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De Beers to spend $1bn on Jwaneng expansion

18, January, 202418, January, 2024

DE Beers will go ahead with a planned $1bn investment to extend the life of its flagship Jwaneng mine in Botswana, said Reuters citing the diamond firm’s CEO Al Cook. The investment would proceed even as the 2023 downturn in gem demand persisted, the newswire added. The Anglo American unit and the Botswana government, which jointly own Debswana Diamond Company, have approved the spending that will convert the Jwaneng pit into an underground operation, said

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Petroleum International Oil

Nigeria’s NNPC Receives First Tranche of $3.3B Afreximbank Loan

16, January, 202416, January, 2024

The African Export–Import Bank (Afreximbank) has disbursed a $2.25-billion loan to support the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) in bolstering services across the petroleum value chain and improving the country’s macroeconomic stability. The loan is part of a $3.3-billion financial package extended to the NNPC by Afreximbank, Gunvor International BV and Sahara Energy Resources Limited. In addition to restoring stability, the loan serves to facilitate Nigeria’s access to import financing for raw materials and essential

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Diamonds International News

De Beers cuts Diamond prices to revive sales

15, January, 202415, January, 2024

De Beers made big cuts to its diamond prices as the world’s top producer tries to revive gem sales after the market ground to a halt last year. The industry almost came to a complete standstill in the second half of 2023 as the two biggest miners all but stopped supplies in a desperate attempt to stem a collapse in prices. While those efforts helped the market to pick up a bit, it’s unclear how

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Local Mining News

Angolan sovereign wealth fund satisfied with Longonjo construction progress

15, January, 202415, January, 2024

Angolan sovereign wealth fund Fundo Soberano de Angola (FSDEA) is “delighted to see the excellent progress” that is being achieved on site at the Longonjo rare earths project, as this is an important project for the entity, FSDEA chairperson Armando Manuel has said. On January 10, London-listed Pensana Rare Earths and its local subsidiary Ozango Minerais welcomed the full board of FSDEA to Longonjo for a site inspection. The six members of the board were

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International Gas News

Cheap US gasoline heads to Australia, Mozambique in rare shipments

15, January, 202415, January, 2024

Cheap gasoline from a supply glut along the U.S. Gulf Coast has reopened far-flung markets including Australia and Mozambique to exports of the U.S. fuel. U.S. gasoline demand at the end of December fell to the lowest in a year. Stocks in PADD 3 along the Gulf Coast were up 9.5% over a year earlier at the end of last month as refiners cranked up production after fall maintenance outages. A cargo of U.S. gasoline

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Gas International News

Nigeria: Construction Begins on $2.5B Gas Distribution Project

15, January, 202415, January, 2024

Nigerian integrated energy company, Optimera Energy LFZ Enterprise, has started construction on natural gas distribution infrastructure within the Lagos Free Zone. Under a 20-year Gas Infrastructure Development Agreement with the Lagos Free Zone Company, the project includes a 25-million standard cubic feet per day City Gate Station, a 10-km distribution line and a 6.5-km, ten-inch gas pipeline. The pipeline connects the Escravos – Lagos Pipeline System tie-in point in the Lekki Corridor to the Optimera

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Gas International News

Nigeria’s ANOH Gas Plant Achieves Mechanical Completion

15, January, 202415, January, 2024

Installation works for the ANOH Gas Processing Plant – located in OML 53 in Nigeria – reached mechanical completion on December 19, 2023, Nigerian independent oil and gas company Seplat Energy announced. Drilling and hook-up of the upstream wells, essential third-party infrastructure, the OB3 pipeline river crossing and Spur Line has also been completed, with the third and fourth wells – ASSN-05 and ASSN-06 – completed. The next step before plant commissioning and the start

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International News Renewable Energy

South Africa’s Bid Window 7 Targets 5 GW of Renewable Energy Projects

15, January, 202415, January, 2024

South Africa’s Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) has launched Bid Window 7 under the country’s Renewable Independent Power Producers Procurement Program. The seventh bid submission phase aims to procure 3.2 GW of onshore wind and 1.8 GW of solar photovoltaic (PV) projects, for a total renewable energy capacity of 5 GW. “Given the energy challenges the country is facing, the qualification criteria has been developed to promote the participation of projects that are

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Mining Local News Oil Transport and Logistics

Lobito Corridor and Sonangol Could Create New Opportunities in Sustainability for Westerners

15, January, 202415, January, 2024

Access to charging stations is not the only factor limiting the wide-spread adoption of electric vehicles in the United States. Experts are concerned that, in the coming years, EV sales could be further dampened by the diminishing supplies of a material most Americans have thought little about since high school chemistry: cobalt. A heavy metal found primarily in central Africa, cobalt is an essential component of the batteries used to power electric vehicles. And for

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Local Mining News

Pensana’s Longonjo Rare Earths Project in Angola gets mining title approval

15, January, 202416, January, 2024

The Longonjo Rare Earths Project, which spans 21 km2, is located near the town of Longonjo in central Angola and near Lobito Corridor’s Benguela Railway. Australia-based Pensana Rare Earths said that its subsidiary Ozango Minerals has secured approval from the Angolan President for the exploitation of the Longonjo Rare Earths Project in the Central African country. President João Lourenço approved the company’s mining title, which will be valid for 35 years, for the mining of

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