Guinea Bans Raw Gold Exports, Demands Local Refining
Guinea has banned raw gold exports and now requires local refining before shipment, with a 90-day transition period ending 6...
August 10, 2026Topic
critical minerals
Guinea Signs Mining Convention With State-Owned Nimba Mining Company
Guinea signed a mining convention with state-owned Nimba Mining Company on 6 August, with Glencore as offtaker. A structural headwind...
August 8, 2026
Namibia Chases US$250 Million to Fund Its Green Industrialisation Plan
Namibia must finish an investment plan before drawing up to US$250 million in concessional finance for green industrialisation. No money...
August 7, 2026
Copper 360 Hands the Chair to Neal Froneman After a Year of Losses
The new Copper 360 chair is Neal Froneman, arriving after a year in which the JSE copper junior lost R265...
August 7, 2026
Angola and the US Deepen Naval Ties at the Rabat Maritime Summit
Angola US defence cooperation advanced in Rabat, where the two navy commanders met on 21 July to discuss modernisation and...
August 7, 2026
DR Congo Bans Copper and Cobalt Concentrate Exports, Lifting the Copper Price
A DR Congo cobalt export order seen by Reuters also bans copper concentrates outright, sending LME copper to its highest...
August 7, 2026
DR Congo Mine Deadline Passes With Worker Stakes Undelivered
DR Congo's deadline for mining firms to hand 5% of shares to Congolese workers has passed with no public compliance,...
August 6, 2026
Zimbabwe Lithium Export Earnings Jump 229.8% to US$782 Million
Zimbabwe lithium exports earned US$782.2 million in H1 2026, up 229.8%, as new processing plants and a price recovery lift...
August 5, 2026
Congo Approves a US$1.26 Billion Railway for the Lobito Corridor
The Lobito Corridor railway wins a draft US$1.26 billion Congolese convention with Mota-Engil to rebuild 1,004.5 km of track toward...
August 4, 2026