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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

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

Congo-Kinshasa: Deadly DRC Mine Disaster Highlights Human Cost of Coltan

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY – A deadly landslide at a coltan mine in Rubaya, eastern DRC, has killed more than 200 people,…

Child labour, coltan, conflict minerals, drc, Global Witness, Human Rights, m23, mining disaster, Rubaya, supply chains

Liberia: How Much ‘Local Content’ Is Too Much When Legislators Are the Key Beneficiaries?

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY – The article questions whether Liberia’s local content policy in the amended ArcelorMittal Liberia agreement has been distorted…

Tingban Returns With Big Plans for Liberia’s Minerals

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY – Liberia’s Minister of Mines and Energy, R. Matenokay Tingban, returned from the 2026 Future Minerals Forum with…

West Africa: Liberia Can Do Better Than Botswana

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY – The article argues that Liberia’s underdevelopment stems not from a lack of resources but from poor, corruption-driven…

Liberia governance; Botswana model; people-centered leadership; natural resources; corruption; concession agreements; human capital; resource management; sustainable development

West Africa: Liberia Participates in Future Minerals Forum 2026

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY – Liberia participated in the Future Minerals Forum (FMF) 2026 in Riyadh, led by the Ministry of Mines…

Liberia; Future Minerals Forum 2026; mining sector; foreign direct investment (FDI); sustainability; transparency; extractive industries; global minerals; investment promotion.

Nigeria: African Ministers of Minerals Re-Elect Alake As AMSG Chair

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY – African ministers of minerals have re-elected Nigeria’s Dr. Dele Alake as Chairman of the Africa Minerals Strategy…

Africa: Deal-Making Trumps Democratic Principles in U.S. Approach to Africa

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY – The article argues that the Trump administration’s new U.S. National Security Strategy treats Africa primarily as a…

U.S.–Africa relations; transactional diplomacy; critical minerals; China competition; aid conditionality; sovereignty; African Union; AGOA; resource extraction; geopolitics.

Africa Stands to Benefit From Gold Rally Amid Global Instability

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY – Geopolitical turbulence, including the arrest of Venezuela’s president, has bolstered gold’s status as a safe-haven asset and…

africa, Burkina Faso, central bank reserves, export revenues, fiscal receipts, geopolitical uncertainty, ghana, gold prices, gold rally, investment potential, mali, mining sector, safe-haven asset

Interrogating “critical minerals” event series

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY – Above Ground and MiningWatch Canada are organizing a three-part event series in early 2026 to critically examine…

advocacy strategy, Canada mining policy, civil society, corporate accountability, Critical Minerals, Energy Transition, environmental justice, Human Rights, indigenous rights, mining impacts

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