In Mali, Transitional President Assimi Goïta promulgated the new Mining Code on 29 August 2023. The new Code corrects many of the shortcomings of the old one. Dr Ahamadou Mohamed Maiga presents the Code's major innovations.For Dr Ahamadou Mohamed...

A special day was dedicated to young women on Saturday 16 September 2023 in Ouagadougou. Known as Ladies' Days, the event was organised by the Club of Mining Engineers of Burkina Faso in partnership with the Association of Women...

The Ministry of Energy, Mines and Quarries, through its Directorate General of Quarries, organised a workshop on the exploitation of quarry substances on Thursday 14 September 2023 in Ziniaré, in the Central Plateau region. The aim of the workshop...

More than a Community issue, climate change is a matter of concern and the subject of numerous meetings and summits. Discussions are being held around the world to find solutions for adapting to this cross-cutting, global phenomenon. In Burkina...

Construction of the Goulamina lithium mine by Leo Lithium company in Mali is well advanced. The company's plan is to start production in 2024 and ship the raw ore via the Dakar and Canakry. However, on 17 July 2023,...

Finance Minister Nicolas Kazadi of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has said that his country is losing more than a billion US dollars in potential revenue from mining. Measures have been taken by the government to halt these...

"Burkina Faso has mining resources such as graphite and lithium, which can be used to manufacture batteries for electric vehicles". This was the answer given by Simon-Pierre Boussim, Minister of Energy, Mines and Quarries, at a press conference held...

On 7 September 2023, the Chadian Minister of Mines and Geology, Abdelkerim Mahamat Abdelkerim, met with officials from the General Directorate of Geology. The purpose of the meeting was to take stock of progress in setting up the geological...

In order to ensure the promotion of gender equality in the mining sector in Africa, the ILO Regional Office for Africa (ROAF) and the Sectoral Policy Department (SECTOR) organised a regional tripartite meeting on the issue. The purpose of...

The Chadian Minister of Mines and Geology, Abdelkerim Mahamat Abdelkerim, granted an audience to a delegation of Egyptian investors on 07 September 2023. The delegation, led by Mohamed Nasser Badr, chairman of the Egyptian-African group, discussed gold mining with...