Luanda, Angola — Africa’s mining sector—responsible for nearly 10% of global mineral production and over 15% of the world’s diamonds—is undergoing a strategic transformation. This shift is driven by.
Kenya’s decision to open Mrima Hill—a long-contested, mineral-rich site—to international investors marks more than a routine mining tender. It signals the country’s deliberate entry into the highly competitive global market.
The latest $89.4 million investment by Itochu and JOGMEC into the Platreef platinum group metals (PGM) project underscores a growing global race for critical minerals. It also reinforces South Africa’s.
Caledonia Mining Corporation reported a remarkable financial surge in 2025, with profits rising to $67.5 million—a 193% increase driven by strong gold prices and steady output from Blanket Mine. The.
Burundi has signed two new mining agreements with U.S. companies in Washington, D.C., marking a deepening American engagement in Africa’s rapidly evolving critical minerals sector. The agreements were signed by.
The battle for rare earth minerals has become one of the defining contests of modern geopolitics, defence capability, and industrial power. As traditional alliances shift and global competition intensifies, Africa.
The Zambian government aims to more than triple annual copper production to three million metric tonnes by 2031, a move that would place the country at the centre of the.
Ghana has introduced a sliding-scale royalty system that increases the state’s share of mining revenues when gold prices surge. The new policy replaces the long-standing flat 5% royalty rate with.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo plans to increase the volume of artisanal gold it purchases and exports to 15 metric tons in 2026, while allocating part of the metal.
According to the 2025 Annual Survey of Mining Companies by the Fraser Institute, over 2,300 global mining executives ranked jurisdictions not only by geological potential, but by policy stability, taxation,.
