Uganda has started drilling operations on its first commercial oil discovery. The East African country has secured the first of the 4 platforms planned to operate the discovery, and has already started drilling its 1st commercial well in hopes of achieving first oil production by 2025. The Kingfisher oil field in Kikuube District is operated by the China National Offshore Oil Corporation, CNOOC, but is co-owned by TotalEnergies and Uganda’s state oil company, UNOC. The
The Minister of Mineral Resources, Oil and Gas, Diamantino Pedro Azevedo, announced Wednesday 8th February in Cape Town, South Africa, that many companies have guaranteed investment for the Angolan mining sector, during this year’s edition of the Forum “Indaba Mining ” 2023. Diamantino Azevedo advanced these guarantees at the end of the intergovernmental conference, held on the sidelines of “Mining Indaba 2023”, having also stressed that at the said meeting he presented the achievements of
The general director of the Catoca mining Society, Benedito Manuel, said on Tuesday 7th February in Cape Town that the fourth largest mine in the world has managed to maintain positive revenue indicators, despite facing difficulties in the logistics chain offered by the country. Speaking to the press on the sidelines of the International Conference on Mining in Africa, Benedito Manuel reassured potential businessmen who intend to invest in the country, encouraging them to enter
Thirteen Angolan companies are participating from February 6 to 9, in Cape Town, South Africa, in the International Conference Mining Indaba. This is the largest African event of investments in the mining sector, and this year will have as its theme “Unlocking the Future of Mining in Africa”. The objectives of the participation are to transmit the Angolan experience, capture investments to leverage projects, identify and establish partnerships in the field of service provision, as
Mining Eventos, a brand of Bumbar Mining, an Angolan company specialized in communication consultancy, organizes, on the 26th of the current month, in the city of Luanda, the 1st Safe and Mining Forum. Under the theme “The insurance industry’s view of the mining sector – expectations, challenges and opportunities, the event will be in an interactive format with two round tables. According to a document from the institution to which Jornal de Angola had access,
Angolan oil and gas company, Falcon Oil Holding Angola S.A., will participate at this year’s AOG 2022 Conference and Exhibition as a gold sponsor Angolan oil and gas exploration and production company, Falcon Oil Holding Angola S.A., will participate at this year’s Angola Oil & Gas (AOG) (bit.ly/3RIrAQ1) 2022 Conference and Exhibition – taking place in Luanda on 29-30 November and 1 December – as a gold sponsor, demonstrating the event’s high-level participation among key regional energy
The General Director of Memorial Dr. António Agostinho Neto, António Fonseca urged the Brilhante Foundation to “guide for more actions aimed at culture and the arts, with a view to safeguarding the cultural identity of the communities surrounding the diamond mining areas”. António Fonseca was speaking on the occasion of the launch of the literary work “The cultural thought of Dr. Agostinho Neto” which took place on the 30th of September on the occasion of
Green hydrogen and fuel cells will be a very important part of any future energy system, says Switzerland-based energy and sustainability consultancy strategist Dr David Hart. Among the electrolysers that convert renewable electricity into green hydrogen are proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolysers, with PEM fuel cells then converting the green hydrogen back into green electricity for mobility and stationary power. Both technologies are reliant on platinum group metals (PGMs), which are sourced overwhelmingly from South Africa.Hart, who was speaking to Engineering News & Mining Weekly in a Zoom interview,
The Lulo alluvial mine, located in the Lunda-Norte Province, produced a 131-carat diamond. The white gemstone is the 29th of more than 100 carats recovered since the start of operations. The newly discovered diamond is also the 4th of more than 100 carats discovered in 2022.
The Miners Union has called for the establishment of a national Energy Transition Authority amid announcements that coal-fired power stations in both Victoria and Queensland would be fast-tracked to closure. The Queensland government this week announced plans to exit coal-fired power stations to progressively become clean energy hubs from 2027, with the infrastructure to include gas and later hydrogen-powered stationMeanwhile, energy provider AGL on Thursday announced its own plans to exit from all coal-fired power generation, and is targeting the early closure of its Loy Yang A power station up to ten years earlier than previously
