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Nigeria: Homef Raises Alarm Over Nigeria-U.S. Mining Pact, Warns Against ‘Oil Curse’ Repeat
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY – Nigeria’s Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) has warned that the new Nigeria–US mineral investment framework, aimed at attracting investment into Nigeria’s estimated $700 billion mineral sector, could reproduce the environmental and social harms associated with oil extraction in the Niger Delta if strong safeguards are not enforced. The organisation is calling…
Burkina Faso Launches First Gold Refinery
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY – HBurkina Faso has inaugurated its first gold refinery, RAFFINOR-BF, in Ouagadougou, marking a major step in the government’s effort to process mineral resources domestically, reduce dependence on raw-material exports and retain greater value from gold production within the country. The $19 million facility initially has capacity to refine 164 tonnes of gold…
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