As the race for the minerals powering the energy transition intensifies and the price of gold rises, our unique ranking ...

Multinational corporations are the modern-day Leopold II, albeit with better PR teams. Despite numerous pledges for ethical sourcing, many tech giants continue to profit from Congo's misery. A 2022 ...

Small towns embedded in agricultural areas have grown significantly over the last decades, driven particularly by the effects ...

Foreign mining companies are turning to arbitration as African governments enforce stricter regulations, revoke licenses, and ...

African infrastructure and investment. Trade is increasingly seen as the anchor to alleviating poverty through cross-border economic exchange, especially in the mining sector, during this era of the ...

Fidelity Gold Refiners has hailed small-scale gold miners for contributing over 65 percent of the 36,48 tonnes of gold Zimbabwe produced in 2024 as the formalisation of artisanal mining continues to ...

The solution to the problem of informal economies is not policing. Nor is it regulation. The solution must begin with massive regional economic repair.

Industrial mining employs 7 million globally. but artisanal and small scale miners comprise at least 45 million people across ...

Regularised artisanal mining could also boost the security industry through protection services guarding these mines. It ...

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The 2023 national survey identified 970 mineral occurrences across Kenya, including critical minerals such as rare earth ...