https://madaraka.online/2026/06/24/14619/en2026-06-24T13:14:26+00:00UK-backed rare earths miner expands Africa bet as race for critical minerals intensifiesmozambique, Critical Minerals, Energy Transition, Strategic minerals, Foreign investment, supply chains, rare earth elements, resource nationalism, Africa mining, Mineral security, UK-backed mining, China competitionhttps://madaraka.online/2026/06/23/column-guinea-bets-bauxite-dominance-can-reshape-aluminum-supply/en2026-06-23T03:51:54+00:00Guinea bets bauxite dominance can reshape aluminum supplychina, Critical Minerals, industrialization, Value Addition, aluminium, bauxite, Guinea, Resource governance, resource nationalism, local content, West Africa, commodity markets, downstream processing, mineral beneficiation, export controls, mineral policy, mining quotas, alumina refining, Chalco, aluminium supply chain, mineral revenueshttps://madaraka.online/2026/06/23/zimbabwe-lithium-producers-plead-for-more-time-to-complete-beneficiation-plants/en2026-06-22T21:26:43+00:00Zimbabwe Lithium Producers Plead for More Time to Complete Beneficiation PlantsCritical Minerals, lithium, zimbabwe, beneficiation, industrialization, Value Addition, Energy Transition, Foreign investment, export ban, mining sector, resource nationalism, mineral processing, mining policy, mineral beneficiation, lithium concentrates, battery minerals, lithium processing plants, downstream value chainshttps://madaraka.online/2026/06/22/ghana-gold-gambit-resource-nationalism-or-state-capture/en2026-06-22T20:48:40+00:00Ghana Gold Gambit – Resource Nationalism or State Capture?ghana, Foreign investment, local ownership, transparency, accountability, gold mining, resource nationalism, West Africa, investor confidence, economic transformation, mining policy, mineral governance, Mining sector reforms, value capture, mining concessions, John Mahama, political influence, state capture, natural resource governance, Ibrahim Mahama