Mineral industry of Africa, the Glossary

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1. 200 relations: African Rainbow Minerals, African Union, Ahafo mine, Ajaokuta, Alcan, Alcoa, Algeria, Aluminium, AngloGold Ashanti, Anthracite, Anvil Mining, Arab Maghreb Union, Artisanal mining, Australia, Bafokeng mine, Balance of trade, Barrick Gold, Bauxite, Bituminous coal, Black Economic Empowerment, Botswana, British Geological Survey, Bulyanhulu Gold Mine, Burkina Faso, Buzwagi Gold Mine, Bwana Mkubwa, Cadastre, Cameroon, Canada, Cement, Central African Mining and Exploration Company, Chirano Gold Mine, Chromite, Chromium, Coal, Cobalt, Coega, Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa, Copper, Copper in Africa, Cricket, Current account (balance of payments), Damtshaa diamond mine, De Beers, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Department of Mineral Resources (South Africa), Diamond, Dikulushi Mine, Dominion mine, Economic Community of Central African States, ... Expand index (150 more) »

2. Mining in Africa

African Rainbow Minerals

African Rainbow Minerals Limited is a mining company based in South Africa.

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African Union

The African Union (AU) is a continental union of 55 member states located on the continent of Africa.

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Ahafo mine

The Ahafo mine is one of the largest gold mines in the Republic of Ghana and in the world.

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Ajaokuta

Ajaokuta is a Local Government Area in Kogi State, Nigeria and a town within it on the left bank of the Niger River.

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Alcan

Alcan was a Canadian mining company and aluminum manufacturer.

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Alcoa

Alcoa Corporation (an acronym for "Aluminum Company of America") is a Pittsburgh-based industrial corporation.

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Algeria

Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered to the northeast by Tunisia; to the east by Libya; to the southeast by Niger; to the southwest by Mali, Mauritania, and Western Sahara; to the west by Morocco; and to the north by the Mediterranean Sea.

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Aluminium

Aluminium (Aluminum in North American English) is a chemical element; it has symbol Al and atomic number 13.

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AngloGold Ashanti

AngloGold Ashanti Limited is an independent and global gold mining company with a diverse high-quality portfolio of cooperation, projects and exploration activities formed in 2004 by the merger of AngloGold and the Ashanti Goldfields Corporation.

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Anthracite

Anthracite, also known as hard coal and black coal, is a hard, compact variety of coal that has a submetallic lustre.

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Anvil Mining

Anvil Mining (French: Extraction à l'enclume) was a copper producer that has been operating in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) from 2002 to 2012.

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Arab Maghreb Union

The Arab Maghreb Union (إتحاد المغرب العربي, Union du Maghreb Arabe, AMU/UMA) is a political union and economic union trade agreement aiming for economic and future political unity among Arab countries that are located primarily in the Maghreb in North Africa.

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Artisanal mining

Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) is a blanket term for a type of subsistence mining involving a miner who may or may not be officially employed by a mining company but works independently, mining minerals using their own resources, usually by hand.

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Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands.

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Bafokeng mine

The Bafokeng mine is a large open pit mine located in the north-eastern part of South Africa in Rustenburg, North West.

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Balance of trade

Balance of trade is the difference between the monetary value of a nation's exports and imports over a certain time period.

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Barrick Gold

Barrick Gold Corporation is a mining company that produces gold and copper with 16 operating sites in 13 countries.

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Bauxite

Bauxite is a sedimentary rock with a relatively high aluminium content.

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Bituminous coal

Bituminous coal, or black coal, is a type of coal containing a tar-like substance called bitumen or asphalt.

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Black Economic Empowerment

Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) is a policy of the South African government which aims to facilitate broader participation in the economy by black people.

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Botswana

Botswana, officially the Republic of Botswana, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa.

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British Geological Survey

The British Geological Survey (BGS) is a partly publicly funded body which aims to advance geoscientific knowledge of the United Kingdom landmass and its continental shelf by means of systematic surveying, monitoring and research.

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Bulyanhulu Gold Mine

Bulyanhulu Gold Mine is an underground gold mine in the Shinyanga Region of Tanzania, located 55 kilometres south of Lake Victoria.

