With the start of the new school year, Ity Mining Company (Société des Mines d'Ity - SMI) has donated 91 school kits to schoolchildren in villages affected by its activities.The kits, worth 5.5 million CFA francs, consist of bags,...

Mauritania's Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) published its 2022 report on 14 October 2023. Drawn up by an independent administrator, the report details the types of minerals and quantities produced by the 3 companies operating in Mauritania.The minerals produced...

Industrial mining in some African countries does not necessarily go hand in hand with the happiness of the host populations. Mining industry expansion projects leave local populations in vulnerable situations. In one of its publications, Amnesty International reported on...

A workshop to evaluate the implementation of the recommendations on the fight against illegal and clandestine gold panning was held on Wednesday 18 October 2023 in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. During the workshop, the organisers concluded that the current crackdown...

On Saturday 21 October 2023, 17 couples from the Essakane gold mine got married at Dori town hall. They received a copy of the marriage certificate in the presence of their witnesses, administrative, political and customary authorities, families, friends...

Worthy words:"In previous years, we did it amongst ourselves, the women of the association. This year, we chose the high school so that the message would carry more weight. The headmistress has signed up to the initiative. The aim...

On 18 October 2023, the Endeavour Mining Women's Association organised a cancer awareness session at Marie Immaculée College in Ouagadougou. The aim of this awareness-raising event is to give schoolchildren the tools they need to fight breast and cervical...

Tax exemptions for specific mining companies without valid reasonReducing the amount of tax reassessmentsPolitical interference in tax auditsThe "diagnostic report on corruption in the mining sector in Guinea" describes existing forms of corruption in the Guinean mining sector. It...

Collusion and favouritismPayment of a bribe to obtain a favourable opinionGranting of mining rights to politically exposed mining companiesThe Civil Society College of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) Steering Committee has decided to undertake a diagnostic of the...

On 10 October 2023, the mining company IAMGOLD Essakane SA handed over computers to 9 schools in the Sahel region. The official handover ceremony took place on the Essakane mine site in the presence of the chairmen of the...