In Mali, the use of cyanide, mercury and dredges for gold extraction, under the impotent or complicit gaze of the technical services responsible, is a headache for the people of Kéniéba and Sadiola. These prohibited products, like dredgers, expose...

In a press release signed on 22 December 2023, the Cameroonian Ministry of Mines banned all artisanal and semi-mechanised mining activities beyond a depth of 30m. This measure has been taken to protect and preserve the environment and to...

Perseus Mining Limited group held a press conference on 12 December 2023 to present the start of work on the Yaouré underground mine. Work is scheduled to start in the first trimester of 2024. The underground mine will extend...

At the end of December 2023, China eElectric Power Equipment and Technology and the Egyptian government signed a memorandum of understanding to study the development of a 10 GW solar energy project for the Egyptian government. The signing is...

Senegal's Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) published its 2022 reconciliation report in December 2023. The report covers the first half of 2022. It reveals key production figures for each mineral mined and for hydrocarbons.The figures for hydrocarbons were collected...

On 28 December 2023, the acting Minister of Mines, Industry and Technological Development, Fuh Calistus Gentry, and the Cameroonian Minister of Transport, Jean Ernest Masséna Ngallè Bibéhè, took part in a ceremony in Beijing, China, to launch the integrated...

In 2023, mining sector exports generated revenue of 2,349  billion FCFA. Revenue paid into the State budget will amount to 529 billion FCFA, compared with 468 billion FCFA in 2022. These figures were released by the Directorate General for...

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...

West African Resources has received the first 100 million USD (approximately 60 billion FCFA) under the facility, which will be used to develop the Kiaka gold project in Burkina Faso and for other commercial purposes. This is the content...

The mining company Iamgold Essakane SA donated food kits to 1,000 vulnerable households on Wednesday 27 December 2023. The donation took place during a ceremony organised on the Essakane site. The donation is worth 37 million FCFA. The 1,000...