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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

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 – At the Investing in African Mining Indaba in Cape Town, DRC mines minister Louis Watum Kabamba said…

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

Africa: $8.6trn Mineral Endowment Undeveloped in Africa – AFC

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY – A new report by the Africa Finance Corporation estimates that Africa holds about $29.5 trillion in mine-site…

$29.5 trillion, Africa Finance Corporation, exploration capital, geological data, industrial processing, mineral wealth, mining investment, undeveloped resources, Value Addition

Diamond slump pushes Botswana to broaden mining base

MINING.COM Editor | February 10, 2026 | 5:03 am Markets Africa Diamond  EXECUTIVE SUMMARY – Amid one of the deepest downturns in years in…

Congo-Kinshasa: DR Congo Weighs Price of Security in Minerals Deal With U.S.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY – A new minerals-for-security agreement between the United States and the Democratic Republic of Congo has sparked a…

china, cobalt, coltan, constitutional challenge, Democratic Republic of Congo, Donald Trump, Félix Tshisekedi, minerals-for-security deal, sovereignty, United States

Congo-Kinshasa: Eastern DR Congo Conflict – the Question Minerals Cannot Answer

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY – The opinion article argues that the conflict in eastern DR Congo stems primarily from the presence of…

Ghana and Botswana Point to a New Model for African Mining

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY – The article argues that Ghana and Botswana are pioneering a new African mining model that shifts focus…

Ghana has taken a significant step towards retaining more value from its gold resources by commencing local gold refining for artisanal and small-scale mining.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY – Ghana has begun refining gold locally from its artisanal and small-scale mining sector through a partnership between…

artisanal and small-scale mining, ghana, Gold Coast Refinery, gold refining, GoldBod, industrialisation, jobs, mining sector, Rand Refinery, Value Addition

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