www.sarwatch.org

Enviromental

Law establishing fines to be paid for illegal activities especially in relation to human health and environmental protection, No. 19, 1987

Environmental Law, No 5 19 June 1998
http://faolex.fao.org/docs/texts/ang18069.doc (Portuguese)

Law of Alteration to Privatisation Law, No. 8, 18 April 2003
http://www.iie-angola-us.org/privatization.htm

Basic Private Investment Law, No. 11, 13 May 2003
http://www.iie-angola-us.org/legislation.htm

Law on Taxes and Customs Incentives for Private Investment, No 17, 25 July 2003
http://www.iie-angola-us.org/tax_incentives_law.htm

Land Act, No 9, 9 November 2004 (Portuguese)
http://faolex.fao.org/docs/pdf/ang49570.pdf 

Minerals

Mineral     Extracted/ Explored/Known to be found    Quantity    Lifespan (Reserves)
Aluminium (Bauxite)    Known deposit        
Copper    Known deposit        
Diamonds    Extracted     6 423 000 carats (SADC Review)    180 million carats  (ADC)
Feldspar    Known deposit        
Gold    Known deposit        
Iron ore    Known Deposit        
Liquefied petroleum gas    Extracted    26.5 billion cubic feet (EIA)    2 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) (EIA)
Natural Gas    Extracted    2.5 billion cubic feet (OGJ)    2 trillion cubic feet (OGJ)
Oil     Extracted    1.6 million barrels/ day (SADC Review)    8 billion (reserves)
Could last till 2020s (EIA)
Phosphate     Unexplored        150 million tons (Angola.org)
Stone (marble, granite, quartz)    Known deposit        

SADC Review data: 2004 Estimate unless otherwise stated
http://www.sadcreview.com/
United States Geological Survey (USGS) data: 2005 estimates
http://www.usgs.gov/
Energy Information Administration (EIA) data: 2006 estimates
http://www.eia.doe.gov/
Oil & Gas Journal (OGJ) data: January 2007 estimates
http://www.ogj.com/
African Diamond Council (ADC)


http://www.angola.org/economy.html
http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/country/2004/aomyb04.pdf
http://www.infomine.com/countries/angola.asp
http://www.sadcreview.com/country_profiles/angola/angola.htm
http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/scr/2005/cr05125.pdf
http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/Angola/Background.html
http://www.indo-african-society.org/pages/angola.htm
http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/international/reserves.xls
http://www.ogj.com/resourcecenter/OGJ_industrystats.cfm?stat=worldwidecrude
http://www.africandiamondcouncil.org/mod.php?mod=userpage&menu=1501&page_id=24&PHPSESSID=bfe8ac04554671cba168c0a7be4123f2

Mining

Legislation for Minerals, No. 16, 7 October 1994 (Portuguese)
http://www.endiama.co.ao/pdfs/Lei16_94.pdf (Portuguese)

Diamond Mining Law (Law 16/94 Of 7 October 1994). http://seamic.org/Mining%20regulations%20in%20ANGOLA.pdf (page 6)

Mining Law (Law 1/92 Of 17 January 1992. http://seamic.org/Mining%20regulations%20in%20ANGOLA.pdf  (page 3)
 
General Law on Geological & Mining Activities (Law 5/79 Of 27 April 1979) (Promulgated 8 May 1979)

Petroleum Activities Law, 1978
http://www.sonangol.co.ao/sonangolEP/documentLibrary/concessionsBidding/law_petroleumActivities_en.pdf  (Portuguese)

Ministry Contact details

www.parlamento.ao (Portuguese)
www.angola.org

Minister of Petroleum:

Mr.Desidério da Graça Veríssimo da Costa
Ministry of Petroleum
Av. 4 de Fevereiro - Luanda
Tel: (+2442 22) 39 58 47/ 33 70 74
Fax: (+2442 22) 39 61 78
Telefax: (+2442 22) 33 74 40

Minister of Geology and Mines:

Mr. Manuel Africano
Ministry of Geology and Mines
Av. Comandante Gika - Luanda
Tel: (+2442 22) 32 27 66
Fax: (+2442 22) 32 16 55
E-mail: min.geominas@ebonet.net
mankenda@hotmail.com

Minister of Water and Energy:

Mr. Botelho de Vasconcelos
Ministry of Energy
Av. 4 de Fevereiro - Luanda
Tel: (+2442 22) 33 09 45
Fax: (+2442 22) 39 36 87
Telefax: (+2442 22) 39 36 81