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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

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

Critical Mineral Mining Faces Risks If Local Communities Aren’t Consulted Enough – the Case of Lithium in Ghana

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY – As Ghana emerges as a lithium producer, weak governance, exclusion of local communities, and inadequate compensation threaten…

benefit-sharing, community participation, Critical Minerals, Energy Transition, free prior and informed consent, ghana, governance, lithium mining, social licence to operate, supply chains

South Africa: Green Economy, Critical Mineral Endowments South Africa’s Key to Prosperity

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY – In his 2026 State of the Nation Address at Cape Town City Hall, President Cyril Ramaphosa said…

Critical Minerals, Cyril Ramaphosa, Frontier Rare Earths, green economy, Industrial Development Corporation, Just Energy Transition Investment Plan, mining investment, platinum group metals, South Africa economic growth, State of the Nation Address

Congo says it would seek other partners if US minerals framework fails

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY – DRC mines minister Louis Watum Kabamba has recently stated that the Democratic Republic of Congo would seek…

CMOC Group, cobalt, copper, Critical Minerals, Democratic Republic of Congo, glencore, lithium, Louis Watum Kabamba, Mining Indaba, resource sovereignty., US minerals framework, US-China rivalry

Mantashe clashes with DRC counterpart over its critical minerals deal with US

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY – At the African Mining Indaba in Cape Town, South Africa’s minerals minister Gwede Mantashe clashed with DRC…

Africa resource management., African Mining Indaba, Cape Town, continental unity, DRC-US critical minerals deal, geopolitical competition, Gwede Mantashe, Louis Watum Kabamba, mineral sovereignty, US tariffs

South Africa: SA Untapped Mineral Potential Still ‘Significant’

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY – At the South Africa Exploration Investment Forum alongside the Investing in Africa Mining Indaba, Deputy Minister Phumzile…

Council for Geoscience, Investing in Africa Mining Indaba, Junior Mining Exploration Fund, lithium, mineral exploration, mining investment, Phumzile Mgcina, rare earth elements, South Africa, Virtual Core Library

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