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Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso is a landlocked country in West Africa.

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Buzwagi Gold Mine

Buzwagi Gold Mine is an open pit gold mine in the Shinyanga Region of Tanzania, located 6 kilometres southeast from the town of Kahama.

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Bwana Mkubwa

Bwana Mkubwa (or Bwana M'kubwa; meaning "big chief"; or "great master") is a settlement and a mine in Copperbelt Province, Zambia.

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Cadastre

A cadastre or cadaster is a comprehensive recording of the real estate or real property's metes-and-bounds of a country.

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Cameroon

Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon, is a country in Central Africa.

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Canada

Canada is a country in North America.

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Cement

A cement is a binder, a chemical substance used for construction that sets, hardens, and adheres to other materials to bind them together.

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Central African Mining and Exploration Company

The Central African Mining and Exploration Company plc (CAMEC) was a mining company active in the Katanga Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and in other parts of Africa.

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Chirano Gold Mine

Chirano Gold Mine (currently Kinross mining) is an underground and open pit gold mine in the Western North Region of Ghana, within the Bibiani gold belt.

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Chromite

Chromite is a crystalline mineral composed primarily of iron(II) oxide and chromium(III) oxide compounds.

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Chromium

Chromium is a chemical element; it has symbol Cr and atomic number 24.

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Coal

Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock, formed as rock strata called coal seams.

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Cobalt

Cobalt is a chemical element; it has symbol Co and atomic number 27.

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Coega

The Coega Special Economic Zone (SEZ), established in 1999 and 9 003 ha in extent, is situated near Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth) in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.

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Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa

The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) is a regional economic community in Africa with twenty-one member states stretching from Tunisia to Eswatini.

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Copper

Copper is a chemical element; it has symbol Cu and atomic number 29.

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Copper in Africa

Copper is one of the world's most important industrial minerals, and Africa is an important world producer. Mineral industry of Africa and Copper in Africa are mining in Africa.

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Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game that is played between two teams of eleven players on a field, at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps.

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Current account (balance of payments)

In macroeconomics and international finance, a country's current account records the value of exports and imports of both goods and services and international transfers of capital.

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Damtshaa diamond mine

The Damtshaa diamond mine is a diamond mine located in Botswana about 220 km (137 miles) west of the city of Francistown.

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De Beers

The De Beers Group is a South African-British corporation that specializes in the diamond industry, including mining, exploitation, retail, inscription, grading, trading and industrial diamond manufacturing. Mineral industry of Africa and de Beers are mining in Africa.

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Democratic Republic of the Congo

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), also known as the DR Congo, Congo-Kinshasa, Congo-Zaire, or simply either Congo or the Congo, is a country in Central Africa.

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Department of Mineral Resources (South Africa)

The Department of Mineral Resources is a department of the national government of South Africa which is responsible for overseeing the mining industry of South Africa and the exploitation of the country's mineral resources.

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Diamond

Diamond is a solid form of the element carbon with its atoms arranged in a crystal structure called diamond cubic.

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Dikulushi Mine

The Dikulushi mine is a copper and silver mine in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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Dominion mine

The Dominion mine is a large mine located in the northern part of South Africa in Dominionville.

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The Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS; Communauté Économique des États de l'Afrique Centrale, CEEAC; Comunidad Económica de los Estados de África Central, CEEAC; Comunidade Económica dos Estados da África Central, CEEAC) is an Economic Community of the African Union for promotion of regional economic co-operation in Central Africa.

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Economy of Africa

The economy of Africa consists of the trade, industry, agriculture, and human resources of the continent.

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ECOWAS

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS; also known as CEDEAO in French and Portuguese) is a regional political and economic union of fifteen countries of West Africa.

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Equatorial Guinea

Equatorial Guinea (Guinea Ecuatorial; Guinée équatoriale; Guiné Equatorial), officially the Republic of Equatorial Guinea (República de Guinea Ecuatorial, République de Guinée équatoriale, República da Guiné Equatorial), is a country on the west coast of Central Africa, with an area of.

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Equity (finance)

In finance, equity is an ownership interest in property that may be offset by debts or other liabilities.

