The deal involves minerals critical to high-tech and low-carbon industries in the coastal forest of Mrima Hill, which is believed to hold deposits worth about $62.4 billion, including large reserves of niobium, a metal used to strengthen steel. The Centre for Litigation Trust, a legal advocacy organisation, is suing the Kenyan government in a bid …
Africa’s mineral endowment is undeniable. It is home to approximately 30% of the earth’s known mineral reserves, many of which are necessary inputs in manufacturing processes around the world. Even more undeniable is that, for the most part, Africa’s minerals have not been used for the betterment of her people. Historically, the continent has exported …
The US Army struck deals with several companies to build critical minerals processing plants on military bases around the country, a first-of-its-kind initiative by the Trump administration to boost domestic production of key materials. REalloys Inc., Titan Mining Corp., ioneer Ltd. and Energy X have reached agreements with the Pentagon to build facilities for processing …
The global rush to secure copper, lithium and other energy-transition minerals drove a 73% increase in human rights abuse allegations at major mining operations in 2025, underscoring mounting social and environmental risks linked to the clean energy supply chain. The Business and Human Rights Resource Centre’s 2026 Transition Minerals Tracker recorded 329 allegations of abuse …
The government of Ghana says the Energy Sector Shortfall and Debt Repayment Levy, which introduced a charge of GH₵1-per-litre on selected petroleum products, generated GH¢8.81 billion in 2025 into the Energy Sector Support Account. The government added that additional resources amounting to GH¢1.26 billion were deployed beyond the proceeds from the levy, bringing the total …
Under the new system, which takes effect on July 1, 2026, GoldBod will adopt the internationally recognised London Bullion Market Association (LBMA) Gold Price AM and LBMA Gold Price PM benchmarks as the sole basis for determining official local gold purchase prices. The Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod) has announced a new official gold pricing regime …
Gold declined toward $4,000 an ounce and silver plunged as much as 5.8% as a broad selloff swept through financial markets. Bullion prices dropped as much as 2.4% to about $4,091, nearing a low struck earlier this month, as technology stocks led global declines in equity markets. While gold is known as a haven investment, …
Guinean President Mamadi Doumbouya announced a ban on raw gold exports, in an effort to boost local processing of the metal and help the domestic economy. Doumbouya made the announcement during a meeting with industrial and artisanal gold producers as well as gold buying offices operating in the West African nation. “Guinea has the second-largest …
Mining governance expert Dr Kenneth Bansah has called for a phased approach to increasing local ownership of Ghana's major mining assets, arguing that concerns about financing and sustainability should not be used as blanket reasons to oppose the government's localization agenda. His comments come amid reports that the government is considering transferring the mining lease …
Protesters blocked copper concentrate exports from Rio Tinto’s (ASX: RIO) Oyu Tolgoi mine on Wednesday, disrupting shipments from one of the world’s most important copper projects and renewing scrutiny of how Mongolia benefits from its vast mineral wealth. The demonstration, organized by the Radical Reform Movement, temporarily halted traffic on a road used to transport …
