#JAM_2023: Key recommendations
Access to resources :Find mechanisms to facilitate access to the resource for artisanal miners,Promote mechanisms to enable industrial mines and artisanal miners to coexist,Capacity-building for artisanal miners!Promoting semi-mechanised exploitation through popular shareholding,-Reinforce the safety of activities on the sites to enable site managers to ensure compliance with regulations,Setting up shared processing centres and on-site training, safe digging techniques to...
Closing of #JAM 2023: formalising the mining industry is not an option but a necessity, says the President of the Transition
The closing ceremony of the Artisanal Miners’ Day (JAM) took place on 22 July 2023 in Gaoua. Prizes were awarded at the ceremony. This second edition of the JAM was positively appreciated by all the authorities.In his closing speech, the President of the Transition, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, speaking through the Minister of Energy, Mines and Quarries, Simon-Pierre Boussim, commented...
#JAM_2023: Azara Sankara wins the 2023 Mining Craftsman Award
The closing ceremony of the Artisanal Miners’ Day took place on 22 July 2023 in Gaoua. Prizes were awarded at the ceremony. Azara Sankara from the commune of Houdé, in the Haut-Bassins region, won the 2023 Mining Craftsman award. During the ceremony, Mines actu Burkina was awarded the prize for the media organisation best promoting mining and quarrying."It is...
JAM 2023: the Minister of Mines visits the BUMIGEB site, which stores 95 years of data
Simon-Pierre Boussim, Minister of Energy, Mines and Quarries, paid a guided visit to the site of the Burkina Faso Bureau of Mines and Geology (Bureau des Mines et de la Géologie du Burkina Faso - BUMIGEB) in Gaoua, as part of the Artisanal Miners’ Day (Journée de l'Artisan minier - JAM) activities. The purpose of the visit was to...
Opening of JAM 2023 in Gaoua: Towards formalising artisanal gold mining to meet the challenges facing the sector
The Minister of Energy, Mines and Quarries, Simon Pierre Boussim, officially opened Artisanal Miners’ Day (Journée de l’Artisan Minier - JAM) on Friday 21 July 2023 in Gaoua. During the opening ceremony, speeches focused mainly on formalising the sector to meet the challenges of artisanal gold mining.The amphitheatre at ENEP in Gaoua was packed to the rafters on 21...
Glencore announces 2023 first semester production results
On 21 July 2023, the multinational Glencore announced its production results for the first semester of 2023.Gary Nagle, Glencore's Chief Executive, said: "We are pleased to report a strong first semester production performance from our underlying base business, where our core copper, coal and zinc assets performed in line with expectations and previously communicated guidance". Our production guidance for...
Burkina Faso: the fine coal case soon to go to trial
The trial in the fine coal case was scheduled for 20 July 2023 at the High Court (Tribunal de Grande Instance - TGI) Ouaga1. However, the court has returned the case to the general roll. The case will be heard in a special session. This is the court's decision, as explained by Prosper Farama, one of the plaintiff's lawyers....
Governance of the extractive industries in French-speaking Africa: the CEGIEAF holds its 12th summer university in Yaoundé
Out of 122 applications received by the Centre of Excellence for Governance in the Extractive Industries in Francophone Africa (CEGIEAF), 24 participants from 9 countries, including Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Guinea, Mauritania, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo, Senegal, Chad and Togo, are taking part in the 12th session of the Summer University on the Extractive Industries in Francophone Africa...
Sustainable development: 8th edition “CSR Café” devoted to the contribution of companies
This Thursday 20 July 2023 saw the 8th edition of the " CSR Café " organised by the CSR Forum in collaboration with the 2IE Institute. This 8th edition, celebrating the decade of the CSR Forum, has been a platform for sharing experience, networking and presenting performance reviews. The theme of this year's event is "10 years of the...
Burkina Faso: the Court of Audit launches an audit into illicit financial flows in the mining sector
On 18 July 2023, the Burkina Faso Court of Audit launched an audit on illicit financial flows in the extractive sector. The subject of the audit is: "Performance audit of the legislative and institutional frameworks for the mobilisation of duties and taxes arising from the extractive activity of gold and other precious substances (period from 2017 to 2022)".In the...