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Ergo mine

The Ergo mine is a large mine located in the northern part of South Africa in Gauteng.

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Eritrea

Eritrea (or; Ertra), officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa region of Eastern Africa, with its capital and largest city at Asmara.

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Etoile mine

The Etoile Mine (also known as L'Etoile du Congo Mine, Kalukuluku, or Star of the Congo Mine) is an open-pit copper mine on the outskirts of Lubumbashi in Katanga Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

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Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation

Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation PLC (ENRC) was a public, Kazakhstan/Central African-focused, multinational leading diversified natural resources company headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

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European Union

The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe.

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Ferrochrome

Ferrochrome or ferrochromium (FeCr) is a type of ferroalloy, that is, an alloy of chromium and iron, generally containing 50 to 70% chromium by weight.

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Finsch diamond mine

The Finsch Mine is an underground diamond mine in the Northern Cape (South Africa).

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Fossil fuel

A fossil fuel is a carbon compound- or hydrocarbon-containing material such as coal, oil, and natural gas, formed naturally in the Earth's crust from the remains of prehistoric organisms (animals, plants and planktons), a process that occurs within geological formations.

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Fria

Fria is a town and Sub-prefecture in Lower Guinea, lying north of Conakry near the Amaria Dam on the Konkouré River.

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Fucauma Diamond Mine

The Fucauma Diamond Mine is a diamond mine under construction in the Lunda Norte Province of Angola.

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Gabon

Gabon (Ngabu), officially the Gabonese Republic (République gabonaise), is a country on the Atlantic coast of Central Africa, on the equator, bordered by Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the north, the Republic of the Congo on the east and south, and the Gulf of Guinea to the west.

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Geita Gold Mine

The Geita Gold Mine is an open pit gold mine located in the Geita District of the Geita Region (formerly part of the Mwanza Region) of Tanzania.

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Germanium

Germanium is a chemical element; it has symbol Ge and atomic number 32.

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Goedgevonden mine

The Goedgevonden Coal Mine is a coal mine located in Mpumalanga province in South Africa.

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Gold

Gold is a chemical element; it has symbol Au (from the Latin word aurum) and atomic number 79.

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Gold Fields

Gold Fields Limited (formerly The Gold Fields of South Africa) is one of the world's largest gold mining firms.

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Graphite

Graphite is a crystalline form of the element carbon.

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Greenhouse gas emissions

Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from human activities intensify the greenhouse effect.

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Grootegeluk Coal Mine

The Grootegeluk Coal Mine is an open cast coal mine within the Waterberg Coalfield of the Limpopo province of South Africa.

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Guinea

Guinea, officially the Republic of Guinea (République de Guinée), is a coastal country in West Africa.

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Heavy mineral sands ore deposits

Heavy mineral sands are a class of ore deposit which is an important source of zirconium, titanium, thorium, tungsten, rare-earth elements, the industrial minerals diamond, sapphire, garnet, and occasionally precious metals or gemstones.

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Hwange Colliery

Hwange Colliery Company Limited (Formerly Wankie Colliery Company Limited) is the name of a company in Zimbabwe (Formerly Rhodesia) and of its associated coal mining, processing and marketing.

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Hydrogen

Hydrogen is a chemical element; it has symbol H and atomic number 1.

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Ikot-Abasi

Ikot Abasi is located in the south west corner of Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria.

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Impala mine

The Impala mine is a large platinum mine located near Rustenburg in the North West Province of South Africa.

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International Energy Agency

The International Energy Agency (IEA) is a Paris-based autonomous intergovernmental organisation, established in 1974, that provides policy recommendations, analysis and data on the global energy sector.

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Iron ore

Iron ores are rocks and minerals from which metallic iron can be economically extracted.

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Iron ore in Africa

Iron ore production in Africa is dominated by South Africa, Mauritania and Algeria.

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Jwaneng diamond mine

The Jwaneng diamond mine is the richest diamond mine in the world, and also the second largest in the world.

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Kambia District

Kambia District is a district in the North West Province of Sierra Leone.

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Kamsar

Kamsar is a port city in Guinea, West Africa.

