20 Sep 2021

Angolan oil giant Sonangol lost $4bn last year in pandemic

Angolan oil giant Sonangol lost $4bn last year in pandemic

Noah Browning 17 Sep 2021

Safaricom offers $288m smart meter system to cut Kenya Power losses

Safaricom offers $288m smart meter system to cut Kenya Power losses

Duncan Miriri 17 Sep 2021

UN council urges Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan to restart dam talks

UN council urges Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan to restart dam talks

Michelle Nichols 16 Sep 2021

Nigeria's Dangote in talks with traders for oil refinery loan

Nigeria's Dangote in talks with traders for oil refinery loan

Libby George, Julia Payne and Dmitry Zhdannikov 16 Sep 2021

How IPPs can be effectively leveraged in the African power generation landscape

How IPPs can be effectively leveraged in the African power generation landscape

Shamilah Grimwood-Norley 15 Sep 2021

Algeria aims for $2.6bn increase in energy investment next year

Algeria aims for $2.6bn increase in energy investment next year

Hamid Ould Ahmed 14 Sep 2021

Kenya making significant progress with renewable energy

Kenya making significant progress with renewable energy

14 Sep 2021

Loading resumes at two Libyan oil ports, NOC says

Loading resumes at two Libyan oil ports, NOC says

Ayman al-Warfali, Ahmed Elumami, and Angus McDowall 13 Sep 2021

Source: ©Solovyov Andriy

ArcelorMittal invests $800m in Liberia

13 Sep 2021

Source: ©jarous

Gold miners commit to climate risk reporting

10 Sep 2021

Senegal starts clock on $550m US grant to boost power supply

Senegal starts clock on $550m US grant to boost power supply

Bate Felix 9 Sep 2021

Source: ©lotsotock

Investing in African Mining Indaba date change

8 Sep 2021

Renewable energy projects in rural Ghana have some built-in limitations

Renewable energy projects in rural Ghana have some built-in limitations

Dr Basil Amuzu-Sefordzi 8 Sep 2021

NGOs seek to halt proposed mining activities in Zambia's Lower Zambezi National Park

NGOs seek to halt proposed mining activities in Zambia's Lower Zambezi National Park

6 Sep 2021

Use of leaded petrol eliminated in 'milestone' for health and environment, UN says

Use of leaded petrol eliminated in 'milestone' for health and environment, UN says

Emma Rumney 31 Aug 2021

Source: ©bymandesigns

Egypt key energy supplier for Africa

27 Aug 2021

Source: Catoca Mining Company

Waste from Angola's Catoca diamond mine leaked into waterways last month

25 Aug 2021

Gambia says BP has agreed to pay $29,3m no-drill fee

12 Aug 2021

Source: suppled

No need to lament about the oil discovery in Namibia's Kavango Basin

NJ Ayuk 6 Aug 2021

Source: ©Phawat Khommai

UK gold miner Centamin seeks buyer for W African project

Shanima A 6 Aug 2021

Source:

Caltex rebrands to Astron Energy

4 Aug 2021

A coal beacon hill mine in Tete. Joshua Kirshner, Author provided

Mozambique's fossil fuel drive is entrenching poverty and conflict

Joshua Kirshner, Daniela Salite & Matthew Cotton 3 Aug 2021

Ghana's minister of finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, makes remarks at the Institute of International Finance's meeting entitled "G20: Compact With Africa", during the IMF and World Bank's 2017 Annual Fall Meetings, in Washington, US, 11 October, 2017. Reuters/Mike Theiler

Eyeing energy transition, Ghana plans to speed up oil exploration

30 Jul 2021

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Source: © AngloGold Ashanti’s Obuasi Gold Mine

Energy & MiningObuasi underground ore mining resumes

30 Sep 2021

Kenya cancels power purchase negotiations, replaces energy minister

Energy & MiningKenya cancels power purchase negotiations, replaces energy minister

George Obulutsa 30 Sep 2021

Senegal: Boosting the role of women in the energy sector

Energy & MiningSenegal: Boosting the role of women in the energy sector

29 Sep 2021

Uranium: what the explosion in prices means for the nuclear industry

Energy & MiningUranium: what the explosion in prices means for the nuclear industry

Edward Thomas Jones, Danial Hemmings, Simon Middleburgh 27 Sep 2021

Nigeria foresees 2022 oil production at 1.88 million bpd, GDP growth of 4.2%

Energy & MiningNigeria foresees 2022 oil production at 1.88 million bpd, GDP growth of 4.2%

Camillus Eboh 23 Sep 2021

Marketing & MediaAlign your brand with cutting edge trends

Bizcommunity.com 20 Sep 2021

AOG 2021 Women in Energy panel highlights role of women in energy development

Energy & MiningAOG 2021 Women in Energy panel highlights role of women in energy development

20 Sep 2021

Angolan oil giant Sonangol lost $4bn last year in pandemic

Energy & MiningAngolan oil giant Sonangol lost $4bn last year in pandemic

Noah Browning 17 Sep 2021

Safaricom offers $288m smart meter system to cut Kenya Power losses

Construction & EngineeringSafaricom offers $288m smart meter system to cut Kenya Power losses

Duncan Miriri 17 Sep 2021

UN council urges Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan to restart dam talks

Construction & EngineeringUN council urges Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan to restart dam talks

Michelle Nichols 16 Sep 2021

Nigeria's Dangote in talks with traders for oil refinery loan

Energy & MiningNigeria's Dangote in talks with traders for oil refinery loan

Libby George, Julia Payne and Dmitry Zhdannikov 16 Sep 2021

How IPPs can be effectively leveraged in the African power generation landscape

Energy & MiningHow IPPs can be effectively leveraged in the African power generation landscape

