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India and Russia are inching towards a wider strategic alliance when it comes to critical minerals and rare earths processing, as both nations look to bolster supply-chain security for clean energy as well as advanced manufacturing industries. Officials involved in...

Comprehending Carbonatite-Hosted Critical Minerals of Southern Africa Carbonatite intrusions are among the most intriguing geological events in global critical mineral exploration, focusing on a variety of strategic elements via complex magmatic processes in order to produce large-tonnage deposits with surprisingly uniform...

South Korea has indicated a strategic reorientation of its engagement with Nigeria from the conventional aid-centric approach to a partnership based on mutual responsibility, institution building, and economic cooperation. South Korea is restructuring its relationship with Nigeria, moving from the...

International financiers have gone ahead with funding $1.3bn for Zambia Rail Project connecting copper-producing areas of Zambia to global export markets, a project that might transform mineral supply chains and boost the contribution of Africa to the energy transition. Funding $1.3bn...

An exploratory project, backed by the US, aims to tap rare earth elements from industrial mining waste in two huge sand-like dunes at a former chemical processing plant in South Africa. The Phalaborwa Rare Earths Project has US support by means...

As geopolitical disputes escalate, critical mineral access becomes a new front in great power rivalry. The rules for their extraction and management are scattered, but one UN body establishes tools that could potentially plug regulatory cracks. Countries are ramping up their...

Africa’s drive to shift from being a supplier of raw minerals to a center of value-added processing will ultimately rely not on the accessibility of resources, but rather on if the continent is capable of overcoming infrastructure issues. That was...