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Africa’s minerals are being bartered for security: why it’s a bad idea

Published: July 21, 2025 3.33pm SAST Hanri Mostert, University of Cape Town, Tracy-Lynn Field, University of the Witwatersrand A US-brokered peace deal between the Democratic … More

accumulation-by-dispossession, china, cobalt, Democratic Republic of Congo, drc, featured, peace deals, rwanda, Strategic critical minerals, United States

Congo-Kinshasa: Soaring Demand for Electric Vehicles, Lithium-Ion Batteries Creates Environmental Crisis in DRC

21 July 2025 Inter Press Service By Juliana White United Nations — Electric vehicles contribute to an ongoing environmental and … More

South Africa: Loaded for Bear – Ramaphosa and Mantashe Are Smoking the Pipe Dream of Minerals ‘Beneficiation’

30 July 2025 Daily Maverick (Johannesburg) Against the backdrop of South Africa’s wilting economy and ANC-inspired state failure, minerals beneficiation … More

Africa: Mining On the Rise As Clean Energy Demands Shifts Global Commodity Exports

28 July 2025 Inter Press Service By Maximilian Malawista New York — Two-thirds of the developing world, or ninety-five out … More

accumulation-by-dispossession, beneficiation, export oriented growth, extractive-industry, natural-resources, Raw Materials, Strategic critical minerals, Value Addition

Lesotho: Hundreds of Lesotho Diamond Mining Jobs to Be Axed Following U.S. Tariff Threats

Between 250 and 300 permanent and contracted workers at Letšeng Diamonds are expected to lose their jobs 28 July 2025 | By Sechaba … More

Gem Diamonds Limited, Lesotho, United States tarrifs

Zimbabwe: Status of Artisanal Miners Takes Centre Stage As Parliament Unpacks Mines Bill – MPs Flag Crucial Omissions

28 July 2025 New Zimbabwe (London) By Anna Chibamu EXPERTS last week unpacked the Mines and Minerals Amendment Bill to … More

artisanal mining

Zimbabwe: Mineral Wealth Must Benefit All Zimbabweans, Not Just a Few – Mnangagwa

25 July 2025 New Zimbabwe (London) By Anna Chibamu Deputy Finance Minister David Mnangagwa has said the Mines and Minerals … More

Nigeria’s Mineral Sentinel – Audi’s stance between order, lawlessness in mineral frontier

Solid minerals may not glitter like oil, but in Nigeria’s bid to diversify its revenue streams, they are rapidly becoming … More

nigeria, Strategic critical minerals

We don’t need deep-sea mining, or its environmental harms. Here’s why

Published: July 6, 2025 9.49pm SAST Justin Alger, The University of Melbourne, D.G. Webster, Dartmouth College, Jessica Green, Kate J Neville, University of Toronto, Stacy D VanDeveer, UMass … More

australia, canada, Deep sea mining, Strategic critical minerals

Anglo American’s AGM 2025: A Theatre of Greenwashing and Denial

Jun 19, 2025 | News Report on the Anglo American AGM, 30 April 2025 On 30 April 2025, London Mining Network, together … More

Anglo American, brazil, chile, Greenland, peru, platinum, South Africa, Valterra Platinum, zambia

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