Shamilah Grimwood-Norley 15 Sep 2021

Algeria aims for $2.6bn increase in energy investment next year

Energy & MiningAlgeria aims for $2.6bn increase in energy investment next year

Hamid Ould Ahmed 14 Sep 2021

Kenya making significant progress with renewable energy

Energy & MiningKenya making significant progress with renewable energy

14 Sep 2021

Loading resumes at two Libyan oil ports, NOC says

Energy & MiningLoading resumes at two Libyan oil ports, NOC says

Ayman al-Warfali, Ahmed Elumami, and Angus McDowall 13 Sep 2021

Source: ©Solovyov Andriy

Energy & MiningArcelorMittal invests $800m in Liberia

13 Sep 2021

Source: ©jarous

Energy & MiningGold miners commit to climate risk reporting

10 Sep 2021

Senegal starts clock on $550m US grant to boost power supply

Energy & MiningSenegal starts clock on $550m US grant to boost power supply

Bate Felix 9 Sep 2021

Source: ©lotsotock

Energy & MiningInvesting in African Mining Indaba date change

8 Sep 2021

Renewable energy projects in rural Ghana have some built-in limitations

Energy & MiningRenewable energy projects in rural Ghana have some built-in limitations

Dr Basil Amuzu-Sefordzi 8 Sep 2021

NGOs seek to halt proposed mining activities in Zambia's Lower Zambezi National Park

ESG & SustainabilityNGOs seek to halt proposed mining activities in Zambia's Lower Zambezi National Park

6 Sep 2021

Use of leaded petrol eliminated in 'milestone' for health and environment, UN says

ESG & SustainabilityUse of leaded petrol eliminated in 'milestone' for health and environment, UN says

Emma Rumney 31 Aug 2021

Source: ©bymandesigns

Energy & MiningEgypt key energy supplier for Africa

27 Aug 2021

Source: Catoca Mining Company

Energy & MiningWaste from Angola's Catoca diamond mine leaked into waterways last month

25 Aug 2021

Energy & MiningGambia says BP has agreed to pay $29,3m no-drill fee

12 Aug 2021

Source: suppled

Energy & MiningNo need to lament about the oil discovery in Namibia's Kavango Basin

NJ Ayuk 6 Aug 2021

Source: ©Phawat Khommai

Energy & MiningUK gold miner Centamin seeks buyer for W African project

Shanima A 6 Aug 2021

Source:

Marketing & MediaCaltex rebrands to Astron Energy

4 Aug 2021

A coal beacon hill mine in Tete. Joshua Kirshner, Author provided

Energy & MiningMozambique's fossil fuel drive is entrenching poverty and conflict

Joshua Kirshner, Daniela Salite & Matthew Cotton 3 Aug 2021

Ghana's minister of finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, makes remarks at the Institute of International Finance's meeting entitled "G20: Compact With Africa", during the IMF and World Bank's 2017 Annual Fall Meetings, in Washington, US, 11 October, 2017. Reuters/Mike Theiler

Energy & MiningEyeing energy transition, Ghana plans to speed up oil exploration

30 Jul 2021

Zimbabwe finance minister Mthuli Ncube arrives to present the 2020 National Budget at Parliament Building in Harare, Zimbabwe, 14 November, 2019. Reuters/Philimon Bulawayo

Energy & MiningZimbabwe sells gold refinery stake for $49m

30 Jul 2021

Isabel Dos Santos, daughter of Angola’s former president and Africa's richest woman, sits for a portrait during a Reuters interview in London, Britain, 9 January, 2020. Reuters/Toby Melville

Energy & MiningDutch court rules against Dos Santos in oil asset case - lawyers

Noah Browning & Sergio Goncalves 28 Jul 2021

A worker drives a vehicle at Zimplats' Ngwarati Mine in Mhondoro-Ngezi, file. Reuters/Philimon Bulawayo

Energy & MiningImplats Zimbabwe unit plans 185MW solar power plants

27 Jul 2021

Mozambique's President Filipe Nyusi attends a signing ceremony following the talks with Russia's President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, Russia 22August, 2019. Sputnik/Alexey Nikolsky/Kremlin via Reuters

Energy & MiningMozambique's gas ambitions rest on distant hope of peace

Emma Rumney & David Lewis 22 Jul 2021

August #WomensMonth made possible by the Intercare Group

Marketing & MediaAugust #WomensMonth made possible by the Intercare Group

Bizcommunity.com 20 Jul 2021

Ethiopia says second filling of giant dam on Blue Nile complete

Construction & EngineeringEthiopia says second filling of giant dam on Blue Nile complete

Dawit Endeshaw 20 Jul 2021

Electricity is vital for improving the quality of life of many in rural sub-Saharan Africa.
Source: USAID_images/Flickr

Energy & MiningBanning fossil fuels in sub-Saharan Africa could slow the transition to renewable energy

Samuel Ayokunle Olówósejéjé 16 Jul 2021

Artisanal miners work at the Tilwizembe, a former industrial copper-cobalt mine, outside of Kolwezi, the capital city of Lualaba Province in the south of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 11 June, 2016. Reuters/Kenny Katombe

Energy & MiningCongo's cobalt monopoly to set price floor for artisanal miners

16 Jul 2021

A woman walks over pipelines crisscrossing Ogoniland in Rivers State, Nigeria 18 September, 2020. Reuters/Afolabi Sotunde//File Photo

Energy & MiningFactbox: Nigeria's oil overhaul faces last battles over fuel, northern drilling

15 Jul 2021

Source: ©Peter Titmuss

Energy & MiningBotswana begins first iron ore mining project

14 Jul 2021