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🌐 Weekly News Digest on West & Central Africa’s Mineral Industries [ November 4 – November 10 ] This was a week of loud inaugurations and unfortunate accidents. 💡Here are the key highlights: 🏦Mining 2030 - Investor Initiative - Investors propose to create an International Mineral Agency 🇦🇴Angola & Botswana - Botswana and Angola’s mines ministers met to discuss the purchase of De Beers 🇨🇩DR Congo - A tailings pond near Lubumbashi burst and sent acidic water into the city 🇨🇲Cameroon - Chinese-operated gold site set on fire after it ignored the “stay at home” call 🇬🇳Guinea - Guinea launched world’s largest high-grade iron-ore mine 🇲🇱Mali - Mali officially inaugurated its second lithium mine (which has been operational since February) 🇳🇪Niger - French media accused Niger of selling uranium to Russia - Turkey has completed the first phase at its gold field in Niger. 🇳🇬Nigeria - Nigeria has secured $50 billion to build Africa’s second-largest oil refinery 🇿🇲 Zambia - Companies redomicile in the US to get investments 🇿🇼Zimbabwe - 7 people dead due to a mine flooding #NewsDigest Devils Below