Coal-bed gas may alter southern African energy scene

South Africa and neighbouring countries are heavily dependent on coal- and hydropower-based...

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South Africa's ruling party alliance faces new strains

The internal unity of COSATU (the Congress of South African Trade Unions) and its relations with...

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The successful extraction of methane hydrate -- known colloquially as 'flammable ice' -- from...

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The General National Congress on March 19 approved the 66.9 billion Libyan dinars (52 billion...

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UK-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto has resisted requests by the Mongolian government to revise...

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Qatar has started talks with the UK government on investing 15 billion dollars in infrastructure,...

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Niger is widely identified as vulnerable to spill-over of Islamist or separatist insurgency from...

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Global miner Xstrata's 5.9 billion-dollar Tampakan mine, South-east Asia's largest copper-gold...

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Relations between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Angola have long been defined by the...

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As part of its industrial diversification plans, Saudi Arabia is expanding its mining sector,...

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