Belgium has agreed to return and digitise thousands of colonial-era geological records from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in a move aimed at strengthening the country's mining sector and improving its management of critical mineral resources. The archive, housed at the AfricaMuseum in Tervuren near Brussels, contains nearly 500 metres of geological maps, mining …
Gold Fields Ghana has engaged key stakeholders from its host communities through its second-quarter Tarkwa Mine Community Consultative Committee (TMCCC) meeting, providing updates on development projects and gathering community input to enhance project implementation. The meeting brought together representatives of host communities and officials of Gold Fields' Tarkwa Mine to discuss development priorities, ongoing initiatives …
The University of Mines and Technology (UMaT), Tarkwa, is set to officially launch the Institute of Mineral Resource Investment and Governance (IMRIG), a new research and policy institute established to strengthen mineral resource governance, investment frameworks and regulatory reforms in Ghana and across Africa. The Institute has been created under the auspices of UMaT to …
The mining industry excels at optimising single functions. Procurement negotiates aggressively. Operations pursue productivity gains. Processing plants maximise recoveries. Smelters prioritise throughput and stability. According to AECI Mining, the challenge is that the connections between these separate decisions are not always visible. Recent industry observations have highlighted how trace process-borne contaminants.Magnific.com Yet one of the …
The Minerals Regulation Commission (MRC) Mining and Non-Mining Rights Licensing Committee has commenced sittings to review and consider applications for various mining and non-mining rights submitted to the Commission. The Committee, established under the Minerals Regulation Commission Act No. 14 of 2024, is tasked with ensuring that the administration of mineral rights in Zambia is …
Mansa Musa, the 14th-century emperor of the Malian Empire, often comes to mind whenever African gold enters the conversation. Renowned for his immense wealth, he is often described as the richest man in history, largely due to the vast gold resources of his empire. Yet centuries after Mansa Musa’s reign, Africa’s relationship with gold remains …
The Minerals Income Investment Fund (MIIF) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have held high-level discussions on strengthening Ghana's mining sector, with a focus on increasing mineral revenue mobilisation and accelerating the formalisation of the small-scale mining sector, particularly in relation to royalty payments. The meeting, held at the MIIF Boardroom in Accra on Thursday, …
Electric vehicles (EVs) will remain the dominant source of lithium demand for at least the next 15 years, but a growing range of technologies from artificial intelligence to advanced nuclear systems could create a meaningful second wave of consumption by mid-century. A study by GEM Mining Consulting found emerging lithium applications would contribute about 105,000 …
The US has sanctioned Rwanda’s Gasabo Gold Refinery Ltd. for fueling conflict by processing gold stolen from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Rwanda-backed M23 rebels, who have occupied eastern Congo’s two biggest cities for more than a year, have been trafficking gold to Gasabo with the help of Rwanda’s army, the US government said …
Civil society group Eco-Conscious Citizens has called on international precious metals markets, financiers, and commodity traders to classify Ghanaian gold linked to illegal mining as “Blood Gold” until the government intensifies efforts to combat the menace. In a statement issued on June 24, the group argued that a significant portion of Ghana’s gold production originates …
