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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

Mali Delivers 33 Million Dollars of Mining Revenue to Local Communities

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY – Mali has distributed about $33 million in mining revenue to local communities through its Local Mining Development…

Uganda: Copper Is the New Oil, but Will Uganda Be Norway or Nigeria?

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY – Uganda is positioning copper and other critical minerals as strategic resources for economic transformation, with renewed interest…

copper economy, Critical Minerals, industrialisation, Kilembe Mines, mineral governance, Norway vs Nigeria, Resource Curse, Uganda mining

Tanzania: Mining Reforms Yield 5.8tri/-

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY – Tanzania’s mining reforms, particularly the requirement to process minerals locally, have generated about 5.8 trillion Tanzanian shillings…

industrialisation, local content, local processing, mineral economy, reforms, Tanzania mining, Value Addition, youth employment

Malawi: Kenani’s Question Sparks Fierce Debate Over Malawi’s Mineral Future

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY – A question by activist Onjezani Kenani has sparked debate in Malawi over whether foreign-dominated mining deals—such as…

Foreign investment, Kenani debate, local participation, Malawi mining, mineral economy, Mitsui, Resource governance, Sovereign Metals

Mining Companies and Land Rights in South Africa – How Environmentalists Have Used the Law to Defend Communities

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY – Environmental activists in South Africa have increasingly turned to legal action to secure stronger community land rights,…

community rights, consultation, environmental activism, land rights, legal action, mining, South Africa

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

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