In spite of its vast reserves of minerals, the mining sector is currently only a modest contributor to the economy due to a range of factors that have impeded development. All told, approximately 14.5bn tonnes of metallic minerals (including gold, copper, iron, chromite, nickel, cobalt and platinum) and 67.66bn tonnes of non-metallic minerals, such as sand and gravel, limestone, marble, clay, and...
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The emergence of new hydrocarbons fields has helped the Philippine energy sector make up for declining output starting in the mid-1990s. While primary energy demand continues to outstrip diminishing domestic production, output from relatively recently exploited reserves are offsetting maturing blocks as the sector looks to implement a strategy of efficiency, diversification and further...
Following the choice of a Russian consortium to build Jordan’s first nuclear power plant, the government hopes it will help alleviate problems far beyond the obvious ones in the kingdom’s energy sector.
Articles & Analysis | The prodigal sun: Renewables have huge potential for domestic use, and possibly export from The Report: Algeria 2013
With electricity consumption rising inexorably, power production almost entirely gas-based and Algeria’s leadership increasingly conscious of the need to husband exportable gas resources, the country is placing ever-greater hopes on renewable sources of energy. This is particularly the case as a means of feeding domestic demand for electricity, but...
Interviews & Viewpoints | OBG talks to Touffik Fredj, President & CEO for North-west Africa, General Electric (GE) from The Report: Algeria 2013
How much potential is there for the development of smart grids, and how can it be encouraged?
Articles & Analysis | Shale and hearty: The discovery of substantial reserves could transform the industry from The Report: Algeria 2013
In recent years, conventional reserves of fossil fuels such as oil and gas have been steadily dwindling. With renewables not yet sufficiently developed to end dependence on these resources, the world faced a stark choice: either return to more hazardous and more polluting sources such as nuclear and coal, or accept dramatically higher energy prices...