🌍 ICD arranges $900 million Islamic financing for Mauritania mining
The Islamic Development Bank (IsDB), through its subsidiary the Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD), is arranging up t...
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Liberia's gold sector is experiencing explosive growth, but uncontrolled artisanal and small-scale mining operations are triggering a cascade of envir...
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China's Shanghai Metals Market (SMM), a leading commodities intelligence platform, has escalated engagement with Zambia Consolidated Mining (ZCM), sig...
Read full analysis →Zimbabwe has implemented a sweeping export prohibition on all raw minerals and lithium concentrates, marking a significant policy pivot aimed at captu...
Read full analysis →BRIEF --- **HEADLINE:** Mali Gold Mining: Government Crackdown on Illegal Operations Reshapes Sector **META_DESCRIPTION:** Mali tightens gold minin...
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Read full analysis →BRIEF --- **HEADLINE:** DRC Critical Minerals 2025: US Partnership & Chinese Investment Reshape Mining Sector **META_DESCRIPTION:** US-DRC critical...
Read full analysis →Zimbabwe is experiencing an unprecedented gold rush. In 2024–2025, the country's formal gold production reached record levels, with the Reserve Bank r...
Read full analysis →Madagascar stands at a critical juncture. Political instability in the world's fourth-largest island—home to 30 million people and Africa's richest mi...
Read full analysis →Zambia's copper mining sector—which contributes over 10% of GDP and 70% of export revenues—faces an acute workforce development crisis that threatens ...
Read full analysis →Mali has moved to assert greater domestic control over its mining sector by acquiring a 51% stake in a Chinese-backed explosives manufacturing venture...
Read full analysis →Botswana's four-decade reliance on diamond exports is fracturing. Once the continent's most stable economy—built entirely on the Debswana joint ventur...
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Botswana's economy is entering uncharted territory as synthetic diamond production reshapes the global gemstone market, threatening the Southern Afric...
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For half a century, Botswana's prosperity has been inseparable from diamonds. The gemstones financed schools, hospitals, and infrastructure that trans...
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The Democratic Republic of Congo has secured a significant tactical victory in its ongoing international arbitration against AVZ Minerals over the Man...
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The United States has suspended signing a health cooperation agreement with Zambia, conditioning its execution on parallel progress in mining sector n...
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Sudan's economy is under simultaneous siege. An increasingly aggressive blockade of Sudanese oil shipments by the United Arab Emirates—imposed during ...
Read full analysis →The Democratic Republic of Congo stands at an inflection point. With an estimated $24 trillion in untapped mineral reserves—including cobalt, coltan, ...
Read full analysis →Zimbabwe's gold sector is experiencing a historic production surge, with output expected to exceed 40 tonnes in 2026—a remarkable recovery from the 20...
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The Democratic Republic of Congo controls roughly 70% of global cobalt reserves and 50% of coltan supply—resources now central to a new geopolitical c...
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