By Felix Pinhasov : Semafo ( SEMFF.PK ) is a Canadian based gold mining company with three operating mines in West Africa. The company's shares broke through key resistance on September 7 ; however, that progress has been reversed since. The company reported its third quarter results on November 7 ... KALGOORLIE, Australia, Aug 8 (Reuters) - Endeavour Mining Corp said on Wednesday it was targeting two other Canadian-listed West African miners after announcing a deal to buy Avion Gold Corp for... ROME, July 24 (Reuters) - An Italian tanker carrying a cargo of diesel fuel has been seized by pirates in the Gulf of Guinea in West Africa, the Italian Foreign Ministry said on Sunday. MONROVIA/FREETOWN, Feb 21 (Reuters) - Energy companies African Petroleum Corp and Anadarko said they struck oil off the coasts of Liberia and Sierra Leone, raising hopes for an energy bonanza in the war-scarred West African states. * Trades in 40 companies from eight West African nations Seadrill ( SDRL ) secures a contract extension worth ~$450M from Tullow Oil for the use of its ultra-deepwater semi-submersible rig West Leo for work off West Africa, bringing the total contract value to ~$1.13B. The rig has been working for Tullow off Ghana at a dayrate of $525K and is expected to ... BP could be shipping Angolan gas to fuel European homes within months, as it confirms a delayed $10B liquefied natural gas plant in the west African nation should start exporting by June . The project, led by Chevron ( CVX ), would be the only new LNG facility in the world to begin shipping cargoes ... DAKAR, March 6 (Reuters) - The Central Bank of West African states said on Wednesday it had cut its key lending rate by 25 basis points to 2.75 percent, taking advantage of moderate inflation to seek... The potential of West Africa’s emerging pre-salt play and big gas discoveries off East Africa are set to drive an 18% leap in annual drilling expenditure to more than $17B across the region over the next five years, GBI Research predicts. Rig contractors such as Seadrill ( SDRL ) and Ensco ( ESV ) ... BERLIN, Jan 16 (Reuters) - Germany will supply two Transall military transport planes to fly West African troops to Mali's capital Bamako, where they are due to join French and Malian forces fighting Islamist rebels, the German government said on Wednesday.