Zimbabwe Platinum Producers Owed $228mln in Unpaid Export Earnings
New Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe's government owes platinum miners $228 million in unpaid export income under its foreign currency retention system, exerting pressure on a sector recovering from a… Read more »
U.S. Signals Strong Confidence in Mansa-Orion Mining Collabo
Liberian Observer
The United States Embassy in Monrovia has reaffirmed growing international interest in Liberia's mining sector following a high-level diplomatic meeting between U.S. officials,… Read more »
How Digital Technologies Are Transforming Mining Performance
New Times
For the past decades, the mining industry has been undergoing a major transformation. While equipment, infrastructure, and workforce remain critical to success, one factor is… Read more »
Mining Activity Rebounds As Output Jumps 20 Percent
New Times
Rwanda's mining and quarrying sector posted a strong recovery in the first quarter of 2026, growing by 20 per cent after a 1 per cent contraction in the same period last year. Read more »
Legislature Seeks to Strengthen Mining Governance
Liberian Observer
The Senate has moved to deepen legislative reform of the country's extractive industry with the transmission of Senate Engrossed Bill No. 5 to the House of Representatives, seeking… Read more »
Barrick's Zero Malaria Campaign Reaches 44,000 Households in Shinyanga
Daily News
BARRICK Bulyanhulu Mine has expanded its malaria prevention efforts in Shinyanga Region, reaching about 44,000 households through a community health campaign aimed at reducing… Read more »
Gold Mines Turn Unknown Miners' Graveyards
Liberian Observer
- In November 2024, a man, only identified as Mackey Boy or Bassa Boy, drowned in a mining pit in a forest in Lofa County. Bassa Boy, in his mid-30s, disappeared in an abandoned… Read more »
Mine Workers' Billion-Dollar Empire On Shaky Ground
Namibian
Every payday for nearly three decades, Ndumba Kayundu paid his monthly dues to the Mineworkers' Union of Namibia (MUN). Read more »
U.S.$600 Million Investment and the Future of Liberia's Dugbe Gold Project [opinion]
New Dawn
The announcement that Mansa Resources intends to invest approximately US$600 million in the development of Liberia's Dugbe Gold Project should be welcomed as a potentially… Read more »
Nandi-Ndaitwah, Hassan Sign Economic, Trade, Mining Deals
Namibian
President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah and her Tanzanian counterpart, president Samia Hassan, this weekend sealed several key agreements aimed at boosting economic cooperation and… Read more »
Esg No Longer Optional, Government Warns Miners
263Chat
Zimbabwe's mining companies have been warned that failure to comply with Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) standards could jeopardise their access to international markets… Read more »
Ghana Gold Gambit - Resource Nationalism or State Capture?
Daily Maverick
Supporters of the government argue that Ghana is simply doing what many resource-rich countries have long sought to do -- ensure that a greater share of mineral wealth remains in… Read more »
Mineral Markets Cut Smuggling, Lift Revenue
Daily News
THE establishment of mineral markets and purchasing centres has improved transparency in Tanzania's mineral trade and reduced smuggling, the Mineral Commission has said. Read more »
U.S.$600m Dugbe Gold Investment Signals New Chapter for Mining Sector
Liberian Observer
The country's mining sector could be on the cusp of a major transformation following a commitment by Mansa Resources Limited and its international partners to invest approximately… Read more »
Who Buys Rwanda's Smuggled Coltan? The Global Journey of Conflict Coltan From DRC to the World's Electronics
Global Witness
Conflict coltan smuggled from the war-torn Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is finding its way into global markets and popular consumer products, despite due diligence… Read more »
