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Interviews & Viewpoints | OBG talks to Pietro Amico, General Representative, Eramet Gabon from The Report: Gabon 2014
Si les exportations marocaines de phosphates – secteur clé de l’économie du royaume- n’ont pas été épargnées par la baisse des prix des matières premières, une croissance générale est attendue pour les années à venir, la plupart des analystes prévoyant un rétablissement du marché mondial d’ici 2016. Malgré ces perturbations cycliques, le groupe public marocain, l’Office Chérifien des Phosphates (OCP), travaille actuellement sur plusieurs projets avec pour objectif d’accroître la production. La hausse des ventes de produits à valeur ajoutée tels que les engrais pourrait permettre, dans un avenir proche, de compenser la baisse des prix des matières premières.
Employment in the business process outsourcing (BPO) industry in the Philippines hit an all-time high in August, following a decade of phenomenal growth that has seen revenues and employment expand ten-fold since 2004.
Chapter | Mining & Industry from The Report: Gabon 2014
Mining
The natural wealth of Gabon is not limited to oil and gas, and the country is turning to mining to help diversify away from its reliance on hydrocarbons.
The African Development Bank estimated that in 2012 the mining sector contributed 6.3% of GDP and 6% of exports, though estimates from the Ministry of Economy and Planning put it much lower, at under 2% of GDP....
With just 1.63m people, Gabon is the second-smallest member of the six-country Central African Economic and Monetary Community in terms of population, after Equatorial Guinea. However, the country’s well-developed hydrocarbons sector has made Gabon the second-largest economy in the sub-region.
Efforts are being stepped up to ensure the sustainability of Papua New Guinea’s (PNG) fisheries industry as illegal fishing threatens its long-term future. At the same time, the country is seeking to raise quality control to encourage more investment in onshore processing.