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Kananga mine

The Kananga Mine (French: La mine de Kananga) is an open pit copper mine near Kolwezi in Katanga Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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Kansanshi mine

Kansanshi mine is a large copper and gold mine located in Solwezi in the North-Western Province of Zambia.

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Kayelekera mine

Kayelekera uranium mine is an open cast uranium mine 52 kilometers west of the regional administrative and commercial centre Karonga in Malawi, Africa and was the country's largest mine.

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KDC mine

The KDC mine, formerly the Kloof mine, is a large mine located in the northern part of South Africa in Gauteng, near Carletonville, and represents one of the largest uranium reserves in South Africa having estimated reserves of 256.4 million tonnes of ore grading 0.0036% uranium.

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Kenya

Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya (Jamhuri ya Kenya), is a country in East Africa.

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Kilo-Moto

Kilo-Moto is a region in the far northeast corner of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) where gold was discovered in the Ituri River by government prospectors in 1903.

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Kilogram

The kilogram (also kilogramme) is the base unit of mass in the International System of Units (SI), having the unit symbol kg.

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Kimberley Process Certification Scheme

The Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) is the process established in 2003 to prevent "conflict diamonds" from entering the mainstream rough diamond market by United Nations General Assembly Resolution 55/56 following recommendations in the Fowler Report.

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Kipushi Mine

Kipushi Mine (formerly Prince Léopold Mine, French: Mine Prince Léopold) is an underground mine in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, near the town of Kipushi in Haut-Katanga Province.

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Kolwezi tailings project

The Kolwezi tailings project (French: Projet de résidus de Kolwezi) also known as the Roan Tailings Reclamation (RTR; Récupération des résidus de Roan) is a project in the Kolwezi mining area of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to recover copper from the tailings, or processed ore, from mining in the region since the 1950s.

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Konkola Copper Mines

Konkola Copper Mines (abbreviated to KCM) is a copper mining and smelting company in Zambia.

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Kroondal mine

The Kroondal mine is a large open pit mine located in the north-western part of South Africa in Rustenburg, North West.

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Kwale

Kwale is a small town in and the capital of Kwale County, Kenya.

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Langer Heinrich Mine

The Langer Heinrich Mine (LHM) is a large open pit mine located in the western part of Namibia in the Erongo Region.

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Lead

Lead is a chemical element; it has symbol Pb (from Latin plumbum) and atomic number 82.

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Leeuwpan coal mine

The Leeuwpan Coal Mine is a coal mine located in the Mpumalanga Province.

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Letlhakane diamond mine

The Letlhakane diamond mine is a diamond mine located in Botswana about west of the city of Francistown.

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Libya

Libya, officially the State of Libya, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa.

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Liquefied natural gas

Liquefied natural gas (LNG) is natural gas (predominantly methane, CH4, with some mixture of ethane, C2H6) that has been cooled down to liquid form for ease and safety of non-pressurized storage or transport.

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List of Akufo-Addo government ministers and political appointees

This is a listing of the ministers who are currently serving in the New Patriotic Party government of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in Ghana originally formed on 7 January 2017 following the winning of the December 2016 general election when Nana Akufo-Addo of the New Patriotic Party became president.

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Lonshi Mine

Lonshi Mine is a copper mine in Katanga Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the southeast of Ndola, Zambia.

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Luarica diamond mine

The Luarica diamond mine is a diamond mine located in Angola.

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Luita

The Luita plant will be the largest copper and cobalt processing plant in Africa, and the largest cobalt facility in the world.

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Lumwana mine

The Lumwana mine is a large copper mine located in north-west Zambia in North-Western Province.

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Madagascar

Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar and the Fourth Republic of Madagascar, is an island country comprising the island of Madagascar and numerous smaller peripheral islands.

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Mali

Mali, officially the Republic of Mali, is a landlocked country in West Africa.

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Manganese

Manganese is a chemical element; it has symbol Mn and atomic number 25.

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Mano River Union

The Mano River Union (MRU) is an international association initially established between Liberia and Sierra Leone by the 3 October 1973 Mano River Declaration.

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Marula mine

The Marula Mine is a platinum mine located in the Limpopo province of South Africa.

