China Finds Resistance to Oil Deals in Africa - NYTimes In Niger, government officials have fought a Chinese oil giant step by step, painfully undoing parts of a contract they call ruinous. In neighboring Chad, they have been even more forceful, shutting down the Chinese and accusing them of gross environmental negligence. In Gabon, they have seized major oil tracts from China, handing them over to the state company. China wants Africa’s oil as much as ever. But instead of accepting the old terms, which many African officials call unconditional surrender, some cash-starved African states are pushing back, showing an assertiveness unthinkable until recently and suggesting that the days of unbridled influence by the African continent’s mega-investor may be waning.
Chinese joint venture to mine coal and generate power in Zimbabwe | African Business HARARE — China Africa Sunlight Energy has said it plans to invest as much as $2.1bn developing coal mines and building a 2,100MW plant powered by the fuel in Zimbabwe to help ease electricity shortages in that country.The company, a venture between Old Stone Investments of Zimbabwe and Shandong Taishan Sunlight, will start with capacity to produce 300MW by mid-2015 and raise this to 600MW by the end of that year, GM Charles Mugari said. The company has spent $20m on exploration, and was granted rights to look for coal and coal-bed methane in October last year.