Published by WeConAfrica on January 30, 2025 For Immediate release: To all media members January 30, 2025 ReconAfrica’s latest discovery … More
Tag: mining
The future of mining depends on the industry’s ability to finance itself
Mining exploration in Mashishing, Mpumalanga. (Photo: Felix Dlangamandla) By Rashaad Carrim 29 Jan 2025 It is perhaps ironic that as the … More
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
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
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
Rebels tighten grip on Congo mineral wealth as UN warns of long-term control
M23 rebels are establishing control over key mineral-rich territories in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), United Nations experts … More