Jihadist groups using Sahel mines for cash, power: NGO
Abidjan – Jihadist groups behind deadly violence in the Sahel over the past decade are increasingly exploiting mines to... Read more
23 Jul
WATCH | ‘South Africa does not need me’: Patrice Motsepe shuts down presidential speculation
Johannesburg – South African mining magnate Patrice Motsepe on Wednesday ruled out a future in politics, dismissing speculation that... Read more
23 Jul
De Beers to halt production at South Africa’s biggest diamond mine
Johannesburg – De Beers announced on Monday it will pause production at South Africa’s largest diamond mine for two... Read more
14 Jul
More than 200 suspected illegal miners arrested in major South Africa crackdown
Johannesburg – Security forces rounded up more than 200 mostly undocumented foreign nationals allegedly involved in illegal mining in... Read more
8 Jul
Belgium opens up Congo archives amid global minerals race
Tervuren – From century-old maps to meticulous field notes, Belgium is sitting on a trove of geological records on... Read more
3 Jul
Necessity drives gold miners in DR Congo’s Ebola epicentre
Mongbwalu – In the mines of Mongbwalu, the epicentre of an Ebola outbreak in the northeastern Democratic Republic Congo,... Read more
24 Jun
Looted DRC coltan smuggled via Rwanda into global supply chains: NGO
Kinshasa – Coltan mined by armed rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is being smuggled out through Rwanda... Read more
11 Jun
Africa’s Lobito Corridor chief tells AFP business, not geopolitics, drives strategy
Lobito – The chief executive of the Lobito Atlantic Railway (LAR) project to link southern African mines to an... Read more
15 May
Nearly 200 illegal gold mining firms uncovered in Cameroon
Yaoundé – Nearly 200 illegal artisanal gold mining companies, most of them foreign-owned, have been uncovered in central and... Read more
14 May
Lobito Corridor: Africa’s mega-project facing delivery test
Lobito – The Lobito Corridor mega-project linking three African countries is shifting from blueprint to proving ground in the... Read more
7 May
