Orezone Bomboré: commercial production to start on 1 December 2022
Canadian mining company Orezone has announced that its Bomboré open-pit gold mine in Burkina Faso has begun commercial production, starting December 1, 2022. The information was released in a press release issued on 1 December 2022 in Vancouver.Orezone declared commercial production at Bomboré based on the achievement of 30 consecutive days of plant throughput exceeding 70% of the nominal...
Mali: The government suspends the attribution of mining titles from 28 November 2022
Suspension in order to improve the issuing and monitoring of mining titlesBurkina Faso has suspended the receipt of applications for mining titles and authorisations since the beginning of 2022The Minister of Mines, Energy and Water of Mali informs the actors and operators of the mining sector of the suspension of the attribution of mining titles throughout the Malian territory...
60 Years of Burkina Faso-Canada Friendship: Discussion on Canada’s Responsible Mining Strategy
Communicating the Responsible Mining UpdateCanada contributes to development through CSR/CRE strategyDiscussed at a forum organized to mark 60 years of Burkina Faso-Canada friendshipCanada is the largest investor in the mining sector in Burkina Faso. The country places great emphasis on compliance with standards as part of its strategy for responsible business conduct.In the framework of the celebration of 60...
Crisis between gold miners and police at the Konkera mine: one dead and 4 injured
Konkera Sa was set on fire by angry gold minersIt is not the first time the mine has had problems with gold minersBefore the tragedy, the government was considering withdrawing the permit for non-compliance with the lawOn 29 November 2022, scuffles between gold miners on the outskirts of the Konkera mine and the police guarding the mine resulted in...
Destruction of vehicles at the Perkoa industrial mine: Pending government investigations
6 vehicles destroyedOf which one 4X4 was put into circulation in 2021This is a company policy regarding the management of end-of-life vehicles, according to officialsA video that went viral circulated on the web on 12 November 2022. It shows the destruction of machinery at a mining site.Cross-checking of information has made it possible to identify the author. It is...
Artisanal mining: the organisation and framing of the sector under discussion
Presenting the advanced version of the technical dossierReinforce the elements of information relevant to the finalisation of the dossierValidate or reformulate the incentives set out in the dossierThe mining industry is an important sector in Burkina Faso. It provides jobs and income for the State as well as for the population. It is important that this sector be framed....
Bamako to Ouagadougou: The axis of fraud of artisanally produced gold
The Center of Reflection for the Sahel (CR-Sahel), a think tank specialising in security, economic and development issues in the Sahel, which brings together various researchers and associations in the Sahel, has published an article on gold smuggling in Burkina Faso based on the testimony of a smuggler."The poor security situation in Burkina Faso provides favourable conditions for the...
PWYP Gender & EITI Project: Dakar hosts learning workshop
The city of Dakar in Senegal is hosting the Gender & EITI Project Learning Workshop from 24-25 November 2022. It is organised by the Publish What You Pay (PWYP) West African Francophone national coalitions with Burkina Faso, Guinea and Senegal as participating countries. A long way has been taken to get to this workshop.Since 2018, PWYP International has been...
Case study on gender awareness in the use of the Local Development Mining Fund in Burkina Faso
The national Publish What You Pay coalition of Burkina Faso (PWYP-Burkina Faso) conducted a case study on gender awareness in the use of the Local Development Mining Fund in Burkina Faso.The case study report is available:#Mines_Actu_BurkinaRapport-etude-de-cas-PCQVP-Burkina-version-finale-
3rd Mining Supplier Day: Local content implementation on the agenda
Popularise the texts on local contentPresent the state of the art of local procurement of mining companies and the procedures of contractingPresent the potential of suppliers to meet the needs of the minesLink local mining suppliers with mining buyers"What mechanisms for an effective implementation of local content in the mining sector in Burkina Faso?" is the theme that will...
