Category: Energy

Niger temporarily halts issuance of new mining licenses

January 27, 2024

Niger’s authorities have temporarily halted the issuance of new mining licenses and ordered an audit of the industry, the Ministry of Mining announced, according to ... Read More

King Mohammed VI extends invitation to Nigeria’s President to visit Morocco

January 23, 2024

King Mohammed VI has extended an invitation to Nigeria's President Bola Ahmed Adekunle Tinubu to visit Morocco. The monarch extended the invitation during a phone ... Read More

EBRD to invest $75m in HAU Energy BV to back 1.1 GW Gulf of Suez wind farm in Egypt

January 23, 2024

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, EBRD, has committed to a provisional equity investment of up to $75 million in HAU Energy BV, a ... Read More

Nigeria Agenda 2050: changing playing field of resource sector

January 22, 2024

The past few days have been full of news for Nigeria’s resources sector: It was announced that Nigeria Agenda 2050 requires approximately $100 billion, with ... Read More

OCP Group, Jet Energy announce a mega project of four photovoltaic plants in Morocco

January 17, 2024

The world's leading producer of phosphate fertilizers, OCP Group, has announced the launch of the construction of four photovoltaic plants in the mining cities of ... Read More

AfDB commits $303m for Mauritania-Mali electricity interconnection project

January 17, 2024

The African Development Bank (AfDB), through its African Development Fund (ADF), has approved a $303 million loan for the building of a 1,500 km-long power ... Read More

Green Hydrogen: Italy Planning Pipeline Project with Morocco

January 16, 2024

The Italian government has agreed to finance a feasibility study for building a pipeline destined to transport green hydrogen from Morocco to the European country. ... Read More

Saudi-led consortium seals deal with Egypt on $1.5bn in 1.1 MW wind project

January 12, 2024

A consortium led by the Saudi-listed water desalination company ACWA Power has signed a usufruct agreement to invest $1.5 billion in a 1.1 MW wind ... Read More

Guinea: Rio Tinto set to launch $20bn ‘world’s biggest mining project’ after 27-year delay

January 10, 2024

Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto is poised to commence a "world’s biggest” $20 billion mining project in the Republic of Guinea this year, following a ... Read More

Côte d’Ivoire to supply fuel to Guinea in wake of fuel terminal explosion

December 28, 2023

The Ivorian Government announced Wednesday December 27 the decision to send every month 50 million liters of fuel to Guinea, which is facing an acute ... Read More