Mining exploration in Mashishing, Mpumalanga. (Photo: Felix Dlangamandla) By Rashaad Carrim 29 Jan 2025 It is perhaps ironic that as the … More
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Exchanging Gold for Aid – Africa’s Dark Dilemma
29 January 2025 The Ethiopian Herald (Addis Ababa) column By Fikadu BELAY – Experts weigh on continent’s persistent resource mismanagement Being … More
Nigeria: FG Set to Revive Nigeria’s Aluminium Smelting Company
28 January 2025 Premium Times (Abuja) By Mary Izuaka The revival will reinvigorate the local economy, create jobs, and enhance … More
Malawi: To Solve Forex Problems, Malawi Needs to Focus On the Mining Sector
23 January 2025 Nyasa Times (Leeds) By Ephraim Nyondo Malawi is grappling with chronic foreign exchange shortages, which continue to … More
Rwanda Announces Potential Oil Deposits in Lake Kivu
The Lake Kivu is part of the extensive East African Rift Valley system 16 January 2025 Capital FM (Nairobi) By … More
Uganda’s extractive sector: A transformative year ahead in 2025
Julius Businge January 16, 2025 Growth in oil, gas, and mining drives economic ambitions amid global and regional opportunities Kampala, Uganda … More
Uganda Moves to Start Storing Some of Its Gold Reserves in Local Vaults
14 January 2025 Nile Post (Kampala) By Kenneth Kazibwe Government has said it has started a process that will see … More
Barrick Gold Halts Operations in Mali After Government Gold Seizure
BREAKING NEWS January 14, 2025 at 2:17 AM UTC TLDR Canadian mining giant Barrick Gold said it will temporarily suspend … More
Sidelined in Mali, Barrick turns Tanzania mine into ‘armed encampment’
Barrick has been accused of human rights abuses at its North Mara gold mine in Tanzania Owen Schalk / January 13, … More
South Africa: Trapped miners’ desperate letters reveal grim conditions, numerous fatalities and lack of food
By Takudzwa Pongweni 10 Jan 2025 Trapped illegal miners in Stilfontein have issued a grim update on their condition, with reports … More