Mali’s Gold Output Ceiling: Why the Sub-60-Tonne Forecast Signals a...
Mali’s industrial gold output is forecast to stay below 60 tonnes annually through 2029, constrained...
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Resolute Mining Commits $190M to Doropo Gold Project in Ivory Coast: What a 2028 First Production Target Signals for the Regional Investment Cycle
In March 2026, Resolute Mining formally approved the final investment decision for the Doropo Gold Project in northeastern Ivory Coast, marking what the company described as a transformational step towards construction and production. The decision followed the receipt of a mining permit from the Ivorian Council of Ministers and the completion of extensive technical, economic, […]
Trafigura’s Bogoso-Prestea Gold Offtake Deal: What Ghana’s New Commodity Finance Model Signals for West Africa
Mining Mapping On April 9, 2026, Trafigura signed an offtake agreement with Ghanaian company Heath Goldfields covering 700,000 ounces of gold doré from the Bogoso-Prestea mine in Ghana’s Western Region. The deal is paired with $65 million in debt financing to restart oxide ore extraction at the site. It marks Trafigura’s first transaction in Ghana’s […]
Angola’s Illegal Mine Collapse in Bengo Province: What the Rising Death Toll Reveals About the Artisanal Mining Governance Gap
Extraction / Mining Mapping On Saturday May 24, 2026, a landslide struck an illegal gold mining site in Kanakasala village, Nambuangongo Municipality, Bengo Province, approximately 60 kilometres northeast of Luanda. At least 28 people were killed. Thirteen of the dead belonged to the same family. The victims were aged between 16 and 35. An estimated […]
South Africa’s R2.86 Billion Mining Budget Push: Geological Data, Battery Metals and the Race to Attract Capital Before the Cycle Closes
Extraction / Mining Mapping In May 2026, Minister of Mineral and Petroleum Resources Gwede Mantashe tabled the Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources’ R2.86 billion budget in Parliament. The allocation breaks down across several priority entities: R666.9 million to the Council for Geoscience, R328.7 million to Mintek, R94.98 million to the Petroleum Agency South Africa, […]
The EU Russian Gas Ban and Africa’s Window: Why 2026 Is the Year African Gas Producers Must Convert Geopolitical Demand Into Industrial Terms
Extraction / Energy & Industry On January 26, 2026, the Council of the European Union gave final approval to a regulation permanently banning Russian gas imports. Short-term LNG contracts concluded before June 2025 expire on April 25, 2026. Long-term LNG contracts are prohibited from January 2027. Pipeline gas imports end by September or November 2027, […]
Burkina Faso’s Kiaka Gold Project at Full Run Rate: A 7% Production Surge Before the Long Countdown to Closure
West African Resources is projecting record gold production in 2026: 430,000 to 490,000 ounces from its combined Burkina Faso operations, driven by the first full year of output from the Kiaka Gold Mine. Kiaka is expected to contribute 240,000 to 280,000 ounces. Sanbrado, WAF’s flagship operation 90 kilometres southeast of Ouagadougou, will add 190,000 to […]
