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Thank you to the 16 participants (Ecole des Mines, Société Industrie Minérale, energy and mining companies and consultants) See attached the complete report with the presentation of the participants and opportunities to follow: -Gabon E3MG Ecole des Mines et de la Metallurgie de Moanda Eramet/Comilog.-Mission of Pro Educ Consultants in 2021) https://www.acp-france.org/2021/05/30/ecole-des-mines-de-moanda/ With the former project manager and director of the School, who became a Mining consultant in Moanda   -Senegal by Issa Ndoye https://minesgeologie.gouv.sn/node/93 Higher School of Mines, Geology and Environment of the UAM in Diamniadio Mining Hub in preparation, (transport infrastructure, storage, transformation, geographical concentration) Precious Metals (largely Artisanal gold mines), Base Metals (Iron, Copper, Chromium, Nickel), Industrial Minerals (ICS phosphates, phosphate Cayor engineering project underway by TechnipEnergies), Heavy Minerals: Grande Côte Opérations (GCO) mineral sands mine  Eramet Building Materials, Sococim cement works.   -Algeria by Tayeb Manaa (see video Ali Kifaifi Mining Expert https://youtu.be/ySCXcy56wrw ) National School of Mines and Metallurgy Amar Laskri – Annaba Annaba Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, License Master Doctorate. Huge reserves (see Ali Kifaifi video, referenced above) -A large mining-steel industry complex: mines in the South-East of the country with a training center (Institut des Mines) in Tebassa. Steel industry in Annaba […]

  Participation of ACP Energies in the Rufisque Senegal Forum (2nd edition at CICAD) on the occasion of a partnership with the “Ile de France” region from April 25 to 28, 2023 Topics: “Investment Opportunities & Strategies and Jobs & Training in the energy sectors” with the aim of identifying and sharing industrial, energy, ecological potential… and to assess employment opportunities for young people, in particular concerning jobs under pressure and new jobs   Conferences of 3 members :   Issa-Diop Ndoye Project Manager Sahel, Metiers petrole & gaz Patrick Portolano Manager of EOSYS, Rufisque_Transition-Energetique Jean Louis Gaillard, ACPE  Vice Président, Pilote Rufisque Emploi Jeunes   Expected insights :   -Identification and sharing of the potentialities of the department on the industrial, energy, heritage, ecological level -Assessment of investment opportunities in priority sectors, -Discussion on job opportunities for young people, in particular concerning new jobs in the energy sector -Validation of a new initiative (see above the conference “Rufisque Pilot Project for Youth Employment”)  

  ACP Energies for its 30th anniversary!   Forum – Friday 27th of January 2023   The forum was very interesting with the intervention of the guests (Total Energie on Local Content and the energy transition), members of our Decarbonation Group, partner members (Training, Digital for Local Content) of our Mining Group and other members ( Case study Local Content Ghana)  

  ACP Energies attendance to the 1st edition of the GOPC conference (Ghana Oil & Power Conference)              for a panel discussion in digital format on November 30, 2022 on the topic : “DECARBONIZATION: LEVERAGING TECHNOLOGY FOR THE ENERGY TRANSITION” with the aim of identifying areas of collaboration and synergies in knowledge sharing, capacity building and best practices between European and Ghanaian companies.   Link to Ghana’s videos : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAsfY25ur3A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKux8-U_Iss   Main objectives: Initiate dialogue on the 2021 and 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conferences (COP 26 & 27) and take-aways for the African continent Lessons on energy decarbonisation and decarbonisation strategies and technologies and how they can be implemented on the continent Identify key decarbonization technologies that can assist companies in the oil and gas and energy sectors reduce their carbon footprint Investment in low-carbon infrastructure? and new technologies in nuclear, hydro, geothermal, solar, solar PV, wind and tide. Develop B2B and B2G partnerships based on local content requirements   Areas of discussion: Rationale and need for sub-Saharan Africa to decarbonize and maintain sustainable energy sources (reducing carbon footprint and meeting emissions targets) COP 26: African states transitioning away from fossil fuels and promote the development of less carbon-intensive economies […]

Update of December 11, 2022: The sanitary situation is prompting us to review our roadmap as we had forecasted at the end of 2020, relating the March NAPEC postponed to September and then November 2021. The digital event on the day of September 29, 2021 (replacing the NAPEC also postponed), was a technical conference and 5 workshops,  setup by French and Algerian consultants and companies (including Total). Update of October 8, 2021: The health situation oblige us to review our roadmap, as discussed at the end of 2020 with a view to the March NAPEC postponed to September then to November 2021. -The first step was the organisation of the digital event on the September 29th, (in the place of the postponed NAPEC). This step on zoom webinar was based on a technical conference and workshops (on the 5 main topics below) will allow a first exchange/discussion between players in the sector, thus providing an alternative to companies unable / unwilling to travel to Algeria to that time. The link to the replay : http://lp.convergence.link/évènement_digital_mission_collective_algérie -The second face-to-face step, if possible at Hassi Messaoud NAPEC in 2022, would see the launch of Franco-Algerian project groups addressing the 5 key topics (mentioned […]