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ABB’s End-to-End Strategy Signals Mining Electrification Shift

After years of cautious adoption, mining electrification is entering a decisive acceleration phase and ABB believes the industry has crossed a critical maturity threshold. With validated deployments and significantly reduced risk, the company expects electrified ore handling to grow exponentially over the next five years far more aggressively than in …

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Sierra Rutile and Ecobank Drive Africa’s First Pan-Continental Mining Relocation

At Mining Indaba 2026, Ecobank Sierra Leone and Sierra Rutile Limited (SRL) unveiled a $40 million financing deal to relocate the Kwale Mineral Sands Processing Plant from Kenya to Sierra Leone, marking a new era of intra-African industrial cooperation. The move, anchored in the Sembehun Project, extends Sierra Rutile’s mine …

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Africa Positioned as ‘Rule Maker’ in Global Resource Race

CAPE TOWN—Africa’s critical minerals are increasingly viewed as a strategic hedge against global geopolitical volatility. At the 2026 Investing in African Mining Indaba, industry leaders highlighted that the continent is uniquely positioned to benefit from a shift toward a new resource-driven world order. Despite rising nationalism and shifting trade barriers, …

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