A landmark visit in January by Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister, Peter O’Neill, to the semi-autonomous island province of Bougainville, has paved the way for reconciliation and renewed commercial interest in the region.
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Myanmar is seeking to build upon the growing and steady contribution of industry to GDP. This figure rose from 12% to 15.3% between 1970 and 1995 even as international sanctions affected the garment industry, with clothing exports falling by 60% and a loss of 80,000 jobs. However, with reform has come optimism of a turnaround in the making. As of 2012 the country had around 200 garment factories...
The presence of rubies, jade and other precious gems has been noted for centuries by locals, early Western explorers and colonial powers. Myanmar has an abundance of gold, silver, platinum, tin, tungsten, zinc, copper and gemstones. Yet very little of this has been exploited. One challenge to exploration and production is information. Only about half of the country has been mapped, pre-...
L’emplacement du nouveau complexe pétrochimique et de sa zone industrielle à Béjaïa a été déterminé, signe que le projet d’investissement du gouvernement algérien dans le secteur énergétique en aval est en bonne voie, alors que le pays cherche à diversifier son économie.
A new committee has been launched to build on the success of the Aqaba Special Economic Zone, the centrepiece of a long-term strategy to spread faster and more sustainable economic development to the rest of the kingdom.
Economic update | Kenya’s mining sector shows promise but shifting regulations concern investors
18 Feb 2014
A nascent mining industry is forming in Kenya, with the first large-scale mining project expected to begin exports this month, although a spate of changes to the regulatory framework over the past 18 months has made for a tighter operating environment for producers.