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Kenya’s mining sector is facing a severe revenue vacuum after the country’s flagship titanium operation collapsed by nearly half in 2025, overshadowed by the exit of Base Titanium Ltd. from the mineral-rich Kwale County. Data from the newly released Economic Survey 2026 highlights a stark structural shift in East Africa’s …

Large-scale hard rock lithium operations are facing increasing pressure to balance throughput, operational stability and resource efficiency as projects continue to expand and ore bodies become more complex. At PLS’ Pilgangoora Operation in Western Australia, the P1000 expansion marks an important step in this evolution. Expanding on the earlier P680 …

The African Development Bank Group launched a Mission 300 Progress Tracker, at the African Development Bank Group’s 2026 Annual Meetings in Brazzaville, Congo. According to the financial institution, the public digital platform provides real-time data on electricity access across Africa, it offers project-level visibility into Mission 300 supported operations, enabling …

Ministers from Africa’s diamond-producing nations gathered in Freetown, Sierra Leone on 20 May 2026 for a meeting shaped by shared anxiety and shared resolve. The rise of laboratory-grown diamonds, chemically identical to mined stones but manufactured in industrial facilities is creating market confusion that threatens the livelihoods of millions of …

DRC Mining Week, the annual mining expo and exhibition, that celebrated its 20th edition last year, returns to the Pullman Grand Karavia Hotel in Lubumbashi from 17 to 19 June. According to the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Minister of Mining, Louis Kabamba: “DRC Mining Week is fully aligned with the …

Tanzania has intensified its campaign to protect its domestic extractives sector from external exploitation by launching a comprehensive nationwide audit of all active technical support agreements in the small-scale mining industry. Announcing the decisive enforcement drive, Minister of Minerals Anthony Mavunde ordered the immediate suspension of all mining operations along …

Africa’s vast critical mineral reserves, essential to batteries, electric vehicles and clean technologies have elevated the continent’s geopolitical importance to a level that is reshaping the terms on which international partnerships are structured. At the 2026 Africa Forward Summit in Nairobi, Africa and France signalled a decisive departure from traditional …

Southern Africa’s uranium sector is regaining strategic relevance as global demand for nuclear energy accelerates, driven by fossil fuel supply disruptions and the urgent push for low-carbon power alternatives. Once a niche commodity, uranium, identified by the symbol U and atomic number 92, is again drawing serious attention as countries …

Didier Rault, CEO of World Mining Investment, has joined the advisory board of African Mining Week (AMW) 2026. Seasoned Rault’s appointment is timely with African markets seeking fresh capital to fast-track projects development and capitalize on rising global demand for critical minerals which is expected to triple by 2030. As …

Ethiopia’s projected leap from $3 billion to $10 billion in annual export revenue in the space of three years is remarkable by any measure but the more significant story may be what is driving it and what it reveals about the direction of the country’s economic transformation. At the fourth …