Côte d’Ivoire: 2nd edition of the Mining Symposium: 30 and 31 March 2023 on the theme of local content
The Professional Group of the Miners of Ivory Coast (GPMCI) gives appointment on 30th & 31st March 2023 at Sofitel Hotel of Abidjan, for the second edition of the Symposium Mine Ivory Coast on the theme: " Which policy of local content for a successful mining sector? "The Mine CI Symposium is the key event for promoting, exchanging, sharing...
Fighting climate change: promoting access to clean energy and technology is good for health
According to the International group of experts on climate change in its 2022 reportThe challenge of limiting global warming has evolvedBecause of the increase in greenhouse gas emissionsThe need for climate justice and resilienceOur world is suffering from global warming and natural disasters due to pollution. The high level of greenhouse gas production and many other forms of pollution...
Study on illicit financial flows in the extractive sector: EITI-BF Permanent Secretary Kanfido Onadja comments
The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative in Burkina Faso (EITI-BF) organised on 20 March 2023 a workshop on the measurement of Illicit Financial Flows in the international trade of mining products. Kanfido Onadja, Permanent Secretary of EITI-BF, speaks on the subject.Rachid Ouedraogo#Mines_Actu_Burkina
A new effort aims to increase transparency in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s artisanal cobalt supply chain by mapping its taxes and fees
Studies reveal that high taxes and complex administrative procedures encourage extortion, illicit trade and debt bondageKOLWEZI, Democratic Republic of Congo, 21 March 2023/ - IMPACT (https://ImpactTransform.org/en/) is launching a new anti-corruption project in the artisanal cobalt sector of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) with a first initiative to map taxes and royalties required by law.Implemented in collaboration with...
EITI-BF wants to track down illicit financial flows in the extractive sector
Aim: to curb the phenomenon of Illicit Financial FlowsAnd dry up the channels of financing terrorism50% of illicit flows originate from the extractive sectorA workshop to set the sceneIllicit financial flows (IFFs) have a negative impact on the socio-economic development of developing countries. With a view to curbing this phenomenon, the Permanent Secretariat of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative...
Transparency is bad for competitiveness: commodity trading companies break the myth, despite the continuing opacity of the extractive sector
(Monday 20 March 2023) : According to two independent Swiss-based research organisations, some extractive trading companies are bucking conventional wisdom by publishing financial data that others in the industry believe should remain confidential. This is one of the findings of the 2023 edition of the Extractive Commodity Trading Report, which assesses the ESG policies and practices of a sample...
Marie-Rose Aida Tamboura: First woman to head a mining company in Burkina Faso (Special 8 March 2023)
Marie-Rose Aida Tamboura is the current Country Manager for Burkina Faso of the Australian mining company Horanga Resources Ltd. Haranga Resources Ltd holds the exploration permit for Loropeni Resources SARL. Consequently, Marie-Rose Aida Tamboura is the manager of Loropeni Sarl.Marie-Rose Aida Tamboura is the first woman to run a mining exploration company in Burkina Faso. She joined the sector...
Ministry of Energy, Mines and Quarries: Jean Baptiste Kaboré installed as Secretary General
Under the chairmanship of the Minister of Energy, Mines and QuarriesThe new Secretary General reassures on his commitment to meet the challengesHe counts on the commitment and training of staffOn Friday 17 March 2023, the installation ceremony of the new Secretary General of the Ministry of Energy, Mines and Quarries, Jean Baptiste Kabore, took place. The ceremony was presided...
SOMISA Mine: Resumption of work on 17 March 2023 after 10 days of blockage
Activities at the Sanbrado Mining Company (SOMISA) effectively resumed this morning, March 17, 2023.The mine's activities have been suspended since March 8, 2023 due to a strike by workers. The information was given by an internal source and confirmed by a senior official of the Ministry of Mines who is there in search of a solution.Indeed, the meeting that...
Renunciation of the mining permit by Konkera SA: The main reasons
The adoption by the Council of Ministers on 16 March 2023 of the decree relinquishing the industrial exploitation permit for the large gold mine of the company Konkera SA in the commune of Batié, province of Noumbiel, South-West region, is the end of a long process which confirms the difficulties that the company Centamin Burkina Faso has experienced in...
