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Togo – Burkina Faso: in the shadow of illicit mercury trafficking
Despite the bans in force, mercury remains essential to gold extraction, fostering a persistent black market. In a complex pattern, mercury is smuggled from...
Mining sector: A conference on “Gender in EITI” organised for women from the Centre-West...
The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative of Burkina Faso (EITI-BF) is holding a public conference on "Women and EITI" in Koudougou on 14 December 2023,...
Cameroon: soon a revolutionary gold mine
Cameroon's Acting Minister of Mines, Industry and Technological Development, Fuh Calistus, visited the Colomine gold mine on Tuesday 12 December 2023. This official visit...
Failure to rehabilitate mining sites in Burkina Faso: what happens to the 60 billion...
The various Mining Codes adopted by Burkina Faso provide a framework for the closure and rehabilitation of mining sites. Indeed, when mining companies come...
Fine coal trial: Mining authorities absent from part of the process
The hearing of the fine coal trial continued on Tuesday 12 December 2023 at the Tribunal de Grande Instance in Ouaga I, with the...
Energy transition: Komsilga soon to have a 50 MWp solar power plant
Energie Plus company is to build a 50 MWp solar power plant in Komsilga (Kadiogo province, Centre region). This solar power plant construction project...
Cop28: An agreement for an energy transition without fossil fuels has been reached
After a time extension on the closing plenary session of the 28th UN Conference of the Parties on Climate Change (COP 28), which took...
Fortuna Silver Mines strengthens its presence in West Africa
Fortuna Silver Mines has completed the purchase of the Diamba mine in Senegal in September 2023. With this latest acquisition, Canadian mining company Fortuna...
Fine coal trial: Essakane had to keep its samples
The Burkina Faso Bureau of Mines and Geology (Bureau des Mines et de la Géologie du Burkina Faso - BUMIGEB) gave its version of...
Côte d’Ivoire: Government and traditional chiefs unite against illegal gold mining
Côte d'Ivoire's Minister of Mines, Petroleum and Energy, Mamadou Sangafowa-Coulibaly, held a working session with the country's traditional chiefs on Friday 08 December 2023...
