Posts Tagged ‘sector’
Middle Africa Power Market Update – September 2012
Congo power supply improves but lack of transmission capacity cripples usage The total installed capacity of the Republic of Congo has improved significantly in the last few months. The 350MW twin gas-fired plants in Cote Mateve, inaugurated in December 2011 and the 120MW hydroelectric plant, which commenced operations in June at Imboulou [...]
Middle Africa Oil Update – September 2012
Foreign exchange listings could become major funding source for Nigerian oil explorers The success of Nigeria-focused independent Eland Oil & Gas in raising about $191.4 million (N29.5 billion) on London’s secondary stock market, the AIM, underpins a new appetite for foreign listings. Coming on the back of Oando’s recent completion of [...]
Industry, Market, and Sector Resources for African Countries
Afribiz has prepared a list of free industry, market, and sector resources for each African country for your use. Click on the appropriate link below to access the country desired. Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Republic of [...]
Zimbabwe: Mineral Industry Overview
Zimbabwe’s diverse mineral output included about 3% of the world’s platinum and vermiculite production, about 2% of the world’s lithium and palladium output, and about 1% of the world’s asbestos production. In 2009, several mineral production companies and mineral-based commodity manufacturers resumed operations at mines and plants that [...]
Zambia: Mineral Industry Overview
Copper mining and refining were the predominant components of Zambia’s mineral industry. Zambia also was a significant producer of cobalt and semiprecious gemstones, such as amethyst, beryl, and emerald. In 2009, Zambia’s mines accounted for an estimated 4% of the world’s total output of cobalt and copper (Edelstein, 2010; Shedd, [...]
Uganda: Mineral Industry Overview
Uganda’s Sustainable Management of Mineral Resources Project (SMMRP), which began in 2004 and was funded by the Asian Development Bank, the Government of Uganda, the Nordic Development Fund, and the World Bank, continued to create investment opportunities in the mineral sector in 2009. The focus of the SMMRP was to acquire geologic data [...]
Sudan: Mineral Industry Overview
In Sudan, increased production of crude petroleum in recent years has substantially strengthened the mineral sector’s influence on the national economy. Sudan was not a globally significant producer or consumer of mineral commodities in 2009. Investment in Sudan’s petroleum and petrochemical industries by U.S. individuals and organizations was [...]
Tanzania: Mineral Industry Overview
In 2009, Tanzania was the world’s only producer of tanzanite. The country also played a significant role in the global production of gold, accounting for nearly 2% of the world’s gold mine output (George, 2010). Other domestically significant mining and mineral processing operations included cement and diamond. Tanzania was not a globally [...]
Somalia: Mineral Industry Overview
Somalia, which is an East African country located on the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean, produced small quantities of gemstones, granite, marble, niobium (columbium), salt, sandstone, and tantalum in recent years. The mineral industry made a small contribution to Somalia’s exports and economy in general. The country also had deposits of [...]
Rwanda: Mineral Industry Overview
Rwanda was not a globally significant consumer of minerals. In 2009, however, Rwanda’s share of the world’s tantalum mine production amounted to about 9%, and tungsten, 1%. In 2008 (the latest year for which data were available), the mining and quarrying sector accounted for about 1% of the gross domestic product. About 50,000 Rwandans were [...]
Sierra Leone: Mineral Industry Overview
Diamond remained the most significant mineral commodity to Sierra Leone’s economy. The country was the world’s 10th ranked producer of diamond, by volume, in 2010 and the world’s third ranked producer of rutile. Other mineral commodities produced included bauxite, cement, gold, and ilmenite (Gambogi, 2011; Kimberley Process Rough [...]
Niger: Mineral Industry Overview
In 2009, Niger continued to be the world’s sixth ranked producer of uranium accounting for about 6.4% of world production. Other mineral commodities produced in the country included cement, coal, gold, gypsum, limestone, salt, silver, and tin (World Nuclear Association, 2010). Production Bituminous coal production increased by 23% to [...]
Nigeria: Mineral Industry Overview
As Africa’s leading crude oil producer, Nigeria accounted for about 24% of African and about 2.9% of total world crude oil production in 2010. The state-owned Nigerian National Petroleum Corp. (NNPC) reported that crude oil output increased by about 15% compared with that of 2009 (BP p.l.c., 2011; Nigerian National Petroleum Corp., 2011). The [...]
Malawi: Mineral Industry Overview
Malawi was a producer of cement, coal, crushed stone, dolomite, kaolin, lime, limestone, and sulfuric acid for domestic consumption. The country also mined and exported bentonite and uranium, such gemstones as amethyst, garnet, ruby, sapphire, and tourmaline, and such ornamental stones as agate and rose quartz. In 2010, Malawi accounted for about [...]
Mali: Mineral Industry Overview
Mali’s mining sector was dominated by the production of gold. No other mineral commodities were produced in significant quantities in the country, with the exception of rock salt and semiprecious stones, such as amethyst, epidote, garnet, prehnite, and quartz. Diamond was produced in small quantities as a byproduct of the mining of gold, but [...]
