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Global powers eye rare earths at Kenya’s Mrima Hill

By AFP Published on: October 26, 2025 08:28 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY – Global competition for rare earth minerals has focused new attention on…

Community opposition, Cortec Mining Kenya, Critical Minerals, Digo community, Environmental concerns, featured, Land speculation, Mining licences, Mining reforms, Mrima Hill, niobium, Rare Earths, Resource governance, U.S.–China competition

Zimbabwe: Govt Lithium Export Ban Sparks Hope for Value Addition

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY – Zimbabwe’s government has imposed a lithium export ban on raw and unprocessed lithium to promote local beneficiation,…

beneficiation, export revenue, government policy, industrialisation, investment, job creation, lithium export ban, lithium mining, mineral processing, mining sector, Value Addition, zimbabwe

Zimbabwe Suspends Raw Mineral Exports

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY –The Zimbabwean government has suspended exports of all raw minerals and lithium concentrates to strengthen oversight, curb export…

beneficiation, lithium concentrates, mineral regulation, mining industry, mining policy, raw mineral exports, Value Addition, zimbabwe

AFRICA/DR CONGO – Fighting for the strategic coltan mine in Rubaya

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY – Fighting has intensified in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo as pro-government Wazalando militias attempt to recapture…

coltan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, displacement, global supply chain, M23 rebels, North Kivu conflict, Rubaya mine, Strategic minerals, US-DRC deal, Wazalando militia

Southern Africa: Zimbabwe No Longer Keen On Raw Mineral Exports, Says Mnangagwa

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY – Emmerson Mnangagwa announced that Zimbabwe will move away from exporting raw minerals and instead prioritize local processing…

Bulawayo, downstream industries, Emmerson Mnangagwa, export-led growth, global value chains, industrialization, mineral beneficiation, mining sector, value-added exports, zimbabwe

Ghana and Botswana Point to a New Model for African Mining

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY – Ghana and Botswana are introducing new mining policies focused on local participation, beneficiation, and diversified mineral production…

Africa Green Minerals Strategy, African mining policy, beneficiation, botswana, citizen equity participation, copper, Critical Minerals, diamonds, ghana, gold, lithium, local content, mineral diversification, mining investment, Mining reforms

Congo-Kinshasa: Many Killed in Coltan Mine Disaster in East – Rebels

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY – At least 200 people were killed after landslides caused multiple coltan mines to collapse in Rubaya, North…

artisanal mining, coltan, conflict minerals, Congo-Kinshasa, landslides, M23 rebels, mine collapse, North Kivu, Rubaya, tantalum

Africa’s Regional Blocs Must Prevent a Silent Scramble for Critical Minerals

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY – Africa is facing a new “silent scramble” for critical minerals essential to the global green transition, and…

AfCFTA, africa, African Union, beneficiation, cobalt, Critical Minerals, EAC, ECOWAS, green transition, industrialisation, lithium, rare earth elements, regional blocs, SADC

South African gold miner becomes first major casualty of Ghana’s tighter resource control

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY – Gold Fields will hand over ownership and operatorship of the Damang mine to the Government of Ghana…

Damang mine, ghana, Gold Fields, gold sector, mineral wealth., mining lease expiry, parliamentary approval, resource nationalism, state ownership, transition

Malawi Signs Us Strategic Minerals Deal, but Questions Linger Over Transparency and Long-Term National Benefit

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY – Malawi has signed a memorandum of understanding at the 2026 Mining Indaba in Cape Town between Sovereign…

Critical Minerals, graphite, Kasiya Project, malawi, national benefit, Project Vault, rutile, Sovereign Metals, transparency, Traxys North America

Ghana: President Sets Ambitious Target to End Raw Mineral Exports Within 5 Years

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY – At the 2026 Minerals Commission Local Content Summit in Takoradi, John Dramani Mahama announced a bold plan…

downstream processing, economic development, extractive sector, ghana, industrialisation, John Dramani Mahama, local content, mining sector reform, raw mineral exports, Value Addition

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