Mercury use by Uganda’s small-scale gold miners
A new five year project is seeking to eliminate mercury use among Uganda’s artisanal and small scale miners. The project which is targeting 4,500 artisanal...
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A lethal legacy of landmines in Angola
rom the window of a single-engine Cessna at 6,000 feet, it’s easy to see why Angolans call this part of their country ‘the land at...
Africa moving very slowly toward clean energy transition
Africa’s investments in renewables trail far behind the rest of the continents, accounting for only 0.6% of the $434 billion destined for clean energy worldwide...
South Africa’s Transnet lifts force majeure on coal export line
South Africa’s state port and rail company, Transnet SOC Ltd., lifted a force majeure on its main coal export line more than two weeks after...
Trafigura gets $600m from Africa’s TDB for Congo cobalt mines
Commodities trader Trafigura has agreed a $600 million syndicated financing facility with the Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank (TDB) to develop cobalt...
South Africa’s PIC won’t sell stake key to platinum takeover battle
South Africa’s Public Investment Corp. said it’s decided against selling its shares in Royal Bafokeng Platinum Ltd., the miner at the center of an increasingly...
Zimbabwe signs agreement with Tsingshan to set up lithium operations
Zimbabwe has signed an agreement with Tsingshan Holdings Group, which plans to set up lithium mining and processing operations in the southern African country, President...
Endeavour’s Ity exploration on track to discover 4 million indicated ounces by 2025
Endeavour Mining (EDV; LSE: EDV) says it is likely to discover 3.5 to 4.5 million indicated oz. gold at the cornerstone Ity mine in Côte...
Mali suspends issuance of mining permits until further notice
Mali has suspended the issuance of mining permits until further notice as it works to improve the procedure, the government said in a statement late...
Ghana says it’s in talks with Dubai to barter gold for fuel, UAE’s refinery denies claims
After news that Ghana was planning to barter gold for fuel, the West African nation revealed it was in talks with Dubai’s refinery to complete...