3+ week, 3+ day ago   (773+ words) A deadly landslide at a gold mine on the Cameroon-Central African Republic border has triggered calls for greater oversight of mining operations, after dozens of people were killed and many more were reported missing. The accident happened on Tuesday at…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (623+ words) will do it to the best of our ability because the President has committed himself to ensuring that our resources...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (331+ words) An artisanal gold mine collapse in the Central African Republic (CAR) on Tuesday has now led to the death of more than 100 labourers. The toll rose from about 30 labourers to 107 as rescue officials recovered more bodies trapped under the mine…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (365+ words) More than 1,300 people in this Jorquelleh District town, Bong County, are drawing drinking water from a single working hand pump, two years after residents banned themselves from the creek below the town, which they say the Hurien Mining Company poisoned....

4+ week, 21+ hour ago   (998+ words) Every electric vehicle, smartphone and laptop battery begins with one essential ingredient: lithium. The critical mineral sits at the centre of the global transition to cleaner energy. Lithium powers rechargeable batteries. Securing its supply is, therefore, an economic and geopolitical…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (222+ words) Most say little information is available about how proceeds are used. The exploitation of natural resources occupies a central place in the debate on Mozambique's economic development. Endowed with vast reserves of natural gas, coal, heavy sands, gemstones, and extensive…...