Latest Guinea Stories
MALABO, Equatorial Guinea, Oct. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The unicameral Assembly of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea recently made Portuguese the West African nation's third official language following Spanish and French. This is an effort by the government to improve its communications, trade, and bilateral relations with Portuguese-speaking countries. The government expects this designation to contribute to Equatorial Guinea's greater economic integration with neighboring...
TORONTO, Oct. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Global Alumina Corporation (TSX: GLA.U) (the "Company" or "Global Alumina"), a corporation participating in a joint venture to develop an alumina refinery, mine and associated infrastructure in the bauxite-rich region of the Republic of Guinea (the "Project"), announced today that the joint venture board of directors approved additional Project funding of $4.1 million for the period October 1, 2011 through October 31, 2011. Global Alumina will be...
TORONTO, Sept. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Global Alumina Corporation (TSX: GLA.U) (the "Company" or "Global Alumina"), a corporation participating in a joint venture to develop an alumina refinery, mine and associated infrastructure in the bauxite-rich region of the Republic of Guinea (the "Project"), announced today that the joint venture board of directors approved additional Project funding of $4.4 million for the period September 1, 2011 through September 30, 2011. Global Alumina will be...
LONDON, Aug. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Farm Lands of Guinea, Inc. (the "Company" or "FLGI" ticker symbol) which controls a quarter of a million acres of underutilized West African agricultural land, has closed a $1,000,000 strategic investment from AIM Investments PLC ("AIMI") through a private placement. Based in the UK, AIMI is a frontier and emerging market investment company quoted on the London Stock Exchange's Alternative Investment Market (Symbol: AIM.L). "We welcome AIMI's strategic...
TORONTO, Aug. 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Global Alumina Corporation (TSX: GLA.U) (the "Company" or "Global Alumina"), a corporation participating in a joint venture to develop an alumina refinery, mine and associated infrastructure in the bauxite-rich region of the Republic of Guinea (the "Project"), announced today its financial and operating results for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2011. The text of the quarterly unaudited financial statements and management's discussion...
TORONTO, July 29, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Global Alumina Corporation (TSX: GLA.U) (the "Company" or "Global Alumina"), a corporation participating in a joint venture to develop an alumina refinery, mine and associated infrastructure in the bauxite-rich region of the Republic of Guinea (the "Project"), announced that the joint venture board of directors approved additional Project funding of $6.5 million for the period August 1, 2011 through August 31, 2011. Global Alumina will be responsible...
SINGAPORE and HOUSTON, July 26, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- InterOil Corporation (NYSE: IOC) (POMSoX: IOC), today announced that it will release financial and operating results for the second quarter of 2011 after the market closes for trading on Wednesday, August 10, 2011 with full text of the news release and accompanying financials available on the company's website at www.interoil.com. A conference call will be held on Thursday, August 11, 2011, at 7:30 a.m. Central (8:30 a.m. Eastern) to...
HOUSTON, July 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Hyperdynamics Corporation (NYSE: HDY) announced today it has issued an Invitation to Tender for a 3-D seismic survey covering approximately 4,000 square kilometers on its exploration block offshore Republic of Guinea. Acquisition of the new 3-D survey was approved by the Guinea project's Petroleum Operations Management Committee during its recent semi-annual meeting in Conakry, Guinea. The Committee also approved a revised budget of $95 million for...
TORONTO, July 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Global Alumina Corporation (TSX: GLA.U) (the "Company" or "Global Alumina"), a corporation participating in a joint venture to develop an alumina refinery, mine and associated infrastructure in the bauxite-rich region of the Republic of Guinea (the "Project"), announced that the joint venture board of directors approved additional Project funding of $4.0 million for the period July 1, 2011 through July 31, 2011. Global Alumina will be responsible for...
Scientists have made spectacular discoveries of more than a thousand new species on the island of New Guinea and its waters from 1998 to 2008, according to environmental group World Wildlife Fund (WWF). The remarkable finds total 1,060 new species, but due to a poor planning and unsustainable development in the country, many of these unique creatures are at risk of becoming endangered or extinct, a WWF report finds. The paper -- Final Frontier: Newly Discovered species of New Guinea (1998...
Latest Guinea Reference Libraries
Symbol: PSGU3 Group: Dicot Family: Myrtaceae Synonyms: PSAR7 Psidium araca Raddi Classification: Kingdom Plantae – Plants Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons Subclass Rosidae Order Myrtales Family Myrtaceae – Myrtle...
Symbol: DIRO Group: Monocot Family: Dioscoreaceae Duration: Perennial Growth Habit: Vine Forb/herb Native Status: PR N Distribution: DioscorearotundataPoir. distribution:USA+(PR) Classification: Kingdom Plantae – Plants Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants Class Liliopsida –...
Symbol: BAGU Group: Monocot Family: Arecaceae Classification: Kingdom Plantae – Plants Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants Class Liliopsida – Monocotyledons Subclass Arecidae Order Arecales Family Arecaceae – Palm family Genus Bactris Jacq. ex Scop....
Australasia is one of Earth's eight ecosystems. This ecozone includes Australia, New Guinea (including Papua New Guinea and the Indonesian province of Papua), and the eastern region of the Indonesian archipelago (island of Sulawesi, Moluccan islands, and the islands of Lombok, Sumbawa, Sumba, Flores, and Timor). Several Pacific island groups are also part of the Australasia ecosystem including the Bismarck Archipelago, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, and New Caledonia. The rest of Indonesia not...
The Victoria Crowned Pigeon (Goura victoria) is a species of bird that is found in northern New Guinea and surrounding islands. Its natural habitat is lowland and swamp forests. Two subspecies are recognized: G. v. victoria, can be found in Yapen, Biak and Supiori, and G. v. beccarii is found on the mainland of New Guinea. Due to habitat loss, hunting, and being tame, this species is evaluated as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. It is listed in Appendix II of CITES....
