In 2024, Leo-Lithium company will begin producing lithium in Mali, at Galamina in the Bougouni region. A first experience for the country. Experts are concerned about the negative impact on the environment.The 15 industrial gold mines in operation contributed...

Based on data reported by PETROCI, oil production reached 8,773,263 bbl in 2021, compared with 10,875,237 bbl in 2020. These statistics from the 2023 report of the Côte d'Ivoire Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI-CI) show a decline linked to...

On Friday 12 January 2024, the Minister for Energy, Mines and Quarries, Yacouba Zabré Gouba, was granted an audience with the World Bank's Senior Energy Specialist, Régina Nessiama Mille. The large-scale solar project was at the heart of the...

On Monday 8 January 2024 in Libreville, after 12 years of waiting, the Minister of Mines, Hervé Patrick Opiangah, presented the Managing Director of REMINAC (a GENMIN subsidiary), Joe Ariti, with the presidential decree that will allow his company...

Despite a favourable legal framework in several African countries in favour of Local Development Mining Funds, voices are being raised to denounce either the non-operation of these funds or their unsatisfactory operation. This is why journalists need to be...

West African Resources, which operates the Sanbrado mine, announced in a press release issued on Tuesday 9 January 2024 that it produced 7,055 tonnes in 2023. This performance is due in part to the 4% increase in gold production...

According to the 2021 report of the Côte d'Ivoire Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI-CI), the extractive sector contributed 435.95 billion FCFA to the national budget in 2021, compared with 389.86 billion FCFA in 2020, an increase of 46.09 billion...

Over the course of 2022, a total of 48.006 billion FCFA was mobilised under the Local Development Mining Fund (LDMF) for the benefit of local authorities. This amount was divided into 2 tranches, 22.570 billion FCFA for the first...

According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Mauritania's economic growth will accelerate between now and 2025. Thanks to the start-up of the Grand Tortue Ahmeyim (GTA) gas project, the growth rate will reach 14% in 2025.The IMF estimates that...

The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) 2022 report on Senegal was published in December 2023. Taking into account the first half of 2022, the report reveals that the extractive sector has enabled the Senegalese state to earn more than...