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Cyanide pollution in the Kayes region: when gold mining rhymes with death in Mali!
In Mali, the use of cyanide, mercury and dredges for gold extraction, under the impotent or complicit gaze of the technical services responsible, is...
Cameroon: The government bans gold panning at depths of over 30 m
In a press release signed on 22 December 2023, the Cameroonian Ministry of Mines banned all artisanal and semi-mechanised mining activities beyond a depth...
Côte d’Ivoire: An underground mine coming soon
Perseus Mining Limited group held a press conference on 12 December 2023 to present the start of work on the Yaouré underground mine. Work...
Energy transition: A 10 GW solar power plant soon to be installed in Egypt
At the end of December 2023, China eElectric Power Equipment and Technology and the Egyptian government signed a memorandum of understanding to study the...
Senegal: Production figures for the extractive sector in 2022
Senegal's Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) published its 2022 reconciliation report in December 2023. The report covers the first half of 2022. It reveals...
China-Cameroon: Launch of gigantic mining projects
On 28 December 2023, the acting Minister of Mines, Industry and Technological Development, Fuh Calistus Gentry, and the Cameroonian Minister of Transport, Jean Ernest...
#Retromines2023: 56.8 tonnes of gold produced in 2023 compared with 57.6 tonnes in 2022...
In 2023, mining sector exports generated revenue of 2,349 billion FCFA. Revenue paid into the State budget will amount to 529 billion FCFA, compared...
Mauritania: Major gas project boosts economic growth
According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Mauritania's economic growth will accelerate between now and 2025. Thanks to the start-up of the Grand Tortue...
Construction of the Kiaka mine: West African Resources receives 60 billion FCFA
West African Resources has received the first 100 million USD (approximately 60 billion FCFA) under the facility, which will be used to develop the...
