Critical minerals such as lithium, cobalt, nickel, copper, rare earth elements, and platinum group metals are essential for modern technologies. They are key to industries ranging from electronics and ...

Backed by the Trump administration, the $700 million acquisition of Congolese group Chemaf marks a new chapter in ...

Resource exporters dominate gains from China trade surge Mining-led growth masks structural asymmetries China’s industrial strategy reshapes African value chains The surge in China–Africa trade is ...

The upcoming African Mining Week (AMW) 2026 conference - The Most Influential Mining Conference in Africa - will center host ...

As 2026 begins, competition over critical minerals has become a defining feature of global geopolitics. Last month, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) sent Washington a shortlist of state-owned ...

Recognising the unique position of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as a "solution country" owing to its vast endowment of critical minerals essential for the global energy transition and its ...

In the race to secure control over critical minerals, the United States lags behind China, which dominates the market and is positioned across the entire value chain. In this context, Africa has ...

A mine worker holds bits of coltan ore in the mining town of Rubaya in the Democratic Republic of Congo on May 9, 2025. (Credit: Moses Sawasawa/AP.) Listen Relations between the Congolese government ...

The Trump administration is switching from an aid-focused approach to Africa to one of trade and transactional economic ...