Critical minerals key to Tanzania’s digital transformation

Ally Mayala DAR ES SALAAM: A growing demand for smartphones in the country and the pursuit of digital transformation are driving … More

BOTSWANA: NATURAL DIAMOND INDUSTRY IMPORTANT ECONOMIC DEV. DRIVER

14 Nov 2023 The natural diamond industry has seen a major evolution and continues to expand into an important driver … More

BOTSWANA READY TO SHARE MINING KNOWLEDGE

13 Nov 2023 Botswana Daily News (Gaborone) By Thato Mosinyi Botswana is ready to export human capital with the sought … More

Guatemala: More than a Hundred Organizations Demand Justice for Assassination of Xinka Leader Noé Gómez Barrera

10 November 2023, 3:58pm EST Viviana Herrera Latin America Program Coordinator Following the murder of Xinka human and environmental rights … More

Panama is in revolt against a copper mine. What says Canada?

First Quantum Minerals’ Cobre Panamá project. Photo by Cedida por el Centro de Incidencia Ambiental (Ciam) By Daviken Studnicki-Gizbert | November 2nd 2023 … More

People Power and Pushback: First Quantum’s Stock Price Plummets Amidst Massive Protests in Panama

BLOG ENTRY 1 November 2023, 3:57pm EDT Val Croft Communications Lead A deal to allow operations to continue at one … More

Guatemalans Participate in Historic National Strike to Defend Democracy

BLOG ENTRY 31 October 2023, 9:38am EDT Val Croft Communications Lead Guatemalans are entering a fifth week of a national … More

Namibia to End Raw Materials Export: Driver of Economic Growth and Job Creation

By JOSEF KEFAS SHEEHAMA 29 October 2023 President Hage Geingob has declared that the era of exporting raw materials from … More

Africa is a key source of critical minerals for the global energy transition — but there are hidden dangers

Illustrative image: (Photos: Rawpixel) By Adrian Joseph 26 Oct 2023 If Africa is to successfully exploit its critical mineral endowments, it … More

No more raw minerals exports from Namibia…. aims to boost domestic industrialisation efforts

2023-10-25 Maihapa Ndjavera President Hage Geingob yesterday told the world that Namibia will no longer export unprocessed mineral products. Speaking at … More