Elie Kabore
Fighting cancer: free screening and awareness-raising for women in 3 mining...
To mark the month of Pink October, dedicated to the fight against women's cancers, the Chamber of Mines of Burkina Faso has organised an...
Mali: Building the capacity of local suppliers to meet the international...
Mali's Ministry of Mines has organised a capacity-building workshop for local mining suppliers. The aim of the workshop was to enable local suppliers in...
Mauritania: The mining sector to contribute 30% of government revenue by...
Revenues collected mainly by the Mauritanian Single Treasury Account (Compte Unique du Trésor - CUT)The one-off licence fee and dividends account for 58% of...
Cameroon: Poor disclosure of information on artisanal gold mining
In September 2023, the African Regional Centre for Endogenous and Community Development (Centre Régional Africain pour le Développement Endogène et Communautaire - CRADEC) published...
Education: SOMISA SA mine offers 02 university scholarships
The JSK Sanbrado Mining Company (Societe Des Mines De Sanbrado - SOMISA) has announced that, for the second year running, it has offered university...
Increase in gold royalties: No impact on West African Resources’ operations...
West African Resources points out that the mining companies were involved in the review processAn increase in costs of around 6 to 8 USD...
Côte d’Ivoire: Scale of compensation for destruction in rural areas adopted
On 1 August 2018, the government of the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, through an order, set a scale on compensation for the destruction or...
South Africa: Miners from the Gold One gold mine taken hostage...
In South Africa, around 500 miners have been trapped in the gallery of the Gold One gold mine in the Johannesburg region since Sunday...
Mauritania: The mining sector created 9,165 direct jobs in 2022
In Mauritania, the mining sector employs very few people. These are the findings of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) 2022 report, published on...
Exclusive: Royalties: The ceiling for collecting royalties is reduced to 7%...
On 13 September 2023, the government adopted a draft decree amending decree no. 2017-0023/PRES/PM/MEMC/MINEFID of 23 January 2017 setting mining taxes and royalties. The...
