Category: Minerals
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🇱🇷 Lithium: Liberia’s New “White Gold”—A Crossroads of Promise and Peril
Lithium has become the beating heart of our green-energy revolution. Every electric vehicle, smartphone, and clean-energy storage system depends on this once obscure mineral. Today, a seismic discovery has positioned an often-overlooked nation—Liberia—as a potential linchpin in the global energy transition. The Discovery — A Turning Point In early 2025, Liberia revealed results from a…
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🇱🇷Coal Blast Rocks Bulk Carrier Off Baltimore
A Liberian-flagged coal carrier erupted in an explosion on Monday while transiting the Patapsco River near the demolition site of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge. The 751-foot W Sapphire, which had just loaded coal at CSX’s Curtis Bay terminal, was beginning its voyage to Mauritius when the blast tore through the ship at around 6:30 p.m.…
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🇩🇿Algeria close to finalising deals with Exxon and Chevron on shale gas development
Algeria is in the final stage of negotiations with US energy companies Exxon Mobil and Chevron on the development of substantial natural gas reserves, including shale gas, for the first time in the country’s history. This was announced by Samir Bekhti, chairman of the state energy regulator Alnaft. “The technical aspects have already been more…
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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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🇹🇿 Pilot uranium processing plant launched in Tanzania
The pilot uranium processing plant has been commissioned by Rosatom subsidiary Mantra Tanzania Ltd at the Mkuju River project in southern Tanzania. The plant, located at the Nyota deposit, will be used to test uranium processing technologies and inform the design of the main processing complex with a production capacity of up to 3,000 tonnes…
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🇷🇺🇳🇪 Russia and Niger Strengthen Nuclear Cooperation with New Agreement
Niamey, Niger – In a significant step toward expanding bilateral ties, Russia and Niger signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on July 28 to enhance cooperation in the peaceful use of nuclear energy. The agreement, signed in Niamey, outlines plans for joint training programs, technology transfers, and potential infrastructure development in Niger’s nuclear sector. The…
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🇨🇩 Inside the gold rush village hit by mine collapse tragedy
Rescue operations at an artisanal gold mine in the village of Lomera in the Democratic Republic of Congo are continuing after a number of shafts collapsed over the weekend. Local reports say an unknown number of miners are trapped underground while the number of people killed remains unclear. The area is in South Kivu province…
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🇷🇺🇳🇬 Dangote warns influx of Russian fuel threatens Africa’s refining industry
Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote has warned that heavily discounted Russian petroleum products are flooding African markets, threatening the continent’s emerging refining sector. Speaking at an oil conference in Abuja, Dangote said sanctions on Russian oil have pushed Moscow to offload fuel at steep discounts in Africa, often delivering substandard or toxic products that would be…
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