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Congo-Kinshasa: The DR Congo Needs Dialogue, Not More Guns

allAfrica.com – guest column By Maxwell Saungweme Washington, DC — The U.S.-led push for a peace agreement between the Democratic Republic of … More

accumulation-by-dispossession, cobalt, congo, copper, critical strategic minerals, drc, extractive-industry, M23 rebels, mining, natural-resources, rwanda, United States

Guinea cancels 129 exploration permits, further tightening control

Reuters | May 27, 2025   Guinea’s military government has cancelled 129 minerals exploration permits, it said in a statement late … More

aluminum, bauxite, Burkina Faso, china, diamond, gold, graphite, Guinea, iron, mali, niger, United Arab Emirates UAE

Do you live near a dam holding mine waste? 6 questions to ask

Charles MacRobert, Talia da Silva Burke, Stellenbosch University Mining is essential to modern lifestyles. Copper, iron and other mined products are vital … More

environment, mining, pollution, slurry, tailings dam, waste, water

Rising Demand for Gold, Critical Minerals Fuelling Crime in Africa, Others – UNODC

21 May 2025 Premium Times (Abuja) By Agency Report The report also examined the destinations of the unprocessed metals and … More

africa, critical strategic minerals, displacement, forced labour, gold, sexual exploitation, UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)

With Critical Minerals Running Out, Africa’s Industrialization Should Be Now, Says Donald Kaberuka

20 May 2025 The New Times (Kigali) By Alice Kagina Contrary to the common perception that Africa has the largest … More

beneficiation, industrialization, Natural Resources, Value Addition

The corporate electric vehicle transition: driving injustices for communities globally

May 19, 2025 | News The unjust, corporate led transition The decision by global automotive giant Stellantis to close its Luton van factory, … More

cobalt, copper, corporate mining extractive industry, critical strategic minerals, electric vehicles, lithium, multinational corporation, nickel, United Kingdom

Africa’s Critical Minerals At a Critical Juncture

By the Africa Center for Strategic Studies May 20, 2025 To benefit from the latest surge in global demand for … More

africa, automotive and aeronautical systems, bauxite, cobalt, coltan, computers, Critical Minerals, electric vehicles, electronics, energy, featured, graphite, lithium, manganese, medical technologies, mobile phones, platinum, Resource Curse, steel, tantalum

Organized crime groups increasingly embedded in gold supply chain

© UNICEF/Claudia Berger The global drive for renewable energy technologies has sharply increased demand for so-called critical minerals, heightening the … More

Critical Minerals, Extractive Industry, gold, mining, organized crime cartels

Platinum, manganese, iron-ore, coal, chrome ore deemed ‘high-critical minerals’ for South Africa

20th May 2025 By: Darren Parker Creamer Media Senior Contributing Editor Online Whereas every mineral is found to be critical for … More

african-critical-minerals-summit, chrome, coal, iron-ore, manganese, platinum, south-africa, Strategic/critical minerals, value-addition

US-led peace talks could boost Rwandan processing of Congo minerals

Reuters | May 20, 2025 | 7:27 am Critical Minerals Africa USA Specialty Minerals Tin Tungsten  Congolese minerals such as tungsten, tantalum and tin, which Kinshasa has … More

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