More than 100 Young People Trained in Diamond Cutting

One hundred and fourteen young people recently concluded, in the city of Saurimo, province of Lunda-Sul, training in diamond cutting at the Training Center in Evaluation and Lapidation of the National Diamantifer Society (Sodiam). In the message, during the ceremony for awarding certificates to the finalists of the first and second cycles, the recent graduates expressed their “willingness and availability” to face new challenges and contribute to the development of the diamond subsector in Angola.

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Namibe Opens Primary School at Valódia

The minister of Education, Luisa Grilo, inaugurated Thursday, 23, in Namibe province a primary school No. 113, named after “Manuel Francisco Peú”, which is located at Valódia neighborhood, in the Moçâmedes municipality. Fully equipped, the school was built from scratch with funding from SODIAM – E.P., and it is the result of a protocol signed between the government of that province, the National Company of Diamond Commercialization of Angola and Fundação Brilhante, the social face

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Saurimo Gains Several Social Infrastructures

The minister of Mineral Resources, Oil and Gas, Diamantino Azevedo, will travelled this Friday, 24, to the province of Lunda Sul, for a two-day visit, where he inaugurated a school for Primary Education and the First Cycle of Secondary Education, with a capacity to accommodate 1080 students. The construction of the school, fully equipped, took eight months and was funded by SODIAM-E.P., valued at over 800 million kwanzas. According to a press release, Diamantino Azevedo

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Sonangol Sold 24 Assets and Hopes to Privatize Another Seven This Year

Sonangol has already sold a total of 24 assets, which yielded 130 million dollars, and is in negotiations to privatize another seven year, the chairman of the board of directors of the state-owned oil company said last Friday, 24th February. “This total of alienated assets allows us to say we have contracted, in terms of alienation, the equivalent of a collection of 130 million dollars”, said Gasper Martins, in a press conference. The chairman of

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150 Carat Type IIA White Diamond Recovered at Luloand SML Dividend Repatriated

Lucapa Diamond Company Limited (ASX: LOM), along with its Lulo partners Endiama and Rosas & Petalas, have announced the discovery of a 150-carat white Type IIa diamond from the Lulo Alluvial Mine in Angola. This marks the 36th time a diamond of over 100 carats has been recovered at Lulo, with the 150-carat diamond being the fifth such discovery in Mining Block 28 (“MB28”). In addition, Lucapa has received the dividend approved by the shareholders

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Angolan oil Company Aims to Increase Refining and Renewable Energy

Angola’s state-owned oil company, Sonangol, has revealed its strategic plan for 2023-2030, which includes a focus on the value chain linked to hydrocarbons, an increase in refining capacity to 425,000 barrels of oil per day, and the addition of a petrochemical complex. The company also plans to increase storage capacity and produce renewable energy from photovoltaic projects to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by around 15%. Furthermore, the company aims to increase carbon capture and investment

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Sonangol Earns US$12.6 billion in 2022

Sonangol recorded, in the 2022 financial year, a turnover of US$12.6 billion, corresponding to an operating result (EBITDA) estimated at US$4.9 billion. The information was released on Friday 24th February, in Luanda by the chairman of the Board of Directors of the Angolan oil company, Sebastião Gaspar Martins, during the conference to present the provisional performance balance sheet.  The manager said that the company is present in around 35 concessions as a partner, currently being the

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Oil Production Reached More than 30 million barrels

Angola’s oil production for the month of January was 34 million 294 thousand 39 barrels, corresponding to a daily average of 1 million 106 thousand 285 barrels of oil/day against 1 million 197 thousand 939 barrels forecast. According to the monthly production summary of the National Petroleum and Gas Agency (ANPG), production of associated gas during the month of January was 82 million 534 thousand cubic feet, corresponding to a daily average of 2 million 662

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Sonangol Reduced Gasoline Import costs by US$92 million

Sonangol reduced gasoline import costs by US$92 million, due to the completion and start-up of the new Gasoline Production Complex at the Luanda Refinery, having achieved production of around 85,000 tonnes by the end of 2022 metrics. These data were released this Friday 24th February in Luanda, at a press conference by the Board of Directors of the national oil company, in reference to the 47th anniversary, where he underlined that “the data in question

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Executive Maintains Strategy for self-sufficiency in Fuels until 2027

Sonangol is involved in refining projects that aim to materialize the Executive’s strategy “so that we can achieve self-sufficiency in fuels by 2027”, said, this Friday 24 feb, in Luanda, the Secretary of State for Oil and Gas. José Barroso, who was speaking at the opening of the press conference alluding to the 47th anniversary of Sonangol, also said that the state-owned oil company is also committed to increasing its capacity for storing liquid and

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