The Lulo Diamond Mine (Angola) delivered 15,367 carats of diamonds in the first half of 2023, up 18% year-on-year. The announcement is made by Australian Lucapa Diamond. The source indicates that sales also increased by 37% compared to the corresponding period in 2022, reaching 14,337 carats. Revenue from these sales also increased 47% year-on-year to $33.3 million. The average price per carat sold was 2,326 US dollars, compared to 2,177 US dollars in the first half of
Russian oil and gas revenues in July, projecting a 60% rise from May receipts to 844 billion roubles ($9.3 billion). The boost in income is attributed to cyclical patterns and is expected to help alleviate Moscow’s budget deficit, which reached 2.6 trillion roubles ($28.7 billion) in the first half of the year. Russia’s Finance Minister, Anton Siluanov, had previously acknowledged that the country’s budget deficit in the coming year might exceed the expected 2% of
The President of the National Agency for Oil, Gas, and Biofuels (ANPG), Paulino Jerónimo, appealed on Thursday in Luanda for oil companies to continue investing in the Oil and Gas sector to increase production levels so that the country can surpass the current levels evaluated at one million and 100 barrels per day. The CEO of ANPG, who spoke at the closing of the Sustainability Forum in the Petroleum sector, part of the Oil and
From September 3 to September 14 of this year, the country will host the 4th edition of the International Angola Oil and Gas Conference, with the participation of more than 40 oil and gas industry producing and service-providing companies. The President of Energy Capital and Power, the event organizer, pointed out that the conference will serve as an opportunity for investors to explore the great potential of Angola’s Oil and Gas sector and the favorable
Djibouti’s state-owned logistics and transportation infrastructure investment vehicle, Great Horn Investment Holding (GHIH), has secured a $120 million financing package from the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) to implement a series of oil and logistics projects in the Damerjog Industrial Development Free Trade Zone. The financing for the project involves a combined package of $120 million from the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) and $35 million from the local banking institution Banque pour le Commerce et l’Industrie
Anglo-Australian multinational company Rio Tinto has announced its investment of A$40.4 million in the mining firm Sovereign Metals Limited. This investment will allow Rio Tinto to acquire a 15% stake in Sovereign and provide the necessary funding to advance the Kasiya Rutile-Graphite Project in Malawi. In a press release, Ben Stoikovich, Chairman of Sovereign, described the agreement with Rio Tinto as a landmark one, highlighting the potential for Kasiya to become a globally significant supplier
The Angolan Government aims to make the mining sector more diversified and less reliant on diamond exploration activities, stated the Director of the Office of Studies, Planning, and Statistics at the Ministry of Mines, Petroleum and Gas in Luanda yesterday. Alexandre José Garret, who opened the II Safe Life in Mining Forum, part of the conferences at the 38th edition of FILDA 2023, mentioned that this vision of the Government is part of the program
Angolan oil production averaged 1,120,246 barrels per day (bpd) in June, which is 0.52 percent more than the official forecasts, which had projected an average of 1,114,439 bpd. These figures were disclosed on Tuesday on the National Agency for Oil, Gas, and Biofuels (ANPG) website. In the Monthly Summary on Oil Production for June 2023, the national hydrocarbon concessionaire reports that Angola’s crude oil production totaled 33,607,388 barrels for that month. A comparison with the
Saudi Arabia has made a major change to the skills required of some international workers. The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development (HRSD) has announced the launch of the Skill Verification Program (SVP) in Sri Lanka for five out of the 23 targeted professional specializations. The professional specializations included in the SVP are plumbing, electricity, automotive electricity, automotive mechanics, and refrigeration and air conditioning. The SVP expansion into Sri Lanka comes as part of
Despite concerns about underinvestment in the upstream sector, peak oil and gas demand can be met in the 2030s without a substantial increase in current annual investment levels of $500 billion. Current upstream spending is a little more than half of the $914 billion 2014 peak (in 2023 terms), according to the report titled “Enough is Enough? Debunking the Myth of Upstream Investment.” This apparent shortfall has fed a widespread belief that the industry is
