ASX-listed Lucapa Diamond Company has reported the sale of 5,587 carats from the Lulo diamond mine in Angola, where it holds a 40% interest. During the quarter ending September 30, the diamonds were sold at an average price of $3,033 per carat, generating $16.9 million in revenue. Despite a shift in the mining plan due to late seasonal flooding, production at Lulo remained consistent with the same period in 2023. A lower recovered grade was
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Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals FZE has filed a lawsuit with the Federal High Court in Abuja, seeking to annul the import licenses granted to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Matrix Petroleum Services, A. A. Rano, and four other oil companies. According to Nairametrics, these licenses permit the companies to import refined petroleum products, but Dangote contends that it produces sufficient quantities of these products to meet local demand, negating the need for imports.
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Lucara Diamond Corp (TSX: LUC) has sold its 100% stake in the Clara rough diamond sales platform to its original founders, a group led by the HRA Group of Companies and company founder Eira Thomas. Clara is a digital marketplace that revolutionizes rough diamond sales, leveraging technology to connect buyers and sellers while enhancing transparency and trust. The platform integrates provenance and traceability services for individual rough diamonds, addressing the industry’s growing need for improved
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Trans Atlantic Gem Sales (TAGS) and Angola’s state-owned Sodiam sold $12.9 million worth of rough diamonds at their third tender of the year. The sale, held in Luanda, featured 44 diamonds over 10.8 carats, including two stones exceeding 175 carats. Of the 44 stones offered, 42 were sold. Despite a challenging global diamond market, 38 international manufacturing firms participated in the tender. Both TAGS and Sodiam highlighted the benefits of the transparent tender system, which
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Starting in 2025, De Beers will provide country-of-origin information for all rough diamonds larger than 1.25 carats sourced from its mines and registered on its Tracr platform. This will extend to diamonds over 1 carat to comply with new Group of Seven (G7) import regulations, the company announced. “For the first time, we can offer customers the provenance of their diamonds at scale,” said De Beers CEO Al Cook. “Our goal is to share the
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Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL), a subsidiary of Chevron Corporation, has announced the discovery of a new oil field in the Western Niger Delta, capable of producing an estimated 17,000 barrels of oil per day (bpd). This significant find aims to bolster Nigeria’s declining oil output. The “near-field discovery” was made by the Meji NW-1 spud in Petroleum Mining Lease (PML) 49, located in the shallow offshore region. Chevron disclosed this development in a statement to
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ABUJA, 21 October 2024: Nigeria has officially approved Seplat Energy’s $1.28 billion acquisition of ExxonMobil’s onshore assets, as confirmed by Gbenga Komolafe, CEO of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC). The long-awaited approval comes more than two years after the deal was initially agreed upon in February 2022. The sale had faced regulatory scrutiny but received final clearance following President Bola Tinubu’s announcement on October 1, stating the deal would gain ministerial approval within
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Eni SpA has garnered substantial interest for its upcoming floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Mozambique, even as international lenders face increasing pressure to reduce investments in fossil fuels. Luca Vignati, Eni’s director of upstream operations, revealed in a recent interview that the new project is expected to cost around the same as the $7 billion Coral South plant, which was inaugurated in 2022. Vignati indicated that investment decisions for the new LNG plant
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Triton Minerals Ltd (ASX:TON) has entered into a binding Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to acquire up to 80% of the Aucu gold and copper project in Mozambique’s central-west Tete province. Spanning 588 square kilometers, the project is strategically located near existing infrastructure and active gold and coal mining operations. It lies approximately 45 kilometers from Tete, the provincial capital, and just 200 kilometers south of Africa Lion Gold’s Chifunde Gold project. The area’s well-established mining
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Petrobras has received board approval to acquire a 10% stake in South Africa’s Deep Western Orange Basin (DWOB) block from TotalEnergies. The DWOB block is located in deep waters of the Orange Basin, an area where significant oil discoveries have recently been made by TotalEnergies, Shell, and Galp. Following the acquisition, Petrobras will hold a 10% stake in the DWOB block, joining a consortium led by TotalEnergies (40% and operator), along with QatarEnergy (30%) and
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