Sunday 16 August 2026

15 result(s) for “Mines”

Investment

Ivory Coast - Canada: 27 billion CFA francs to boost SMEs

The evolution of cooperation between Côte d'Ivoire and Canada also involves small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). On August 6, 2026 in Abidjan, on the occasion of her first official working visit to Eburnia, the Honorable Anita Anand, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada, FinDev Canada formalized financing of 65...

par Chalysa Brou
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Commerce

Ivory Coast - Canada: trade reached nearly 500 billion CFA francs in 2025

Nearly $1.2 billion. This is the value reached in 2025 by trade between Ivory Coast and Canada. The figure was communicated by Anita Anand, Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs, during her working visit to Côte d'Ivoire.

par Chalysa Brou
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Mines

Mining: Ivory Coast draws inspiration from Botswana for an integrated mining industry

By concluding this first cooperation agreement in history, between the two countries in the mining and energy sectors, Côte d'Ivoire is displaying its ambition to transform its geological wealth into a real engine of economic development, taking inspiration from Botswana, an African benchmark in the management of miner...

par Chalysa Brou
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Pétrole

San Pedro: future oil lung of Ivory Coast

The government, through the Minister of Mines, Oil and Energy, Mamadou Sangafowa Coulibaly, confirms the construction of a second refinery in San Pedro, a titanic project which should triple the national refining capacity before 2040 and propel the country to the rank of West African energy hub. It was in Yamoussoukro...

par Franck Oulaï
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Pétrole

Oil storage: GESTOCI reaches a historic milestone

The Minister of Mines, Oil and Energy, Mamadou Sangafowa Coulibaly, commissioned the R14 tank with 20,000 m³ of diesel and the first Ivorian loading station for GESTOCI tank trucks, on July 24, 2026. This double infrastructure brings the total capacity of the depot to 100,700 m³.

par Jessica Coulibaly
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Industry

Industry: Strategic pact between Abidjan and Winning International Group

Ivory Coast has signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding with Winning International Group, laying the foundations for a strategic dialogue on mining, energy, industry and infrastructure. Three Ivorian ministers initialed the document in the presence of Prime Minister Robert Beugré Mambé. It was on the sidelines...

par Franck Oulaï
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Entrepreneuriat

CEPICI: Opening the floodgates of financing to women entrepreneurs

One window, five strategic sectors and a thousand women targeted, this is the bet launched on June 29, 2026 by the Center for the Promotion of Investments in Côte d'Ivoire (CEPICI) to transform female economic inclusion into a lever for industrial growth. A unique system for female entrepreneurship.

par Franck Oulaï
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Hydrocarbure

Hydrocarbon: a new deposit identified

A new exploration campaign carried out in the Ivorian sedimentary basin has led to the discovery of hydrocarbons on the offshore block CI-709. Carried out at a depth of more than 6,000 meters, this drilling confirms the interest in deep water zones.

par Chalysa Brou
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Maritime

Ivory Coast: inauguration of a Drone Center, a first in West and Central Africa

The Interregional Maritime Safety Institute (ISMI) of Yopougon-Niangon officially opened recently the very first regional center dedicated to civil drone professions in West and Central Africa. Abidjan has thus established itself as a pioneer in training for professional civil drones.

par Jessica Coulibaly
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Agenda

SIREXE 2026: Abidjan welcomes Africa's mines and energy for 5 days

From November 18 to 22, 2026, Abidjan will become the strategic crossroads of the African extractive sector. The International Exhibition of Extractive Resources and Energy (SIREXE) 2026 will be held under the theme: “Africa's mines, oil and energy meet in Abidjan”. This benchmark event will bring together political de...

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Hydrocarbure

Whale deposit: 4 billion dollars of investment in Ivory Coast

A decisive step has been taken in the exploitation of the largest hydrocarbon deposit discovered in Côte d'Ivoire. The signing of the Final Investment Decision (DFI) by the ENI-PETROCI-VITOL Consortium commits an investment of 4 billion US dollars, for the third and final phase of the Baleine field, bringing the total...

par Mohamed Fofana
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Briefs

Boundiali gold mine: a gold project with high potential

The Boundiali mining project, located in the Bagoué region in the north of Ivory Coast, is one of the most promising gold deposits in West Africa. retained by the Australian company Aurum Resources, the deposit now displays total resources estimated at approximately 3.03 million ounces of gold, including 920,000 ounces...

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