West Africa
Comprehensive, insightful and in-depth articles and news on mining & industrial markets, and developments from around West Africa.
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Contract with pioneering consortium sees ASCO enter Senegal
Global integrated logistics and materials management company, ASCO, will play a major role in the…
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Liberia’s Ministry of Mines and Energy appoints new Director of Mines
In an effort to revamp and clean up the Artisanal and Small-scale Mining (ASM) sub-sector,…
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The ECOWAS Commission Forum is back in September
The city of Niamey, in Niger, will be the main stage of ECOMOF 2021 –…
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Nigerian billionaire Dangote to expand into oil, gas in Cameroon
Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest person, said he plans to diversify his group’s investments in Cameroon,…
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The Blitta solar PV plant, one of the largest solar plants in West Africa opens in Togo
The Blitta solar PV plant, one of the largest solar plants in West Africa, has…
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Bank of Ghana launches local gold purchase programme
In its bid to shore up the foreign exchange reserves, the Bank of Ghana (BoG)…
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Nigeria’s latest gas-related power shortages could have been avoided – Here is why
Nigeria’s national power generation dropped to 3,059 MW and for the subsequent seven days remained…
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Shell urges Nigeria to pass Petroleum Industry Bill soon
Royal Dutch Shell Plc’s oil-drilling unit in Nigeria is urging the government to pass long-delayed…


