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Electric vehicles: General Motors relies on lithium for battery production
General Motors has invested in the start-up EnergyXIn order to secure the supply of lithiumLithium is used to make batteries for electric vehiclesGeneral Motors...
Endeavour Mining: Annual General Meeting of Shareholders on 11 May 2023
Endeavour Mining has published from London that it will hold its 2023 annual general meeting (AGM) of shareholders on 11 May 2023 at 3:00...
IAMGOLD Essakane SA: Operational and financial results for the first trimester of 2023 soon...
In an announcement issued in Toronto, Canada on 11 April 2023, IAMGOLD Corporation, which operates the IAMGOLD Essakane SA mine in Burkina Faso, advises...
Mining sector: Bagassi mine improves Fortuna’s results in the 1st trimester 2023
Fortuna announced on 12 April 2023, that it produced 94,110 ounces of gold in the first trimester of 2023.Fortuna operates four mines in Latin...
Mining sector: the review of the law on gold marketing is underway
The Ministry of Energy, Mines and Quarries has begun the process of reviewing the law on the organisation of the commercialisation of gold and...
Mining and Energy: Banks ready to finance projects inthe 2 sectors
On Monday 3 April 2023, the Minister of Energy, Mines and Quarries (MEMC), Simon-Pierre Boussim, received delegations from United Bank of Africa (UBA) and...
The Metal Company uses a legal loophole to exploit the ocean
The American magazine Wired revealed in an investigation that a Canadian mining company was preparing to dig in the Pacific Ocean to manufacture batteries...
Mining sector: Some manifestations of gender-based violence
Rare in industrial mines because of measures taken to avoid themCommon in artisanal mines: insults, degrading remarks, delayed wages, pornography, paid sex, etc.The main...
Mining sector in Burkina Faso: Understanding gender-based violence
The Ministry of Energy, Mines and Quarries has made public its study entitled Diagnosis of Gender-Based Violence in Mining in Burkina Faso. Published with...
Mining sector: 23 pits in actual operation, 11 shut down (2020)
Significant potential, but not sufficiently exploitedRocks, minerals and building materials identified8900 jobs createdInsufficiently exploited resourcesThe geological and mining potential of Burkina Faso's subsoil is...
