The partnership aims to strengthen African governments’ efforts to leverage their critical mineral resources. African governments have increasingly restricted or banned mineral exports. Credit: corlaffra via Shutterstock. The Africa Minerals…
FILE - Miners extract mud at a gold mining site where adults and youth work in Uganda, Oct. 18, 2021. As the race to acquire economically vital minerals unfolds, those…
Technology group Wärtsilä will supply the engines and auxiliary equipment for a power plant being installed at the Boto gold mine in Senegal. The order, which was booked by Wärtsilä…
Critical minerals, cyber security, and smart mining were under the spotlight at the recent Wits Mining Institute (WMI) seminar, with several discussions highlighting holistic, forward-thinking and collaborative approaches to addressing…
The Haib copper deposit is in the extreme south of Namibia close to the border with South Africa, which is defined by the course of the Orange River. (Image courtesy…
The governor of South Kivu province in the Democratic Republic of Congo has authorized the resumption of all mining activities in the region, which is rich in valuable minerals like…
Ghana is set to undergo a nationwide lockdown on Monday, September 30, as civil servants and labor unions escalate their campaign against illegal mining, widely known as Galamsey. The environmental…
Kansanshi, pictured, is the largest copper mine by output in Zambia and is 20% owned by ZCCM-IH, with the balance owned by First Quantum Minerals. (Image courtesy of First Quantum) First…
Manyeva / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) (file photo)/Institute for Security Studies (Tshwane/Pretoria) analysis By Enoch Randy Aikins Political interests must be set aside to prevent illegal mining from devastating…
Stock image. A new report by accounting firm Crowe and the University of Portsmouth’s Centre for Cybercrime and Economic Crime reveals that fraud eats up 6.4% of expenditure in mining.…