Africa

US-based critical minerals development platform Africa Critical Minerals Corporation (ACMC) and AI-powered resource intelligence company Scepter have signed a memorandum of understanding to use... 

Abu Dhabi-based nonprofit blockchain organisation ADI Foundation and digital asset developer SAGINT have announced a global partnership to bring SAGINT's Digital Warehouse Receipt technology to ADI... 

As underground mining projects become deeper and more technically complex, specialist contractors are playing an increasingly important role, notes mining consultant Cementation Africa. The company... 

“Drill, baby, drill” is the only realistic way forward for the African continent if it has any hope of eradicating poverty, says African Energy Chamber executive chairperson NJ Ayuk. “Exploration... 

With the prospect of even more extreme climate change, with the challenges faced in the environmental space worldwide, the importance of a holistic, joined-up, collective understanding of... 

African governments spend an average of 17% of GDP on public procurement, making it one of the most powerful levers for economic development, industrial growth and job creation (World Bank, The... 

By: Kobus Vermeulen - Direct Sales Executive, Process Automation at Schneider Electric Process automation projects kick off the best intentions, and rightly so.  There’s nothing quite like a... 

Africa's significant mineral potential presents substantial opportunities for new mining investment, but converting geological discoveries into viable mining projects remains a complex and... 

Mining companies are placing greater demands on pump systems than ever before as process plants increase throughput, operations become more complex and tailings storage facilities are located... 

Global industrial software company AVEVA is seeing “significant interest” in digitalisation across Africa, especially where it addresses immediate operating challenges, and the company has... 

Pan-African commercial law firm Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr (CDH) has launched its Labour Laws in Africa 2026 Guide, aimed at offering a practical reference resource for employers across major African... 

Mines and quarries across Africa are pushing to maximise output from existing infrastructure while keeping capital expenditure under tight control – and Sandvik Rock Processing’s Reborn programme... 

As Africa's mining industry moves deeper, targets increasingly complex ore bodies and responds to rising global demand for critical minerals, the role of specialist underground mining contractors... 

With the global race for critical minerals entering a new phase, the next opportunity will be turning resources into processing, manufacturing and long-term growth. In addition to critical mineral... 

By: Daniel Wilmot -  Partner at Stewarts specialising in international commercial and investor-state arbitration As critical minerals become geopolitically strategic, resulting disputes become... 

Critical minerals have become critically important because of the development of technology and of global political rivalries in recent years. So pointed out specialist market supply and demand... 

Africa’s next energy breakthrough may not come from building more power stations alone, but from strengthening the electricity networks that connect countries and enable power to flow across... 

The US International ​Development Finance Corp plans to increase direct equity investments, including in Africa and the critical minerals sector, the agency's Africa head said, as the US steps up... 

South Africa needs to build manufacturing capacity in parts of value chains in which its industries can compete sustainably, while leveraging and adapting its existing industrial base to meet...