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Africa's economy 'sees rapid growth'
2013-07-11 12:46:51| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Africa's economy is growing faster than any other continent, with a rapidly expanding middle class, according to the African Development Bank.
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The crisis facing South Africa's gold mines
2013-07-11 04:25:29| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Is the sun going down on South Africa's gold mines?
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Africa's Largest Gas Power Plant, Supplied By Wärtsilä, To Be Inaugurated Today
2013-07-11 03:24:12| oilandgasonline Home Page
The largest power plant running exclusively on gas engines on the African continent, and the first of its kind ever in the Republic of South Africa, is to be inaugurated recently.
New US study inflames South Africa's fracking debate
2013-06-30 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mail & Guardian: A new study in the United States that links hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, to high concentrations of methane in drinking wells has reignited the South African debate about the controversial technique for extracting natural gas. South Africa's plan to drill for natural gas in the Karoo Basin, which could pave the way towards increasing its energy independence and boosting the economy, has been met with vociferous opposition from civil and environmental lobby groups. They say that the government...
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Oil hunt in Ugandan national park tests Africa's eco defenses
2013-06-27 12:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Uganda's Murchison Falls National Park is bisected by the majestic Nile river and boasts some of Africa's wildlife treasures - elephants, lions and a rare giraffe sub-species. Beneath it lies another natural prize: oil. Now French energy giant Total has begun surveys to prepare for seismic tests in the national park, one of Uganda's last great wilderness areas, as a prelude to probable crude production. Total and the Ugandan government insist oil can be extracted from under the national park...
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