The Directorate General of Mining Cadastre - Burkina Faso has published the list of industrial mining permits valid on 31/12/2023.NB: PDF version available on www.ecadastreminier.bf#Mines_Actu_Burkina

Over 33 tonnes of gold producedThe lowest production costs in its history, at 964 $/oz in 2023Houndé reaches record annual production in 2023Gold came in at 1,945 $/oz in Q4 and 1,919 $/oz for the financial year 2023Solid financial...

Zambia’s President Hakainde Hichilema is set to deliver a keynote address at Investing in African Mining Indaba 2024, demonstrating his unwavering dedication to revitalising his country’s mining sector and delivering jobs and economic growth to the people of Zambia. This...

A 100% pay rise for all employees, a 13th month's salary to reward workers' efforts, and the departure of the Managing Director and the Director of Human Resources are among the points on the platform of demands of the...

The copper market should fare better in 2024. According to a report published in mid-January by the research firm BMI (a subsidiary of Fitch Solutions), the price per tonne of copper is set to rise slightly in 2024.In 2024,...

At an extraordinary meeting on Wednesday 17 January 2024, the national executive board of the Niger Anti-Corruption Association - local section of Transparency International (Association nigérienne de Lutte contre la Corruption - section locale de Transparency international - CEN/ANLC/TI-Niger)...

270 billion FCFA is the total amount of transactions between Barrick Gold and Sabodala Gold Operations (SGO) and the Senegalese state. The Forum Civil, the Senegalese section of Transparency International in Senegal, denounced the situation. In a press release...

Access to drinking water is a major problem in the Sahel region in general and in the commune of Gorom-Gorom in particular. In order to alleviate this problem, the mining company IAMGOLD Essakane SA has donated a drinking water...

The Minister for Energy, Mines and Quarries, Yacouba Zabré Gouba, received the Deputy Managing Director of Salma Mining, Pascal Diendéré, on Friday 19 January 2024. He came to tell the minister about the challenges facing his mining company.:  "We...

Between 2017 and 2021, the extractive sector in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) employed a total of 665,501 people, according to data from the National Employment Office (Office National de l'Emploi - ONEM) in the Extractive Industries Transparency...