The United States and Nigeria have announced a cooperation framework intended to deepen US investment in Nigeria’s mining sector. Presented on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in September, the arrangement covers exploration, geological data, deposit development, processing, infrastructure and technical capabilities. It forms part of closer ties between Washington and Abuja and the global competition to secure critical minerals.
Lithium Africa has received two non-binding proposals to finance development of Springbok, its lithium project in South Africa’s Northern Cape. One combines prepayment with purchasing all spodumene concentrate produced during the first three years. The other envisages a $60 million investment by a lithium processing group backed by a Fortune Global 500 company, in exchange for 55% of Lithium Africa’s interest in the project.
Transforming Africa’s mineral resources requires five connected areas of work: energy and infrastructure access, subsurface knowledge, predictable governance, community protection and more balanced international partnerships. This was the direction presented by Liberia’s Vice President Jeremiah Kpan Koung at the opening of the African Mining Policy Forum–Mining in Motion (AMPF–MiM), held in Accra on October 19–21, 2026.
Namibia wants to change the relationship between mining investors and national resources. President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah is calling on foreign companies to build processing and manufacturing facilities in the country, so minerals are no longer exported raw before being bought back as processed products. The direction is clear: access to subsurface resources must contribute more to industrialization, employment and local skills.
Mining contributed around $432 million to Liberia’s public revenue, according to Liberia Revenue Authority (LRA) Commissioner General James Dorbor Jallah. He presented the figure at a public meeting in Tubmanburg, Bomi County, after the country passed $1 billion in revenue collection in September. The announcement illustrates extractive activities’ growing weight in state finances while raising a central question: how can these receipts become lasting investment and visible public services?
Senegal’s gold industry is accelerating. After producing more than 10 tonnes in 2025, the country could extract around 16 tonnes in 2026, according to forecasts reported this week. First-half production already reached 8.2 tonnes, up 35% year on year. This increase reflects new capacity ramping up, but does not yet guarantee the full-year result.
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Du 18 au 22 novembre 2026, le SIREXE réunira les acteurs des ressources extractives et de l’énergie à Abidjan. L’enjeu : transformer annonces d’investissement et ambitions de contenu …
Taranis devient actionnaire majoritaire de Corbetti et engage jusqu’à 27 millions de dollars pour les forages exploratoires. La première centrale de 50 MW reste conditionnée à la confirmation …
Ghana has announced a $28 billion agreement for the second phase of its Jomoro petroleum hub. Signed on October 19 by the Petroleum Hub Development Corporation (PHDC) and an international consortium led by Global Sphere, the partnership envisages a 300,000-barrel-per-day refinery, two petrochemical units and port facilities. The industrial ambition is substantial. Its credibility will nevertheless depend on turning the announced agreement into financing, construction and sustainable supply.
