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Mozambique Oil & Gas: Deep Waters Natural Gas reserves exceeds those of Angola and Nigeria

Posted on January 14, 2015January 14, 2015 by Mozambique Resources Post

Washington – Natural gas reserves in deep waters in Mozambique total around 20 billion barrels, the World Bank said in its Global Economic Prospects report, issued Tuesday in Washington. In the document, the World Bank analysts said “natural gas fields in the deep waters of Mozambique have reserves higher than in Angola or Nigeria [the two largest oil producers in sub-Saharan Africa.”

“African mining companies failure not Ebola fault” – advisory

Posted on January 14, 2015January 14, 2015 by Mozambique Resources Post

While acknowledging Ebola as a “terrible” disease, corporate advisory firm SP Angel believes the failure of certain mining companies active in Ebola-hit African countries should not be attributed to the impact of the disease on operations. The firm’s comments followed an announcement by embattled West Africaniron-ore miner London Mining late last year that the company would be placed into administration after battling high costs, a sharp drop in iron-ore prices and the impact of the Ebola virus on production at the Marampa mine, in Sierra…

Health & Safety: Eleven mining CEOs call for increased action against Ebola

Posted on September 9, 2014 by Mozambique Resources Post

A group of 11 miners operating in West Africa on Monday called on the international community to step up its effort to help combat the outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in the region that had, to date, killed nearly 2 100 people, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO).

Industry Health & Safety: Doctor Dies of Ebola In Nigeria’s Oil Hub Port Harcourt

Posted on September 1, 2014 by Mozambique Resources Post

A doctor in Nigeria’s oil hub of Port Harcourt has died from Ebola after treating a contact of a Liberian-American man who was the first recorded case of the virus in Africa’s most populous country.

“Botswana blocks copper trucks from Congo on Ebola fears”, Times of Zambia reports

Posted on August 29, 2014 by Mozambique Resources Post

More than 100 trucks hauling copper from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have been denied entry into Botswana over fears of an Ebola outbreak in Congo, leaving the trucks stranded at a border crossing, local media reported on Thursday.