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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
Village chief Mulema Bantu: ‘We know that conditions are often stipulated for mining companies, but we know nothing about them or their content.’ Photo: Jonas Kiriko
POWERTRACKER

We want a say in transition mining, say DRC communities

Communities living on and working land in the Democratic Republic of the Congo say they are not informed about mining permits for energy transition minerals

  • Jonas Kiriko
8 min read
The continent’s first Critical Minerals Summit sees global powers lining up to secure mineral supplies for the energy transition. (Photo by Emanuele Cremaschi/Getty Images)
CRITICAL MINERALS MARKET REVIEW 2023

Fresh scramble for Africa’s critical minerals

The continent’s first Critical Minerals Summit sees global powers lining up to secure mineral supplies for the energy transition

  • Conrad Onyango
3 min read
With South Africa’s low employment rate, particularly among young people, mining continues to make a valid contribution towards job creation, amid a tough economic operating climate. Photo: Supplied
ANDREW LANE

Mining companies aren’t buying what the SA govt is selling — yet

Companies are withholding investment – despite the commodity boom’s bounty – in the face of constraints to exports and exploration

  • Sarah Smit
  • Anathi Madubela
8 min read