Tag: Raw materials
In Guyana, the village of Saül chooses the path of ecotourism against gold panning
/ Podcasts / Great report Every year, 10 tons of gold are illegally extracted from the soils of French Guiana. Gold mining sites are proliferating in certain municipalities, such as…
Wholesale natural gas prices fall in Europe
The wholesale price of natural gas in Europe fell on Monday January 2 to its lowest level since the start of the Russian offensive in Ukraine on February 24, 2022.…
18 miners trapped underground after gold mine collapse
18 people are still trapped underground in China following the collapse of a gold mine on Saturday (December 24th) in the autonomous region of Xinjiang, in the west of the…
nine people convicted in the case of the 73 kilos of gold seized in South Africa
Nine people were sentenced Friday, December 16 in Madagascar in the case of trafficking 73 kilos of gold seized in South Africa, including three Malagasy in absentia. In January 2021,…
Creation of a cocoa exchange in Africa: many challenges remain
During an extraordinary session of the International Cocoa Organization, which was held on December 8 in Montpellier, producers and buyers agreed to launch studies on the possibility of creating a…
Is cocoa overproduced?
A World Cocoa Congress was held last week in Montpellier. It was devoted to new agronomic advances, but also to solutions that could allow the five million producers to live…
Burkina grants the exploitation of a gold mine to the Russians of Nordgold
The Burkinabè transitional government has granted a license to operate a new gold mine to the Russian company Nordgold, according to a report by the Council of Ministers published on…
Nigeria inaugurates its first oil drilling outside the Niger Delta
After decades of oil exploitation in the Niger Delta, in the southeast, Nigeria is launching production sites in the northeast of the country. President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday (November 22nd)…
Two deliveries of Russian fertilizer will leave Europe to relieve Africa
Russian fertilizer blocked in Europe will gradually be sent to Africa. After going to Malawi on Monday November 21, it is to a West African country that a second shipment…
Mozambique announces its first liquefied natural gas exports
It was through a video that Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi announced the start of exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG), produced off the northern province of Cabo Delgado, in the…