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Mauritania

Mauritania, officially the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, is a sovereign country in Northwest Africa. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Western Sahara to the north and northwest, Algeria to the northeast, Mali to the east and southeast, and Senegal to the southwest. By land area Mauritania is the 11th-largest country in Africa and 28th-largest in the world; 90% of its territory is in the Sahara.

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Metorex

Metorex is a mining company based in Johannesburg, South Africa.

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Mimosa mine

The Mimosa mine is a large underground mine located in the southern part of Zimbabwe in the Zvishavane District of Midlands Province.

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Minerals and Mining Law

The Minerals and Mining Law of 1986 (PNDCL 153), as amended by the Minerals and Mining (Amendment) Act of 1994 (Act 475) and the minerals and mining bill of 2005 (law No. 703), regulates mining in Ghana.

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Mining

Mining is the extraction of valuable geological materials and minerals from the surface of the Earth.

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Mining industry of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

The mining industry of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (French: Industrie minière de la République Démocratique du Congo) produces copper, diamonds, tantalum, tin, gold, and more than 70% of global cobalt production.

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Mmamabula

Mmamabula is a planned coal mine and coal-fired power station to the east of the main road and rail corridor in Botswana between Gaborone and Francistown and south of the Serorome River.

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Moab Khotsong mine

The Moab Khotsong mine is a large mine located in the northern part of South Africa in North West some southwest of Johannesburg, South Africa.

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Modikwa mine

The Modikwa platinum mine is a large underground mine in the north-eastern part of South Africa northwest of Burgersfort, Limpopo.

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Moma District

Moma District is a district of Nampula Province in north-eastern Mozambique.

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Morila Gold Mine

The Morila Gold Mine (French: Mine d'or de Morila) is an open-pit gold mine situated 180 km south of Bamako, near the community of Sanso, in the Sikasso Region of Mali.

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Morupule Colliery

The Morupule Colliery is a coal mine located in Palapye, Botswana, owned and operated by Debswana, a partnership between the government of Botswana and De Beers.

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Mototolo mine

The Mototolo mine is a large platinum mine located in the north-eastern part of South Africa in Burgersfort, Limpopo.

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Mozal

Mozal is an aluminium smelter joint project in Beluluane Industrial Park, Maputo, Mozambique.

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Mozambique

Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique, is a country located in southeast Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west, and Eswatini and South Africa to the southwest.

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Mponeng Gold Mine

Mponeng is an ultra-deep tabular gold mine in South Africa in the Witwatersrand Basin of the Gauteng Province.

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Mufulira

Mufulira is a town in the Copperbelt Province of Zambia.

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Murowa diamond mine

The Murowa diamond mine is a diamond mine located in Mazvihwa, south central Zimbabwe, about 40 kilometres from the asbestos mining town of Zvishavane in the Midlands province.

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Mutoshi mine

Mutoshi Mine is a copper mine in Katanga Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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Mvelaphanda Group

Mvelaphanda Group is a company in South Africa, listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE), that was founded by Tokyo Sexwale, a compatriot of Nelson Mandela.

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Namibia

Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa.

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Natural gas

Natural gas (also called fossil gas, methane gas or simply gas) is a naturally occurring mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons consisting primarily of methane (95%) in addition to various smaller amounts of other higher alkanes.

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Nevsun Resources

Nevsun Resources Ltd was a Canadian diversified mid-tier miner with a portfolio of base metal assets.

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Ngezi mine

The Ngezi mine is a collection of underground mines located in the northern part of Zimbabwe in Mashonaland West Province.

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Nigeria

Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa.

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Nikanor plc

Nikanor plc was a publicly quoted holding company for Global Enterprises Corporate (GEC) with assets in the rich Copperbelt region in Katanga Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

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Nkomati mine

The Nkomati mine is a large mine in the north-east of South Africa near Machadodorp in Mpumalanga.

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North Mara Gold Mine

North Mara Gold Mine is a combined open pit and underground gold mine in the Tarime District of the Mara Region of Tanzania.

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OPEC

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is an organization enabling the co-operation of leading oil-producing and oil-dependent countries in order to collectively influence the global oil market and maximize profit.

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Orapa diamond mine

The Orapa diamond mine is the world's largest diamond mine by area.

