The Emerging Gabon strategy is aiming to foster more exploration and production in the mining sector, as well as expansion of local downstream processing capacity. A new mining code under development over the past two years is expected to pass Parliament by the end of 2013 with no major surprises for mining firms, although, as in many other mineral-...
Over the past few years, with commodity prices spiralling ever higher and minerals like gold reaching record levels, many host governments have felt that they were missing out on potential windfalls from their extractive industries – much needed in an era of global belt-tightening. Among conditions of economic uncertainty, the mining sector – on the...
The domestic industrial base is small, but with a concerted government strategy intended to leverage the country's sizeable natural endowments towards higher-value-added processing, there is growth potential. Existing capacity is focused in the areas of building materials, food, beverages and limited timber and manganese processing. Currently,...
While Gabon has a well-established niche in the global mining market as the world’s second-largest manganese producer, its ambition to significantly expand exploration is generating strong interest from junior miners. Many of the majors, some of which are present in the country already, still consider the central African state essentially a...
The domestic construction boom offers big rewards for steel producers. Residential and industrial developments are consuming supplies of steel products, from rebar and nails to wire netting and corrugated roofing. Despite the enormous potential, the same challenges confronting local industries across the board are also undermining local steel...
Given the country’s growing consumer population, limited product penetration and stable business environment within ECOWAS, the manufacturing sector in Ghana has impressive potential. However, in recent years, secondary activity has experienced some issues, and industry growth has not quite matched the spectacular expansion seen in other sectors....
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