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Africa’s Regional Blocs Must Prevent a Silent Scramble for Critical Minerals
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY – Africa is facing a new “silent scramble” for critical minerals essential to the global green transition, and while regional blocs like the Southern African Development Community, Economic Community of West African States and East African Community control vast reserves of cobalt, lithium, bauxite and rare earth elements, they risk losing long-term value…
South African gold miner becomes first major casualty of Ghana’s tighter resource control
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY – Gold Fields will hand over ownership and operatorship of the Damang mine to the Government of Ghana on April 18, 2026, after authorities declined to renew its mining lease and opted for state control following a one-year transition period. The move signals Ghana’s stronger push for national ownership of mineral assets, though…
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