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Organisation of African Unity

The Organisation of African Unity (OAU; Organisation de l'unité africaine, OUA) was an intergovernmental organization established on 25 May 1963 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, with 33 signatory governments.

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Palabora

Palabora Mining Company Limited (founded August 1956) is a publicly traded mining company headquartered in Phalaborwa, Limpopo province, South Africa.

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Paladin Energy

Paladin Energy Ltd is a Western Australian based uranium production company.

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Palladium

Palladium is a chemical element; it has symbol Pd and atomic number 46.

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Pan African Resource Reporting Code

The Pan-African Resource Reporting Code (PARC) is a standardized framework for public reporting of African mineral and energy resources.

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Parliament of Ghana

The Parliament of Ghana is the legislative body of the Government of Ghana.

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Petroleum

Petroleum or crude oil, also referred to as simply oil, is a naturally occurring yellowish-black liquid mixture of mainly hydrocarbons, and is found in geological formations.

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Phil Edmonds

Philippe-Henri Edmonds (born 8 March 1951) is a former cricketer who represented England at international level and Middlesex at county level.

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Phosphorite

Phosphorite, phosphate rock or rock phosphate is a non-detrital sedimentary rock that contains high amounts of phosphate minerals.

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Photovoltaic system

A photovoltaic system, also called a PV system or solar power system, is an electric power system designed to supply usable solar power by means of photovoltaics.

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Platinum

Platinum is a chemical element; it has symbol Pt and atomic number 78.

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Platinum group

The platinum-group metals (PGMs), also known as the platinoids, platinides, platidises, platinum group, platinum metals, platinum family or platinum-group elements (PGEs), are six noble, precious metallic elements clustered together in the periodic table.

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Platinum in Africa

Platinum and platinum group metals are produced in Zimbabwe and South Africa.

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Rössing uranium mine

The Rössing uranium mine in Namibia is the longest-running and one of the largest open pit uranium mines in the world.

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Republic of the Congo

The Republic of the Congo, also known as Congo-Brazzaville, West Congo, Congo Republic, ROC, ROTC, or simply either Congo or the Congo, is a country located on the western coast of Central Africa to the west of the Congo River.

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Robert Mugabe

Robert Gabriel Mugabe (21 February 1924 – 6 September 2019) was a Zimbabwean revolutionary and politician who served as Prime Minister of Zimbabwe from 1980 to 1987 and then as President from 1987 to 2017.

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Rosh Pinah mine

The Rosh Pinah mine is a mine near Rosh Pinah in the ǁKaras Region of southern Namibia.

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Ruashi mine

The Ruashi Mine is an open-pit copper and cobalt mine operated by Metorex that is located about from Lubumbashi in Katanga Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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Rutile

Rutile is an oxide mineral composed of titanium dioxide (TiO2), the most common natural form of TiO2.

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Samira Hill Gold Mine

The Samira Hill Gold Mine (fr. Mine d'Or du Mont Samira) is a gold mine in Téra Department of the Tillabéri Region in Niger.

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Sangarédi

Sangarédi is a mining town and sub-prefecture in western Guinea, where bauxite is mined.

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Senegal

Senegal, officially the Republic of Senegal, is the westernmost country in West Africa, situated on the Atlantic Ocean coastline. Senegal is bordered by Mauritania to the north, Mali to the east, Guinea to the southeast and Guinea-Bissau to the southwest. Senegal nearly surrounds The Gambia, a country occupying a narrow sliver of land along the banks of the Gambia River, which separates Senegal's southern region of Casamance from the rest of the country.

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Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone, (also,; Salone) officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country on the southwest coast of West Africa.

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Skorpion Zinc

Skorpion Zinc is a zinc mine in the ǁKaras Region of southern Namibia, producing Special High Grade (SHG) zinc.

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Societé Minière de Bakwanga

Societé minière de Bakwanga (abbreviated MIBA) is a diamond mining company based in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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Solvent extraction and electrowinning

Solvent extraction and electrowinning (SX/EW) is a two-stage hydrometallurgical process that first extracts and upgrades copper ions from low-grade leach solutions into a solvent containing a chemical that selectively reacts with and binds the copper in the solvent.

