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Without responsible governance, the rush for minerals risks environmental harm, social disruption and lost economic opportunity
AFRICA MINING 2025

UN report: Africa’s transition minerals key to global clean energy future

Without responsible governance, the rush for minerals risks environmental harm, social disruption and lost economic opportunity

  • Sheree Bega
8 min read
Africa is sitting on the raw materials to power the world’s green revolution — cobalt, lithium, graphite, rare earths.
CIRCULAR ECONOMY MINING

Africa must avoid ‘resource curse’ in green minerals boom – WWF South Africa

WWF-SA has called on the G20 to back fairer deal for Africa’s critical minerals

  • Sheree Bega
9 min read
Mineral and Petroleum Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe. Photo: Felix Dlangamandla/Gallo
AFRICA MINING VISION

Cabinet approves strategy identifying platinum, manganese, iron ore, coal and chrome as critical minerals

Mineral and Petroleum Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe said the strategy would help ensure policy and regulatory certainty in the mining sector

  • Nkateko Joseph Mabasa
3 min read