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Diamonds Energy International

Lucara extends working capital facility

Vancouver-headquartered Lucara Diamond has secured a short-term extension of the maturity of its $50-million senior secured working capital facility (WCF). The company says it will defer the placement of $52.9-million in a cost overrun reserve account (CORA) by September 2. The CORA balance is currently $18.3-million. Lucara’s debt package consists of two facilities: a project finance facility of $170-million to fund the development of an underground expansion at the Karowe mine, in Botswana, and the WCF that is used to support ongoing operations.

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Gold International News

AngloGold idles lossmaking Brazil mine, appoints new COO

Bullion miner AngloGold Ashanti has placed the Córrego do Sítio (CDS) mine, in Brazil, on care and maintenance, following a sustained period of poor production and costs that are well above the gold price. CDS is AngloGold’s smallest operation and produced 30 000 oz in the first six months of the year at a total cash cost of $2 278/oz and an all-in sustaining cost (AISC) of $3 031/oz. The mine produced 69 000 oz last year, accounting for only 2.5% of

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Diamonds International News

De Beers Loosens Buying Rules as Inventories Accumulate

De Beers will allow sightholders to defer up to half of rough purchases to early next year amid sluggish consumer demand and high midstream stockpiles, market insiders told Rapaport News. The miner wrote to customers last week, informing them that they could avoid buying parts of their allocations of 1-carat goods and larger for the rest of 2023, the sources said on condition of anonymity. The allowance is 25% by value for some boxes and 50% for others,

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Diamonds International News

LUCARA DIAMOND CORP. FINDS 692.3-CARAT DIAMOND AT KAROWE MINE

Lucara Diamond Corp. has recovered a 692.3-carat diamond from its Karowe mine in Botswana, the second massive rough from the deposit this month. The white, type IIa stone came from the EM/PK(S) unit in the south lobe, known for its large, high-quality rough, Lucara said on Monday 21st of August.  The miner found the diamond via its XRT unit, which uses X-ray technology to identify huge stones in large pieces of ore before they get broken up.

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International News Petroleum

Ghana to increase petrol and diesel prices by 5.7%

Prices of petrol and diesel are likely to increase averagely by about 5.7% over the current mean price of ¢12.45 per litre, for the next two weeks. The price of Liquefied Petroleum Gas is also expected to go up by about 11.9%. According to the Chamber of Petroleum Consumers (COPEC), the expected increase is due to the 11.00% rise in prices of finished products on the international market and the about 6.79% surge in the

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International News Petroleum

Mozambique’s Shipment of Fuel to Malawi Conveyed via Rail from Nacala

The company Nacala Logistics, which operates the northern Mozambican port of Nacala and the rail corridors from the port, has just started sending liquid fuels from Nacala to Malawi, by rail. The first operation, as reported in the latest issue of the Maputo daily “Notícias”, consists of 29 tanker wagons containing 1.1 million litres of diesel. Previously, fuel was supplied to Malawi by road from the central Mozambican port of Beira, and the Tanzanian city

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International News Renewable Energy

Hyphen, Itochu Speed Up Namibian Green Hydrogen Project with MoU

Green hydrogen development company Hyphen Hydrogen Energy has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with import-export company Itochu Corporation to explore areas for potential collaboration on sub-Saharan Africa’s first fully vertically integrated green hydrogen project in Namibia. The agreement was signed on 8 August by Hyphen Hydrogen Energy CEO, Marco Raffinetti, and CEO of the Africa Bloc at Itochu Corporation, Shinya Ishizuka.  The signing ceremony was witnessed by Japan’s Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry,

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Economy Local News Petroleum

Sonangol maintains leadership of the state’s consolidated assets

Sonangol continues to lead the ranking of the largest companies in the Public Business Sector (SEP), representing 57 percent of total aggregate assets in 2022, of 26.9 billion kwanzas. The ranking considers the balance sheets   of 71 companies in the public sector that provided accounts within the time period determined by the Institute for the Management of Assets and State Participations (IGAPE). According to the data, Sonangol’s assets reached 15.4 billion kwanzas, followed by far by

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International News Petroleum

Mozambique’s Minister Urges Swift Return of TotalEnergies

The Mozambican government last week defended the resumption of the natural gas production project by the consortium led by French multinational TotalEnergies “as soon as possible”, pointing out that “the security conditions are in place”. “”There are very clear signs that the security conditions are in place,” said the Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, Carlos Zacarias, speaking to journalists on the sidelines of the Ministry’s eighth coordinating council, which took place in the city of

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Energy International

Mozambique Nears Deal with Hydrocarbon Tender Winners

The Mozambican authorities are finalizing negotiations with the two consortia that won the sixth international tender for hydrocarbon exploration and production, but the contracts have yet to be approved and signed, the government said on last week. “The negotiations are almost over and, at the latest, by the end of this year, the contracts will be presented to the government, so that it can approve them, so that operations can begin,” said the Minister of

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