Bloomberg News | August 21, 2025 | 12:43 pm Battery Metals Critical Minerals USA Cobalt Cobalt is used in rechargeable batteries, particularly lithium-ion ones, and … More
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Congo-Kinshasa: U.S. Sanctions Armed Groups, Companies ‘Fueling Conflict’ in Eastern DR Congo
13 August 2025 allAfrica.com The United States government announced new sanctions targeting armed groups involved in illegal mining and those … More
Congo-Kinshasa: Sanctioning Critical Minerals Traffickers Stoking Armed Conflict in the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo
Press Statement By Tammy Bruce, Department Spokesperson August 12 2025 Washington, DC — Today, the United States is sanctioning armed … More
Are African Countries Aware of Their Own Mineral Wealth? Ghana and Rwanda Offer Two Very Different Answers
Published: August 10, 2025 9.34am SAST Gerald Arhin, UCL, Pritish Behuria, University of Manchester Imagine running a business for over a century without … More
DR Congo urges world to recognise ‘Genocost’ tied to decades of resource war
The Democratic Republic of Congo held a national day of remembrance this weekend for what it calls the “Genocost” – … More
Africa’s minerals are being bartered for security: why it’s a bad idea
Published: July 21, 2025 3.33pm SAST Hanri Mostert, University of Cape Town, Tracy-Lynn Field, University of the Witwatersrand A US-brokered peace deal between the Democratic … More
Africa: Mining On the Rise As Clean Energy Demands Shifts Global Commodity Exports
28 July 2025 Inter Press Service By Maximilian Malawista New York — Two-thirds of the developing world, or ninety-five out … More
Nigeria’s Mineral Sentinel – Audi’s stance between order, lawlessness in mineral frontier
Solid minerals may not glitter like oil, but in Nigeria’s bid to diversify its revenue streams, they are rapidly becoming … More
We don’t need deep-sea mining, or its environmental harms. Here’s why
Published: July 6, 2025 9.49pm SAST Justin Alger, The University of Melbourne, D.G. Webster, Dartmouth College, Jessica Green, Kate J Neville, University of Toronto, Stacy D VanDeveer, UMass … More
G7 leaders agree on strategy to protect critical mineral supply, draft document says
Reuters Published 10:17 PM EDT, Mon June 16, 2025 Group of Seven leaders provisionally agreed Monday on a strategy to … More
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