Category: Mining
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DR Congo Suspends Artisanal Mining Agency Chief Over Failure to Prevent Illegal Activities
DR Congo’s mines minister has suspended SAEMAPE director general Jean-Paul Kadiobo Kapongo, accusing the state artisanal-mining agency of failing to prevent illegal mining on licensed concessions. The move could signal tighter government enforcement across the country’s informal mining sector.
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🇳🇬 33 Young Miners Die in Nigerian Detention Cell as Probe Blames “Cruel and Inhuman” Conditions
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An investigation into the deaths of 33 people arrested over suspected illegal gold mining in Nigeria has blamed severe overcrowding, inadequate ventilation, heat stress and dehydration. Fourteen victims were reportedly minors, with investigators describing the detention conditions as cruel, inhuman and degrading.
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🇬🇭 Gold, Power, and Memory: The Cultural Legacy of the Asante Kingdom
The Asante Kingdom transformed West Africa’s gold into a powerful language of kingship, spirituality, craftsmanship, diplomacy, and cultural memory. From ceremonial swords and royal ornaments to intricate symbolic objects, Asante goldwork preserves the story of a sophisticated civilization whose legacy continues to shape Ghana and the African world.
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🇨🇳 How Vibrating Placer Gold Screens Can Transform Small-Scale Mining
A vibrating placer gold screening and gravity-recovery system can help small-scale miners process more alluvial material, reduce manual labor, improve screening efficiency and concentrate heavy minerals such as gold. Here’s how the technology can fit into a modern African mining operation.
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🇬🇭 From First Million to Industrial Opportunity: What Freedom Jacob Caesar Says Africa Should Be Watching
Ghanaian entrepreneur Freedom Jacob Caesar’s discussion about his first million and Africa’s biggest opportunities raises a larger question: where should the next generation of African entrepreneurs create value? From manufacturing and logistics to energy and regional trade, the real opportunity may lie in building the productive infrastructure Africa needs.
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🇱🇷 Natural Rough Corundum: The Ruby-Sapphire Mineral Behind the 68.70-Carat Specimen
Natural rough corundum is one of the world’s most important gemstone minerals, forming ruby, sapphire and a spectrum of fancy sapphire colors. Explore its properties, current market value, claimed Kashmir origin, and documented occurrences across Liberia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Nigeria and other parts of West Africa.
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🇨🇮 IAMGOLD Reports Strong Côté Gold Quarter as Mining Intelligence Systems Track Global Resource Signals
IAMGOLD reports strong third-quarter progress at Côté Gold, while the latest Panafrican Intelligence data highlights the growing importance of accurate mineral, geographic and operating intelligence.
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THE PEACE DIAMOND: HOW A 709-CARAT STONE FROM SIERRA LEONE BECAME A SYMBOL OF HOPE
A viral TikTok revisits Sierra Leone’s famous Peace Diamond. The underlying story is real, but the $50 million valuation and claims that the village received nothing require important context.
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🇬🇭 Ghana Rewrites the Rules of Gold: State Participation, Local Refining and a New Mining Value Chain
Ghana is fundamentally reshaping its gold industry. GoldBod’s 30% large-scale mining offtake, new XRF assay regime, mandatory local refining and gold-reserve strategy are placing the state deeper inside the mineral value chain while new mining legislation could further expand domestic processing and state participation.
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🇬🇭 AMPF – Mining in Motion 2026: Where Africa’s Mineral Future Moves From Dialogue to Action
AMPF – Mining in Motion 2026 brings African government leaders, mining executives, investors, development finance institutions and industry innovators together in Accra from October 19–21 to explore investment, partnerships and the future of Africa’s mineral economy.