Category: Mining
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🇱🇷 Liberia’s Concession Dilemma: A Boon for Corporations or a Path to National Prosperity?
Liberia stands at a pivotal crossroads. As one of the world’s ten poorest nations yet endowed with vast natural resources, the West African country has long relied on concession agreements with foreign corporations to spur economic development. These deals, particularly in mining and agriculture, promise significant foreign investment, job creation, and infrastructure development. However, they…
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🇸🇦 The Future Minerals Forum 2026 Sets Record as Global Mining Leaders Converge to Drive Real Action
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is gearing up for what promises to be the most impactful edition yet of the Future Minerals Forum (FMF), with over 20,000 participants already registered — marking a record-breaking turnout in the event’s history. This milestone underscores the growing global interest in advancing dialogue around critical minerals into concrete, actionable…
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🇱🇷 Liberia: ArcelorMittal Remains Liberia’s Largest Revenue Contributor Nearly Two Decades Running
New financial disclosures highlight ArcelorMittal Liberia’s position as the country’s largest and most consistent revenue contributor, with payments to the Government of Liberia now exceeding nearly half a million since the company began operations nearly two decades ago. According to data read by this paper this payment has repeatedly been made through royalties, taxes, and…
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🇱🇷 How Much Revenue Liberia Has Lost Under AML’s Monopoly
Liberia may finally be in a position to reclaim what policy analysts are calling “the years that the locusts have eaten,” as new economic data reveals the staggering scale of revenue the country has lost under ArcelorMittal Liberia’s near-exclusive control of the Yekepa–Buchanan railway. With President Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr. having returned the company’s Third…
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🇬🇭 Ghana Reportedly Seizes Mining Equipment in Crackdown on Illegal Forest Operations
A joint task force in Ghana has confiscated seven excavators and 18 water pumps during a raid on illegal mining operations in the environmentally sensitive Neung South Forest Reserve, local media reported. The operation is reportedly part of ongoing efforts to combat “galamsey” (illegal small-scale mining) that has devastated forest reserves and polluted rivers. The…
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🇲🇿 In Mozambique, a group of illegal miners killed two police officers guarding a ruby mine.
“A group of about 40 illegal miners came to the gates of the Montepuez Ruby Mining. They attacked Mozambican police officers at the gates and killed two,” said a statement from the British mining company Gemfields, which owns the site. The company reported that the attack is related to a clash between district immigration authorities…
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🇬🇭Asante plans to spend $6.4 million on gold exploration at Chirano and Bibiani mines in Ghana
Asante Gold is investing more than 9 million Canadian dollars in gold exploration at the Chirano and Bibiani mines in Ghana. CEO Dave Anthony noted that these funds will accelerate exploration work and support long-term planning. At Chirano, 15,000 meters of drilling are planned by the end of 2025 to assess resources and search for…
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🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea plans to engage foreign company for geological exploration
The government of Equatorial Guinea has decided to expand studies of the country’s subsoil to obtain accurate data on its mineral resources with the assistance of a foreign company. This was reported by the AhoraEG portal following a meeting chaired by Vice-President Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue in the city of Ciudad de la Paz. It…
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🇬🇳 Guinea: A Small Nation with Massive Mineral Wealth Poised to Shape Global Tech Industry
Though modest in size, Guinea is a giant when it comes to mineral resources. Nestled in West Africa, this nation holds the world’s largest reserves of bauxite—a key ingredient in aluminum production—and is emerging as a potential powerhouse in supplying gallium, a critical mineral for semiconductors. With China recently restricting gallium exports, Guinea’s strategic importance…
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🇬🇳Guinea revokes bauxite mining permit from UAE-based company
Guinea’s transitional president, Mamady Doumbouya, has signed a decree cancelling the mineral extraction concession, specifically for bauxite, granted to Guinea Alumina Corporation (GAC), a subsidiary of the Emirates Global Aluminium conglomerate based in the United Arab Emirates. This was reported by the local news portal Investigator Guinee. The revocation of the mining permit is linked…
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