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TRT Afrika - Central African Republic shuts gold mine after deadly collapse
7+ hour, 43+ min ago (310+ words) The Central African Republic has temporarily shut a gold mine near the Cameroonian border after a landslide killed dozens of people earlier this week, the country's mines minister said Thursday. Rufin Benam-Beltoungou visited the Zamboye artisanal gold mine on Wednesday…...
TRT Afrika - At least 14 illegal miners killed in abandoned South African mine
1+ week, 3+ day ago (164+ words) Fourteen clandestine miners were killed and eight seriously hurt after a rockfall in a disused mine in South Africa where they were working, police said Tuesday. There were no details yet of the miners, including their nationalities, as officials were…...
TRT Pidgin - Minister aide deny say Nigeria dey hand over dia mineral resources to China
2+ week, 4+ day ago (330+ words) Minister aide deny say Nigeria dey hand over dia mineral resources to China TRT Afrika Di Special Adviser on Media and Strategy to di Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Dele Alake, wey be Kehinde Bamigbetan, don deny claims say…...
TRT Afrika - Planned sale of DRC cobalt miner to Chinese firm opposed
2+ week, 4+ day ago (194+ words) Democratic Republic of Congo's state miner Gecamines said on Monday it would not approve the sale of cobalt miner Chemaf SA and its Congolese assets to Chinese miner Norin Mining. Gecamines leases these assets to Chemaf, which on Thursday said…...
TRT Afrika - South African soldiers die chasing illegal miners
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (267+ words) Two South African soldiers have died after falling down a mine shaft during an operation targeting illicit mining, a police spokeswoman said. The deaths are the first military fatalities since President Cyril Ramaphosa deployed troops in March to bolster police…...
TRT Afrika - Mali creates state body to regulate artisanal gold trade
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (175+ words) Mali has established a new state entity to regulate its artisanal gold trade after identifying large discrepancies between officially declared exports and volumes reported by importing countries, the government said. The Malian Office of Precious Substances will oversee and centralise…...
TRT Afrika - Ghana's small-scale mining drives gold output to record numbers
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (287+ words) Ghana's gold production surged by 23.41 percent in 2025, reaching 5.94 million ounces from 4.82 million ounces the previous year, driven largely by a sharp increase in output from the small-scale mining sector. Addressing the 98th Ghana Chamber of Mines Annual General Meeting in Accra,…...
TRT Afrika - Zambia eases ban on sulphuric acid exports to DRC
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (307+ words) Zambia has cleared two copper producers to resume sulphuric acid exports to Democratic Republic of Congo, according to Zambia’s trade minister, as the country eased curbs on the mining input. Smelters in Zambia – Africa's number two producer of copper – generate…...
TRT Afrika - Zimbabwe ships Africa's first locally processed lithium sulphate in shift from raw exports
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (254+ words) Zimbabwe has shipped the continent's inaugural consignment of locally processed lithium sulphate, a milestone that comes just two months after the government suspended exports of raw forms of the mineral. The shipment was produced at Prospect Lithium Zimbabwe, run by…...
TRT Afrika - Ghana directs Newmont, AngloGold, Zijin to shift mining operations to local firms by December
3+ mon, 4+ week ago (547+ words) Ghana's mining regulator has given international companies Newmont, AngloGold Ashanti and Chinese-owned Zijin until December 2026 to shift mining operations over to local contractors or face sanctions, according to five sources with direct knowledge of the matter and documents. The three…...