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The battle between farmers and mining interests in the Stampriet area of eastern Namibia has re-emerged, as a group of landowners continues to resist attempts by the Russian-owned Uranium One...

Hyphen Hydrogen Energy has also run into resistance in southern Namibia — not from investors or regulators, but from traditional leaders who say parts of the land earmarked for the...

Namibia’s twin identities—as one of Africa’s most environmentally progressive nations and one of its fastest-growing mining frontiers—are colliding in its desert heartland. The same landscapes that showcase black rhinos, rock...

Deep Yellow’s announcement that John Borshoff will step down as chief executive and managing director in October 2025 closes one of the most transformative careers in Africa’s uranium history. His...

When Namibia’s modern oil exploration era began in the early 2010s, few local names were as closely tied to it as Knowledge Katti. Then, an emerging businessman with a growing...

Monitor Exploration’s onshore push in Namibia began well before any partner arrived. In 2018, the Ministry of Mines and Energy awarded the company Petroleum Exploration Licence 93 (PEL 93), covering...

A Houston-based energy conglomerate best known for its natural gas pipeline empire in the United States, established a local subsidiary — Etosha Petroleum Company (Pty) Ltd — to explore for...

In 2013, HRT Participações em Petróleo S.A. announced that it had found light oil from Namibia’s Wingat-1 well. There was one man - Dr Marcio Rocha Mello, a Brazilian petroleum...

Galp Energia first arrived in Namibia in 2012 when the Atlantic frontier was a graveyard of unfulfilled dreams. Oil companies had drilled for decades without a commercial discovery. Yet Galp...

Monitor Exploration has revived oil exploration in the Nama Basin, 97 years after Namibia’s first oil well was drilled there in 1928. The company’s new Petroleum Exploration Licence marks the...