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Institute for Security Studies | 10 Jul 2025

Critical Minerals and Tech Dependency - A Key G20 Issue for Africa

Climate Home News | 8 Jul 2025

Nigeria Push to Cash In On Lithium Rush Gets Off to a Rocky Start

Mining Weekly | 7 Jul 2025

Guinea Bauxite Exports Up 36% to 99.8 Million Tonnes on Chinese Demand

Bloomberg News | 2 Jul 2025

Mineral Smuggling From Congo to Rwanda at 'Unprecedented Levels', UN Says

Institute for Security Studies | 1 Jul 2025

Can Guinea Turn its Mineral Wealth into Inclusive Prosperity?

Good Governance Africa | 30 Jun 2025

Critical Minerals Strategy Crucial for Clean Energy

Centre for Strategic and International Studies | 27 Jun 2025

Critical Minerals, Fragile Peace: The DRC-Rwanda Deal and the Cost of Ignoring Root Causes

Natural Resource Governance Institute | 27 Jun 2025

From Kyiv to Kinshasa: Five Lessons for Governments Navigating Mineral-for-Security Deals

Mining Weekly | 27 Jun 2025

UK Committed to Fresh Value-Adding Mining Approach, Says Southern African Envoy

Good Governance Africa | 23 Jun 2025

Lithium Rush a Crossroads for Zimbabwe's Future

Bloomberg News | 21 Jun 2025

Congo Adds Three Months to Cobalt Export Ban to Curb Supply

Moneyweb | 11 Jun 2025

Zimbabwe to Ban Lithium Concentrate Exports in 2027

Oxford Economics | 10 Jun 2025

What Does the Critical Minerals Boom Mean for Africa?

Bloomberg News | 4 Jun 2025

World Bank Commits $1 Billion to Revive Key Congo Hydro Plan

Bloomberg News | 28 May 2025

Congo's Flooded Mine is Latest Threat to World Copper Supply

The Africa Report | 28 May 2025

Trump's Congo Deal Risks Putting Minerals Before Justice, Critics Warn

Institute for Security Studies | 22 May 2025

Africa has Critical Minerals but Needs a Unified Strategy

Moneyweb | 21 May 2025

New Critical Minerals Strategy Will Add Policy Certainty - Mantashe

Bloomberg | 20 May 2025

US-China Metals Fight Finds New Home in Congo's Cobalt Mines

Observer Research Foundation | 20 May 2025

Nigeria-South Africa Mineral Partnership: A Strategic Chapter in Africa's Resource Development

Mail and Guardian | 20 May 2025

South Africa's G20 Presidency Must Rewire the Global Race for Critical Minerals

Africa Centre for Strategic Studies | 20 May 2025

Africa's Critical Minerals at a Critical Juncture