Mining News Group https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Lubumbashi Hosted the Workshop on the National Strategy for Strategic Minerals and Critical Metals Rwanda’s War in the DRC Undermines American Mineral Security The United States Plans a Marine Minerals Processing Plant CMFC Aims to Improve Access to Capital to Unlock Nigeria’s $700bn Minerals Economy April 2026 The DR Congo Draws the Line: A New Era for Africa’s Most Strategic Mining Powerhouse Angola Proposes 30% Stake to Botswana in a Refinery Project 0.3% Revenue Allocation: Louis Watum Reveals His Vision Six months that have begun to reshape the mining sector of Congo Gécamines makes its return to trading with a strategic shipment to the United States Category B processing entities in southern Katanga: Louis Kambamba Watum is determined to recover the rights of the Congolese people and the State Strait of Hormuz Risk: Why Mining Executives Should Be Concerned EGC and Trafigura are shipping copper and cobalt to the global market via the Lobito Atlantic railway Mining Indaba 2026: Louis Watum centres his intervention on strategic partnerships and the sustainable valorisation of the DRC’s mineral resources Joint Statement on the Inaugural Meeting of the Joint Steering Committee of the U.S.-DRC Strategic Partnership Agreement Louis K. Watum, The DR Congo’s Minister of Mines as a Strategic Actor in the Emerging U.S.-DRC Critical Minerals Partnership Haut-Katanga and Lualaba: Towards Strengthened Control of Category B Copper and Cobalt Processing Entities DRC and United States of America: Lucy Tamlyn Defends the Washington Agreement, a “Win-Win” Mining Partnership Regional Economic Integration Framework between the DRC and Rwanda Tshisekedi and Trump or THE GAME CHANGERS UN Voluntary Principles: The DRC Draws Up Its 2026 Roadmap for a More Responsible Extractive Sector The U.S.-led Peace Deal Won’t End the War Without New Pressure The Peace Agreement and National Integrity of the DRC A Strategic Alliance Accelerates Innovation in Lithium Extraction Global Mining Companies Have Pocketed 700 Billion Dollars in 2024 Despite Growing Pressures Opinion: Rare Earths: Critical Minerals Should Not Be Stockpiled for Military Purposes For Non-Payment of Surface Rights, Geocore and Regal Maniema Pay the Price Louvre Heist: The Question of Security for Jewels and Precious Stones Resurfaces Gécamines and Mercuria Energy Together for Better or for Worse Lualaba: More Deaths at Mulondo Lifting of the Suspension of Gold Exploitation in Ituri Maniema: NGOs Denounce a Mafia Network in the Exploitation of Coltan and Cassiterite Honourable Louis Watum, Minister of Mines of the DRC: Forty-five Billion US Dollars Committed to the Congolese Mining Sector Financial Modelling Recommended to Strengthen Supervision and Regulation of the Congolese Mining Sector The African Development Bank Group and the United States Exchange Views on Common Opportunities to Support Economic Transformation Barrick Will Pay 430 Million Dollars to Mali to Settle Their Mining Dispute Metals Traders Are Enjoying Their Most Profitable Year on Record Rio Tinto Increases Its Stocks of Simandou to 2 Million Tonnes for the First Shipment A Kenyan Tribunal Blocks a 2 Billion Dollar Coal Power Plant on a Heritage Site HSBC Bank Predicts That the “Bull Wave” of Gold Will Reach 5,000 $ in 2026 The AFC Launches a Call for Tenders for the Construction of a Railway Link in Zambia Top 50 mining companies surgeto new record near $2 trillion valuation “Forget American Critical Minerals.” A Bold Explorer Targets the EU Beijing’s Exports Redefine the Balance of Power “UK Export Finance” Provides £500 Million Attracted by the DRC After Meeting with Mines Minister Louis Watum Louis Watum Launches the Fight Against Illegal Expatriates in Congolese Mines at Kibali Goldmine bRocks Launches the First Comprehensive AI Platform for Mining Operations The Hidden Energy Risk Behind the Iran Conflict Pollution in Lubumbashi: CDM in the Dock Breaking: Congo Builds First Gold Refinery to Capture Value M23 Sanctions Shake Congo’s Mining Empire – What You Need to Know Home