The West African country holds Africa’s third-largest gold reserves, plus vast lithium and uranium deposits. Mali has been gripped by a succession of coups, political instability and a security crisis since at least 2012. In the most recent upheaval on April 25, an al-Qaeda-linked armed group joined forces with Tuareg separatists to launch simultaneous attacks…
A quiet but consequential shift is underway in Africa’s economic order. The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), long defined by paradox vast wealth amid deep poverty,is now projected to become sub-Saharan Africa’s fifth-largest economy in 2026. This is not speculation. Projections from the International Monetary Fund place the DRC’s GDP at around $123 billion,…
The Trump administration is creating a new office that critics say could weaken the environmental oversight of oil drilling and seabed mining in territorial waters. The new agency, the Marine Minerals Administration, will be formed by reunifying two offices that had been split up after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in an effort to…
The Senate voted on Thursday to allow mining upstream from Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, one of the largest and most visited expanses of federally protected lakes and forests in the United States. By a vote of 50 to 49, senators passed a resolution that would repeal a moratorium on new mining across more…
Shorouk Express Economy Materials 27 October 2025 10:48 (UTC +04:00) Iran’s mining sector requires around 55 billion euros in investment to achieve targeted growth and modernize operations, with plans to expand collaboration with neighboring countries. Access to paid information is limited If You already have a account, please log in …
Shorouk Express Kazakhstan Materials 18 October 2025 23:15 (UTC +04:00) Photo: he Agency for Protection and Development of Competition of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kazakhstan’s coal mining sector demonstrated solid growth in the first nine months of 2025, both in terms of production volume and value. Access to paid information is limited…
Shorouk Express BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 9. Kazakhstan’s economic expansion is expected to moderate in the coming year, according to the latest Asian Development Bank (ADB) outlook, Trend reports. Mining growth, which benefits from the recent Tengiz oilfield expansion, is projected to peak at 7.7% in 2025 before slowing to 3.9% in 2026 as the country…
Shorouk Express TASHKENT, Uzbekistan, July 29. A meeting was held under the leadership of Omonullo Nasritdinkhodjaev, First Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Mining and Geology of Uzbekistan, with representatives from Chinese companies within the Association of Chinese Entrepreneurs in Uzbekistan, Trend reports. The primary topic of discussion was a proposal by the Chinese delegation…
Shorouk Express Four people died and two were missing following an accident on Monday at a coal mine in Spain’s northern region of Asturias, officials said. Another three people were seriously injured and taken to hospital, the central government’s office in Asturias said in a statement. Two of the injured had burns while the third…
Shorouk Express Spain is aiming to tap its unexplored strategic mining resources as the European Union urgently seeks to ramp up production, but local resistance could frustrate the government’s plans. The European mining heavyweight has 2,600 mines generating €3.5 billion ($3.8 billion) in annual revenue and is the second-largest EU producer of copper and magnesite,…
