The Brent oil price for December delivery rose 0.64% to $84.57, according to the last update at 12:39 on October 8, 2023, in the London futures market. The North Sea crude, a benchmark in Europe and Angola, ended the session on the International Exchange Futures trading at 54 cents above the $84.03 it closed at last Thursday. Brent rebounded on Friday after positive economic data from the United States was released, which improved expectations for
ASX-listed Lucapa Diamond Company, which holds a 40% interest in the Lulo mine, in Angola, and a 70% interest in the Mothae mine, in Lesotho, has appointed Nick Selby as CEO and MD. Selby has served as interim CEO since August, following former CEO and MD Stephen Wetherall‘s resignation. Selby, an extraction metallurgist, joined Lucapa in October 2014 as COO and was appointed executive director of operations in September 2017. He began his career with De Beers, where
Anglo American unit De Beers and Botswana’s government signed a deal covering the main aspects of a new sales and mining agreement for their Debswana diamond venture in the African nation. The pact covers a new ten-year sales deal for Debswana’s rough diamond production through to 2033, along with a 25-year extension to the Debswana mining licences through to 2054, De Beers and the Botswana government said in a joint statement on Sunday. The latest incident happened in Chegutu, some 100 km
ENDIAMA has held a meeting, last month in Dundo- Lunda Norte province, to take stock of the half-yearly diamond production of the mining companies operating in Angola. In addition to maximizing the exchange of experiences, the aim of the meeting was to evaluate the functioning and discuss the procedures applied by the diamond producing companies. The event was led by the Chairman of the Board of Directors of ENDIAMA- E.P, Ganga Júnior, and was also
The Indian diamond sector has recommended a two-month freeze on rough imports, its most drastic emergency measure since the Covid-19 crisis. The pause will run from October 15 to December 15, five leading trade organizations said in a joint statement. They came to the decision at a meeting of more than 100 industry representatives the same day, and said they would review the situation in the first week of December. The move is a response
It’s touted by some as possibly the world’s biggest-ever deep-water oil find. The discovery off the shores of Namibia last year by TotalEnergies and Shell of an estimated 11-billion barrels of crude has generated understandable excitement in the southern African country. Even if only a small portion of that potential load valued at about $1 trillion at current prices – is realistically recoverable, it holds the promise of untold riches for this nation of 2.7
The oil prices rose by more than one dollar on Tuesday 19th September 2023, in the fourth consecutive session of gains, against a backdrop marked by the fact that weak shale oil production in the United States is exacerbating concerns about supply due to prolonged production cuts by Saudi Arabia and Russia. Brent futures prices, a benchmark for Angolan sales, rose by 1.24 dollars or 1.31 percent, to 95.67 dollars per barrel at 2:08 PM
The Energy Invest: Namibia 2023 publication the official investment report on Namibia’s oil, natural gas, power, mining, and renewable energy sectors will be launched at the “Invest in Namibia Energies” strategic session at African Energy Week 2023 in Cape Town on October 18. Endorsed by the Ministry of Mines and Energy and produced by Energy Capital & Power in partnership with the African Energy Chamber, National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia (NAMCOR), Namibia Investment Promotion and
The global energy company (ENI) announced in Luanda that it will make a $1 billion investment for the development of non-associated gas in Angola, its managing director, Guido Brusco, has said. Non-associated gas is free of oil and water in the reservoir, and its concentration is predominantly in the rock layer. According to the director of the Italian energy company, who was speaking at the 4th edition of the Angola International Conference and Exhibition “Oil
Gold Fields will decide whether to keep or dispose of its stake in its smallest gold asset within the next four months, according to interim CEO Martin Preece. The Johannesburg-listed firm is “exploring all the options” for the Asanko gold mine in Ghana, including a total divestiture or a move to boost its ownership. The company entered into a joint venture agreement to operate the mine with Vancouver-based Galiano Gold in 2018. It produced 170,342
