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far away from Luanda, the capital. Is a new mining
project, established in 2003, and beginning its activ-
ity in 2005. It is quite promising in terms of reserves
(proven and prospecting), with a level of economic
profitability (ROA) acceptable.
SGS ANGOLA, LDA
Jean-Claude Silva
Managing Director Rua da Liberdade 94 - Vila Alice
CP 3994
Tel: +244 222 264 070
Fax: +244 222 261 292
ao.info@sgs.com
www.sgs.com
Activity: industrial services to Oil & Gas
Date of creation: 1995
Employees: 200
SGS Angola Lda is part of SGS S.A, the world’s
leading company in inspection, verification, testing
and certification. The role of SGS is to ensure that
products, systems or services comply with global
standards and meet the requirements set by govern-
ments, standardization bodies or by their customers.
In 2001, the activity of the group was segmented in
ten business units:
• Agriculture
• Automotive
• Consumer testing
• Environment
• Government and Institutions
• Industrial Services
• Life Science
• Minerals
• Oil, Gas & Chemicals
• Systems and Services Certification
Today, SGS operates in a wide variety of industry
sectors, employs over 60.000 people across 1.200
offices and laboratories and is active in nearly
every country in the world. The company has stead-
ily grown to become the worldwide industry leader
thanks to continual improvement and innovation
and by reducing risk, increasing productivity and ef-
ficiency of its customers operations. SGS is well po-
sitioned for growth and will continue to look beyond
customer’s expectations in order to deliver market