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South Africa

South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa.

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The Southern African Development Community (SADC) is an inter-governmental organization headquartered in Gaborone, Botswana.

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Steel

Steel is an alloy of iron and carbon with improved strength and fracture resistance compared to other forms of iron.

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Sudan

Sudan, officially the Republic of the Sudan, is a country in Northeast Africa.

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Tasiast Gold Mine

The Tasiast gold mine is a gold deposit located in central western Mauritania, near the coast.

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TauTona Mine

The TauTona Mine, formerly Western Deep Levels No.3 Shaft, is a gold mine located in the West Wits gold field west of Johannesburg.

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Tenke Fungurume Mine

Tenke Fungurume Mining SA (TFM) is one of the largest copper and cobalt producers in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

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Tigui Camara

Tigui Camara, also Tiguidanké Camara, is a Guinean model and mining entrepreneur, who is chief executive officer of Tigui Mining Group and a member of the association International Women in Mining.

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Tilwezembe

Tilwezembe is an open-pit copper and cobalt mine in Lualaba Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo owned by Katanga Mining, a subsidiary of Glencore.

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Tonne

The tonne (or; symbol: t) is a unit of mass equal to 1,000 kilograms.

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Tulawaka Gold Mine

Tulawaka Gold Mine was a combined underground and open pit gold mine located in the Biharamulo district, in the Kagera Region of Tanzania.

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Two Rivers mine

The Two Rivers mine is a large bord and pillar mine located in the north-eastern part of South Africa in Steelpoort, Limpopo.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland.

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United States Geological Survey

The United States Geological Survey (USGS), founded as the Geological Survey, is an agency of the United States government whose work spans the disciplines of biology, geography, geology, and hydrology.

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Unki mine

The Unki mine is an underground mine located in the central part of Zimbabwe in Shurugwi, Midlands Province.

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Uranium

Uranium is a chemical element; it has symbol U and atomic number 92.

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Uranium oxide

Uranium oxide is an oxide of the element uranium.

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Venetia Diamond Mine

The Venetia Diamond Mine is South Africa's largest producer of diamonds, since 1995.

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Vermiculite

Vermiculite is a hydrous phyllosilicate mineral which undergoes significant expansion when heated.

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Volta Aluminum Company

Volta Aluminum Company, known as VALCO, is an aluminium company based in Tema, Greater Accra Region founded by Kaiser Aluminum and now wholly owned by the government of Ghana.

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West African Gas Pipeline

The West African Gas Pipeline (WAGP) is a natural gas pipeline to supply gas from Nigeria's Escravos region of the Niger Delta area to Benin, Togo and Ghana.

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Wind power

Wind power is the use of wind energy to generate useful work.

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World Diamond Council

The World Diamond Council is an organization representing the entire diamond value chain including representatives from diamond mining, manufacturing, trading and retail.

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Yatela Mine

The Yatela Mine is an open-pit gold mine situated near Yatela, 25 km north of Sadiola, in the Kayes Region of Mali.

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Youga

Youga is a village in the Zabré Department of Boulgou Province in south-eastern Burkina Faso, about 2 km north from border with Ghana.

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Zambia

Zambia, officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central, Southern and East Africa.

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Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe, relief map Zimbabwe, officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia to the north, and Mozambique to the east.

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Zimbabwe Iron and Steel Company

Zimbabwe Iron and Steel Company is the largest steel works in Zimbabwe.

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Zinc

Zinc is a chemical element with the symbol Zn and atomic number 30.

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Zirconium

Zirconium is a chemical element; it has symbol Zr and atomic number 40.

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See also

Mining in Africa

• African Diamond Producers Association
• Aluminium in Africa
• Cominco Resources
• Copper in Africa
• De Beers
• Galamsey
• Mineral industry of Africa
• Mining industry of Togo
• Titanium in Africa
• Uranium in Africa

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mineral_industry_of_Africa

Also known as Coal mining in Africa, Diamond mining in Africa, Gold mining in Africa, Lead mining in Africa, Mining in Africa, Mining industry of Africa, Nickel mining in Africa, Uranium mining in Africa, Zinc mining in Africa.

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