🌍 Guinea Election Could Favor Mining Co. With Multi-Kilometer
Guinea stands at a critical crossroads. The nation's political landscape is shifting at precisely the moment when one of West Africa's most significan...
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🌍 Pope criticizes colonization of Africa's minerals as he
Pope Francis arrived in Equatorial Guinea this week with a pointed critique of what he termed the "colonization" of Africa's mineral wealth—a stark in...
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🌍 Mining Threatens Community Forests in the DRC
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) stands at a critical crossroads. While the nation's mining sector—copper, cobalt, and gold—drives nearly 25% of...
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🌍 In the race for DRC’s critical minerals, community forests
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) controls over 70% of the world's cobalt reserves and substantial copper deposits—minerals essential for electri...
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🌍 Deadly DRC mine disaster highlights human cost of coltan
The Democratic Republic of Congo produces over 80% of the world's coltan—a mineral essential for smartphones, laptops, and defence systems. Yet each k...
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🌍 DR Congo to stockpile critical minerals with new reserves
BRIEF **HEADLINE:** DR Congo Critical Minerals Stockpile 2025: Africa's New Leverage Strategy **META_DESCRIPTION:** DR Congo launches cobalt & colta...
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🌍 In Mali, Wagner has big plans for gold mines
Mali's mineral wealth—particularly its gold reserves ranking among Africa's top five—has long attracted international mining operators. Now, the priva...
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🇿🇼 Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe Seeks Investment in Mineral Value
Zimbabwe is reshaping its minerals strategy. Vice President Constantino Chiwenga announced Wednesday that the government is actively seeking foreign a...
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🌍 Liberia: Gold Rush Chaos Threatens Rivers, Power, and
Liberia's artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) sector has crossed a critical threshold. What started as subsistence income for rural communities—a l...
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🇰🇪 Muthama's firm to pay 1 per cent gemstone sales to local
Kenya's gemstone mining sector is undergoing a significant regulatory shift, with operators increasingly formalizing community benefit agreements to a...
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🇰🇪 Muthama Firm to Pay 1 Gemstone Sales to Community
Kenya's gemstone mining sector is entering a new compliance era. A major mining firm operating in Taita Taveta County has established a community bene...
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🇳🇬 Alleged illegal mining: Court adjourns case against eight
Nigeria's fight against illegal mining faces another procedural delay. On Tuesday, the Federal High Court in Abuja postponed its case against eight Ch...
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🇿🇦 Africa must set the terms of ‘green gold’ minerals boom and
BRIEF --- ## HEADLINE: Africa's Green Minerals Boom 2026: Seizing Leverage Before Repeating Extraction Mistakes --- ## META_DESCRIPTION: Africa co...
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🇦🇴 Project Vault to Lobito Corridor: Inside Trump’s deals to
The Trump administration's pivot toward securing critical minerals from Africa signals a geopolitical realignment that investors cannot ignore. Two fl...
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🇿🇦 US sets aside diplomatic rift with South Africa to invest
**HEADLINE:** South Africa Rare Earth Minerals: US $50M Investment Despite Diplomatic Tensions **META_DESCRIPTION:** Trump administration invests $50...
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🌍 Liberia: 'Fix Our Bridges Now!'
Infrastructure deterioration tied to mining operations in Liberia has reignited concerns about environmental and social governance (ESG) compliance in...
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🇳🇬 Nigeria: Australian Firm Gets Six Lithium Mining Licences
Nigeria has granted six lithium mining licences to an Australian operator, marking a significant development in the country's efforts to position itse...
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🇿🇦 From illegal mining to heists, R1m seized at Beitbridge
South African authorities this week intercepted R1 million (approximately €53,000) worth of mining explosives concealed in a hidden compartment at Bei...
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🌍 Cobalt : comment la RDC veut peser sur les prix mondiaux
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), which supplies approximately 70% of the world's cobalt, is pursuing an ambitious strategy to stabilize and inf...
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🇹🇿 Tanzania cancels 40 mining exploration licenses
Tanzania's Ministry of Minerals has terminated 40 exploration licenses in what represents the most significant regulatory enforcement action in the co...
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