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Ghana is one of the most resource-rich countries in West Africa, and is especially well-endowed as far as gold is concerned. After the abolition of apartheid, South African mining companies in particular started expanding all over the continent. In the last decade exploration companies and gold producers as well as supply companies have ...
Gold production in Mali is being called into question following a military coup two weeks ago. African media are reporting that many foreigners are fleeing the country. In recent years Mali has become an important gold and cotton producer. However, the coup could undermine these achievements. In the past two weeks the stocks of gold ...
Yesterday the World Gold Council released its “Gold Demand Trends” for Q4 and full year 2011, billed as “the leading industry resource for data and opinion on world-wide gold demand.” Among the headline numbers, gold demand last year reached 4,067.1 tonnes – the highest level since 1997, with investment ...
Kyrgyzstan's economy is being hurt by strike activities at its largest mine. Ever since it started operating in 1996, local supporters and opponents of the Kumtor mine have not been able to reconcile their disagreements. Now the country's government is trying to end these strikes by negotiating with the miners’ union, in the hope ...
In the northern region of Ivory Coast conflicts between local citizens and illegal gold producers have been escalating. Experts believe that the under-developed mining sector of this West African state has great potential. Ivory Coast's ministry of mines and energy aims to boost yearly gold production from seven tonnes in 2011 to over 13 ...
Considering all the developments that have taken place in South Africa in recent years, it is unsurprising to find the country's mining industry in decline. Miners are being forced to search for minerals at ever greater depths owing to the depletion of more easily extracted deposits, while growing labour unrest and decaying infrastructure ...
Ever since Christian South Sudan declared its independence in July 2011, the Islamic government of North Sudan has urgently been looking for new sources of income. With South Sudan's independence, Khartoum – seat of the northern government – has lost almost two thirds of its crude oil revenues. As a result, the North has been ...
We all understand that the future is unknowable. Events yet to come cannot be predicted. Nevertheless, the outlook for 2012 is probably set in stone, and the reason is simple. The financial crisis imperiling the globe for the past several years has not been solved. Until it is, we can expect more of the same – specifically, serial ...
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