Several senatorial candidates on Thursday expressed support for small-scale mining in the country, emphasizing that activities from big mining companies are the ones that should be banned. In a town ...

The Ghana National Association of Rock Miners (GNARoM) has appealed to the Government to reconsider its decision to halt the issuance of prospecting licences for small-scale mining in the country.

The U.S. is pushing Congo and Rwanda to sign a peace accord at the White House in about two months, accompanied by bilateral ...

An indigenous mining industry player, Daniel Appiah, has observed that Ghana's economy currently depends heavily on the extraction of mineral resources, and therefore cannot survive without the ...

The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, MP, has inaugurated a nine-member Small-Scale Mining License Review Committee to conduct a comprehensive audit of all small ...

Despite its growing potential, experts say Tanzania has historically focused more on gold due to its higher global price.

He says reforms at the Minerals Commission are important in the fight against illegal mining. National Concerned Small Scale Miners Association Calls for Dismissal of Minerals Commission CEO The ...

Barrick Gold Corporation was until 2019 the largest mining company in the world. With operating revenue of US$12.922 billion (Uganda's GDP is about US$50 billion), Barrick Gold is the kind of mining ...

KoBold Metals plans billion-dollar investments in DRC to unlock ethical cobalt ... and economically deliver the world's first commercial-scale nodule project." Infrastructure challenges, including ...

Virtually all banks are closed. Currency shortages abound. With supply chains disrupted, prices of some staples have jumped.