With U.S.-South Africa ties in the deep freeze, it was notable to see the sheer size of the U.S. delegation sent to this week’s Mining Indaba in Cape Town – one of the most prominent industry gatherings and one of the few where the Global South gets a prominent voice.
The Trump administration’s famous Afrophobia seems (momentarily at least) tempered by its greed for minerals. It is reportedly walking ...
Category: Africa
Can Chinese Agricultural Tech Work for Kenya?
By Duncan Mboyah Many Kenyan farmers work fertile land close to fast-growing urban markets. But they are struggling as rainfall gets less predictable, heat stress rises and pests and diseases spread. For smallholders, a single ...
Analysis from Cobus van Staden
Why Africa is Now a Key Front in the U.S.-China Rivalry
Donald Trump has never thought very highly of Africa, famously referring to the continent as a place of "sh**hole countries." While there's no indication that sentiment has changed, he's recognized that African resources are essential if he wants the U.S. to ...
Dangote Signs $400 Million Equipment Deal With China’s XCMG to Speed up Refinery Expansion
By Isaac Anyaogu Nigeria's Dangote Group has signed a $400 million equipment deal with China's Xuzhou Construction Machinery Group to speed up the expansion of its oil refinery toward a planned 1.4 million barrels per day, the company said on Tuesday.
Contract Worker Dies at Rio Tinto’s Simandou Iron Ore Mine in Guinea
A contract worker died following an incident at Rio Tinto's SimFer mine at the Simandou iron ore project in Guinea, the world's largest producer of iron ore said late on Sunday, without providing further details. The miner said work had been suspended ...
China to Scrap Tariffs for Most of Africa From May: Xi
Beijing's scrapping of tariffs for all but one African country will start May 1, Chinese President Xi Jinping said Saturday, according to state media. China already has a zero-tariff policy for imports from 33 African countries, but Beijing said last year ...
Congo Says It Would Seek Other Partners if U.S. Minerals Framework Fails
The Democratic Republic of Congo will look for other partners if its minerals cooperation framework with the U.S. does not lead to concrete projects, the country's mines minister said. "Everything we have done with America is a framework under which we will discuss ...
China’s Zijin to Launch Congo’s First Lithium Output in June From Disputed Manono Deposit
China’s Zijin Mining will initiate Congo’s first lithium output in June from the disputed Manono deposit and move immediately to exports, the company and state miner Cominiere said, marking a major step in Beijing’s push to secure more critical minerals in Africa. Zijin ...
U.S. Mining Deals in the DR Congo Alarm Chinese Industry Analysts
The emerging mineral deals between the United States and the Democratic Republic of the Congo are posing direct challenges to China’s mineral domination in Africa, some Chinese media warned, urging stakeholders to rapidly look for alternative solutions such as diversifying from its heavy reliance on a single ...
U.S. Challenges Chinese Control in Race for African Minerals
By Maxwell Akalaare Adombila The U.S. is using offtake deals and state-backed funding to compete in the short term with China in securing supplies of African copper, cobalt and other critical minerals, diplomats, executives and analysts said ahead of this week's Indaba.
South Africa Takes Step Towards Trade Deal With China
South Africa said on Friday that its trade minister had signed a framework economic partnership agreement on a visit to China, which it described as a step towards securing duty-free access to the Chinese market for South African exports. Africa's biggest ...
South Africa’s Trade Minister Heads to China, Seeking Duty-Free Export Access
South Africa's trade minister Parks Tau will travel to China from Thursday to Saturday to sign the China–Africa Economic Partnership Agreement, which will see South African exports gain duty-free access to the Chinese market, Tau's office said. South Africa is seeking to boost exports ...
Mozambique’s President Opens Chinese-Owned Graphite Processing Plant
Mozambique's President Daniel Chapo opened a 200,000 metric ton per year graphite processing plant at a Chinese-owned mine on Friday, as the south-east African country boosts output of the battery mineral. Annual global mined graphite production is 1.6 million metric tons, ...
Africa and the New World Order: U.S. Pulls Back and China Moves Forward
The collapse of the post-war international system now underway will have a disproportionate impact on African countries that rely heavily on multilateral bodies like the UN. Beyond a pull-back of aid and humanitarian assistance, African countries must also contend with an ...