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Tinlé Ramata Estelle Kobyagda: First woman Director of Quarry Regulation and Production at the...
A woman has been promoted to a position of responsibility in the Ministry of Mines. The woman in question is Tinlé Ramata Estelle Kobyagda....
West African Resources: 32 billion FCFA in profits after tax in the first semester...
Semester production: 3.515 tonnes of goldSales of 121.336 billion FCFAAverage selling price per ounce at 1,929 USDHowever, the average production cost of each ounce,...
Mali: new mining code promulgated by President Goïta
On Monday 28 August 2023, the President of the Malian transition, Colonel Assimi Goïta, promulgated the new Malian Mining Code. The new code strengthens...
DRC: Gold production up 11% in the first half of 2023
In the first half of 2023, gold production in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) stood at 14.816 tonnes, compared with 13.336 tonnes in...
DRC: more than 3 million carats of diamonds produced in the first half of...
The Ministry of Mines of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has released mining production statistics for the first half of 2023. The statistics...
Justice: The appeal in the “ammonium nitrate” case is postponed until 25 September 2023
The appeal in the ammonium nitrate case is due to be heard on 28 August 2023. At the request of the defendant, Société Générale...
Institutional reforms in the mining sector: From CBMP to SONASP via ANEEMAS
The government of Burkina Faso regularly carries out institutional reforms to monitor and supervise the mining sector. The artisanal sector has not been left...
Renewable energies: Better opportunities for Africa to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals
The continent should also control, exploit and transform its enormous mineral resources locally in order to generate the financial resources needed for its development,...
Côte d’Ivoire: Mako Gold Limited discovers a major manganese deposit
In a press release issued on 21 August 2023 by its mine management, the Ivorian-based Australian mining company Mako Gold Limited announced the discovery...
Lithium mining in Mali: The government demands that the first processing take place locally
On 18 July 2023, the Malian government sent a letter to the Australian group Leo Lithium, which holds the Goulamina lithium mining licence. In...
