The government has signed a package of agreements to accelerate the production and processing of strategic minerals within the country. The deal, signed with U.S.-owned Panda Hill Tanzania Limited, will facilitate the mining of niobium - a strategic metal essential for strengthening steel and producing high-performance alloys for infrastructure and advanced manufacturing.

Minister for Minerals Anthony Mavunde has

At least 200 people have been reported killed after a landslide triggered by heavy rains struck the Rubaya coltan mine in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.

The country's Ministry of Mines said around 70 of the victims were children, and several injured people were taken to medical facilities in Goma, the capital of North Kivu province. However, Fanny Kaj, a senior official in the M23 rebel group,

The government has, with immediate effect, banned the export of lithium concentrates and all other unprocessed ores. This comes after noticing that some mining companies had rushed to mine and ship out the mineral before the planned 2027 ban took effect. The ban is indefinite.

Mines Minister Polite Kambamura said the decision followed

The new scramble for Africa is not marked by warships or colonial flags, but by battery supply chains, green transition targets, and high-level trade delegations. The race is for lithium, cobalt, graphite, manganese, platinum group metals, and rare earth elements -- the minerals powering electric vehicles, renewable energy systems, and digital infrastructure, writes Daniel T. Makokera for allAfrica.com.

At least 33 miners have been reported dead in Plateau state after a suspected carbon-monoxide leak at a lead and zinc mine operated by Solid Unity Nigeria Ltd.

Toxic gas is believed to have built up in poorly ventilated tunnels, causing workers to collapse near the end of their night shift. More than 20 survivors were rescued and taken

Malawian officials are hailing a landmark mineral deal with U.S.-based firm Traxys North America to market graphite from the Kasiya rutile-graphite project in Lilongwe - widely considered the world's largest natural rutile deposit.

The U.S. categorizes both minerals as essential, and they will be used for defense systems, aerospace technology, and battery production. Analysts warn, however, that while the

The Chinese government has rejected allegations by five US lawmakers that it sponsored illegal mining in Nigeria or funded militias for protection, calling the claims baseless.

The Chinese embassy in Nigeria said it was dissatisfied with what it described as false accusations and insisted that Chinese nationals were required to follow

Congolese lawyers and human rights defenders are challenging a "minerals-for-security" deal signed between the government of President Félix Tshisekedi and the United States in December. Critics argue the agreement bypassed necessary parliamentary approval and may even require a national referendum under the Congolese constitution.

The deal grants the U.S. preferential access to critical minerals,

At least 200 people were killed when a coltan mine collapsed after heavy rains in Rubaya, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

Rebel authorities reported that women, children, and artisanal miners were among the victims, and around 20 survivors were treated in the hospital. A former supervisor said poor maintenance and unstable soil worsened the disaster and hindered rescue efforts. Congolese authorities blamed

At least five illegal miners died when an artisanal mine collapsed in Guruè district, Zambézia province, amid heavy rain.

District administrator Felisberto Ponta Vida said that the landslide occurred during torrential rainfall. Authorities recently detained five Chinese nationals in Nampula for alleged involvement in illegal mining and identity forgery. 

Authorities in Mozambique have expressed concerns